The New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Picture is an award given by the New York Film Critics Circle, honoring the finest achievements in filmmaking.

Winners

1930s

Year	Winner	Director(s)
1935	The Informer	John Ford
1936	Mr. Deeds Goes to Town	Frank Capra
1937	The Life of Emile Zola	William Dieterle
1938	The Citadel	King Vidor
1939	Wuthering Heights	William Wyler

1940s

Year	Winner	Director(s)
1940	The Grapes of Wrath	John Ford
1941	Citizen Kane	Orson Welles
1942	In Which We Serve	Noël Coward and David Lean
1943	Watch on the Rhine	Herman Shumlin
1944	Going My Way	Leo McCarey
1945	The Lost Weekend	Billy Wilder
1946	The Best Years of Our Lives	William Wyler
1947	Gentleman's Agreement	Elia Kazan
1948	The Treasure of the Sierra Madre	John Huston
1949	All the King's Men	Robert Rossen

1950s

Year	Winner	Director(s)
1950	All About Eve	Joseph L. Mankiewicz
1951	A Streetcar Named Desire	Elia Kazan
1952	High Noon	Fred Zinnemann
1953	From Here to Eternity	Fred Zinnemann
1954	On the Waterfront	Elia Kazan
1955	Marty	Delbert Mann
1956	Around the World in 80 Days	Michael Anderson
1957	The Bridge on the River Kwai	David Lean
1958	The Defiant Ones	Stanley Kramer
1959	Ben-Hur	William Wyler

1960s

Year	Winner	Director(s)
1960	The Apartment	Billy Wilder
1960	Sons and Lovers	Jack Cardiff
1961	West Side Story	Jerome Robbins and Robert Wise
1962	No award given (newspaper strike)
1963	Tom Jones	Tony Richardson
1964	My Fair Lady	George Cukor
1965	Darling	John Schlesinger
1966	A Man for All Seasons	Fred Zinnemann
1967	In the Heat of the Night	Norman Jewison
1968	The Lion in Winter	Anthony Harvey
1969	Z	Costa-Gavras

1970s

Year	Winner	Director(s)
1970	Five Easy Pieces	Bob Rafelson
1971	A Clockwork Orange	Stanley Kubrick
1972	Cries and Whispers (Viskningar och rop)	Ingmar Bergman
1973	Day for Night (La nuit américaine)	François Truffaut
1974	Amarcord	Federico Fellini
1975	Nashville	Robert Altman
1976	All the President's Men	Alan J. Pakula
1977	Annie Hall	Woody Allen
1978	The Deer Hunter	Michael Cimino
1979	Kramer vs. Kramer	Robert Benton

1980s

Year	Winner	Director(s)
1980	Ordinary People	Robert Redford
1981	Reds	Warren Beatty
1982	Gandhi	Richard Attenborough
1983	Terms of Endearment	James L. Brooks
1984	A Passage to India	David Lean
1985	Prizzi's Honor	John Huston
1986	Hannah and Her Sisters	Woody Allen
1987	Broadcast News	James L. Brooks
1988	The Accidental Tourist	Lawrence Kasdan
1989	My Left Foot	Jim Sheridan

1990s

Year	Winner	Director(s)
1990	Goodfellas	Martin Scorsese
1991	The Silence of the Lambs	Jonathan Demme
1992	The Player	Robert Altman
1993	Schindler's List	Steven Spielberg
1994	Quiz Show	Robert Redford
1995	Leaving Las Vegas	Mike Figgis
1996	Fargo	Joel Coen
1997	L.A. Confidential	Curtis Hanson
1998	Saving Private Ryan	Steven Spielberg
1999	Topsy-Turvy	Mike Leigh

2000s

Year	Winner	Director(s)
2000	Traffic	Steven Soderbergh
2001	Mulholland Drive	David Lynch
2002	Far from Heaven	Todd Haynes
2003	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	Peter Jackson
2004	Sideways	Alexander Payne
2005	Brokeback Mountain	Ang Lee
2006	United 93	Paul Greengrass
2007	No Country for Old Men	Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
2008	Milk	Gus Van Sant
2009	The Hurt Locker	Kathryn Bigelow

