The ballots have been counted for the Greater Western New York Film Critics Association’s eighth annual end-of-year Film Awards. We’ve chosen the below films as our collective favorites after engaging in a weighted scale voting process for Best Picture and sixteen other major categories. Potential titles/artists were restricted to those films released first-run theatrically/streaming in the United States during the 2025 calendar year (including Oscars-qualified titles).
Leading the way are ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER (7 wins, including Best Picture), SINNERS (3 wins), and IF I HAD LEGS I’D KICK YOU (2 wins).
The 2025 GWNYFCA Film Awards Winners:
BEST PICTURE:
- The Ballad of Wallis Island
- Bugonia
- Frankenstein
- If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
- It Was Just an Accident
- Marty Supreme
- No Other Choice
- One Battle After Another – **WINNER**
- Sinners
- Train Dreams
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM:
- It Was Just an Accident (Iran/France)
- Misericordia (France)
- No Other Choice (South Korea)
- The Secret Agent (Brazil)
- Sentimental Value (Norway) – **WINNER**
BEST ANIMATED FILM:
- Arco
- Boys Go to Jupiter
- KPop Demon Hunters – **WINNER**
- Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
- Zootopia 2
BEST DOCUMENTARY:
- Afternoons of Solitude
- Cover-Up
- The Encampments
- The Perfect Neighbor – **WINNER**
- The Tale of Silyan
BEST DIRECTOR:
- Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another – **WINNER**
- Mary Bronstein, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
- Ryan Coogler, Sinners
- Guillermo del Toro, Frankenstein
- Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme
LEAD ACTOR:
- Timothée Chalamet, Marty Supreme – **WINNER**
- Leonardo DiCaprio, One Battle After Another
- Ethan Hawke, Blue Moon
- Michael B. Jordan, Sinners
- Jesse Plemons, Bugonia
LEAD ACTRESS:
- Jessie Buckley, Hamnet
- Rose Byrne, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You – **WINNER**
- Jennifer Lawrence, Die My Love
- Renate Reinsve, Sentimental Value
- Emma Stone, Bugonia
SUPPORTING ACTOR:
- Benicio del Toro, One Battle After Another – **WINNER**
- Jacob Elordi, Frankenstein
- Delroy Lindo, Sinners
- Sean Penn, One Battle After Another
- Stellan Skarsgård, Sentimental Value
SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
- Odessa A’zion, Marty Supreme
- Ariana Grande, Wicked: For Good
- Amy Madigan, Weapons
- Wunmi Mosaku, Sinners – **WINNER**
- Teyana Taylor, One Battle After Another
ENSEMBLE:
- It Was Just an Accident
- Marty Supreme
- One Battle After Another – **WINNER**
- Sentimental Value
- Sinners
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:
- If I Had Legs I’d Kick You (Mary Bronstein)
- It Was Just an Accident (Jafar Panahi)
- Marty Supreme (Josh Safdie & Ronald Bronstein)
- Sentimental Value (Eskil Vogt & Joachim Trier)
- Sinners (Ryan Coogler) – **WINNER**
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:
- Bugonia (Will Tracy)
- Frankenstein (Guillermo del Toro)
- Hamnet (Chloé Zhao & Maggie O’Farrell)
- No Other Choice (Park Chan-wook, Lee Kyoung-mi, Jahye Lee & Don McKellar)
- One Battle After Another (Paul Thomas Anderson) – **WINNER**
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:
- Frankenstein (Dan Laustsen)
- Marty Supreme (Darius Khondji)
- One Battle After Another (Michael Bauman)
- Sinners (Autumn Durald Arkapaw)
- Train Dreams (Adolpho Veloso) – **WINNER**
BEST EDITING:
- It Was Just an Accident (Amir Etminan)
- Marty Supreme (Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie)
- One Battle After Another (Andy Jurgensen) – **WINNER**
- Sinners (Michael P. Shawver)
- Weapons (Joe Murphy)
BEST SCORE:
- Frankenstein (Alexandre Desplat)
- Marty Supreme (Daniel Lopatin)
- One Battle After Another (Jonny Greenwood)
- Sinners (Ludwig Göransson) – **WINNER**
- Train Dreams (Bryce Dessner)
BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE:
- Odessa A’zion, Marty Supreme
- Miles Caton, Sinners
- Chase Infiniti, One Battle After Another – **WINNER**
- Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Sentimental Value
- Eva Victor, Sorry, Baby
BREAKTHROUGH DIRECTOR:
- Clint Bentley, Train Dreams
- Mary Bronstein, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You – **WINNER**
- Harris Dickinson, Urchin
- Carson Lund, Eephus
- Eva Victor, Sorry, Baby
Greater WNY Film Critics Association 
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