The 1st 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.^[1]

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