The 57th New York Film Critics Circle Awards, honoring the best filmmaking of 1991, were announced on 17 December 1991 and presented on 12 January 1992.^[1][2]

Winners

• Best Actor:
  • Anthony Hopkins - The Silence of the Lambs
  • Runners-up: River Phoenix - My Own Private Idaho and Nick Nolte - The Prince of Tides
• Best Actress:
  • Jodie Foster - The Silence of the Lambs
  • Runners-up: Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon - Thelma & Louise
• Best Cinematography:
  • Roger Deakins - Barton Fink
  • Runner-up: Freddie Francis - Cape Fear
• Best Director:
  • Jonathan Demme - The Silence of the Lambs
  • Runner-up: Gus Van Sant - My Own Private Idaho
• Best Documentary:
  • Paris Is Burning
  • Runner-up: Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
• Best Film:
  • The Silence of the Lambs
  • Runner-up: My Own Private Idaho
• Best Foreign Language Film:
  • Europa Europa • Germany/France
  • Runner-up: The Vanishing (Spoorloos) • Netherlands/France
• Best New Director:
  • John Singleton - Boyz n the Hood
  • Runner-up: Anthony Minghella - Truly, Madly, Deeply
• Best Screenplay:
  • David Cronenberg - Naked Lunch
  • Runner-up: Calder Willingham - Rambling Rose
• Best Supporting Actor:
  • Samuel L. Jackson - Jungle Fever
  • Runners-up: Steven Hill - Billy Bathgate and John Goodman - Barton Fink
• Best Supporting Actress:
  • Judy Davis - Naked Lunch and Barton Fink
  • Runners-up: Juliette Lewis - Cape Fear and Kate Nelligan - Frankie and Johnny and The Prince of Tides