The 9th National Society of Film Critics Awards, given on 5 January 1975, honored the best filmmaking of 1974.^[1][2]

Winners

Best Picture

• Scenes from a Marriage (Scener ur ett äktenskap)

Best Director

• Francis Ford Coppola – The Godfather Part II and The Conversation
• Runners-up: Ingmar Bergman – Scenes from a Marriage and Federico Fellini – Amarcord

Best Actor

• Jack Nicholson – Chinatown and The Last Detail

Best Actress

• Liv Ullmann – Scenes from a Marriage (Scener ur ett äktenskap)

Best Supporting Actor

• Holger Löwenadler – Lacombe, Lucien

Best Supporting Actress

• Bibi Andersson – Scenes from a Marriage (Scener ur ett äktenskap)

Best Screenplay

• Ingmar Bergman – Scenes from a Marriage (Scener ur ett äktenskap)

Best Cinematography

• Gordon Willis – The Godfather Part II and The Parallax View

Special Award

• Jean Renoir