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 (12 nominations), SINNERS (11 nominations), and MARTY SUPREME (10 nominations).
Winners will be announced at Rochester’s Dryden Theatre on January 10, 2026.
The 2025 GWNYFCA Film Awards Nominees:
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
- 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)
BEST ANIMATED FILM:
BEST DOCUMENTARY:
- Afternoons of Solitude
- Cover-Up
- The Encampments
- The Perfect Neighbor
- The Tale of Silyan
BEST DIRECTOR:
- Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another
- 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
- 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
- Jennifer Lawrence, Die My Love
- Renate Reinsve, Sentimental Value
- Emma Stone, Bugonia
SUPPORTING ACTOR:
- Benicio del Toro, One Battle After Another
- 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
- Teyana Taylor, One Battle After Another
ENSEMBLE:
- It Was Just an Accident
- Marty Supreme
- One Battle After Another
- 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)
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)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:
- Frankenstein (Dan Laustsen)
- Marty Supreme (Darius Khondji)
- One Battle After Another (Michael Bauman)
- Sinners (Autumn Durald Arkapaw)
- Train Dreams (Adolpho Veloso)
BEST EDITING:
- It Was Just an Accident (Amir Etminan)
- Marty Supreme (Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie)
- One Battle After Another (Andy Jurgensen)
- 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)
- Train Dreams (Bryce Dessner)
BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE:
- Odessa A’zion, Marty Supreme
- Miles Caton, Sinners
- Chase Infiniti, One Battle After Another
- 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
- Harris Dickinson, Urchin
- Carson Lund, Eephus
- Eva Victor, Sorry, Baby
Greater WNY Film Critics Association 
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