NEW YORK FILM CRITICS CIRCLE AWARDS

'New York Film Critics Circle Awards' are given annually to honor excellence in cinema worldwide by an organization of film reviewers from New York City-based publications. It is considered one of the most important precursors to the Academy Awards.
Founded in 1935, the New York Film Critics Circle's membership includes film critics from daily newspapers, weekly newspapers and magazines. In December of each year, the organization meets to vote on awards for films released in the previous calendar year.
Categories of awards include:

★ Best Actor

★ Best Actress

★ Best Animated Feature

★ Best Cinematography

★ Best Director

★ Best Documentary Feature

★ Best Film

★ Best First Film

★ Best Foreign Language Film

★ Best New Director

★ Non-Fiction Film

★ Best Screenplay

★ Best Supporting Actor

★ Best Supporting Actress
The New York Film Critics Circle also gives special stand-alone awards to individuals and/or organizations that they believe have made significant contributions to the art of cinema that includes other film critics, film restorers, historians and service organizations.

Contents

Best Film Winners

Award ceremonies

External links

Best Film Winners

★ '1935' - ''The Informer''

★ '1936' - ''Mr. Deeds Goes to Town''

★ '1937' - ''The Life of Emile Zola''

★ '1938' - ''The Citadel''

★ '1939' - ''Wuthering Heights''

★ '1940' - ''The Grapes of Wrath''

★ '1941' - ''Citizen Kane''

★ '1942' - ''In Which We Serve''

★ '1943' - ''Watch on the Rhine''

★ '1944' - ''Going My Way''

★ '1945' - ''The Lost Weekend''

★ '1946' - ''The Best Years of Our Lives''

★ '1947' - ''Gentleman's Agreement''

★ '1948' - ''The Treasure of the Sierra Madre''

★ '1949' - ''All the King's Men''

★ '1950' - ''All About Eve''

★ '1951' - ''A Streetcar Named Desire''

★ '1952' - ''High Noon''

★ '1953' - ''From Here to Eternity''

★ '1954' - ''On the Waterfront''

★ '1955' - ''Marty''

★ '1956' - ''Around the World in Eighty Days''

★ '1957' - ''The Bridge on the River Kwai''

★ '1958' - ''The Defiant Ones''

★ '1959' - ''Ben-Hur''

★ '1960' - ''Sons and Lovers'' and ''The Apartment''

★ '1961' - ''West Side Story''

★ '1962' - No Award (Newspaper strike)

★ '1963' - ''Tom Jones''

★ '1964' - ''My Fair Lady''

★ '1965' - ''Darling''

★ '1966' - ''A Man for All Seasons''

★ '1967' - ''In the Heat of the Night''

★ '1968' - ''The Lion in Winter''

★ '1969' - ''Z''

★ '1970' - ''Five Easy Pieces''

★ '1971' - ''A Clockwork Orange''

★ '1972' - ''Cries and Whispers''

★ '1973' - ''Day for Night''

★ '1974' - ''Amarcord''

★ '1975' - ''Nashville''

★ '1976' - ''All the President's Men''

★ '1977' - ''Annie Hall''

★ '1978' - ''The Deer Hunter''

★ '1979' - ''Kramer vs. Kramer''

★ '1980' - ''Ordinary People''

★ '1981' - ''Reds''

★ '1982' - ''Gandhi''

★ '1983' - ''Terms of Endearment''

★ '1984' - ''A Passage to India''

★ '1985' - ''Prizzi's Honor''

★ '1986' - ''Hannah and Her Sisters''

★ '1987' - ''Broadcast News''

★ '1988' - ''The Accidental Tourist''

★ '1989' - ''My Left Foot''

★ '1990' - ''Goodfellas''

★ '1991' - ''The Silence of the Lambs''

★ '1992' - ''The Player''

★ '1993' - ''Schindler's List''

★ '1994' - ''Quiz Show''

★ '1995' - ''Leaving Las Vegas''

★ '1996' - ''Fargo''

★ '1997' - ''L.A. Confidential''

★ '1998' - ''Saving Private Ryan''

★ '1999' - ''Topsy-Turvy''

★ '2000' - ''Traffic''

★ '2001' - ''Mulholland Drive''

★ '2002' - ''Far From Heaven''

★ '2003' - ''

★ '2004' - ''Sideways''

★ '2005' - ''Brokeback Mountain''

★ '2006' - ''United 93''

Award ceremonies

Note: Dates listed are those of when the awards were actually given. Announcement dates are earlier.

