The 32nd Boston Society of Film Critics Awards, honoring the best in filmmaking in 2011, were given on December 11, 2011.

Winners

• Best Film:
  • The Artist
  • Runner-up: Hugo and Margaret
• Best Actor:
  • Brad Pitt – Moneyball
  • Runner-up: George Clooney – The Descendants and Michael Fassbender – Shame
• Best Actress:
  • Michelle Williams – My Week with Marilyn
  • Runner-up: Meryl Streep – The Iron Lady
• Best Supporting Actor:
  • Albert Brooks – Drive
  • Runner-up: Max von Sydow – Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
• Best Supporting Actress:
  • Melissa McCarthy – Bridesmaids
  • Runner-up: Jeannie Berlin – Margaret
• Best Director:
  • Martin Scorsese – Hugo
  • Runner-up: Michel Hazanavicius – The Artist
• Best Screenplay:
  • Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin – Moneyball
  • Runner-up: Kenneth Lonergan – Margaret
• Best Cinematography:
  • Emmanuel Lubezki – The Tree of Life
  • Runner-up: Robert Richardson – Hugo
• Best Documentary:
  • Project Nim
  • Runner-up: Bill Cunningham New York
• Best Foreign-Language Film:
  • Incendies • Canada
  • Runner-up: A Separation (Jodaeiye Nader az Simin) • Iran and Poetry (Shi) • South Korea
• Best Animated Film:
  • Rango
• Best Editing:
  • Christian Marclay – The Clock
  • Runner-up: Thelma Schoonmaker – Hugo
• Best New Filmmaker:
  • Sean Durkin – Martha Marcy May Marlene
  • Runner-up: J. C. Chandor – Margin Call
• Best Ensemble Cast:
  • Carnage
  • Runner-up: Margaret
• Best Use of Music in a Film (TIE):
  • The Artist
  • Drive
  • Runner-up: The Descendants