The N.Y. Film Critics Circle is gathering in Manhattan this morning to select the best films and performances of 2025.

Th membership of more than 50 journalists has often gone against the grain.

As the oldest critics’ group in the US, the NYFCC is viewed as early bellwether for awards season, with its best film winner often correlating with an Oscar Award nomination for best picture.

Since the Oscars expanded to 10 best picture nominees in 2009, only two NYFCC winners — “Carol” (2015) and “First Cow” (2020) — have failed to secure nominations in the top category

The NYFCC remains one of the industry’s most prestigious critics’ groups, even if its choices rarely mirror the Academy’s ultimate victors. The membership gravitates toward deep, textural narratives — think Todd Haynes’ “Far from Heaven” (2002) and Ryūsuke Hamaguchi’s “Drive My Car” (2021) — and often sidesteps the presumed Oscar frontrunner.

My Oscar Book:

The group has aligned with the best picture Oscar winner only once in the past decade, with Michel Hazanavicius’ “The Artist.”

Now celebrating its 91st year, the NYFCC continues to shape the early awards conversation.

The list of winners is below.

Best Film: “One Battle After Another”(directed by Paul Thomas Anderson)

Director: Jafar Panahi, “It Was Just an Accident”

Actor: Wagner Moura, “The Secret Agent”

Supporting Actor: Benicio del Toro, “One Battle After Another”

Supporting Actress: Amy Madigan, “Weapons”

Screenplay: “Marty Supreme”

Cinematography: “Sinners”

Non-Fiction Film: “My Undesirable Friends: Part I – Last Air in Moscow”

International Film: “The Secret Agent”

First Film: “Eephus”