The DiscussingFilm Global Critic Awards (DFCA) is a global celebration of the year’s most worthy and impactful films. The DFCA voting body consists of a diverse range of established film critics, awards pundits, and influential voices in the industry from around the globe. The winners for DiscussingFilm’s 2025 Global Film Critics Awards are finally here thanks to this dedicated voting group, which includes bold voices from right here at DiscussingFilm and major outlets such as The Hollywood Reporter, Variety, The Wrap, and many more. Here are this year’s winners…
BEST PICTURE
Frankenstein
Hamnet
It Was Just an Accident
Marty Supreme
No Other Choice (2nd RUNNER-UP)
One Battle After Another (WINNER)
Sentimental Value
Sinners (1st RUNNER-UP)
The Secret Agent
Train Dreams
BEST DIRECTOR
Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another (WINNER)
Ryan Coogler – Sinners (3rd RUNNER-UP)
Guillermo Del Toro – Frankenstein
Jafar Panahi – It Was Just an Accident
Park Chan-wook – No Other Choice (2nd RUNNER-UP)
Chloé Zhao – Hamnet
BEST ACTRESS
Rose Byrne – If I Had Legs I’d Kick You (1st RUNNER-UP)
Jessie Buckley – Hamnet (WINNER)
Chase Infiniti – One Battle After Another
Jennifer Lawrence – Die My Love (2nd RUNNER-UP)
Renate Reinsve – Sentimental Value
Emma Stone – Bugonia
BEST ACTOR
Lee Byung-hun – No Other Choice
Timothée Chalamet – Marty Supreme (WINNER)
Leonardo DiCaprio – One Battle After Another (1st RUNNER-UP)
Ethan Hawke – Blue Moon
Michael B. Jordan – Sinners (2nd RUNNER-UP)
Wagner Moura – The Secret Agent
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Benicio Del Toro – One Battle After Another (1st RUNNER-UP)
Jacob Elordi – Frankenstein
Delroy Lindo – Sinners
Paul Mescal – Hamnet
Sean Penn – One Battle After Another (2nd RUNNER-UP)
Stellan Skarsgård – Sentimental Value (WINNER)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Elle Fanning – Sentimental Value
Ariana Grande – Wicked: For Good
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas – Sentimental Value (2nd RUNNER-UP)
Amy Madigan – Weapons (WINNER)
Wunmi Mosaku – Sinners
Teyana Taylor – One Battle After Another (1st RUNNER-UP)
BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE
Belén
It Was Just an Accident
Left-Handed Girl
No Other Choice
Resurrection
Sentimental Value
Sirāt
Sound of Falling
The Secret Agent
The Voice of Hind Rajab
BEST CASTING
Hamnet
Marty Supreme (2nd RUNNER-UP)
One Battle After Another (1st RUNNER-UP)
Sentimental Value
Sinners (WINNER)
The Secret Agent
BEST STUNT ENSEMBLE
Ballerina (1st RUNNER-UP)
F1 (2nd RUNNER-UP)
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (WINNER)
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Superman
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Blue Moon
It Was Just an Accident
Marty Supreme (2nd RUNNER-UP)
Sentimental Value (1st RUNNER-UP)
Sinners (WINNER)
Sorry, Baby
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Bugonia
Frankenstein (1st RUNNER-UP)
Hamnet
No Other Choice (2nd RUNNER-UP)
One Battle After Another (WINNER)
Train Dreams
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Frankenstein
Hamnet
One Battle After Another
Resurrection (WINNER)
Sinners (1st RUNNER-UP)
Train Dreams (2nd RUNNER-UP)
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme (1st RUNNER-UP)
One Battle After Another
Sinners (WINNER)
Sirāt (2nd RUNNER-UP)
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Frankenstein (WINNER)
Hamnet
One Battle After Another
Sinners
The Testament of Ann Lee (2nd RUNNER-UP)
Wicked: For Good (1st RUNNER-UP)
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Frankenstein (WINNER)
Hamnet
Marty Supreme (1st RUNNER-UP)
Sinners
The Phoenician Scheme (2nd RUNNER-UP)
Wicked: For Good
BEST FILM EDITING
Hamnet
Marty Supreme (WINNER)
No Other Choice (2nd RUNNER-UP)
One Battle After Another (1st RUNNER-UP)
Sentimental Value
Sinners
BEST SOUND
Avatar: Fire And Ash
F1 (2nd RUNNER-UP)
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sinners (1st RUNNER-UP)
Sirāt (WINNER)
BEST MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING
Frankenstein (WINNER)
One Battle After Another
Sinners
The Ugly Stepsister (2nd RUNNER-UP)
Weapons (1st RUNNER-UP)
Wicked: For Good
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
“Clothed by the Sun” – The Testament of Ann Lee
“Golden” – KPop Demon Hunters (WINNER)
“I Lied to You” – Sinners (1st RUNNER-UP)
“Last Time (I Seen the Sun)” – Sinners (2nd RUNNER-UP)
“The Girl in the Bubble” – Wicked: For Good
“Train Dreams” – Train Dreams
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Avatar: Fire And Ash (WINNER)
F1 (1st RUNNER-UP)
Frankenstein
Sinners (2nd RUNNER-UP)
Superman
Wicked: For Good
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
2000 Meters to Andriivka (1st RUNNER-UP)
Come See Me in the Good Light
Cover-Up
My Undesirable Friends: Part 1 – Last Air in Moscow (2nd RUNNER-UP)
The Alabama Solution
The Perfect Neighbor (WINNER)
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Arco
Elio
KPop Demon Hunters (WINNER)
Little Amélie Or The Character Of Rain (1st RUNNER-UP)
Ne Zha 2 (2nd RUNNER-UP)
Zootopia 2
BEST INDEPENDENT FEATURE
Blue Moon
Die My Love
Eephus
If I Had Legs I’d Kick You (WINNER)
Pillion
Resurrection (2nd RUNNER-UP)
Silent Friend
Sorry, Baby (1st RUNNER-UP)
The Voice of Hind Rajab
Twinless
BEST DEBUT FEATURE
Eephus
Friendship
Lurker (2nd RUNNER-UP)
My Father’s Shadow
Pillion
Sorry, Baby (WINNER)
The Chronology of Water
The Plague (1st RUNNER-UP)
The Ugly Stepsister
Urchin
BEST BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE
Odessa A’zion – Marty Supreme
Miles Caton – Sinners (1st RUNNER-UP)
Chase Infiniti – One Battle After Another (WINNER)
Jacobi Jupe – Hamnet
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas – Sentimental Value
Eva Victor – Sorry, Baby (2nd RUNNER-UP)
BEST COMEDY FEATURE
Eternity (2nd RUNNER-UP)
Friendship
Marty Supreme (1st RUNNER-UP)
One Battle After Another
Splitsville
The Naked Gun (WINNER)
BEST HORROR FEATURE
28 Years Later
Bring Her Back
Frankenstein (2nd RUNNER-UP)
Sinners (WINNER)
Together
Weapons (1st RUNNER-UP)
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