The 6th Boston Society of Film Critics Awards honored the best filmmaking of 1985. The awards were given on 26 January 1986.

Winners

• Best Film:
  • Ran
• Best Actor:
  • Jack Nicholson – Prizzi's Honor
• Best Actress:
  • Geraldine Page – The Trip to Bountiful
• Best Supporting Actor:
  • Ian Holm – Wetherby, Brazil, Dance with a Stranger and Dreamchild
• Best Supporting Actress:
  • Anjelica Huston – Prizzi's Honor
• Best Director:
  • John Huston – Prizzi's Honor
• Best Screenplay:
  • Woody Allen – The Purple Rose of Cairo
• Best Cinematography:
  • Takao Saitô and Masaharu Ueda – Ran
• Best Documentary:
  • Shoah
• Best English-Language Film:
  • Prizzi's Honor