The 46th annual London Critics’ Circle Film awards have been revealed and One Battle After Another was the top winner with Film of the Year, Director and Screenwriter of the Year for Paul Thomas Anderson and Sean Penn for Supporting Actor of the Year.
Continuing their ongoing critics’ win streaks, Jessie Buckley was named Actress of the Year for Hamnet while Amy Madigan won Supporting Actress of the Year for Weapons. Timothée Chalamet was the Actor of the Year for Marty Supreme. Josh O’Connor won for his 2025 Body of Work, which included The Mastermind, The History of Sound and Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (but not Rebuilding, curiously).
Pillion was a double winner with British/Irish Film of the Year and the Breakthrough award for writer/director Harry Lighton. Robert Aramayo was named Breakthrough Performer for his work in I Swear and Palestine 36.
Special honors went to Cynthia Erivo, with the Derek Malcolm Award for Innovation and Guillermo del Toro, recipient of the Dilys Powell Award for Excellence in Film.
The London Critics’ Circle Film Awards ceremony was held at The May Fair in London on February 1, 2026, with celebrated critic Mark Kermode as host.
Here is the full list of winners.
FILM OF THE YEAR
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
The Mastermind
One Battle After Another (WINNER)
Sentimental Value
Sinners
Sirāt
Sorry, Baby
Train Dreams
Weapons
BRITISH/IRISH FILM OF THE YEAR
The Ballad of Wallis Island
Bugonia
Hamnet
I Swear
Pillion (WINNER)
DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR
Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another (WINNER)
Ryan Coogler – Sinners
Óliver Laxe – Sirāt
Josh Safdie – Marty Supreme
Chloé Zhao – Hamnet
ACTOR OF THE YEAR
Timothée Chalamet – Marty Supreme (WINNER)
Leonardo DiCaprio – One Battle After Another
Ethan Hawke – Blue Moon
Wagner Moura – The Secret Agent
Josh O’Connor – The Mastermind
ACTRESS OF THE YEAR
Jessie Buckley – Hamnet (WINNER)
Rose Byrne – If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
Jennifer Lawrence – Die My Love
Renate Reinsve – Sentimental Value
Eva Victor – Sorry, Baby
SUPPORTING ACTOR OF THE YEAR
Benicio Del Toro – One Battle After Another
Jacob Elordi – Frankenstein
Delroy Lindo – Sinners
Sean Penn – One Battle After Another (WINNER)
Alexander Skarsgård – Pillion
SUPPORTING ACTRESS OF THE YEAR
Odessa A’zion – Marty Supreme
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas – Sentimental Value
Amy Madigan – Weapons (WINNER)
Wunmi Mosaku – Sinners
Teyana Taylor – One Battle After Another
BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMER OF THE YEAR
Robert Aramayo – I Swear/Palestine 36 (WINNER)
Miles Caton – Sinners
Frank Dillane – Urchin/Harvest
Chase Infiniti – One Battle After Another
Eva Victor – Sorry, Baby
BREAKTHROUGH BRITISH/IRISH FILMMAKER OF THE YEAR
Tom Basden & Tim Key – The Ballad of Wallis Island
Laura Carreira – On Falling
Akinola Davies Jr. – My Father’s Shadow
Harris Dickinson – Urchin
Harry Lighton – Pillion (WINNER)
BRITISH/IRISH PERFORMER OF THE YEAR
Naomi Ackie – Sorry, Baby/Mickey 17/The Thursday Murder Club
Robert Aramayo – Swear/Palestine 36
Jessie Buckley – Hamnet
David Jonsson – Wasteman/The Long Walk
Josh O’Connor – The Mastermind/The History of Sound/Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (WINNER)
YOUNG BRITISH/IRISH PERFORMER OF THE YEAR
Scott Ellis Watson – I Swear
Ebada Hassan – Brides
Jacobi Jupe – Hamnet
Noah Jupe – Hamnet/The Carpenter’s Son
Alfie Williams – 28 Years Later (WINNER)
SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR
Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another (WINNER)
Ryan Coogler – Sinners
Josh Safdie & Ronald Bronstein – Marty Supreme
Eva Victor – Sorry, Baby
Chloé Zhao & Maggie O’Farrell – Hamnet
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR
It Was Just an Accident
No Other Choice
The Secret Agent
Sentimental Value (WINNER)
Sirāt
DOCUMENTARY OF THE YEAR
Cover-Up
One to One: John & Yoko
Orwell: 2+2=5
The Perfect Neighbor (WINNER)
Riefenstahl
ANIMATED FEATURE OF THE YEAR
Arco
Elio
KPop Demon Hunters (WINNER)
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
Zootopia 2
TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Die My Love – Editing, Toni Froschhamer
The Ice Tower – Production Design, Julia Irribarria
Marty Supreme – Casting, Jennifer Venditti
The Mastermind – Music, Rob Mazurek
One Battle After Another – Editing, Andy Jurgensen
Sinners – Music, Ludwig Göransson (WINNER)
Sirāt – Sound design, Laia Casanovas
Sound of Falling – Costume Design, Sabrina Krämer
Train Dreams – Cinematography, Adolpho Veloso
Weapons – Makeup and Hairstyling, Leo Satkovich, Melizah Wheat and Jason Collins
BRITISH/IRISH SHORT FILM OF THE YEAR
Two Black Boys In Paradise – Directed by Baz Sells
Leaving Ikordoru in 1999 – Directed by Rashida Seriki
I Saw The Face Of God In The Jet Wash – Directed by Mark Jenkin
Neil Armstrong and the Langholmites – Directed by Duncan Cowles (WINNER)
Milk – Directed by Naomi Waring
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