One Battle After Another voted best film of the year by Sight And Sound

The British Film Institute’s international film magazine has crowned acclaimed action comedy One Battle After Another the best film of the year.

American filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another has beaten films including Sinners and The Mastermind to snag the top spot as Sight and Sound’s number one film of 2025.

The British Film Institute’s (BFI) international film magazine has crowned the acclaimed action comedy best film of the year, describing it as a “worthy winner” of the top spot.

One Battle After Another is based on Thomas Pynchon’s novel Vineland, and follows former revolutionary Bob Ferguson, who must protect his daughter from his old nemesis, the white supremacist Colonel Lockjaw, who resurfaces after 16 years

The film, starring American actors Leonardo DiC