‘One Battle After Another’ sweeps National Board of Review, with Best Film and top honors for Leonardo DiCaprio, Paul Thomas Anderson

After scoring at the Gotham Awards and New York Film Critics Circle earlier this week, One Battle After Another continued to rack up wins in what is a so-far dominant run on the the awards circuit, sweeping the top honors at the National Board of Review on Wednesday.

The Warner Bros. release was named Best Film, Paul Thomas Anderson won for Best Director, Leonardo DiCaprio scored for Best Actor, Benicio Del Toro took Best Supporting Actor, and Chase Infiniti was honored for Breakthrough Performance.

"Paul Thomas Anderson is one of the shining lights of contemporary cinema. He has crafted a bold, funny, and thrilling movie that is somehow one of the most significant films about the world we live in and also a playful, tender story of a father and daughter connecting through some of the wildest events you can imagine. The NBR is honored to celebrate this absolutely remarkable film," said NBR President Annie Schulhof.

Rose Byrne received Best Actress for If I Had Legs I’d Kick You, a day after winning the same prize from the New York Film Critics Circle. Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas received the Best Supporting Actress for Sentimental Value.

The NBR awards gala event will take place on Jan. 13 at Cipriani 42nd Street in New York hosted by NBC News' Willie Geist.

Here's the complete list of 2025 NBR award recipients:

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 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