Awards – New York Film Critics Circle (original) (raw)

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2024 Winners

Best Film:
The Brutalist

Best Director:
RaMell Ross, Nickel Boys

Best Actor:
Adrien Brody, The Brutalist

Best Actress:
Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Hard Truths

Best Supporting Actor:
Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain

Best Supporting Actress:
Carol Kane, Between the Temples

Best Screenplay:
Sean Baker, Anora

Best International Film:
All We Imagine as Light

Best Animated Film:
Flow

Best Cinematography:
Jomo Fray, Nickel Boys

Best Non-Fiction Film:
No Other Land

Best First Film:
Janet Planet

Special Award:
To Save and Project: The MoMA International Festival of Film Preservation


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Year Category Name Film Title
2024 Best Picture The Brutalist
2024 Best Director RaMell Ross Nickel Boys
2024 Best Screenplay Sean Baker Anora
2024 Best Actress Marianne Jean-Baptiste Hard Truths
2024 Best Actor Adrien Brody The Brutalist
2024 Best Supporting Actress Carol Kane Between the Temples
2024 Best Supporting Actor Kieran Culkin A Real Pain
2024 Best Cinematography Jomo Fray Nickel Boys
2024 Best Animated Film Flow
2024 Best Documentary No Other Land
2024 Best International Film All We Imagine as Light
2024 Best First Film Janet Planet
2024 Special Award To Save and Project: The MoMA International Festival of Film Preservation
2023 Best Picture Killers of the Flower Moon
2023 Best Director Christopher Nolan Oppenheimer
2023 Best Screenplay Samy Burch May December
2023 Best Actress Lily Gladstone Killers of the Flower Moon
2023 Best Actor Franz Rogowski Passages
2023 Best Supporting Actress Da'Vine Joy Randolph The Holdovers
2023 Best Supporting Actor Charles Melton May December
2023 Best Cinematography Hoyte van Hoytema Oppenheimer
2023 Best Animated Film The Boy and the Heron
2023 Best Documentary Menus-Plaisirs – Les Troisgros
2023 Best International Film Anatomy of a Fall
2023 Best First Film Past Lives
2023 Special Award Karen Cooper
2022 Best Picture TÁR
2022 Best Director S.S. Rajamouli RRR
2022 Best Screenplay Martin McDonagh The Banshees of Inisherin
2022 Best Actress Cate Blanchett TÁR
2022 Best Actor Colin Farrell After Yang, The Banshees of Inisherin
2022 Best Supporting Actress Keke Palmer Nope
2022 Best Supporting Actor Ke Huy Quan Everything Everywhere All at Once
2022 Best Cinematography Claudio Miranda Top Gun: Maverick
2022 Best Animated Film Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
2022 Best Non-Fiction Film (Documentary) All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
2022 Best International Film EO
2022 Best First Film Charlotte Wells Aftersun
2022 Special Award Jafar Panahi
2022 Special Award Jake Perlin
2022 Special Award dGenerate Films
2021 Best Picture Drive My Car
2021 Best Director Jane Campion The Power of the Dog
2021 Best Screenplay Paul Thomas Anderson Licorice Pizza
2021 Best Actress Lady Gaga House of Gucci
2021 Best Actor Benedict Cumberbatch The Power of the Dog
2021 Best Supporting Actress Kathryn Hunter The Tragedy of Macbeth
2021 Best Supporting Actor Kodi Smit-McPhee The Power of the Dog
2021 Best Cinematography Janusz Kaminski West Side Story
2021 Best Animated Film The Mitchells vs. the Machines
2021 Best Non-Fiction Film (Documentary) Flee
2021 Best International Film The Worst Person in the World
2021 Best First Film Maggie Gyllenhaal The Lost Daughter
2021 Special Award Maya S. Cade Black Film Archive
2021 Special Award Diane Weyermann Work at Sundance and Participant (Posthumous)
2021 Special Award Marshall Fine NYFCC General Manager Service
2020 Best Picture First Cow
2020 Best Director Chloe Zhao Nomadland
2020 Best Screenplay Eliza Hittman Never Rarely Sometimes Always
2020 Best Actress Sidney Flanigan Never Rarely Sometimes Always
2020 Best Actor Delroy Lindo Da 5 Bloods
2020 Best Supporting Actress Maria Bakalova Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
2020 Best Supporting Actor Chadwick Boseman Da 5 Bloods
2020 Best Cinematography Shabier Kirchner Small Axe
2020 Best Animated Film Wolfwalkers
2020 Best Non-Fiction Film (Documentary) Time
2020 Best International Film Bacurau
2020 Best First Film Radha Blank The 40-Year-Old Version
2020 Special Award Spike Lee New York New York Love Letter
2020 Special Award Kino Lorber Kino Marquee Virtual Cinema
2019 Best Picture The Irishman
2019 Best Screenplay Quentin Tarantino Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
2019 Best Actor Antonio Banderas Pain and Glory
2019 Best Supporting Actress Laura Dern Marriage Story, Little Women
2019 Best Supporting Actor Joe Pesci The Irishman
2019 Best Cinematography Claire Mathon Portrait of a Lady on Fire
2019 Best Animated Film I Lost My Body
2019 Best Non-Fiction Film (Documentary) Honeyland
2019 Best International Film Parasite
2019 Best First Film Mati Diop Atlantics
2019 Special Award Cole Kronman Student Scholarship
2018 Best Picture Roma
2018 Best Director Alfonso Cuarón Roma
2018 Best Screenplay Paul Schrader First Reformed
2018 Best Actress Regina Hall Support the Girls
2018 Best Actor Ethan Hawke First Reformed
2018 Best Supporting Actress Regina King If Beale Street Could Talk
2018 Best Cinematography Alfonso Cuarón
2018 Best Animated Film Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
2018 Best Non-Fiction Film (Documentary) Minding the Gap
2018 Best International Film Cold War
2018 Best First Film Bo Burnham Eighth Grade
2018 Special Award David Schwartz Career Achievement
2017 Best Picture Lady Bird
2017 Best Director Sean Baker The Florida Project
