Sinners earned 12 nominations from the San Diego Film Critics Society and emerged from the December 15, 2025 voting session as the big winner. Sinners scored four awards—Best Actor (Michael B. Jordan), Best Director (Ryan Coogler), Best Use of Music, and Best Picture—followed by Weapons and It Was Just an Accident with two each. In all, the San Diego Film Critics Society gave 20 films at least one award.
2025 San Diego Film Critics Nominees and Winners
Best Picture
HAMNET
IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT
MARTY SUPREME
Runner-up: ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
WINNER: SINNERS
Best Director
Paul Thomas Anderson, ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
WINNER: Ryan Coogler, SINNERS
Runner-up: Yorgos Lanthimos, BUGONIA
Jafar Panahi, IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT
Chloe Zhao, HAMNET
Best Actor
Timothée Chalamet, MARTY SUPREME
Leonardo DiCaprio, ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
Runner-up: Joel Edgerton, TRAIN DREAMS
WINNER: Michael B. Jordan, SINNERS
Wagner Moura, THE SECRET AGENT
Best Actress
WINNER: (Tie) Jessie Buckley, HAMNET
WINNER: (Tie) Rose Byrne, IF I HAD LEGS I’D KICK YOU
Renate Reinsve, SENTIMENTAL VALUE
Emma Stone, BUGONIA
Eva Victor, SORRY, BABY
Best Supporting Actor
Benicio del Toro, ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
Jacob Elordi, FRANKENSTEIN
Runner-up: Sean Penn, ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
WINNER: Stellan Skarsgård, SENTIMENTAL VALUE
Jeffrey Wright, HIGHEST 2 LOWEST
Best Supporting Actress
Odessa A’zion, MARTY SUPREME
Runners-up: Nina Hoss, HEDDA
WINNER: Amy Madigan, WEAPONS
Runners-up: Wunmi Mosaku, SINNERS
Teyana Taylor, ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
Best Comedic Performance
Will Arnett, IS THIS THING ON?
Runner-up: Molly Gordon, OH, HI!
Liam Neeson, THE NAKED GUN
WINNER: Da’Vine Joy Randolph, ETERNITY
Tim Robinson, FRIENDSHIP
Best Youth Performance (For a performer under the age of 18)
WINNER: Cary Christopher, WEAPONS
Shannon Mahina Gorman, RENTAL FAMILY
Runner-up: Jacobi Jupe, HAMNET
Alfie Williams, 28 YEARS LATER
Nina Ye, LEFT-HANDED GIRL
Best Original Screenplay
Ryan Coogler, SINNERS
Zack Cregger, WEAPONS
Runner-up: David Koepp, BLACK BAG
WINNER: Jafar Panahi, IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT
Joachim Trier & Eskil Vogt, SENTIMENTAL VALUE
Best Adapted Screenplay
Runner-up: Paul Thomas Anderson, ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, TRAIN DREAMS
JT Mollner, THE LONG WALK
Maggie O’Farrell, Chloe Zhao, HAMNET
WINNER: Will Tracy, BUGONIA
Best First Feature (Director)
Drew Hancock, COMPANION
Scarlett Johansson, ELEANOR THE GREAT
Ben Leonberg, GOOD BOY
Runner-up: Kristen Stewart, THE CHRONOLOGY OF WATER
WINNER: Eva Victor, SORRY, BABY
Best Documentary
BECOMING LED ZEPPELIN
Runner-up: BILLY JOEL: AND SO IT GOES
JOHN CANDY: I LIKE ME
WINNER: ORWELL: 2 + 2 = 5
PREDATORS
Best Animated Film
ELIO
WINNER: KPOP DEMON HUNTERS
Runners-up: LITTLE AMÉLIE OR THE CHARACTER OF RAIN
PREDATOR: KILLER OF KILLERS
Runners-up: ZOOTOPIA 2
Best Foreign Language Film
WINNER: IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT
LEFT-HANDED GIRL
THE SECRET AGENT
Runner-up: SENTIMENTAL VALUE
SIRAT
Best Editing
WINNER: Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie, MARTY SUPREME
Barry Alexander Brown, Allyson C. Johnson, HIGHEST 2 LOWEST
Affonso Goncalves, Chloe Zhao, HAMNET
Runner-up: Andy Jurgensen, ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
Stephen Mirione, Patrick J. Smith, F1: THE MOVIE
Best Cinematography
Autum Durald Arkapaw, SINNERS
Runner-up: Michael Bauman, ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
Dan Laustsen, FRANKENSTEIN
WINNER: Adolpho Veloso, TRAIN DREAMS
Lukasz Zal, HAMNET
Best Production Design
Runners-up: Hannah Bleachler, Monique Champagne, SINNERS
Cara Brower, Stella Fox, HEDDA
Fiona Crombie, Alice Felton, HAMNET
WINNER: Tamara Deverell, Shane Vieau, FRANKENSTEIN
Runners-up: Kasra Farahani, Jille Azis, THE FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS
Best Visual Effects
WINNER: AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH
Runners-up: THE FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS
Runners-up: FRANKENSTEIN
MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – THE FINAL RECKONING
SUPERMAN
Best Costume Design
Alexandra Byrne, THE FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS
Runners-up: Ruth E. Carter, SINNERS
Runners-up: Kate Hawley, FRANKENSTEIN
WINNER: Paul Tazewell, WICKED: FOR GOOD
Malgosia Turzanska, HAMNET
Best Sound Design
AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH
Runner-up: F1: THE MOVIE
FRANKENSTEIN
SINNERS
WINNER: WARFARE
Best Use of Music
Runner-up: HEDDA
K-POP DEMON HUNTERS
MARTY SUPREME
WINNER: SINNERS
SIRAT
Best Stunt Choreography
BALLERINA: FROM THE WORLD OF JOHN WICK
WINNER: MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – THE FINAL RECKONING
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
Runner-up: SINNERS
SUPERMAN
Best Ensemble
WINNER: BLACK BAG
JAY KELLY
THE LONG WALK
Runner-up: SINNERS
WEAPONS
Breakthrough Performance
Chase Infiniti, One Battle After Another
Special Award for Body of Work
Josh O’Connor, Wake Up Dead Man, The Mastermind, The History of Sound, Rebuilding
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