The first New York Film Critics Circle Awards honored the best filmmaking of 1935. They were announced on January 2, 1936.
The awards were presented on March 1, 1936, in a short televised ceremony at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel.
Winners Best Picture The Informer
Best Director John Ford – The Informer Runner-up – Alfred Hitchcock – The Man Who Knew Too Much and The 39 Steps
Best Actor Charles Laughton – Mutiny on the Bounty and Ruggles of Red Gap Runner-up: Victor McLaglen – The Informer
Best Actress Greta Garbo – Anna Karenina Runner-up: Katharine Hepburn – Alice Adams
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