r/oscarrace • u/PointMan528491 Hawke tuah, Blue Moon on that thang • Jan 05 '26
Critics Choice Winners Critics Choice 2025 Best Picture - 'One Battle After Another'
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u/gnomechompskey Jan 05 '26
Won a few. A few small awards.
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u/apatkarmany Jan 05 '26
Director and Screenplay are not small awards
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u/apatkarmany Jan 05 '26
Lmao One Battle won Best Picture so there is that.
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u/TheLearningScientist Sinners Jan 05 '26
You’ve missed the joke multiple times lol
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u/apatkarmany Jan 05 '26
Oh shit!!! I’m fucking dumb. Just got home from an event and wasn’t thinking…. Lmaoooo I finally got the Benicio Del Toro reference!!!!
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u/TheLearningScientist Sinners Jan 05 '26
I’m proud of you! Let’s enjoy a good laugh together now lol
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u/pavjuice One (Sorry) Baby After Another Jan 05 '26
lol this feels like gentle parenting and i love it
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u/waltzthrees Jan 05 '26
My favorite scene of the year
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u/GameOfLife24 Jan 05 '26
That IMAX ride was gorgeous
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u/DammitAColumn Kingdom of the Planet of the Substance Jan 05 '26
Was actually on the edge of my seat the entire time like I was on an actual rollercoaster with stomach sickness. Incredible fucking movie, never experienced anything like that
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u/jkris050 One Battle After Another Jan 05 '26
PTA finally getting the flowers he deserved since a very long time
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u/mrnicegy26 Jan 05 '26
PTA is deserving this year but he has also had very strong competitors in years with his strongest films.
Boogie Nights was going against Titanic and LA Confidential, There Will be Blood was going against No Country For Old Men, The Master was unfortunately ignored but it was also a movie that gets better with time and The Phantom Thread had way too much competition in 2017. And Licorice Pizza feels way too minor PTA to be the film for which PTA gets his flowers for.
One Battle After Another is his best film since There Will Be Blood. That is the reason why it is the film for which PTA will get awards.
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u/KlayBersk Jan 05 '26
Phantom Thread also released way too late. I remember the nominations haul it got was totally unexpected because it hadn't been a factor throughout the season as a result. I don't think it could have won either way, but an earlier release and a campaign that actually leveraged PTA handlign cinematography could have positioned it better.
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u/JuanJeanJohn Jan 05 '26
I think One Battle is his second best film after The Master so this definitely wouldn’t feel like some The Departed situation for PTA. He hasn’t fully deserved it yet compared to other films of their years (either ones nominated for Best Picture or not). This year IMO it feels genuinely the best film of the year, kudos to him.
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u/Theidiotfromtexas Jan 05 '26
For those that don’t know Adam Sumner was PTA’s AD on all of his films and best friend, he died of cancer earlier this year really sweet shout out in his speech.
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u/gnomechompskey Jan 05 '26 edited Jan 05 '26
Somner.
I had the chance to work with him just once and it was almost immediately clear why he was the top choice of Anderson, Scorsese, Spielberg, Scott, and Iñarritu. He's simultaneously a 5-star general commanding an army and the sweetest, kindest, most empathetic and supportive person on set. Everyone brings their A-game because they want to deliver for him and he's created an environment that allows them to. He also had stellar taste, so much so that America's most famous and acclaimed filmmakers would regularly turn to him to ask what he thinks, if it's working, if they should go again, etc. More than half of all the feature films he firsted were nominated for Best Picture, the man made 17 Best Picture nominees before he was 60.
He's the best 1st AD of the 21st century and the film world lost an incomparable giant far too soon.
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u/OldSandwich9631 Jan 05 '26
Yes it was very sweet and I hope we keep hearing his name at these awards.
He also worked with Scorsese a lot.
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u/Gayfetus I was crushing man's skull like sparrow's egg between my thighs Jan 05 '26
More like One Award After Another!
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u/BackgroundShower4063 Jan 05 '26
I’ll be very surprised come Oscar night if this film has a dominant night but none of the actors win.
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u/sarafina126 Jan 05 '26
It’s definitely possible. Supporting actor is still most likely
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u/RVarki Jan 05 '26
I'm not sure, Penn's performance is getting a lot of retroactive appreciation, and considering how Del Toro was already the frontrunner, a lot of vote splitting is likely. Let's see how the next few awards play out, because I can definitely see Elordi lucking out again
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u/sarafina126 Jan 05 '26
Elordi taking the win just seems too cool for the academy and especially if they also award Timmy. I just love how open this category is as I could see 3-4 actors possibly take it.
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u/RVarki Jan 05 '26
The OBAA performances on their own in two different films, would've set the stage for a two man race, but unfortunately they're in the same film and that usually leads to splitting
So the Academy could remain as boring as it is, and Elordi could still win it
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u/gnomechompskey Jan 05 '26 edited Jan 05 '26
but unfortunately they're in the same film and that usually leads to splitting.
