Austin Film Critics Association Awards 2025


The 21st Austin Film Critics Association Awards, honoring the best in filmmaking for 2025, were announced on December 18, 2025. The nominations were announced on December 10, 2025.

Additions

The categories of Best Visual Effects and Best Remake/Franchise Film were introduced this year. The five recipients of the Robert R. "Bobby" McCurdy Memorial Breakthrough Award were announced with the winners of the rest of the categories.

Statistics

Paul Thomas Anderson's action thriller One Battle After Another led the nominations with twelve, followed by Ryan Coogler's period supernatural horror film Sinners with eleven, and Frankenstein and Marty Supreme with eight apiece.
One Battle After Another received the most awards with five, including Best Film, followed by Sinners with three. Indy the Dog, from the supernatural horror film Good Boy, received a special award "for a uniquely realized performance in the field of animal acting".

Winners and nominees

The winners are listed first and in bold.