The San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Film (or Picture) is an award given by the San Diego Film Critics Society to honor the best film of the year.
Winners 1990s YearWinnerDirector(s)1996 Fargo Joel Coen1997 L.A. Confidential Curtis Hanson1998 Gods and Monsters Bill Condon1999 American Beauty Sam Mendes
2000s YearWinnerDirector(s)2000 Almost Famous Cameron Crowe2001 Ghost World Terry Zwigoff2002 Far from Heaven Todd Haynes2003 Dirty Pretty Things Stephen Frears2004 Vera Drake Mike Leigh2005 King Kong Peter Jackson2006 Letters from Iwo Jima Clint Eastwood2007 No Country for Old Men Joel Coen and Ethan Coen2008 Slumdog Millionaire Danny Boyle2009 Inglourious Basterds Quentin Tarantino
2010s YearWinnerDirector(s)2010 Winter's Bone Debra Granik2011 The Artist Michel Hazanavicius2012 Argo Ben Affleck2013 Her Spike Jonze2014 Nightcrawler Dan Gilroy2015 Mad Max: Fury Road George Miller2016 Hell or High Water David Mackenzie2017 Get Out Jordan Peele2018 Leave No Trace Debra Granik2019 The Irishman Martin Scorsese
2020s YearWinnerDirector(s)2020 Promising Young Woman Emerald Fennell2021The Power of The DogJane Campion2022The Banshees of InisherinMartin McDonagh2023Are You There God? It's Me, MargaretKelly Fremon Craig2024Sing SingGreg Kwedar2025SinnersRyan Coogler
References San Diego Film Critics Society – Awards