2017 Best Screenplay Paul Thomas Anderson Phantom Thread
2017 Best Actress Saoirse Ronan Lady Bird
2017 Best Actor Timothee Chalamet Call Me by Your Name
2017 Best Supporting Actress Tiffany Haddish Girls Trip
2017 Best Supporting Actor Willem Dafoe The Florida Project
2017 Best Cinematography Rachel Morrison Mudbound
2017 Best Animated Film Coco
2017 Best Non-Fiction Film (Documentary) Faces Places
2017 Best International Film BPM (Beats Per Minute)
2017 Best First Film Jordan Peele Get Out
2017 Special Award Molly Haskell Career Achievement
2016 Best Picture La La Land
2016 Best Director Barry Jenkins Moonlight
2016 Best Screenplay Kenneth Lonergan Manchester by the Sea
2016 Best Actress Isabelle Huppert Elle & The Things to Come
2016 Best Actor Casey Affleck Manchester by the Sea
2016 Best Supporting Actress Michelle Williams Manchester by the Sea & Certain Women
2016 Best Supporting Actor Mahershala Ali Moonlight
2016 Best Cinematography James Laxton Moonlight
2016 Best Animated Film Zootopia
2016 Best Non-Fiction Film (Documentary) O.J.: Made in America
2016 Best International Film Toni Erdmann
2016 Best First Film Trey Edward Shults Krisha
2015 Best Picture Carol
2015 Best Director Todd Haynes Carol
2015 Best Screenplay Carol
2015 Best Actress Saoirse Ronan Brooklyn
2015 Best Actor Michael Keaton Spotlight
2015 Best Supporting Actress Kristen Stewart Clouds of Sils Maria
2015 Best Supporting Actor Mark Rylance Bridge of Spies
2015 Best Cinematography Edward Lachman Carol
2015 Best Animated Film Inside Out
2015 Best Non-Fiction Film (Documentary) In Jackson Heights
2015 Best International Film Timbuktu
2015 Best First Film László Nemes Son of Saul
2015 Special Award William Becker and Janus Films
2015 Special Award Ennio Morricone
2014 Best Picture Boyhood
2014 Best Director Richard Linklater Boyhood
2014 Best Screenplay
2014 Best Screenplay The Grand Budapest Hotel
2014 Best Actress Marion Cotillard The Immigrant, Two Days, One Night
2014 Best Actor Timothy Spall Mr. Turner
2014 Best Supporting Actress Patricia Arquette Boyhood
2014 Best Supporting Actor J.K. Simmons Whiplash
2014 Best Cinematography Darius Khondji The Immigrant
2014 Best Animated Film The LEGO Movie
2014 Best Non-Fiction Film (Documentary) Citizenfour
2014 Best International Film Ida
2014 Best First Film Jennifer Kent The Babadook
2014 Special Award Adrienne Mancia Adrienne Mancia
2013 Best Picture American Hustle
2013 Best Director Steve McQueen 12 Years a Slave
2013 Best Actress Cate Blanchett Blue Jasmine
2013 Best Actor Robert Redford All Is Lost
2013 Best Supporting Actress Jennifer Lawrence American Hustle
2013 Best Supporting Actor Jared Leto Dallas Buyers Club
2013 Best Cinematography Bruno Delbonnel Inside Llewyn Davis
2013 Best Animated Film The Wind Rises
2013 Best Non-Fiction Film (Documentary) Stories We Tell
2013 Best International Film Blue is the Warmest Color
2013 Best First Film Ryan Coogler Fruitvale Station
2013 Special Award Frederick Wiseman
2012 Best Picture Zero Dark Thirty
2012 Best Director Kathryn Bigelow Zero Dark Thirty
2012 Best Screenplay Tony Kushner Lincoln
2012 Best Actress Rachel Weisz The Deep Blue Sea
2012 Best Actor Daniel Day-Lewis Lincoln
2012 Best Supporting Actress Sally Field Lincoln
2012 Best Supporting Actor Matthew McConaughey Bernie, Magic Mike
2012 Best Cinematography Greig Fraser Zero Dark Thirty
2012 Best Animated Film Frankenweenie
2012 Best Non-Fiction Film (Documentary) The Central Park Five
2012 Best International Film Amour
2012 Best First Film David France How to Survive a Plague
2012 Special Award Milestone Films
2011 Best Picture The Artist
2011 Best Director Michel Hazanavicius The Artist
2011 Best Actress Meryl Streep The Iron Lady
2011 Best Actor Brad Pitt Moneyball, The Tree of Life
2011 Best Supporting Actress Jessica Chastain
2011 Best Supporting Actress Jessica Chastain The Tree of Life
2011 Best Supporting Actor Albert Brooks Drive
2011 Best Cinematography Emmanuel Lubezki The Tree of Life
2011 Best Non-Fiction Film (Documentary) Cave of Forgotten Dreams
2011 Best International Film A Separation
2011 Best First Film J.C. Chandor Margin Call
2011 Special Award Raoul Ruiz
2010 Best Picture The Social Network
2010 Best Director David Fincher The Social Network
2010 Best Actress Annette Bening The Kids Are All Right
2010 Best Actor Colin Firth The King's Speech
2010 Best Supporting Actress Melissa Leo The Fighter
2010 Best Supporting Actor Mark Ruffalo The Kids Are All Right
2010 Best Cinematography Matthew Libatique Black Swan
2010 Best Animated Film The Illusionist
2010 Best Non-Fiction Film (Documentary) Inside Job
2010 Best International Film Carlos
2010 Best First Film David Michôd Animal Kingdom
2010 Special Award Jeff Hill Jeff Hill
2009 Best Picture The Hurt Locker
2009 Best Director Kathryn Bigelow The Hurt Locker
2009 Best Actress Meryl Streep Julie & Julia
2009 Best Actor George Clooney Up In The Air; Fantastic Mr. Fox
2009 Best Supporting Actor Christoph Waltz Inglourious Basterds
2009 Best Cinematography Christian Berger The White Ribbon
2009 Best Animated Film Fantastic Mr. Fox
2009 Best Non-Fiction Film (Documentary) Of Time and The City
2009 Best International Film Summer Hours
2009 Best First Film Steve McQueen Hunger
2009 Special Award Andrew Sarris
2008 Best Picture Milk
2008 Best Director Mike Leigh Happy-Go-Lucky
2008 Best Screenplay Jenny Lumet Rachel Getting Married
2008 Best Actress Sally Hawkins Happy-Go-Lucky
2008 Best Actor Sean Penn Milk
2008 Best Supporting Actress Penelope Cruz Vicky Cristina Barcelona
2008 Best Supporting Actor Josh Brolin Milk
2008 Best Animated Film WALL⋅E
2008 Best Documentary Man on Wire
