The 12th New York Film Critics Circle Awards, announced on 9 January 1947, honored the best filmmaking of 1946.^[1]

Winners

• Best Film:
  • The Best Years of Our Lives
• Best Actor:
  • Laurence Olivier - Henry V
• Best Actress:
  • Celia Johnson - Brief Encounter
• Best Director:
  • William Wyler - The Best Years of Our Lives
• Best Foreign Language Film:
  • Open City (Roma, città aperta) • Italy