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.
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.
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.
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
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
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.