2008 Best International Film 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
2008 Best First Film Courtney Hunt Frozen River
2007 Best Director Joel and Ethan Coen No Country for Old Men
2007 Best Actress Julie Christie Away from Her
2007 Best Actor Daniel Day-Lewis There Will Be Blood
2007 Best Supporting Actress Amy Ryan Gone Baby Gone
2007 Best Supporting Actor Javier Bardem No Country for Old Men
2007 Best Cinematography Robert Elswit There Will Be Blood
2007 Best Animated Film Persepolis
2007 Best Documentary No End in Sight
2007 Best International Film The Lives of Others
2007 Best First Film Sarah Polley Away from Her
2007 Special Award Sidney Lumet
2006 Best Picture United 93
2006 Best Director Martin Scorsese The Departed
2006 Best Screenplay Peter Morgan The Queen
2006 Best Actress Helen Mirren The Queen
2006 Best Actor Forest Whitaker The Last King of Scotland
2006 Best Supporting Actress Jennifer Hudson Dreamgirls
2006 Best Supporting Actor Jackie Earle Haley Little Children
2006 Best Cinematography Guillermo Navarro Pan's Labyrinth
2006 Best Animated Film Happy Feet
2006 Best Non-Fiction Film (Documentary) Deliver Us From Evil
2006 Best International Film Army of Shadows
2006 Best First Film Ryan Fleck Half Nelson
2005 Best Picture Brokeback Mountain
2005 Best Director Ang Lee Brokeback Mountain
2005 Best Screenplay Noah Baumbach The Squid and the Whale
2005 Best Actress Reese Witherspoon Walk the Line
2005 Best Actor Heath Ledger Brokeback Mountain
2005 Best Supporting Actress Maria Bello A History of Violence
2005 Best Supporting Actor William Hurt A History of Violence
2005 Best Cinematography Christopher Doyle 2046
2005 Best Animated Film Howl's Moving Castle
2005 Best Non-Fiction Film (Documentary) Grizzly Man
2005 Best Non-Fiction Film (Documentary)
2005 Best International Film 2046
2005 Best First Film Bennett Miller Capote
2004 Best Picture Sideways
2004 Best Director Clint Eastwood Million Dollar Baby
2004 Best Screenplay Alexander Payne Sideways
2004 Best Screenplay Jim Taylor Sideways
2004 Best Actress Imelda Staunton Vera Drake
2004 Best Actor Paul Giamatti Sideways
2004 Best Supporting Actress Virginia Madsen Sideways
2004 Best Supporting Actor Clive Owen Closer
2004 Best Cinematography Christopher Doyle Hero
2004 Best Animated Film The Incredibles
2004 Best Non-Fiction Film (Documentary) Fahrenheit 9/11
2004 Best International Film Bad Education
2004 Special Award Milestone Films
2003 Best Picture The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2003 Best Director Sofia Coppola Lost in Translation
2003 Best Screenplay Craig Lucas The Secret Lives of Dentists
2003 Best Actress Hope Davis American Splendor; The Secret Lives of Dentists
2003 Best Actor Bill Murray Lost in Translation
2003 Best Supporting Actress Shohreh Aghdashloo House of Sand and Fog
2003 Best Supporting Actor Eugene Levy A Mighty Wind
2003 Best Cinematography Harris Savides Elephant; Gerry
2003 Best Animated Film The Triplets of Belleville
2003 Best Non-Fiction Film (Documentary) Capturing the Friedmans
2003 Best International Film City of God
2003 Best First Film American Splendor American Splendor
2002 Best Picture Far From Heaven
2002 Best Director Todd Haynes Far From Heaven
2002 Best Screenplay Charlie Kaufman Adaptation
2002 Best Screenplay Donald Kaufman Adaptation
2002 Best Actress Diane Lane Unfaithful
2002 Best Actor Daniel Day-Lewis Gangs of New York
2002 Best Supporting Actress Patricia Clarkson Far From Heaven
2002 Best Supporting Actor Dennis Quaid Far From Heaven
2002 Best Cinematography Edward Lachman Far From Heaven
2002 Best Animated Film Spirited Away
2002 Best Non-Fiction Film (Documentary) Standing in the Shadows of Motown
2002 Best International Film And Your Mother Too (Y tu mamá también)
2002 Best First Film Dylan Kidd Roger Dodger
2002 Special Award Kino International Metropolis
2001 Best Picture Mulholland Drive
2001 Best Director Robert Altman Gosford Park
2001 Best Screenplay Julian Fellowes Gosford Park
2001 Best Actress Sissy Spacek In the Bedroom
2001 Best Actor Tom Wilkinson In the Bedroom
2001 Best Supporting Actress Helen Mirren Gosford Park
2001 Best Supporting Actor Steve Buscemi Ghost World
2001 Best Cinematography Christopher Doyle In the Mood for Love
2001 Best Animated Film Waking Life
2001 Best Non-Fiction Film (Documentary) The Gleaners and I
2001 Best International Film In the Mood for Love
2001 Best First Film Todd Field In the Bedroom
2001 Special Award Jacques Demy Bay of Angels (1963)
2001 Special Award Jacques Demy
2000 Best Picture Traffic
2000 Best Director Steven Soderbergh Erin Brockovich; Traffic
2000 Best Screenplay Ken Lonergan You Can Count On Me
2000 Best Actress Laura Linney You Can Count On Me
2000 Best Actor Tom Hanks Cast Away
2000 Best Supporting Actress Marcia Gay Harden Pollock
2000 Best Supporting Actor Benicio Del Toro Traffic
2000 Best Cinematography Peter Pau Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
2000 Best Animated Film Chicken Run
2000 Best Non-Fiction Film (Documentary) The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg
2000 Best International Film Yi yi: A One and a Two...
2000 Best First Film David Gordon Green George Washington
2000 Special Award James Dassin Rififi (1955)
2000 Special Award Shooting Gallery The Shooting Gallery
1999 Best Picture Topsy-Turvy
1999 Best Director Mike Leigh Topsy-Turvy
1999 Best Screenplay Alexander Payne Election
1999 Best Screenplay Jim Taylor Election
1999 Best Actress Hilary Swank Boys Don't Cry
1999 Best Actor Richard Farnsworth The Straight Story
1999 Best Supporting Actress Catherine Keener Being John Malkovich
1999 Best Supporting Actor John Malkovich Being John Malkovich
