Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Praises Sinners with a Record-Setting 10 Wins

The Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association (WAFCA) has announced their winners for 2025, with Ryan Coogler's "Sinners" dominating the awards with a record-setting ten wins, including Best Film, Director, Actor, Original Screenplay, and Ensemble. Paul Thomas Anderson's "One Battle After Another" followed in a very distant second place with three wins for Adapted Screenplay, Supporting Actor, and Supporting Actress. Please see a full list of winners below.

Film

WINNER: Sinners (Warner Bros.)

Hamnet (Focus Features)

Marty Supreme (A24)

One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)

Sentimental Value (Neon)

Director

WINNER: Ryan Coogler – Sinners (Warner Bros.)

Chloé Zhao – Hamnet (Focus Features)

Jafar Panahi – It Was Just an Accident (Neon)

Josh Safdie – Marty Supreme (A24)

Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)

Actor

WINNER: Michael B. Jordan – Sinners (Warner Bros.)

Ethan Hawke – Blue Moon (Sony Pictures Classics)

Joel Edgerton – Train Dreams (Netflix)

Leonardo DiCaprio – One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)

Timothée Chalamet – Marty Supreme (A24)

Actress

WINNER: Jessie Buckley – Hamnet (Focus Features)

Chase Infiniti – One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)

Cynthia Erivo – Wicked (Universal Pictures)

Renate Reinsve – Sentimental Value (Neon)

Rose Byrne – If I Had Legs I’d Kick You (A24)

Supporting Actor

WINNER: Benicio del Toro – One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)

Delroy Lindo – Sinners (Warner Bros.)

Jacob Elordi – Frankenstein (Netflix)

Sean Penn – One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)

Stellan Skarsgård – Sentimental Value (Neon)

Supporting Actress

WINNER: Teyana Taylor – One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)

Amy Madigan – Weapons (Warner Bros.)

Ariana Grande – Wicked (Universal Pictures)

Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas – Sentimental Value (Neon)

Wunmi Mosaku – Sinners (Warner Bros.)

Youth Performance

WINNER: Miles Caton – Sinners (Warner Bros.)

Cary Christopher – Weapons (Warner Bros.)

Jacobi Jupe – Hamnet (Focus Features)

Mason Thames – How to Train Your Dragon (Universal Pictures)

Nina Ye – Left-Handed Girl (Netflix)

Shannon Mahina Gorman – Rental Family (Searchlight Pictures)

Voice Performance

WINNER: Arden Cho – KPop Demon Hunters (Netflix)

Ginnifer Goodwin – Zootopia 2 (Walt Disney Studios)

Jason Bateman – Zootopia 2 (Walt Disney Studios)

Ke Huy Quan – Zootopia 2 (Walt Disney Studios)

Yonas Kibreab – Elio (Walt Disney Studios)

Motion Capture Performance

WINNER: Zoe Saldaña – Avatar: Fire and Ash (20th Century Studios)

Oona Chaplin – Avatar: Fire and Ash (20th Century Studios)

Sam Worthington – Avatar: Fire and Ash (20th Century Studios)

Sigourney Weaver – Avatar: Fire and Ash (20th Century Studios)

Stephen Lang – Avatar: Fire and Ash (20th Century Studios)

Ensemble

WINNER: Sinners (Warner Bros.)

Hamnet (Focus Features)

It Was Just an Accident (Neon)

Marty Supreme (A24)

One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)

Sentimental Value (Neon)

Wake Up Dead Man (Netflix)

Original Screenplay

WINNER: Sinners (Warner Bros.)

It Was Just an Accident (Neon)

Marty Supreme (A24)

Sentimental Value (Neon)

Weapons (Warner Bros.)

Adapted Screenplay

WINNER: One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)

Bugonia (Focus Features)

Frankenstein (Netflix)

Hamnet (Focus Features)

Train Dreams (Netflix)

Animated Feature

WINNER: KPop Demon Hunters (Netflix)

Arco (Neon)

Elio (Walt Disney Studios)

Little Amélie or the Character of the Rain (GKIDS)

Zootopia 2 (Walt Disney Studios)

Production Design

WINNER: Sinners (Warner Bros.)

Frankenstein (Netflix)

Hamnet (Focus Features)

The Fantastic Four: First Steps (Walt Disney Studios)

Wicked: For Good (Universal Pictures)

Cinematography

WINNER: Sinners (Warner Bros.)

Frankenstein (Netflix)

Marty Supreme (A24)

One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)

Train Dreams (Netflix)

Editing

WINNERS: Sinners (Warner Bros.) [tie]

WINNERS: F1: The Movie (Apple Original Films) [tie]

Hamnet (Focus Features)

Marty Supreme (A24)

One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)

Score

WINNER: Sinners (Warner Bros.)

Frankenstein (Netflix)

Hamnet (Focus Features)

Marty Supreme (A24)

One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)

Joe Barber Award for Portrayal of Washington, DC

WINNER: A House of Dynamite (Netflix)

Anniversary (Lionsgate)

Captain America: Brave New World (Walt Disney Studios)

Nuremberg (Sony Pictures Classics)

Thunderbolts (Walt Disney Studios)

Stunts

WINNER: Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (Paramount Pictures)

F1: The Movie (Apple Original Films)

One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.)

Sinners (Warner Bros.)

Superman (Warner Bros.)

Documentary

WINNER: The Perfect Neighbor (Netflix)

Come See Me in the Good Light (Netflix)

Orwell: 2+2=5 (Neon)

Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk (Kino Lorber)

The Librarians (HBO Documentary Films)

Foreign Language Film

WINNER: Sentimental Value (Neon)

It Was Just an Accident (Neon)

Left-Handed Girl (Netflix)

No Other Choice (Neon)

The Secret Agent (Neon)

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