The Detroit Film Critics Society Award for Best Film is an annual award given by the Detroit Film Critics Society to honor the best film made that year.

Winners

Legend:

  indicates the winners.

2000s

Year Winner Director(s)
2007[1] No Country for Old Men Joel and Ethan Coen
Juno Jason Reitman
Into the Wild Sean Penn
Le scaphandre et le papillon (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly) Julian Schnabel
There Will Be Blood Paul Thomas Anderson
2008[2] Slumdog Millionaire Danny Boyle
The Dark Knight Christopher Nolan
Frost/Nixon Ron Howard
WALL-E Andrew Stanton
The Wrestler Darren Aronofsky
2009[3] Up Pete Docter[4]
(500) Days of Summer Marc Webb
The Hurt Locker Kathryn Bigelow
Inglourious Basterds Quentin Tarantino
Up in the Air Jason Reitman

2010s

Year Winner Director(s)
2010[5] The Social Network David Fincher[6]
127 Hours Danny Boyle
Inception Christopher Nolan
The King's Speech Tom Hooper
Winter's Bone Debra Granik
2011[7] The Artist Michel Hazanavicius
The Descendants Alexander Payne
Hugo Martin Scorsese
Take Shelter Jeff Nichols
The Tree of Life Terrence Malick
2012[8] Silver Linings Playbook David O. Russell
Argo Ben Affleck
The Impossible Juan Antonio Bayona
Take This Waltz Sarah Polley
Zero Dark Thirty Kathryn Bigelow
2013[9] Her Spike Jonze[10]
12 Years a Slave Steve McQueen
Before Midnight Richard Linklater
Gravity Alfonso Cuarón
Short Term 12 Destin Daniel Cretton
2014[11] Boyhood Richard Linklater[12]
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Alejandro González Iñárritu
The Grand Budapest Hotel Wes Anderson
Under the Skin Jonathan Glazer
Whiplash Damien Chazelle
2015[13] Spotlight Tom McCarthy
Brooklyn John Crowley
Inside Out Pete Docter
Mad Max: Fury Road George Miller
The Revenant Alejandro González Iñárritu
Sicario Denis Villeneuve
Youth Paolo Sorrentino
2016[14] La La Land Damien Chazelle
The Edge of Seventeen Kelly Fremon Craig
Hell or High Water David Mackenzie
Manchester by the Sea Kenneth Lonergan
Moonlight Barry Jenkins
2017[15] The Florida Project Sean Baker
The Disaster Artist James Franco
Get Out Jordan Peele
The Shape of Water Guillermo del Toro
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Martin McDonagh
2018[16] Eighth Grade Bo Burnham
First Reformed Paul Schrader
Green Book Peter Farrelly
A Quiet Place John Krasinski
Roma Alfonso Cuarón
2019[17] Parasite Bong Joon-ho
The Irishman Martin Scorsese
Jojo Rabbit Taika Waititi
Marriage Story Noah Baumbach
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Quentin Tarantino

2020s

Year Winner Director(s)
2020[18] Nomadland Chloé Zhao
First Cow Kelly Reichardt
Minari Lee Isaac Chung
Sound of Metal Darius Marder
The Trial of the Chicago 7 Aaron Sorkin
2021 Cyrano Joe Wright
Belfast Kenneth Branagh
CODA Sian Heder
Don't Look Up Adam McKay
King Richard Reinaldo Marcus Green

References

  1. ^ "The 2007 Detroit Film Critics Society Awards". Detroit Film Critics Society. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
  2. ^ "The 2008 Detroit Film Critics Society Awards". Detroit Film Critics Society. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
  3. ^ "The 2009 Detroit Film Critics Society Awards". Detroit Film Critics Society. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
  4. ^ More Critics Awards: Usual Suspects, Plus 'Up'|The Wrap
  5. ^ "The 2010 Detroit Film Critics Society Awards". Detroit Film Critics Society. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
  6. ^ “Winter’s Bone,” “Social Network” Lead Detroit Critics|IndieWire
  7. ^ "The 2011 Detroit Film Critics Society Awards". Detroit Film Critics Society. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
  8. ^ "The 2012 Detroit Film Critics Society Awards". Detroit Film Critics Society. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
  9. ^ "The 2013 Detroit Film Critics Society Awards". Detroit Film Critics Society. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
  10. ^ Detroit critics name 'Her' the year's best, hand Brie Larson two awards - UPROXX
  11. ^ "The 2014 Detroit Film Critics Society Awards". Detroit Film Critics Society. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
  12. ^ Detroit Film Critics Society flips for 'Boyhood' - The Detroit News
  13. ^ "The 2015 Detroit Film Critics Society Awards". Detroit Film Critics Society. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
  14. ^ "The 2015 Detroit Film Critics Society Awards". Awards Daily. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
  15. ^ "The 2017 Detroit Film Critics Society Awards Nominations". Detroit Film Critics Society. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  16. ^ DFCS (November 30, 2018). "The 2018 Detroit Film Critics Society Awards". Detroit Film Critics Society. Detroit Film Critics Society. Retrieved December 1, 2018.
  17. ^ DFCS. "The 2019 Detroit Film Critics Society Awards". Detroit Film Critics Society. Detroit Film Critics Society. Retrieved December 7, 2019.
  18. ^ "The 2020 Detroit Film Critics Society Awards". Detroit Film Critics Society. Retrieved May 17, 2021.
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