The 37th Boston Society of Film Critics Awards, honoring the best in filmmaking in 2016, were given on December 11, 2016.^[1]

Winners

• Best Film:
  • La La Land
• Best Director:
  • Damien Chazelle – La La Land
  • Runner-up: Kenneth Lonergan – Manchester by the Sea
• Best Actor:
  • Casey Affleck – Manchester by the Sea
  • Runner-up: Joel Edgerton – Loving
• Best Actress:
  • Isabelle Huppert – Elle and Things to Come
  • Runner-up: Natalie Portman – Jackie
• Best Supporting Actor:
  • Mahershala Ali – Moonlight
• Best Supporting Actress:
  • Lily Gladstone – Certain Women
• Best Screenplay:
  • Kenneth Lonergan – Manchester by the Sea
  • Runner-up: Jim Jarmusch – Paterson
• Best Original Score:
  • Mica Levi – Jackie
• Best Animated Film:
  • Tower
• Best Foreign Language Film:
  • The Handmaiden
  • Runner-up: Things to Come
• Best Documentary:
  • O.J.: Made in America
• Best Cinematography:
  • Chung Chung-hoon – The Handmaiden
  • Runner-up: James Laxton – Moonlight
• Best Editing:
  • Tom Cross – La La Land
• Best New Filmmaker:
  • Robert Eggers – The Witch
• Best Ensemble Cast:
  • Moonlight
  • Runner-up: Certain Women