The Washington Area Film Critics Association announced today its winners for the 2025 WAFCA Awards. The awards were overwhelmingly in favor of Sinners, receiving awards for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Screenplay, in addition to seven other awards. The sweep makes Ryan Coolger the first filmmaker to receive all three honors since Danny Boyle’s Slumdog Millionaire in 2009. Its ten wins are also the most a single film has ever earned from WAFCA.
One Battle After Another is the other standout winner from the 2025 WAFCA Awards, with three wins and a number of other nominations. Other highly nominated films include Marty Supreme, Sentimental Value, Kpop Demon Hunters, and Wicked: For Good.
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The Complete List of 2025 WAFCA Awards Winners:
Film
WINNER: Sinners (Warner Bros.)
Hamnet (Focus Features)
Marty Supreme (A24)
One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
Sentimental Value (Neon)
Director
WINNER: Ryan Coogler – Sinners (Warner Bros.)
Chloé Zhao – Hamnet (Focus Features)
Jafar Panahi – It Was Just an Accident (Neon)
Josh Safdie – Marty Supreme (A24)
Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
Actor
WINNER: Michael B. Jordan – Sinners (Warner Bros.)
Ethan Hawke – Blue Moon (Sony Pictures Classics)
Joel Edgerton – Train Dreams (Netflix)
Leonardo DiCaprio – One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
Timothée Chalamet – Marty Supreme (A24)
Actress
WINNER: Jessie Buckley – Hamnet (Focus Features)
Chase Infiniti – One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
Cynthia Erivo – Wicked: For Good (Universal Pictures)
Renate Reinsve – Sentimental Value (Neon)
Rose Byrne – If I Had Legs I’d Kick You (A24)
Supporting Actor
WINNER: Benicio del Toro – One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
Delroy Lindo – Sinners (Warner Bros.)
Jacob Elordi – Frankenstein (Netflix)
Sean Penn – One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
Stellan Skarsgård – Sentimental Value (Neon)
Supporting Actress
WINNER: Teyana Taylor – One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
Amy Madigan – Weapons (Warner Bros.)
Ariana Grande – Wicked: For Good (Universal Pictures)
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas – Sentimental Value (Neon)
Wunmi Mosaku – Sinners (Warner Bros.)
Youth Performance
WINNER: Miles Caton – Sinners (Warner Bros.)
Cary Christopher – Weapons (Warner Bros.)
Jacobi Jupe – Hamnet (Focus Features)
Mason Thames – How to Train Your Dragon (Universal Pictures)
Nina Ye – Left-Handed Girl (Netflix)
Shannon Mahina Gorman – Rental Family (Searchlight Pictures)
Voice Performance
WINNER: Arden Cho – KPop Demon Hunters (Netflix)
Ginnifer Goodwin – Zootopia 2 (Walt Disney Studios)
Jason Bateman – Zootopia 2 (Walt Disney Studios)
Ke Huy Quan – Zootopia 2 (Walt Disney Studios)
Yonas Kibreab – Elio (Walt Disney Studios)
Motion Capture Performance
WINNER: Zoe Saldaña – Avatar: Fire and Ash (20th Century Studios)
Oona Chaplin – Avatar: Fire and Ash (20th Century Studios)
Sam Worthington – Avatar: Fire and Ash (20th Century Studios)
Sigourney Weaver – Avatar: Fire and Ash (20th Century Studios)
Stephen Lang – Avatar: Fire and Ash (20th Century Studios)
Ensemble
WINNER: Sinners (Warner Bros.)
Hamnet (Focus Features)
It Was Just an Accident (Neon)
Marty Supreme (A24)
One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
Sentimental Value (Neon)
Wake Up Dead Man (Netflix)
Original Screenplay
WINNER: Sinners (Warner Bros.)
It Was Just an Accident (Neon)
Marty Supreme (A24)
Sentimental Value (Neon)
Weapons (Warner Bros.)
Adapted Screenplay
WINNER: One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
Bugonia (Focus Features)
Frankenstein (Netflix)
Hamnet (Focus Features)
Train Dreams (Netflix)
Animated Feature
WINNER: KPop Demon Hunters (Netflix)
Arco (Neon)
Elio (Walt Disney Studios)
Little Amélie or the Character of the Rain (GKIDS)
Zootopia 2 (Walt Disney Studios)
Production Design
WINNER: Sinners (Warner Bros.)
Frankenstein (Netflix)
Hamnet (Focus Features)
The Fantastic Four: First Steps (Walt Disney Studios)
Wicked: For Good (Universal Pictures)
Cinematography
WINNER: Sinners (Warner Bros.)
Frankenstein (Netflix)
Marty Supreme (A24)
One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
Train Dreams (Netflix)
Editing
WINNERS: Sinners (Warner Bros.) [tie]
WINNERS: F1: The Movie (Apple Original Films) [tie]
Hamnet (Focus Features)Marty Supreme (A24)
One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
Score
WINNER: Sinners (Warner Bros.)
Frankenstein (Netflix)
Hamnet (Focus Features)
Marty Supreme (A24)
One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
-WAFCA ALSO HONORS-
Joe Barber Award for Portrayal of Washington, DC
WINNER: A House of Dynamite (Netflix)
Anniversary (Lionsgate)
Captain America: Brave New World (Walt Disney Studios)
Nuremberg (Sony Pictures Classics)
Thunderbolts (Walt Disney Studios)
Stunts
WINNER: Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (Paramount Pictures)
F1: The Movie (Apple Original Films)
One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)
Sinners (Warner Bros.)
Superman (Warner Bros.)
Documentary
WINNER: The Perfect Neighbor (Netflix)
Come See Me in the Good Light (Netflix)
Orwell: 2+2=5 (Neon)
Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk (Kino Lorber)
The Librarians (HBO Documentary Films)
Foreign Language Film
WINNER: Sentimental Value (Neon)
It Was Just an Accident (Neon)
Left-Handed Girl (Netflix)
No Other Choice (Neon)
The Secret Agent (Neon)