1999 Best Cinematography Freddie Francis The Straight Story
1999 Best Non-Fiction Film (Documentary) Buena Vista Social Club
1999 Best International Film All About My Mother
1999 Best First Film Spike Jonze Being John Malkovich
1999 Special Award Manny Farber
1998 Best Picture Saving Private Ryan
1998 Best Director Terrence Malick The Thin Red Line
1998 Best Screenplay Tom Stoppard Shakespeare in Love
1998 Best Screenplay Marc Norman Shakespeare in Love
1998 Best Actress Cameron Diaz There's Something About Mary
1998 Best Actor Nick Nolte Affliction
1998 Best Supporting Actress Lisa Kudrow The Opposite of Sex
1998 Best Supporting Actor Bill Murray Rushmore
1998 Best Cinematography John Toll The Thin Red Line
1998 Best Non-Fiction Film (Documentary) The Farm: Angola, USA
1998 Best International Film The Celebration
1998 Special Award Rick Schmidlin Touch of Evil (1958)
1997 Best Picture L. A. Confidential
1997 Best Director Curtis Hanson L. A. Confidential
1997 Best Screenplay Brian Helgeland L. A. Confidential
1997 Best Screenplay Curtis Hanson
1997 Best Actress Julie Christie Afterglow
1997 Best Actor Peter Fonda Ulee's Gold
1997 Best Supporting Actress Joan Cusack In & Out
1997 Best Supporting Actor Burt Reynolds Boogie Nights
1997 Best Cinematography Roger Deakins Kundun
1997 Best Non-Fiction Film (Documentary) Fast, Cheap & Out of Control
1997 Best First Film Neil LaBute In the Company of Men
1996 Best Picture Fargo
1996 Best Director Lars von Trier Breaking the Waves
1996 Best Screenplay Monica McGowan Johnson Mother
1996 Best Screenplay Albert Brooks Mother
1996 Best Actress Emily Watson Breaking the Waves
1996 Best Actor Geoffrey Rush Shine
1996 Best Supporting Actress Courtney Love The People vs. Larry Flynt
1996 Best Supporting Actor Harry Belafonte Kansas City
1996 Best Cinematography Robby Müller Breaking the Waves; Dead Man
1996 Best Documentary When We Were Kings
1996 Best International Film The Mirror
1996 Best New Director Stanley Tucci Big Night
1996 Best New Director Campbell Scott Big Night
1996 Special Award Vertigo (1958) Most Distinguished Reissue
1996 Special Award Jonas Mekas
1995 Best Picture Leaving Las Vegas
1995 Best Director Ang Lee Sense and Sensibility
1995 Best Screenplay Emma Thompson Sense and Sensibility
1995 Best Actress Jennifer Jason Leigh Georgia
1995 Best Actor Nicolas Cage Leaving Las Vegas
1995 Best Supporting Actress Mira Sorvino Mighty Aphrodite
1995 Best Supporting Actor Kevin Spacey Outbreak
1995 Best Cinematography Yue Lu Shanghai Serenade
1995 Best Non-Fiction Film (Documentary) Crumb
1995 Best International Film Wild Reeds
1995 Best New Director Chris Noonan Babe
1994 Best Picture Quiz Show
1994 Best Director Quentin Tarantino Pulp Fiction
1994 Best Screenplay Quentin Tarantino
1994 Best Screenplay Roger Avary Pulp Fiction
1994 Best Actress Linda Fiorentino The Last Seduction
1994 Best Actor Paul Newman Nobody's Fool
1994 Best Supporting Actress Dianne Wiest Bullets Over Broadway
1994 Best Supporting Actor Martin Landau Ed Wood
1994 Best Cinematography Stefan Czapsky Ed Wood
1994 Best Documentary Hoop Dreams
1994 Best International Film Three Colors: Red
1994 Best New Director Darnell Martin I Like It Like That
1994 Special Award Jean-Luc Godard
1993 Best Picture Schindler's List
1993 Best Director Jane Campion The Piano
1993 Best Screenplay Jane Campion
1993 Best Actress Holly Hunter The Piano
1993 Best Actor David Thewlis Naked
1993 Best Supporting Actress Li Gong Farewell My Concubine
1993 Best Supporting Actor Ralph Fiennes Schindler's List
1993 Best Cinematography Janusz Kaminski Schindler's List
1993 Best Documentary Visions of Light
1993 Best International Film Farewell My Concubine
1992 Best Picture The Player
1992 Best Director Robert Altman The Player
1992 Best Screenplay Neil Jordan The Crying Game
1992 Best Actress Emma Thompson Howards End
1992 Best Actor Denzel Washington Malcolm X
1992 Best Supporting Actress Miranda Richardson The Crying Game; Enchanted April; Fatale
1992 Best Supporting Actor Gene Hackman Unforgiven
1992 Best Cinematography Jean Lépin The Player
1992 Best Documentary Brother's Keeper
1992 Best New Director Allison Anders Gas Food Lodging
1991 Best Picture The Silence of the Lambs
1991 Best Director Jonathan Demme The Silence of the Lambs
1991 Best Screenplay David Cronenberg Naked Lunch
1991 Best Actress Jodie Foster The Silence of the Lambs
1991 Best Actor Anthony Hopkins The Silence of the Lambs
1991 Best Supporting Actress Judy Davis Naked Lunch; Barton Fink
1991 Best Supporting Actor Samuel L. Jackson Jungle Fever
1991 Best Cinematography Roger Deakins Barton Fink
1991 Best Documentary Paris is Burning
1991 Best International Film Europa Europa
1991 Best New Director John Singleton Boyz N the Hood
1990 Best Picture GoodFellas
1990 Best Director Martin Scorsese GoodFellas
1990 Best Actress Joanne Woodward Mr. & Mrs. Bridge
1990 Best Actor Robert De Niro GoodFellas; Awakenings
1990 Best Supporting Actress Jennifer Jason Leigh Miami Blues; Last Exit to Brooklyn
1990 Best Supporting Actor Bruce Davison Longtime Companion
1990 Best Cinematography Vittorio Storaro The Sheltering Sky
1990 Best International Film The Nasty Girl
1990 Best New Director Whit Stillman Metropolitan
1989 Best Picture My Left Foot
1989 Best Director Paul Mazursky Enemies: A Love Story
1989 Best Screenplay Gus Van Sant Drugstore Cowboy
1989 Best Screenplay Daniel Yost Drugstore Cowboy
1989 Best Actress Michelle Pfeiffer The Fabulous Baker Boys
1989 Best Actor Daniel Day-Lewis My Left Foot
1989 Best Supporting Actress Lena Olin Enemies: A Love Story
1989 Best Supporting Actor Alan Alda Crimes and Misdemeanors
