National Board of Review 2025: ‘One Battle After Another’ leads with five major honours — full list of winners

Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another extended its early-season momentum connected Wednesday, dominating the National Board of Review’s 2025 honours with a expanse that cements the film’s widening awards-season footprint. The revolutionary epic collected 5 large prizes — Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor for Leonardo DiCaprio, Best Supporting Actor for Benicio Del Toro and Breakthrough Performance for Chase Infiniti.

The NBR’s verdict arrives connected the heels of a beardown week for Anderson’s film. It won Best Feature astatine the Gotham Awards connected Monday and was named Best Film by the New York Film Critics Circle connected Tuesday. The signifier suggests the awards play starring up to the Oscars has already begun to ellipse the director’s muscular, detail-rich storytelling. For Anderson, this marks a 4th NBR triumph wide and a 2nd directing honor. DiCaprio, too, adds to a agelong past with the group, earning his 3rd acting prize.

Rose Byrne continued her ain streak, winning Best Actress for If I Had Legs I’d Kick You aft taking the aforesaid grant from the NYFCC. Best Supporting Actress went to Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas for Sentimental Value, a breakout designation successful a competitory field. Cannes Palme d’Or victor It Was Just an Accident was named Best International Film, portion the animated class went to Arco and Documentary to the Seymour Hersh probe Cover-Up.

Warner Bros.’ footprint extended beyond Anderson’s film. Ryan Coogler won Best Original Screenplay for Sinners, which besides picked up the Outstanding Achievement successful Cinematography grant for Autumn Durald Arkapaw. The lone different multiple-winner of the day, Sinners besides earned a slot connected NBR’s Top 10 Films list.

Netflix made a beardown showing arsenic well, with Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar winning Best Adapted Screenplay for Train Dreams, which appeared connected the Top 10 database alongside Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein. Universal’s Wicked: For Good and Searchlight’s Rental Family were besides included.

A fewer expected contenders failed to appear: Chloe Zhao’s Hamnet, Park Chan-wook’s No Other Choice, Richard Linklater’s Blue Moon and Bradley Cooper’s Is This Thing On? were each unopen out.

The NBR’s way grounds with the Oscars remains inconsistent, though its selections often signifier aboriginal narratives. This year’s winners were drawn from a slate of 265 films, and they volition beryllium honored astatine the organization’s yearly gala connected January 13, 2026, astatine Cipriani 42nd Street successful New York City, hosted by NBC’s Willie Geist.

Here’s a afloat database of winners:

Best Film: One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)

Best Director: Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)

Best Actor: Leonardo DiCaprio, One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)

Best Actress: Rose Byrne, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You (A24)

Best Supporting Actor: Benicio Del Toro, One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)

Best Supporting Actress: Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Sentimental Value (Neon)

Best Directorial Debut: Eva Victor, Sorry, Baby (A24)

Breakthrough Performance: Chase Infiniti, One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)

Best Original Screenplay: Ryan Coogler, Sinners (Warner Bros.)

Best Adapted Screenplay: Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar, Train Dreams (Netflix)

Best Animated Feature: Arco (Neon)

Best International Film: It Was Just an Accident (Neon)

Best Documentary: Cover-Up (Netflix)

Outstanding Achievement successful Cinematography: Autumn Durald Arkapaw, Sinners (Warner Bros.)

Outstanding Achievement successful Stunt Artistry: Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (Paramount Pictures)

NBR Freedom of Expression Award: Put Your Soul connected Your Hand and Walk (Kino Lorber)

Top 10 Films (Alphabetical)

Avatar: Fire and Ash (20th Century Studios)

F1 (Apple Original Films/Warner Bros.)

Frankenstein (Netflix)

Jay Kelly (Netflix)

Marty Supreme (A24)

Rental Family (Searchlight Pictures)

Sinners (Warner Bros.)

Train Dreams (Netflix)

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (Netflix)

Wicked: For Good (Universal Pictures)

Top 5 International Films (Alphabetical)

Left-Handed Girl (Netflix)

The Love That Remains (Janus Films)

The Secret Agent (Neon)

Sentimental Value (Neon)

Sirāt (Neon)

Top 5 Documentaries (Alphabetical)

2000 Meters to Andriivka (PBS)

Come See Me successful the Good Light (Apple Original Films)

My Mom Jayne (HBO Documentary Films)

Natchez (Oscilloscope Laboratories)

Orwell: 2+2=5 (Neon)

Top 10 Independent Films (Alphabetical)

The Baltimorons (IFC)

Bring Her Back (A24)

Father Mother Sister Brother (Mubi)

Friendship (A24)

Good Boy (IFC)

If I Had Legs I’d Kick You (A24)

The Mastermind (Mubi)

Rebuilding (Bleecker Street)

Sorry, Baby (A24)

Urchin (1-2 Special)