The 5th New York Film Critics Circle Awards, announced on 27 December 1939, honored the best filmmaking of 1939.^[1]

Winners

• Best Picture:
  • Wuthering Heights
• Runner-up – Gone with the Wind and Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
• Best Actor:
  • James Stewart – Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
• Best Actress:
  • Vivien Leigh – Gone with the Wind
• Best Director:
  • John Ford – Stagecoach
• Best Foreign Film:
  • Harvest (Regain) • France