1989 Best Cinematography Ernest R. Dickerson Do the Right Thing
1989 Best Documentary Roger & Me
1989 Best International Film Story of Women
1989 Best New Director Kenneth Branagh Henry V
1988 Best Picture The Accidental Tourist
1988 Best Director Chris Menges A World Apart
1988 Best Screenplay Ron Shelton Bull Durham
1988 Best Actress Meryl Streep A Cry in the Dark
1988 Best Actor Jeremy Irons Dead Ringers
1988 Best Supporting Actress Diane Venora Bird
1988 Best Supporting Actor Dean Stockwell Married to the Mob; Tucker: The Man and His Dream
1988 Best Cinematography Henri Alekan The Sky Above Berlin
1988 Best Documentary The Thin Blue Line
1987 Best Picture Broadcast News
1987 Best Director James L. Brooks Broadcast News
1987 Best Screenplay James L. Brooks
1987 Best Actress Holly Hunter Broadcast News
1987 Best Actor Jack Nicholson The Witches of Eastwick; Ironweed; Broadcast News
1987 Best Supporting Actress Vanessa Redgrave Prick Up Your Ears
1987 Best Supporting Actor Morgan Freeman Street Smart
1987 Best Cinematography Vittorio Storaro The Last Emperor
1987 Best International Film My Life as a Dog
1986 Best Picture Hannah and Her Sisters
1986 Best Director Woody Allen Hannah and Her Sisters
1986 Best Screenplay Hanif Kureishi My Beautiful Laundrette
1986 Best Actress Sissy Spacek Crimes of the Heart
1986 Best Actor Bob Hoskins Mona Lisa
1986 Best Supporting Actress Dianne Wiest Hannah and Her Sisters
1986 Best Supporting Actor Daniel Day-Lewis My Beautiful Laundrette; A Room with a View
1986 Best Cinematography Tony Pierce-Roberts A Room with a View
1986 Best Documentary Marlene
1985 Best Picture Prizzi's Honor
1985 Best Director John Huston Prizzi's Honor
1985 Best Screenplay Woody Allen The Purple Rose of Cairo
1985 Best Actress Norma Aleandro The Official History
1985 Best Actor Jack Nicholson Prizzi's Honor
1985 Best Supporting Actress Anjelica Huston Prizzi's Honor
1985 Best Cinematography David Watkin Out of Africa
1985 Best Documentary Shoah
1985 Best International Film Ran
1984 Best Picture A Passage to India
1984 Best Director David Lean A Passage to India
1984 Best Screenplay Robert Benton Places in the Heart
1984 Best Actress Peggy Ashcroft A Passage to India
1984 Best Actor Steve Martin All of Me
1984 Best Supporting Actress Christine Lahti Swing Shift
1984 Best Supporting Actor Ralph Richardson Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
1984 Best Cinematography Chris Menges The Killing Fields
1984 Best Documentary The Times of Harvey Milk
1984 Best International Film A Sunday in the Country
1983 Best Picture Terms of Endearment
1983 Best Director Ingmar Bergman Fanny and Alexander
1983 Best Screenplay Bill Forsyth Local Hero
1983 Best Actress Shirley McLaine Terms of Endearment
1983 Best Actor Robert Duvall Tender Mercies
1983 Best Supporting Actress Lina Hunt The Year of Living Dangerously
1983 Best Supporting Actor Jack Nicholson Terms of Endearment
1983 Best Cinematography Gordon Willis Zelig
1983 Best International Film Fanny and Alexander
1982 Best Picture Gandhi
1982 Best Director Sydney Pollack Tootsie
1982 Best Screenplay Larry Gelbart Tootsie
1982 Best Screenplay Murray Schisgal Tootsie
1982 Best Actress Meryl Streep Sophie's Choice
1982 Best Actor Ben Kinglsey Gandhi
1982 Best Supporting Actress Jessica Lange Tootsie
1982 Best Supporting Actor John Lithgow The World According to Garp
1982 Best Cinematography Néstor Almendros Sophie's Choice
1982 Best International Film Time Stands Still
1981 Best Picture Reds
1981 Best Director Sidney Lumet Prince of the City
1981 Best Screenplay John Guare Atlantic City
1981 Best Actress Glenda Jackson Stevie
1981 Best Actor Burt Lancaster Atlantic City
1981 Best Supporting Actress Mona Washbourne Stevie
1981 Best Supporting Actor John Gielgud Arthur
1981 Best Cinematography David Watkin Chariots of Fire
1981 Best International Film Pixote
1981 Special Award Krzysztof Zanussi
1981 Special Award Andrzej Wajda
1981 Special Award Napoleon
1980 Best Picture Ordinary People
1980 Best Director Jonathan Demme Melvin and Howard
1980 Best Screenplay Bo Goldman Melvin and Howard
1980 Best Actress Sissy Spacek Coal Miner's Daughter
1980 Best Actor Robert De Niro Raging Bull
1980 Best Supporting Actress Mary Steenburgen Melvin and Howard
1980 Best Supporting Actor Joe Pesci Raging Bull
1980 Best Cinematography Geoffrey Unsworth Tess
1980 Best Cinematography Ghislain Cloquet Tess
1980 Best Documentary Best Boy
1980 Best International Film My American Uncle
1979 Best Picture Kramer vs. Kramer
1979 Best Director Woody Allen Manhattan
1979 Best Screenplay Steve Tesich Breaking Away
1979 Best Actress Sally Field Norma Rae
1979 Best Actor Dustin Hoffman Kramer vs. Kramer
1979 Best Supporting Actress Meryl Streep Kramer vs. Kramer; The Seduction of Joe Tynan
1979 Best Supporting Actor Melvyn Douglas Being There
1979 Best International Film The Tree of Wooden Clogs
1978 Best Picture The Deer Hunter
1978 Best Director Terrence Malick Days of Heaven
1978 Best Screenplay Paul Mazursky An Unmarried Woman
1978 Best Actress Ingrid Bergman Autumn Sonata
1978 Best Actor John Voigt Coming Home
1978 Best Supporting Actress Maureen Stapleton Interiors
1978 Best Supporting Actor Christopher Walken The Deer Hunter
1978 Best International Film Bread and Chocolate
1977 Best Picture Annie Hall
1977 Best Director Woody Allen Annie Hall
1977 Best Director Charles Burnett Killer of Sheep (1977)
1977 Best Screenplay Marshall Brickman Annie Hall
1977 Best Screenplay Woody Allen
1977 Best Actress Diane Keaton Annie Hall
1977 Best Actor John Gielgud Providence
1977 Best Supporting Actress Sissy Spacek 3 Women
1977 Best Supporting Actor Maximilian Schell Julia
