The Internet Film Critic Society (IFCS) announced the winners of their 2025 movie awards. This is the 18th annual awards from the IFCS. Film Obsessive staff writer Kevin Wozniak, contributing writer George Bate, and Editor in Chief Don Shanahan are proud voting members of the IFCS. For 2025, the members gave their top honor of Best Drama to The Life of Chuck, directed by Mike Flanagan. Voted winners in nine more categories were also named before the Christmas holiday.
Image courtesy of the IFCS
Other top film honors from the Internet Film Critic Society went to The Naked Gun for Best Comedy, Sinners for Best Horror or Science Fiction Film, and The Shrouds for the Most Underrated Film of 2025.In the acting categories, the Internet Film Critics Society named Rose Byrne Best Actress for the dramedy If I Had Legs I’d Kick You, while Ethan Hawke won Best Actor for Blue Moon. The complete list of the 18th annual Internet Film Critic Society Awards can be seen below.
The Internet Film Critic Society (IFCS) is an international association of online film critics and journalists. Our members provide expert opinions, analyses and criticisms on all forms of cinema, primarily or exclusively through online outlets. The IFCS is designed to stimulate awareness of the internet as a respectable and professional source of film critique and studies. The IFCS has given year-end awards for excellence in filmmaking annually since its founding in 2007.
DON SHANAHAN is a Chicago-based Rotten Tomatoes-approved film critic writing here on Film Obsessive as the Editor-in-Chief and Content Supervisor for the film department. He also writes for his own website, Every Movie Has a Lesson. Don is one of the hosts of the Cinephile Hissy Fit Podcast on the Ruminations Radio Network and sponsored by Film Obsessive. As a school teacher by day, Don writes his movie reviews with life lessons in mind, from the serious to the farcical. He is a proud director and one of the founders of the Chicago Indie Critics and a voting member of the nationally-recognized Critics Choice Association, Hollywood Creative Alliance, Online Film Critics Society, North American Film Critics Association, International Film Society Critics Association, Internet Film Critics Society, Online Film and TV Association, and the Celebrity Movie Awards.
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