NBR Names ‘One Battle’ Best Of 2025 And Cites Top 10 Films

Leonardo DiCaprio in “One Battle After Another.”

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The National Board of Review named Leonardo DiCaprio’s “One Battle After Another” the Best Film of 2025 on Wednesday and also released its annual Top 10 movies list.

The NBR win marks the third Best Film honor that One Battle After Another has won in the past three days. Director Paul Thomas Anderson’s film won Best Feature at The Gotham Awards on Monday night and took the top film honor from the New York Film Critics Circle on Tuesday.

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One Battle After Another also earned NBR honors for Anderson for Best Director, DiCaprio for Best Actor, Benicio Del Toro for Best Supporting Actor and Chase Infiniti for Best Breakthrough Performance.

Rose Byrne was named Best Actress for If I Had Legs I’d Kick You, while Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas earned the Best Supporting Actress Honor for Sentimental Value.

Ryan Coogler was honored for Best Screenplay for Sinners, while Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar were cited for Best Adapted Screenplay for Train Dreams.

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In addition to naming One Battle After Another the year’s Best Film the NBR named the Top 10 Films of 2025 in alphabetical order: Avatar: Fire and Ash, F1: The Movie, Frankenstein, Jay Kelly, Marty Supreme, Rental Family, Sinners, Train Dreams, Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery and Wicked: For Good.

Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo in “Wicked: For Good.”

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National Board Of Review’s Complete List of 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 Directorial Debut: Eva Victor, Sorry, Baby

Breakthrough Performance: Chase Infiniti, One Battle After Another

Best Original Screenplay: Ryan Coogler, Sinners

Best Adapted Screenplay: Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar, Train Dreams

Best Animated Feature: Arco

Best International Film: It Was Just an Accident

Best Documentary: Cover-Up

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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 10 Films (in alphabetical order)

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

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Top 5 International Films (in alphabetical order)

Left-Handed Girl

The Love That Remains

The Secret Agent

Sentimental Value

Sirāt

Top 5 Documentaries (in alphabetical order)

2000 Meters to Andriivka

Come See Me in the Good Light

My Mom Jayne

Natchez

Orwell: 2+2=5

Top 10 Independent Films (in alphabetical order)

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

The National Board of Review, which has been honoring films since 1909, is made up of film enthusiasts, film industry professionals and academics.

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Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/timlammers/2025/12/03/nbr-names-one-battle-best-of-2025-and-cites-top-10-films/