National Board of Review Awards 2025
The 97th National Board of Review Awards, honoring the best in film for 2025, were announced on December 3, 2025. Paul Thomas Anderson's action thriller One Battle After Another won Best Film, being his second film to win the category following Licorice Pizza in 2021. It was also the most awarded film with five victories, including Best Director as well as three acting prizes—Leonardo DiCaprio for Best Actor, Benicio del Toro for Best Supporting Actor, and Chase Infiniti for Breakthrough Performance.
The annual awards gala was held on January 13, 2026, at Cipriani 42nd Street in New York City, hosted by television personality and journalist Willie Geist.
Top 10 Films
Films listed alphabetically except top, which is ranked as Best Film of the Year:One Battle After AnotherAvatar: Fire and AshF1FrankensteinJay KellyMarty SupremeRental FamilySinnersTrain DreamsWake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
- ''Wicked: For Good''
Winners
Best Film:One Battle After AnotherBest Director:
Best Actor:
Best Actress:
Best Supporting Actor:
Best Supporting Actress:
Best Original Screenplay:
Best Adapted Screenplay:
Best Animated Feature:Arco
Breakthrough Performance:
Best Directorial Debut:
Best International Film:It Was Just an Accident
Best Documentary:Cover-Up
Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography:
Outstanding Achievement in Stunt Artistry:Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
NBR Freedom of Expression Award:
Top 5 International Films
It Was Just an Accident Left-Handed Girl The Love That Remains The Secret Agent Sentimental Value- ''Sirāt''
Top 5 Documentaries
Cover-Up2000 Meters to AndriivkaCome See Me in the Good LightMy Mom JayneNatchez- ''Orwell: 2+2=5''
Top 10 Independent Films
The BaltimoronsBring Her BackFather Mother Sister BrotherFriendshipGood BoyIf I Had Legs I'd Kick YouThe MastermindRebuildingSorry, Baby- ''Urchin''