1976 Best Picture All the President's Men
1976 Best Director Alan J. Pakula All the President's Men
1976 Best Screenplay Paddy Chayefsky Network
1976 Best Actress Liv Ullman Face to Face
1976 Best Actor Robert De Niro Taxi Driver
1976 Best Supporting Actress Talia Shire Rocky
1976 Best Supporting Actor Jason Robards All the President's Men
1975 Best Picture Nashville
1975 Best Director Robert Altman Nashville
1975 Best Screenplay Jean Gruault The Story of Adele H. (L'Histoire d'Adéle H.)
1975 Best Screenplay François Truffaut The Story of Adele H.
1975 Best Screenplay Suzanne Schiffman The Story of Adele H.
1975 Best Actress Isabelle Adjani The Story of Adele H.
1975 Best Actor Jack Nicholson One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
1975 Best Supporting Actress Lily Tomlin Nashville
1975 Best Supporting Actor Alan Arkin Hearts of the West
1974 Best Picture I Remember
1974 Best Director Federico Fellini I Remember
1974 Best Screenplay Ingmar Bergman Scenes from a Marriage
1974 Best Actress Liv Ullman Scenes from a Marriage
1974 Best Actor Jack Nicholson Chinatown; The Last Detail
1974 Best Supporting Actress Valerie Perrine Lenny
1974 Best Supporting Actor Charles Boyer Stavisky …
1974 Special Award Fabiano Canosa
1973 Best Picture Day for Night
1973 Best Director François Truffaut Day for Night
1973 Best Screenplay George Lucas American Graffiti
1973 Best Screenplay Gloria Katz American Graffiti
1973 Best Screenplay Willard Huyck American Graffiti
1973 Best Actress Joanne Woodward Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams
1973 Best Actor Marlon Brando Last Tango in Paris
1973 Best Supporting Actress Valentina Cortese Day for Night
1973 Best Supporting Actor Robert De Niro Mean Streets
1972 Best Picture Cries and Whispers
1972 Best Director Ingmar Bergman Cries and Whispers
1972 Best Screenplay Ingmar Bergman
1972 Best Actress Liv Ullman Cries and Whispers; The Emigrants
1972 Best Actor Laurence Olivier Sleuth
1972 Best Supporting Actress Jeanny Berlin The Heartbreak Kid
1972 Best Supporting Actor Robert Duvall The Godfather
1972 Special Award The Sorrow and the Pity
1971 Best Picture A Clockwork Orange
1971 Best Director Stanley Kubrick A Clockwork Orange
1971 Best Screenplay Penelope Gilliatt Sunday Bloody Sunday
1971 Best Screenplay Peter Bogdanovitch The Last Picture Show
1971 Best Screenplay Larry McMurtry The Last Picture Show
1971 Best Actress Jane Fonda Klute
1971 Best Actor Gene Hackman The French Connection
1971 Best Supporting Actress Ellen Burstyn The Last Picture Show
1971 Best Supporting Actor Ben Johnson The Last Picture Show
1970 Best Picture Five Easy Pieces
1970 Best Director Bob Rafelson Five Easy Pieces
1970 Best Screenplay Eric Rohmer My Night at Maud's
1970 Best Actress Glenda Jackson Women in Love
1970 Best Actor George C. Scott Patton
1970 Best Supporting Actress Karen Black Five Easy Pieces
1970 Best Supporting Actor Chief Dan George Little Big Man
1969 Best Picture Z
1969 Best Actress Jane Fonda They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
1969 Best Actor John Voigt Midnight Cowboy
1969 Best Supporting Actress Dyan Cannon Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
1969 Best Supporting Actor Jack Nicholson Easy Rider
1968 Best Picture The Lion in Winter
1968 Best Director Paul Newman Rachel, Rachel
1968 Best Screenplay Lorenzo Semple, Jr. Pretty Poison
1968 Best Actress Joanne Woodward Rachel, Rachel
1968 Best Actor Alan Arkin The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
1968 Best International Film War and Peace
1967 Best Picture In the Heat of the Night
1967 Best Director Mike Nichols The Graduate
1967 Best Screenplay David Newman Bonnie and Clyde
1967 Best Screenplay Robert Benton Bonnie and Clyde
1967 Best Actress Edith Evans The Whisperers
1967 Best Actor Rod Steiger In the Heat of the Night
1967 Best International Film The War is Over
1967 Special Award Bosley Crowther
1966 Best Picture A Man for All Seasons
1966 Best Director Fred Zinnemann A Man for All Seasons
1966 Best Screenplay Robert Bolt A Man for All Seasons
1966 Best Actress Lynn Redgrave Georgy Girl
1966 Best Actress Elizabeth Taylor Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
1966 Best Actor Paul Scofield A Man for All Seasons
1966 Best International Film The Shop on Main Street
1965 Best Picture Darling
1965 Best Director John Schlesinger Darling
1965 Best Actress Julie Christie Darling
1965 Best Actor Oskar Werner Ship of Fools
1965 Best International Film Juliet of the Spirits
1964 Best Picture My Fair Lady
1964 Best Director Stanley Kubrick Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
1964 Best Screenplay Harold Pinter The Servant
1964 Best Actress Kim Stanley Seance on a Wet Afternoon
1964 Best Actor Rex Harrison My Fair Lady
1964 Best International Film That Man from Rio
1964 Special Award To Be Alive!
1963 Best Picture Tom Jones
1963 Best Director Tony Richardson Tom Jones
1963 Best Actress Patricia Neal Hud
1963 Best Actor Albert Finney Tom Jones
1963 Best International Film 8 1/2
1961 Best Picture West Side Story
1961 Best Director Robert Rossen The Hustler
1961 Best Actress Sophia Loren Two Women
1961 Best Actor Maximilian Schell Judgement at Nuremberg
1960 Best Picture
1960 Best Picture The Apartment
1960 Best Director Billy Wilder The Apartment
1960 Best Director Jack Cardiff Sons and Lovers
1960 Best Screenplay I.A.L. Diamond The Apartment
1960 Best Screenplay Billy Wilder
1960 Best Actress Deborah Kerr The Sundowners
1960 Best Actor Burt Lancaster Elmer Gantry
1960 Best International Film Hiroshima, My Love
1959 Best Picture Ben-Hur
1959 Best Director Fred Zinnemann The Nun's Story