★ 1935: March 2, 1936 - 1st

★ 1936: January 24, 1937 - 2nd

★ 1937: January 9, 1938 - 3rd

★ 1938: January 8, 1939 - 4th

★ 1939: January 7, 1940 - 5th

★ 1940: January 5, 1941 - 6th

★ 1941: January 10, 1942 - 7th

★ 1942: January 3, 1943 - 8th

★ 1943: unknown - 9th

★ 1944: unknown - 10th

★ 1945: January 20, 1946 - 11th

★ 1946: January 9, 1947 - 12th

★ 1947: January 19, 1948 - 13th

★ 1948: January 21, 1949 - 14th

★ 1949: February 5, 1950 - 15th

★ 1950: January 28, 1951 - 16th

★ 1951: January 20, 1952 - 17th

★ 1952: January 17, 1953 - 18th

★ 1953: January 23, 1954 - 19th

★ 1954: unknown - 20th

★ 1955: January 21, 1956 - 21st

★ 1956: January 19, 1957 - 22nd

★ 1957: unknown - 23rd

★ 1958: January 24, 1959 - 24th

★ 1959: January 23, 1960 - 25th

★ 1960: January 23, 1961 - 26th

★ 1961: January 20, 1962 - 27th

★ 1962: No awards because of newspaper strike. - 28th

★ 1963: January 18, 1964 - 29th

★ 1964: January 23, 1965 - 30th

★ 1965: January 29, 1966 - 31st

★ 1966: January 29, 1967 - 32nd

★ 1967: January 28, 1968 - 33rd

★ 1968: January 26, 1969 - 34th

★ 1969: January 25, 1970 - 35th

★ 1970: January 18, 1971 - 36th

★ 1971: January 23, 1972 - 37th

★ 1972: January 28, 1973 - 38th

★ 1973: January 27, 1974 - 39th

★ 1974: January 26, 1975 - 40th

★ 1975: January 25, 1976 - 41st

★ 1976: January 30, 1977 - 42nd

★ 1977: January 29, 1978 - 43rd

★ 1978: January 28, 1979 - 44th

★ 1979: February 1, 1980 - 45th

★ 1980: January 25, 1981 - 46th

★ 1981: January 31, 1982 - 47th

★ 1982: January 30, 1983 - 48th

★ 1983: January 29, 1984 - 49th

★ 1984: January 27, 1985 - 50th

★ 1985: January 26, 1986 - 51st

★ 1986: January 25, 1987 - 52nd

★ 1987: January 24, 1988 - 53rd

★ 1988: January 15, 1989 - 54th

★ 1989: January 14, 1990 - 55th

★ 1990: January 13, 1991 - 56th

★ 1991: January 12, 1992 - 57th

★ 1992: January 17, 1993 - 58th

★ 1993: January 16, 1994 - 59th

★ 1994: January 22, 1995 - 60th

★ 1995: January 7, 1996 - 61st

★ 1996: January 5, 1997 - 62nd

★ 1997: January 4, 1998 - 63rd

★ 1998: January 10, 1999 - 64th

★ 1999: January 9, 2000 - 65th

★ 2000: January 14, 2001 - 66th

★ 2001: January 6, 2002 - 67th

★ 2002: unknown - 68th

★ 2003: unknown - 69th

★ 2004: January 9, 2005 - 70th

★ 2005: January 8, 2006 - 71st

★ 2006: January 7, 2007 - 72nd

External links

★ New York Film Critics Circle Awards Official Website