London Critics’ Circle Awards Nominees: One Battle After Another and Hamnet Lead the Field
According to CinemaDrame News Agency, Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another** leads the nominations for the 46th London Critics’ Circle Film Awards with nine nominations. Close behind is Chloé Zhao’s Hamnet** with eight nominations. Both films are nominated for Film of the Year, with acting nominations including Leonardo DiCaprio and Jessie Buckley.
Ryan Coogler’s Sinners** receives seven nominations, including Film of the Year, while Josh Safdie’s sports comedy Marty Supreme** follows with six nominations, and Sorry, Baby earns five.
Among British films, Harry Lighton’s Pillion** is nominated for three awards, including British/Irish Film of the Year, where it will compete with Hamnet, The Ballad of Wallis Island, and I Swear directed by Kirk Jones.
Winners will be announced on February 1, 2026 during a ceremony hosted by Mark Kermode at The May Fair Hotel in London.
Full List of Nominees
Film of the Year
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
The Mastermind
One Battle After Another
Sentimental Value
Sinners
Sirāt
Sorry, Baby
Train Dreams
Weapons
Foreign-Language Film of the Year
It Was Just an Accident
No Other Choice
The Secret Agent
Sentimental Value
Sirāt
Documentary of the Year
Cover-Up
One to One: John & Yoko
Orwell: 2+2=5
The Perfect Neighbor
Riefenstahl
Animated Feature of the Year
Arco
Elio
KPop Demon Hunters
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
Zootopia 2
British/Irish Film of the Year
The Ballad of Wallis Island
Bugonia
Hamnet
I Swear
Pillion
Director of the Year
Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another
Ryan Coogler – Sinners
Oliver Laxe – Sirāt
Josh Safdie – Marty Supreme
Chloé Zhao – Hamnet
Screenwriter of the Year
Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another
Ryan Coogler – Sinners
Josh Safdie & Ronald Bronstein – Marty Supreme
Eva Victor – Sorry, Baby
Chloé Zhao & Maggie O’Farrell – Hamnet
Actor of the Year
Timothée Chalamet – Marty Supreme
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
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
Alexander Skarsgård – Pillion
Supporting Actress of the Year
Odessa A’zion – Marty Supreme
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas – Sentimental Value
Amy Madigan – Weapons
Wunmi Mosaku – Sinners
Teyana Taylor – One Battle After Another
Breakthrough Performer of the Year
Robert Aramayo – I Swear / Palestine 36
Miles Caton – Sinners
Frank Dillane – Urchin / Harvest
Chase Infiniti – One Battle After Another
Eva Victor – Sorry, Baby
British/Irish Breakthrough Filmmaker
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
British/Irish Performer of the Year
Naomi Ackie – Sorry, Baby, Mickey 17, The Thursday Murder Club
Robert Aramayo – I 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
British/Irish Young Performer of the Year
Scott Ellis Watson – I Swear
Abada Hassan – Brides
Jacobi Jupe – Hamnet
Noah Jupe – Hamnet / The Carpenter’s Son
Alfie Williams – 28 Years Later
Technical Achievement Award
Die My Love – Editing
The Ice Tower – Production Design
Marty Supreme – Casting
The Mastermind – Music
One Battle After Another – Editing
Sinners – Music
Sirāt – Sound Design
Sound of Falling – Costume Design
Train Dreams – Cinematography
Weapons – Hair & Makeup
British/Irish Short Film of the Year
Two Black Boys in Paradise – Baz Sells
Leaving Ikordoru in 1999 – Rashida Sseriki
I Saw the Face of God in the Jet Wash – Mark Jenkin
Neil Armstrong and the Langholmites – Duncan Cowles
Milk – Naomi Waring