1959 Best Screenplay Wendell Mayes Anatomy of a Murder
1959 Best Actress Audrey Hepburn The Nun's Story
1959 Best Actor James Stewart Anatomy of a Murder
1959 Best International Film The 400 Blows
1958 Best Picture The Defiant Ones
1958 Best Director Stanley Kramer The Defiant Ones
1958 Best Screenplay Nedrick Young The Defiant Ones
1958 Best Actress Susan Hayward I Want to Live!
1958 Best Actor David Niven Separate Tables
1958 Best International Film My Uncle
1957 Best Picture The Bridge on the River Kwai
1957 Best Director David Lean The Bridge on the River Kwai
1957 Best Actress Deborah Kerr Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison
1957 Best Actor Alec Guiness The Bridge on the River Kwai
1957 Best International Film Gervaise
1956 Best Picture Around the World in Eighty Days
1956 Best Director John Huston Moby Dick
1956 Best Actress Ingrid Bergman Anastasia
1956 Best Actor Kirk Douglas Lust for Life
1956 Best International Film La Strada
1955 Best Picture Marty
1955 Best Director David Lean Summertime
1955 Best Actress Anna Magnani The Rose Tattoo
1955 Best Actor Ernest Borgnine Marty
1955 Best International Film
1955 Best International Film Diabolique
1954 Best Picture On the Waterfront
1954 Best Director Elia Kazan On the Waterfront
1954 Best Actress Grace Kelly The Country Girl; Rear Window; Dial M for Murder
1954 Best Actor Marlon Brando On the Waterfront
1954 Best International Film Gate of Hell
1953 Best Picture From Here to Eternity
1953 Best Director Fred Zinnemann From Here to Eternity
1953 Best Actress Audrey Hepburn Roman Holiday
1953 Best Actor Burt Lancaster From Here to Eternity
1953 Best International Film Justice Is Done
1952 Best Picture High Noon
1952 Best Director Fred Zinnemann High Noon
1952 Best Actress Shirley Booth Come Back, Little Sheba
1952 Best Actor Ralph Richardson The Sound Barrier
1952 Best International Film Forbidden Games
1951 Best Picture A Streetcar Named Desire
1951 Best Director Elia Kazan A Streetcar Named Desire
1951 Best Actress Vivien Leigh A Streetcar Named Desire
1951 Best Actor Arthur Kennedy Bright Victory
1951 Best International Film Miracle in Milan
1950 Best Picture All About Eve
1950 Best Director Joseph L. Mankiewicz All About Eve
1950 Best Actress Bette Davis All About Eve
1950 Best Actor Gregory Peck Twelve O'Clock High
1950 Best International Film Amore
1949 Best Picture All the King's Men
1949 Best Director Carol Reed The Fallen Idol
1949 Best Actress Olivia de Havilland The Heiress
1949 Best Actor Broderick Crawford All the King's Men
1949 Best International Film Bicycle Thieves
1948 Best Picture The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
1948 Best Director John Huston The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
1948 Best Actress Olivia de Havilland The Snake Pit
1948 Best Actor Laurence Olivier Hamlet
1948 Best International Film Paisan
1947 Best Picture Gentleman's Agreement
1947 Best Director Elia Kazan Gentleman's Agreement
1947 Best Actress Deborah Kerr Black Narcissus; I See a Dark Stranger
1947 Best Actor William Powell Life with Father; The Senator was Indiscreet
1947 Best International Film To Live in Peace
1946 Best Picture The Best Years of Our Lives
1946 Best Director Wililam Wyler The Best Years of Our Lives
1946 Best Actress Celia Johnson Brief Encounter
1946 Best Actor Laurence Olivier Henry V
1946 Best International Film Open City
1945 Best Picture The Lost Weekend
1945 Best Director Billy Wilder The Lost Weekend
1945 Best Actress Ingrid Bergman
1945 Best Actor Ray Milland The Lost Weekend
1945 Special Award Ingrid Bergman Spellbound
1944 Best Picture Going My Way
1944 Best Director Leo McCarey Going My Way
1944 Best Actress Tallulah Bankhead Lifeboat
1944 Best Actor Barry Fitzgerald Going My Way
1943 Best Picture Watch on the Rhine
1943 Best Director George Stevens The More the Merrier
1943 Best Actress Ida Lupino The Hard Way
1943 Best Actor Paul Lukas Watch on the Rhine
1942 Best Picture In Which We Serve
1942 Best Director John Farrow Wake Island
1942 Best Actress Agnes Moorehead The Magnificent Ambersons
1942 Best Actor James Cagney Yankee Doodle Dandy
1941 Best Picture Citizen Kane
1941 Best Director John Ford How Green Was My Valley
1941 Best Actress Joan Fontaine Suspicion
1941 Best Actor Gary Cooper Sergeant York
1940 Best Picture The Grapes of Wrath
1940 Best Director John Ford The Grapes of Wrath, The Long Voyage Home
1940 Best Actress Katharine Hepburn The Philadelphia Story
1940 Best Actor Charles Chaplin The Great Dictator
1940 Best International Film The Baker's Wife
1940 Special Award Walt Disney Fantasia
1939 Best Picture Wuthering Heights
1939 Best Director John Ford Stagecoach
1939 Best Actress Vivien Leigh Gone with the Wind
1939 Best Actor James Stewart Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939 Best International Film Harvest
1938 Best Picture The Citadel
1938 Best Director Alfred Hitchcock The Lady Vanishes
1938 Best Actress Margaret Sullavan Three Comrades
1938 Best Actor James Cagney Angels with Dirty Faces
1938 Best International Film The Grand Illusion
1937 Best Picture The Life of Emile Zola
1937 Best Actress Greta Garbo Camille
1937 Best Actor Paul Muni The Life of Emile Zola
1937 Best International Film Mayerling
1936 Best Picture Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
1936 Best Director Rouben Mamoulian The Gay Desperado
1936 Best Actress Luise Rainer The Great Ziegfeld
1936 Best Actor Walter Huston Dodsworth
1935 Best Picture The Informer
1935 Best Director John Ford The Informer
1935 Best Actress Greta Garbo Anna Karenina
1935 Best Actor Charles Laughton Mutiny on the Bounty; Ruggles of Red Gap
Year Category Name Film Title

