National Board of Review Awards 2025

97th NBR Awards
Date	December 3, 2025 January 13, 2026 (ceremony)
Location	Cipriani 42nd Street, New York City
Hosted by	Willie Geist
Highlights
Best Film	One Battle After Another
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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.^[1][2][3]

The annual awards gala will be held on January 13, 2026, at Cipriani 42nd Street in New York City, hosted by television personality and journalist Willie Geist.^[4]

Paul Thomas Anderson, Best Director winner

Leonardo Dicaprio, Best Actor winner

Rose Byrne, Best Actress winner

Benicio del Toro, Best Supporting Actor winner

Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Best Supporting Actress winner

Ryan Coogler, Best Original Screenplay winner

Eva Victor, Best Directorial Debut winner

Top 10 Films

Films listed alphabetically except top, which is ranked as Best Film of the Year:

One Battle After Another

• Avatar: Fire and Ash
• F1
• Frankenstein
• Jay Kelly
• Marty Supreme
• Rental Family
• Sinners
• Train Dreams
• Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
• Wicked: For Good

Winners

Best Film:

• One Battle After Another

Best Director:

• Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another

Best Actor:

• Leonardo DiCaprio – One Battle After Another

Best Actress:

• Rose Byrne – If I Had Legs I'd Kick You

Best Supporting Actor:

• Benicio del Toro – One Battle After Another

Best Supporting Actress:

• Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas – Sentimental Value

Best Original Screenplay:

• Ryan Coogler – Sinners

Best Adapted Screenplay:

• Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar – Train Dreams

Best Animated Feature:

• Arco

Breakthrough Performance:

• Chase Infiniti – One Battle After Another

Best Directorial Debut:

• Eva Victor – Sorry, Baby

Best International Film:

• It Was Just an Accident

Best Documentary:

• Cover-Up

Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography:

• Autumn Durald Arkapaw – Sinners

Outstanding Achievement in Stunt Artistry:

• Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning

NBR Freedom of Expression Award:

• Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk

Top 5 International Films

It Was Just an Accident (Iran)^[5]

• Left-Handed Girl (Taiwan)
• The Love That Remains (Iceland)
• The Secret Agent (Brazil)
• Sentimental Value (Norway)
• Sirāt (Spain)

Top 5 Documentaries

Cover-Up^[6]

• 2000 Meters to Andriivka
• Come See Me in the Good Light
• My Mom Jayne
• Natchez
• Orwell: 2+2=5

Top 10 Independent Films

• The Baltimorons
• Bring Her Back
• Father Mother Sister Brother
• Friendship
• Good Boy
• If I Had Legs I'd Kick You
• The Mastermind
• Rebuilding
• Sorry, Baby
• Urchin

References

1. Davis, Clayton (December 3, 2025). "National Board of Review Winners 2025: 'One Battle After Another' Dominates with Best Film, Director, Three Acting Prizes". Variety. Retrieved December 3, 2025.
2. Pond, Steve (December 3, 2025). "'One Battle After Another' Dominates National Board of Review's 2025 Awards". TheWrap. Retrieved December 3, 2025.
3. Lewis, Hilary (December 3, 2025). "National Board of Review Names 'One Battle After Another' as Best Film of 2025". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved December 3, 2025.
4. "The National Board of Review to Host Awards Gala Tuesday, January 13, 2026 in New York City". National Board of Review. April 28, 2025. Retrieved December 3, 2025.
5. The NBR lists the Best International Film and runners-up alphabetically
6. The NBR lists the Best Documentary Film and runners-up alphabetically

External links

• Official website