The New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Picture is an award given by the New York Film Critics Circle, honoring the finest achievements in filmmaking.
Winners 1930s YearWinnerDirector(s)1935 The Informer John Ford1936 Mr. Deeds Goes to Town Frank Capra1937 The Life of Emile Zola William Dieterle1938 The Citadel King Vidor1939 Wuthering Heights William Wyler
1940s YearWinnerDirector(s)1940 The Grapes of Wrath John Ford1941 Citizen Kane Orson Welles1942 In Which We Serve Noël Coward and David Lean1943 Watch on the Rhine Herman Shumlin1944 Going My Way Leo McCarey1945 The Lost Weekend Billy Wilder1946 The Best Years of Our Lives William Wyler1947 Gentleman's Agreement Elia Kazan1948 The Treasure of the Sierra Madre John Huston1949 All the King's Men Robert Rossen
1950s YearWinnerDirector(s)1950 All About Eve Joseph L. Mankiewicz1951 A Streetcar Named DesireElia Kazan1952 High NoonFred Zinnemann1953 From Here to Eternity Fred Zinnemann1954 On the Waterfront Elia Kazan1955 Marty Delbert Mann1956 Around the World in 80 Days Michael Anderson1957 The Bridge on the River Kwai David Lean1958 The Defiant OnesStanley Kramer1959 Ben-Hur William Wyler
1960s YearWinnerDirector(s)1960 The Apartment Billy WilderSons and Lovers Jack Cardiff1961 West Side Story Jerome Robbins and Robert Wise1962 No award given (newspaper strike)1963 Tom Jones Tony Richardson1964 My Fair Lady George Cukor1965 Darling John Schlesinger1966 A Man for All Seasons Fred Zinnemann1967 In the Heat of the Night Norman Jewison1968 The Lion in Winter Anthony Harvey1969 Z Costa-Gavras
1970s YearWinnerDirector(s)1970 Five Easy Pieces Bob Rafelson1971 A Clockwork Orange Stanley Kubrick1972 Cries and Whispers Ingmar Bergman1973 Day for Night François Truffaut1974 Amarcord Federico Fellini1975 Nashville Robert Altman1976 All the President's Men Alan J. Pakula1977 Annie Hall Woody Allen1978 The Deer Hunter Michael Cimino1979 Kramer vs. Kramer Robert Benton
1980s YearWinnerDirector(s)1980 Ordinary People Robert Redford1981 Reds Warren Beatty1982 Gandhi Richard Attenborough1983 Terms of Endearment James L. Brooks1984 A Passage to India David Lean1985 Prizzi's Honor John Huston1986 Hannah and Her Sisters Woody Allen1987 Broadcast News James L. Brooks1988 The Accidental Tourist Lawrence Kasdan1989 My Left Foot Jim Sheridan
1990s YearWinnerDirector(s)1990 Goodfellas Martin Scorsese1991 The Silence of the Lambs Jonathan Demme1992 The Player Robert Altman1993 Schindler's List Steven Spielberg1994 Quiz Show Robert Redford1995 Leaving Las Vegas Mike Figgis1996 Fargo Joel Coen1997 L.A. Confidential Curtis Hanson1998 Saving Private Ryan Steven Spielberg1999 Topsy-Turvy Mike Leigh
2000s YearWinnerDirector(s)2000 Traffic Steven Soderbergh2001 Mulholland Drive David Lynch2002 Far from Heaven Todd Haynes2003 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Peter Jackson2004 Sideways Alexander Payne2005 Brokeback Mountain Ang Lee2006 United 93 Paul Greengrass2007 No Country for Old Men Joel Coen and Ethan Coen2008 Milk Gus Van Sant2009 The Hurt Locker Kathryn Bigelow
2010s YearWinnerDirector(s)2010 The Social Network David Fincher2011 The Artist Michel Hazanavicius2012 Zero Dark Thirty Kathryn Bigelow2013 American Hustle David O. Russell2014 Boyhood Richard Linklater2015 Carol Todd Haynes2016 La La Land Damien Chazelle2017 Lady Bird Greta Gerwig2018 Roma2018 New York Film Critics Circle Awards|IndieWireAlfonso Cuarón2019 The Irishman2019 New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Full List|Deadline Martin Scorsese
2020s YearWinnerDirector(s)2020 First CowCHADWICK BOSEMAN WINS BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR AT THE 2020 NEW YORK FILM CRITICS CIRCLE AWARDS < < Rotten Tomatoes Kelly Reichardt2021 Drive My CarNew York Film Critics Circle: 2021 Winners List — Deadline Ryusuke Hamaguchi2022 Tár Todd Field2023 Killers of the Flower Moon Martin Scorsese2024 The BrutalistNew York Film Critics Circle 2024 Winners - Variety Brady Corbet2025 One Battle After AnotherNew York Film Critics Circle: ‘One Battle After Another’ Takes Best Film; Pahani, Moura, Madigan Among Winners - Deadline Paul Thomas Anderson
See also Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Film Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Film Academy Award for Best Picture
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