The New Jersey Film Critics Circle (NJFCC) have announced their winners representing the best in film for 2025. Here are this year’s winners…
Best Picture
Hamnet
It Was Just An Accident
Marty Supreme
No Other Choice
One Battle After Another (WINNER)
The Secret Agent
Sentimental Value
Sinners (RUNNER-UP)
Train Dreams
Weapons
Best Director
Chloé Zhao – Hamnet
Park Chan-wook – No Other Choice
Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another (WINNER)
Joachim Trier – Sentimental Value
Ryan Coogler – Sinners (RUNNER-UP)
Best Original Screenplay
It Was Just An Accident
Marty Supreme (RUNNER-UP)
Sentimental Value
Sinners (WINNER)
Weapons
Best Adapted Screenplay
Bugonia
Hamnet
No Other Choice (RUNNER-UP)
One Battle After Another (WINNER)
Train Dreams
Best Actor
Timothée Chalamet – Marty Supreme (WINNER)
Leonardo DiCaprio – One Battle After Another
Joel Edgerton – Train Dreams
Ethan Hawke – Blue Moon
Michael B. Jordan – Sinners (RUNNER-UP)
Best Actress
Jessie Buckley – Hamnet (WINNER)
Rose Byrne – If I Had Legs I’d Kick You (RUNNER-UP)
Chase Infiniti – One Battle After Another
Renate Reinsve – Sentimental Value
Emma Stone – Bugonia
Best Supporting Actor
Benicio del Toro – One Battle After Another (RUNNER-UP)
Jacob Elordi – Frankenstein
Delroy Lindo – Sinners
Sean Penn – One Battle After Another
Stellan Skarsgård – Sentimental Value (WINNER)
Best Supporting Actress
Elle Fanning – Sentimental Value
Ariana Grande – Wicked: For Good
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas – Sentimental Value (RUNNER-UP)
Amy Madigan – Weapons (WINNER)
Teyana Taylor – One Battle After Another
Best Acting Ensemble
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another (WINNER)
Sentimental Value
Sinners (RUNNER-UP)
Weapons
Best Original Score
F1
Hamnet
Marty Supreme (RUNNER-UP)
One Battle After Another
Sinners (WINNER)
Best Original Song
“Drive” – F1
“Golden” – KPop Demon Hunters (WINNER)
“I Lied to You” – Sinners (RUNNER-UP)
“Last Time (I Seen the Sun)” – Sinners
“Train Dreams” – Train Dreams
Best Editing
F1 (RUNNER-UP)
Marty Supreme
No Other Choice
One Battle After Another (WINNER)
Sinners
Best Production Design
Frankenstein (WINNER)
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sinners (RUNNER-UP)
Wicked: For Good
Best Costume Design
Frankenstein (WINNER)
Hamnet
Hedda
Sinners
Wicked: For Good (RUNNER-UP)
Best Hair and Makeup
Frankenstein (WINNER)
Sinners
The Smashing Machine
Weapons (RUNNER-UP)
Wicked: For Good
Best Sound
F1 (RUNNER-UP)
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Sirāt
Warfare (WINNER)
Best Animated Feature
Arco (RUNNER-UP)
Elio
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
KPop Demon Hunters (WINNER)
Zootopia 2
Best International Feature
It Was Just An Accident
No Other Choice (WINNER)
The Secret Agent
Sentimental Value (RUNNER-UP)
Sirāt
Best Documentary
2000 Meters to Andriivka
Come See Me in the Good Light (RUNNER-UP)
Orwell: 2+2=5
The Perfect Neighbor (WINNER)
Predators
Best Cinematography
Hamnet
No Other Choice
One Battle After Another
Sinners (RUNNER-UP)
Train Dreams (WINNER)
Best Visual Effects
Avatar: Fire and Ash (WINNER)
F1
Frankenstein (RUNNER-UP)
Sinners
Superman
Best Stunts
F1 (RUNNER-UP)
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (WINNER)
One Battle After Another
The Running Man
Sinners
Best Directorial Debut
The Chronology of Water
Friendship
Pillion (RUNNER-UP)
Sorry, Baby (WINNER)
The Ugly Stepsister
Best Breakthrough Performance
Miles Caton – Sinners (RUNNER-UP)
Chase Infiniti – One Battle After Another (WINNER)
Jacobi Jupe – Hamnet
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas – Sentimental Value
Eva Victor – Sorry, Baby
Best Animal in a Movie
Bing the Dog – The Friend
Googoo the Meerkat – Left-Handed Girl
Indy the Dog – Good Boy (WINNER)
Noochie the Cat – Sorry, Baby (RUNNER-UP)
Tonic the Cat – Caught Stealing
Best LGBTQIA+ Representation
Blue Moon
Hedda
Pillion (RUNNER-UP)
Plainclothes
Twinless (WINNER)
Best New Jersey Representation
The Housemaid
Marty Supreme (RUNNER-UP)
Ponyboi
Presence
Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere (WINNER)
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