The 55th New York Film Critics Circle Awards honored the best filmmaking of 1989.^[1] The winners were announced on 18 December 1989 and the awards were given on 14 January 1990.^[2]

Winners

• Best Actor:
  • Daniel Day-Lewis - My Left Foot
  • Runners-up: Tom Cruise - Born on the Fourth of July and Morgan Freeman - Driving Miss Daisy
• Best Actress:
  • Michelle Pfeiffer - The Fabulous Baker Boys
  • Runners-up: Jessica Tandy - Driving Miss Daisy and Andie MacDowell - Sex, Lies, and Videotape
• Best Cinematography:
  • Ernest R. Dickerson - Do the Right Thing^[3]
  • Runners-up: Michael Ballhaus - The Fabulous Baker Boys and Jeff Preiss - Let's Get Lost
• Best Director:
  • Paul Mazursky - Enemies, a Love Story
  • Runners-up: Brian De Palma - Casualties of War and Bruce Beresford - Driving Miss Daisy
• Best Documentary:
  • Roger & Me
  • Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser and Let's Get Lost
• Best Film:
  • My Left Foot
  • Runners-up: Enemies, a Love Story and The Fabulous Baker Boys
• Best Foreign Language Film:
  • Story of Women (Une affaire de femmes) • France
  • Runners-up: Chocolat • France and Camille Claudel • France
• Best New Director:
  • Kenneth Branagh - Henry V
  • Runners-up: Steve Kloves - The Fabulous Baker Boys and Jim Sheridan - My Left Foot
• Best Screenplay:
  • Gus Van Sant and Daniel Yost - Drugstore Cowboy
  • Runners-up: Steven Soderbergh - Sex, Lies, and Videotape and Steve Kloves - The Fabulous Baker Boys
• Best Supporting Actor:
  • Alan Alda - Crimes and Misdemeanors
  • Runners-up: Denzel Washington - Glory and Marlon Brando - A Dry White Season
• Best Supporting Actress:
  • Lena Olin - Enemies, a Love Story
  • Runners-up: Brenda Fricker - My Left Foot and Laura San Giacomo - Sex, Lies, and Videotape