2025 Seattle Film Critics Society Awards


The 10th Seattle Film Critics Society Awards recognized the best in film of 2025. The winners were announced on December 15, 2025.
The nominations were announced on December 5, 2025. Ryan Coogler's period supernatural horror film Sinners led the nominations with a record-tying fourteen, becoming the film with the most nominations in a single year, matching Everything Everywhere All at Once. Additional films with multiple nominations include the action thriller film One Battle After Another with twelve and the Pacific Northwest period drama film Train Dreams with eight.
The Seattle Film Critics Society previously announced the nominations for Best Pacific Northwest Feature Film on October 7; the nominees were all screened at the SIFF Film Center through October and November. Additionally, a Pacific Northwest Short Film Award was introduced. The John Hartl Pacific Northwest Spotlight Award was presented to filmmaker Sky Hopinka. Additionally, the SFCS issued a "special citation" to recognize Indy the Dog's achievements in animal acting for Good Boy.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.
One Battle After Another
Paul Thomas AndersonOne Battle After Another
  • * Clint BentleyTrain Dreams
  • * Ryan CooglerSinners
  • * Josh SafdieMarty Supreme
  • * Chloé ZhaoHamnet
  • Leonardo DiCaprioOne Battle After Another as Bob Ferguson
  • * Timothée ChalametMarty Supreme as Marty Mauser
  • * Joel EdgertonTrain Dreams as Robert Grainier
  • * Ethan HawkeBlue Moon as Lorenz Hart
  • * Michael B. JordanSinners as Elijah "Smoke" Moore / Elias "Stack" Moore
  • Jessie BuckleyHamnet as Agnes Shakespeare
  • * Rose ByrneIf I Had Legs I'd Kick You as Linda
  • * Amanda SeyfriedThe Testament of Ann Lee as Ann Lee
  • * Emma StoneBugonia as Michelle Fuller
  • * Eva VictorSorry, Baby as Agnes
  • Sean PennOne Battle After Another as Col. Steven J. Lockjaw
  • * Benicio del ToroOne Battle After Another as Sensei Sergio St. Carlos
  • * Jacob ElordiFrankenstein as The Creature
  • * David JonssonThe Long Walk as Peter "Pete" McVries
  • * William H. MacyTrain Dreams as Arn Peeples
  • Wunmi MosakuSinners as Annie
  • * Ariana GrandeWicked: For Good as Galinda "Glinda" Upland
  • * Inga Ibsdotter LilleaasSentimental Value as Agnes Borg Pettersen
  • * Amy MadiganWeapons as Gladys
  • * Teyana TaylorOne Battle After Another as Perfidia Beverly Hills
  • One Battle After AnotherCassandra Kulukundis
  • * Eephus – Carson Lund
  • * Marty SupremeJennifer Venditti
  • * SinnersFrancine Maisler
  • * Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Story – Bret Howe and Mary Vernieu
  • Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning – Wade Eastwood
  • * Avatar: Fire and Ash – Garrett Warren, Steve Brown, and Stuart Thorp
  • * Ballerina – Stephen Dunlevy and Jackson Spidell
  • * Predator: BadlandsJacob Tomuri
  • * Sinners – Andy Gill
  • One Battle After AnotherPaul Thomas Anderson
  • * Marty SupremeRonald Bronstein and Josh Safdie
  • * SinnersRyan Coogler
  • * Sorry, BabyEva Victor
  • * Train DreamsClint Bentley and Greg Kwedar
  • KPop Demon HuntersMaggie Kang and Chris Appelhans
  • * Arco – Ugo Bienvenu
  • * The Colors WithinNaoko Yamada
  • * Little Amélie or the Character of Rain – Maïlys Vallade and Liane-Cho Han
  • * Zootopia 2Jared Bush and Byron Howard
  • WTO/99Ian Bell
  • * The Alabama SolutionAndrew Jarecki and Charlotte Kaufman
  • * Come See Me in the Good LightRyan White
  • * PavementsAlex Ross Perry
  • * The Perfect NeighborGeeta Gandbhir
  • It Was Just an AccidentJafar Panahi
  • * No Other ChoicePark Chan-wook
  • * The Secret AgentKleber Mendonça Filho
  • * Sentimental ValueJoachim Trier
  • * The Ugly StepsisterEmilie Blichfeldt
  • SinnersAutumn Durald Arkapaw
  • * FrankensteinDan Laustsen
  • * HamnetŁukasz Żal
  • * One Battle After AnotherMichael Bauman
  • * Train DreamsAdolpho Veloso
  • FrankensteinKate Hawley
  • * The Phoenician SchemeMilena Canonero
  • * SinnersRuth E. Carter
  • * Train DreamsMalgosia Turzanska
  • * Wicked: For GoodPaul Tazewell
  • One Battle After AnotherAndy Jurgensen
  • * F1Stephen Mirrione and Patrick J. Smith
  • * Marty SupremeRonald Bronstein and Josh Safdie
  • * Reflection in a Dead Diamond – Bernard Beets
  • * SinnersMichael P. Shawver
  • One Battle After AnotherJonny Greenwood
  • * F1Hans Zimmer
  • * FrankensteinAlexandre Desplat
  • * SinnersLudwig Göransson
  • * Tron: AresNine Inch Nails
  • FrankensteinTamara Deverell ; Shane Vieau
  • * The Fantastic Four: First StepsKasra Farahani ; Jille Azis
  • * The Phoenician SchemeAdam Stockhausen ; Anna Pinnock
  • * ResurrectionLiu Qiang and Tu Nan
  • * SinnersHannah Beachler ; Monique Champagne
  • Avatar: Fire and AshJoe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon, and Daniel Barrett
  • * F1Ryan Tudhope, Robert Harrington, and Nicolas Chevallier
  • * Frankenstein – Dennis Berardi, Ayo Burgess, Ivan Busquets, and José Granell
  • * Predator: BadlandsOlivier Dumont, Alec Gillis, Sheldon Stopsack, and Karl Rapley
  • * Sinners – Michael Ralla, Espen Nordahl, Guido Wolter, and Donnie Dean
  • Jacobi JupeHamnet as Hamnet Shakespeare
  • * Cary ChristopherWeapons as Alex Lilly
  • * Shannon Gorman – Rental Family as Mia Kawasaki
  • * Jasper Thompson – The Mastermind as Tommy Mooney
  • * Alfie Williams28 Years Later as Spike
  • Aunt Gladys – Weapons
  • * Col. Steven J. Lockjaw – One Battle After Another
  • * Laura – Bring Her Back
  • * Lex LuthorSuperman
  • * Remmick – Sinners
  • Train DreamsClint Bentley
  • * Not One Drop of Blood – Jackson Devereux and Lachlan Hinton
  • * To Kill a Wolf – Kelsey Taylor
  • * TwinlessJames Sweeney
  • * Wolf LandSarah Hoffman
  • * WTO/99 – Ian Bell
  • Songs of Black Folk – Justin Emeka and Haley Watson
  • * Charlotte, 1994 – Brian Pittala
  • * A Fateful Weekend – Tony Doupe
  • * Shelly's LegWes Hurley
  • * Style: A Seattle Basketball StoryBryan Tucker