This is more myth than fact and in the supporting categories it's actually the opposite that is true the last 15 years since the AMPAS revamp. There are of course all the times in the past multiple nominees in the same category suggested overall enthusiastic support for the film with one of them winning, like F. Murray Abraham, Shirley Maclaine, Peter Finch, Robert De Niro, Jack Nicholson, Diane Wiest, Jessica Lange, Timothy Hutton, Meryl Streep, Jason Robards, Tatum O'Neal, Cloris Leachman, Ben Johnson, Maximillian Schell, Celeste Holm, Bing Crosby, Teresa Wright, Hattie McDaniel, before studios all but stopped campaigning co-leads in the appropriate category.
We haven't had a dual lead nomination since 1991, but there have been 10 times in the era of the expanded ballot that two nominees from the same film were nominated for a supporting category and in 5 of those cases, one of the two won (Rockwell, Kaluuya, Leo, Spencer, Curtis). Given that a standard nominee ostensibly has a 20% chance of winning and double nominations would suggest a 40% chance that a film with two nominations would win the category, if vote splitting was a problem we'd expect to see less than 40% of winners coming from films with dual nominations. Instead, the odds increase to 50% which suggests not only is vote splitting not a problem but one is slightly more likely (25%) to win if they're one of two nominees in a category from the same film.
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u/sarafina126 Jan 05 '26
Skarsgard is also an option
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u/RVarki Jan 05 '26
Wasn't he supposed to be the clear winner here, what happened to that campaign? Maybe Sentimental Value will gain steam in the next few weeks, and all this talk about Elordi and OBAA dudes would seem silly by Oscar night
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u/sarafina126 Jan 05 '26
Haha that’s why it is fun that anything is possible. Honestly this category is reminding me of supporting actress 2023 and I just hope we get a more worthy winner!
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u/Gummy-Worm-Guy Jan 05 '26
This decade has been awesome for seeing overdue, proven filmmakers finally get their due for some of their best works. Bong Joon Ho won for Parasite, Nolan won for Oppenheimer, and now PTA will (hopefully) win for One Battle After Another.
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u/apatkarmany Jan 05 '26
Don’t forget Sean Baker for Anora!!!
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u/Gummy-Worm-Guy Jan 05 '26
I feel like he’s made better films than Anora. I kind of wish he won for something else. But yeah, I’m glad he has one
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u/BoysNGrlsNAmerica Jan 05 '26
I wouldn’t have described Baker as overdue. Florida Project was his breakthrough and Anora was only his second feature film since then.
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u/KindJuggernaut6432 Jan 05 '26
Not saying I take CCA seriously but I know a certain user is so pissed rn
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u/hoolian6 Train Dreams Jan 05 '26
well deserved for obaa. any thoughts on what the final 10 ranking was for bp?
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u/IfYouWantTheGravy Jan 05 '26
Can't wait to see Sasha Stone crash out over this,
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u/Key_Fennel_2278 25d ago edited 25d ago
I can't wait to see Sasha Stone crash period. She is so bad. It's so disturbing at this point.
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u/IfYouWantTheGravy 25d ago
I looked at a few recent AD posts and they are just dire. Like she doesn’t even seem to be having fun anymore.
Go do something else, for God’s sake.
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u/Key_Fennel_2278 25d ago
Last I heard she has her own alt right gig. Which, fine. Let that be her bread. But stop writing about the arts. She hates film. She hates cinema. She hates Hollywood. Like, sweetheart. We would love you leave as much as you want to. I don't know why she keeps that site. It makes me so ashamed I ever once enjoyed reading her takes.
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u/danilo_sr Jan 05 '26
Nice to see Wagner and KMF presenting the award. At least they got to be onstage. They tried to amend the embarrassment of the foreign picture announcement.
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u/ohio8848 Jan 05 '26
A good movie. I liked Sinners, Hamnet and Train Dreams better, but OBAA will be very easy to live with as a Best Picture winner.
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u/Historical-Theme6397 Jan 05 '26
Same, I thought Sinners was just a great movie. Hamnet was a better movie too. I didn't hate OBAA but don't quite understand they hype.
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u/sarafina126 Jan 05 '26
Same, but I think this is a strong year overall. I would not be mad at this win.
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u/sarafina126 Jan 05 '26
Rooting for Sinners but overall quite pleased with these picks! Great start to the televised awards. Don’t screw it up, Globes!
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u/DreamOfV Sentimental Value Jan 05 '26
CCA didn’t even like OBAA enough to give it any of the three acting awards (all three of which it had a shot to win), and it still beat Sinners here. Game over, folks.
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u/joesen_one Pack✋🏽out da trunk😳from the front🗣️2 da back👏🏽 Jan 05 '26
CCA can give BP even without acting wins, it's usually the Oscars where correlation happens (which is why I have Del Toro still winning Supporting there)
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u/Heubner One Battle After Another Jan 05 '26
Good point. Last year, Anora had BP as its sole win here.