NYFCC Student Prizes

As a way of supporting and encouraging the next generation of writers, the New York Film Critics Circle gives prizes to two student critics every year. Winners receive a cash prize, an award certificate, and two tickets to the Circle’s annual gala, which is typically held in the first week of January.

Currently, there are two prizes of $2,500 each: One will go to an undergraduate student, the other to a graduate student. Applicants should be attending college in New York State and be studying or have an interest in film criticism/journalism.

Applicants should submit two reviews/essays of 500-800 words each. One piece should be on a recent film from the current calendar year. The other should be on an older film from before 1980.

The contest officially opens after Labor Day of the current year. Deadline for all submissions is November 17. Winners will be announced after the NYFCC voting meeting in early December.

All questions and submissions about the student awards should be directed to NYFCC member Keith Uhlich at keithuhlich@gmail.com. (For all other questions pertaining to the group, please email nyfcc1935@gmail.com.)

Past Winners

2024: Alexander Swift (Undergraduate) and Drew A. Smith (Graduate)
2023: Mick Gaw (Undergraduate) and Katherine Prior (Graduate)
2022: Nico Pedrero-Setzer (Undergraduate) and Greg Nussen (Graduate)
2019: Cole Kronman
2018: Samantha Bergeson
2017: Marisa Winckowski