2010s

Year	Winner	Director(s)
2010	The Social Network	David Fincher
2011	The Artist	Michel Hazanavicius
2012	Zero Dark Thirty	Kathryn Bigelow
2013	American Hustle	David O. Russell
2014	Boyhood	Richard Linklater
2015	Carol	Todd Haynes
2016	La La Land	Damien Chazelle
2017	Lady Bird^[1]	Greta Gerwig
2018	Roma^[2]	Alfonso Cuarón
2019	The Irishman^[3]	Martin Scorsese

2020s

Year	Winner	Director(s)
2020	First Cow^[4]	Kelly Reichardt
2021	Drive My Car^[5]	Ryusuke Hamaguchi
2022	Tár^[6]	Todd Field
2023	Killers of the Flower Moon^[7]	Martin Scorsese

References

^ Nolfi, Joey (November 30, 2017). "2017 New York Film Critics Circle winners: Full list". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved December 5, 2021.
^ 2018 New York Film Critics Circle Awards|IndieWire
^ 2019 New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Full List|Deadline
^ CHADWICK BOSEMAN WINS BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR AT THE 2020 NEW YORK FILM CRITICS CIRCLE AWARDS < < Rotten Tomatoes
^ New York Film Critics Circle: 2021 Winners List — Deadline
^ "'Tár' Leads New York Film Critics Circle, 'RRR' and Keke Palmer Surprise (Full Winners List)". Variety. 2022-12-02. Archived from the original on 2023-03-15.
^ "New York Film Critics Awards: Winners List". Variety. 2023-11-16. Retrieved 2023-11-30.

v t e New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Film
1935–1950	The Informer (1935) Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936) The Life of Emile Zola (1937) The Citadel (1938) Wuthering Heights (1939) The Grapes of Wrath (1940) Citizen Kane (1941) In Which We Serve (1942) Watch on the Rhine (1943) Going My Way (1944) The Lost Weekend (1945) The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) Gentleman's Agreement (1947) The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) All the King's Men (1949) All About Eve (1950)
1951–1975	A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) High Noon (1952) From Here to Eternity (1953) On the Waterfront (1954) Marty (1955) Around the World in 80 Days (1956) The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) The Defiant Ones (1958) Ben-Hur (1959) The Apartment / Sons and Lovers (1960) West Side Story (1961) No Award (1962) Tom Jones (1963) My Fair Lady (1964) Darling (1965) A Man for All Seasons (1966) In the Heat of the Night (1967) The Lion in Winter (1968) Z (1969) Five Easy Pieces (1970) A Clockwork Orange (1971) Cries and Whispers (1972) Day for Night (1973) Amarcord (1974) Nashville (1975)
1976–2000	All the President's Men (1976) Annie Hall (1977) The Deer Hunter (1978) Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) Ordinary People (1980) Reds (1981) Gandhi (1982) Terms of Endearment (1983) A Passage to India (1984) Prizzi's Honor (1985) Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) Broadcast News (1987) The Accidental Tourist (1988) My Left Foot (1989) Goodfellas (1990) The Silence of the Lambs (1991) The Player (1992) Schindler's List (1993) Quiz Show (1994) Leaving Las Vegas (1995) Fargo (1996) L.A. Confidential (1997) Saving Private Ryan (1998) Topsy-Turvy (1999) Traffic (2000)
2001–present	Mulholland Drive (2001) Far from Heaven (2002) The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) Sideways (2004) Brokeback Mountain (2005) United 93 (2006) No Country for Old Men (2007) Milk (2008) The Hurt Locker (2009) The Social Network (2010) The Artist (2011) Zero Dark Thirty (2012) American Hustle (2013) Boyhood (2014) Carol (2015) La La Land (2016) Lady Bird (2017) Roma (2018) The Irishman (2019) First Cow (2020) Drive My Car (2021) Tár (2022) Killers of the Flower Moon (2023)

v t e New York Film Critics Circle
Current awards	Best Film Best Director Best Actor Best Actress Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting Actress Best Screenplay Best Cinematographer Best Animated Film Best Foreign Language Film Best Non-Fiction Film Best First Film
Retired awards	Best Documentary (1980–1997) Best New Director (1989–1992, 1994–1996)
Ceremonies	1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023

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