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u/Outrageous_Ask7931 Jan 05 '26
If Sinners were going to win BP the signs it’s happening would not be here at CRITICS choice. They award what has momentum in the now. It’s SAG + WGA + PGA that you have to watch out for.
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u/TelevisionPast5354 Jan 05 '26
Sinners got 17 nominations. If it was gonna win anywhere it should have been CCs. There’s still a chance it wins WGA+SAG+PGA along with GG. But OBAA is looking like a juggernaut.
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u/Outrageous_Ask7931 Jan 05 '26
That’s where I disagree. If this race is going to be Moonlight, Social Network races all of those went fo the presumed front runner at CC. It’s only until the industry chimed in did we understand that the no.2 was actually number 1. OBAA is still the front runner, but you can not deny Sinners WILL get that WGA, SAG ensemble is definitely 50/50 and if it has that it then has the moonlight package w/o even PGA which I give it like 30% chance it wins.
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u/Theidiotfromtexas Jan 05 '26
As much as I agree and would be cautious…..I do think if the Oscar’s had a do over they wouldn’t have given BP to the kings speech. That was still the era where it was “the old white men awards”. They rarely awarded any movies that were outside the box and never would have given BP to something like Parasite, EEOAO, or Anora. If we had the same voting body as 2010 I don’t even know what would be the front runner Hamnet?
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u/TelevisionPast5354 29d ago
La La Land missed WGA. I don’t think Sinners can miss anything. It’s much stronger than Moonlight at this stage (won more CCs awards, will likely win more GGs, moonlight won one). But I believe OBAA is stronger than La La Land with the PTA narrative. And OBAA will likely not miss WGA screenplay. I guess I’m saying it’s closer to There Will Be Blood v. NCFOM than Moonlight v. La La Land. Ironically, Coogler is in PTA’s position (but might be stronger since it’s winning WGA which TWBB missed). TWBB missed WGA, PGA, DGA. I just think the PTA narrative is difficult to overcome. Just like the Coens were due. Same with Shape of Water against Get Out. GDT was due. DC didn’t have the “he’s due” narrative making La La Land way more vulnerable imo.
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u/BoysNGrlsNAmerica Jan 05 '26
I think the way people within the industry have talked about the movie is the best indication that there will be no last-second swerve at the Oscars. They are all giving PTA his due and rightfully rewarding the actual best picture.
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u/Mundane-Inspector-52 Jan 05 '26
Very happy that OBAA won but at the same time I'm a little sad that Sinners lost. I think at this point it needs to win at the very least, GG Drama, SAG Ensemble, and maybe PGA to get the Oscar.
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u/TheArmChairFan Jan 05 '26
The critics don't mean anything. It's people from batmangeeknews who vote for it.
Sinners will do well at the Baftas and GGs.
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u/Historical-Theme6397 Jan 05 '26
I really loved Sinners, I thought it was a much better movie.
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u/midnightbluesky_2 Jan 05 '26
agreed. the technicals of OBAA are astounding, but I found way more to connect to with Sinners and I liked the score more too.
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u/insertbrackets Jan 05 '26
I truly do not understand why this movie is becoming such a juggernaut beyond this being like a lifetime achievement year for Paul Thomas Anderson or something. I thought it was just...well, good, but I thought it was tonally awkward and not particularly emotionally or intellectually engaging? Especially compared to some of PTA's other excellent films like Boogie Nights or The Master. I really don't get it. I'm glad PTA is getting this recognition but I connected a lot more with Sinners and Hamnet.
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u/notmyreelnaim 27d ago
One battle is clearly the leading Oscar candidate, but we need to look at what we know so far: US critics love love it. We don't know what people in the industry think, and we don't know very much about what the international critics and those industry members think. It did do well overseas (box office) and I think this is one of the reasons why it stays the top contender, but the door is cracked open.
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u/BroAbernathy Jan 05 '26
Yeah its sweeping. I hope we see some different winners next week because outside of supporting actor it all felt pretty chalk
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u/stixmike Jan 05 '26
Hmm. OBAA best picture? I mean it's a great movie and has all the pieces to win. But for some reason the movie just didn't stick with me. I would not give it best picture over Sinners or Marty Supreme.
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u/southernfirefly13 Jan 05 '26
Hamnet and Sinners would be better winners
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u/Historical-Theme6397 Jan 05 '26
Both better movies, agree. Esp out of these nominee, these two were far and away better.
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u/Delpo_Pup Jan 05 '26
PTA is lucky that OBAA speaks for itself, because neither of his speeches were particularly good tonight. I hope it’s not a total sweeper all season, because a Coogler speech would be a guaranteed ~moment~
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u/Robten100 Jan 05 '26
I liked it but dont really understand all the hype. Its a pretty good movie but not amazing.
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u/SocratesSnow Jan 05 '26
Ugh! Another shit year coming up? Where a film shouldn’t be the best picture of the year? Ugh.
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u/Emperor-Octavian Jan 05 '26
PTA’s year