New York Film Critics Circle Awards

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New York Film Critics Circle Awards are given annually to honor excellence in cinema worldwide by an organization of film reviewers from New York City-based publications. It is considered one of the most important precursors to the Academy Awards.

Founded in 1935, the New York Film Critics Circle's membership includes film critics from daily newspapers, weekly newspapers and magazines. In December of each year, the organization meets to vote on awards for films released in the previous calendar year.

Categories of awards include:

Best Actor
Best Actress
Animated Film
Best Cinematographer
Best Director
Best Documentary
Best First Film
Best Foreign Film
Best New Director
Non-Fiction Film
Best Picture
Best Screenplay
Best Supporting Actor
Best Supporting Actress

The New York Film Critics Circle also gives special stand-alone awards to individuals and/or organizations that they believe have made significant contributions to the art of cinema that includes other film critics, film restorers, historians and service organizations.

Best Film Winners

1936 - The Informer
1937 - Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
1938 - The Citadel
1939 - Wuthering Heights
1940 - The Grapes of Wrath
1941 - Citizen Kane
1942 - In Which We Serve
1943 - Watch on the Rhine
1944 - Going My Way
1945 - The Lost Weekend
1946 - The Best Years of Our Lives
1947 - Gentleman's Agreement
1948 - Johnny Belinda; The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
1949 - All the King's Men
1950 - All About Eve
1951 - A Streetcar Named Desire
1952 - High Noon
1953 - From Here to Eternity
1954 - On the Waterfront
1955 - Marty
1956 - Around the World in Eighty Days
1957 - The Bridge on the River Kwai
1958 - The Defiant Ones
1959 - Ben-Hur
1960 - Sons and Lovers and The Apartment
1961 - West Side Story
1962 - No Award
1963 - Tom Jones
1964 - My Fair Lady
1965 - Darling
1966 - A Man for All Seasons
1967 - In the Heat of the Night
1968 - The Lion in Winter
1969 - Z
1970 - Five Easy Pieces
1971 - A Clockwork Orange
1972 - Cries and Whispers
1973 - Day for Night
1974 - Amarcord
1975 - Nashville
1976 - All the President's Men
1977 - Annie Hall
1978 - The Deer Hunter
1979 - Kramer vs. Kramer
1980 - Ordinary People
1981 - Reds
1982 - Gandhi
1983 - Terms of Endearment
1984 - A Passage to India
1985 - Prizzi's Honor
1986 - Hannah and Her Sisters
1987 - Broadcast News
1988 - The Accidental Tourist
1989 - My Left Foot
1990 - Goodfellas
1991 - The Silence of the Lambs
1992 - The Player
1993 - Schindler's List
1994 - Quiz Show
1995 - Leaving Las Vegas
1996 - Fargo
1997 - L.A. Confidential
1998 - Saving Private Ryan
1999 - Topsy-Turvy
2000 - Traffic
2001 - Mulholland Drive
2002 - Far From Heaven
2003 - [[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (film)|The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King]]
2004 - Sideways
2005 - Brokeback Mountain

Award ceremonies

1994: ?, 1994 - 60th
1995: ?, 1995 - 61st
1996: 12 December, 1996 - 62nd
1997: 11 December, 1997 - 63rd
1998: 16 December, 1998 - 64th
1999: 16 December, 1999 - 65th
2000: 13 December, 2000 - 66th
2001: 13 December, 2001 - 67th
2002: 16 December, 2002 - 68th
2003: 15 December, 2003 - 69th
2004: 13 December, 2004 - 70th
2005: 12 December, 2005 - 71st
2006: ?, 2006 - 72nd

Website

http://www.nyfcc.com

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