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. The city is at the center of international finance, politics, entertainment, and culture, and is one of the worlds major global cities (along with London, Tokyo and Paris) with a virtually unrivaled collection of museums, galleries, performance venues, media outlets, international corporations, and stock exchanges. ... Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ...

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. See also: 1934 in film 1935 1936 in film 1930s in film years in film film Events Judy Garland signs a contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM). ... Film criticism is the analysis and evaluation of films. ...

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. The New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor is one of the awards given by the New York Film Critics Circle to honor the finest achievements in filmmaking. ... The New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress is one of the awards given by the New York Film Critics Circle to honor the finest achievements in filmmaking. ... The New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Animated Film is an award given by the New York Film Critics Circle, honoring the finest achievements in animated filmmaking. ... 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. ... The New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress is an award given by the New York Film Critics Circle, honoring the finest achievements in filmmaking. ...

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
• 2004 - Sideways
• 2005 - Brokeback Mountain

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In Which We Serve is a 1942 war film written by and starring Noel Coward, and directed by Coward and David Lean, both making their directorial debut. ... Watch on the Rhine is a 1943 film which tells the story of a man who, in attempting to return to the United States during World War II, is blackmailed by a Nazi sympathiser. ... Going My Way is a 1944 film is a light-hearted comedy about a new young priest (Bing Crosby) taking over a parish from an established old veteran. ... The Lost Weekend is a 1945 motion picture directed by Billy Wilder for Paramount Pictures, starring Ray Milland, Jane Wyman and Phillip Terry. ... The Best Years of Our Lives is a 1946 movie about three servicemen (an airman, a soldier, and a sailor) trying to piece their lives back together after coming back home from WWII. It is based on a novel by MacKinlay Kantor, Glory for Me. ... Gentlemans Agreement is a 1947 film about a journalist who disguises himself as a Jew to research anti-semitism in the affluent community of Darien, Connecticut. ... Johnny Belinda is a 1948 film which tells the story of a deaf mute woman who is raped, becomes pregnant, and then is ruled unfit to care for the child. ... The Treasure of the Sierra Madre is a 1948 John Huston film in which two down-and-outers (Humphrey Bogart and Tim Holt) in Mexico (bothering director John Huston for money in a fun opening cameo) hook up with an old-timer (Walter Huston, the directors father) to prospect... Cover of Robert Penn Warrens All the Kings Men. ... All About Eve is a 1950 movie drama written and directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, from the story The Wisdom of Eve, by Mary Orr. ... A Streetcar Named Desire is a play by Tennessee Williams describing a culture clash between Blanche DuBois—a pretentious, fading relic of the Old South—and Stanley Kowalski, a rising member of the industrial, inner-city immigrant class. ... High Noon is a 1952 western film which tells the story of a town sheriff, who has just married a pacifist Quaker woman. ... Burt Lancaster and Deborah Kerr in the famous beach scene in From Here to Eternity. ... On the Waterfront is an American 1954 film about mob violence and corruption among longshoremen, and became a standard of its kind. ... For other articles with the name Marty, check the Marty (disambiguation) page. ... Around the World in Eighty Days is a 1956 movie based on the novel of the same name by Jules Verne. ... The Bridge over the River Kwai (French:Le Pont de la Rivière Kwai) is a novel by Pierre Boulle, published in 1952, that won Frances Prix Ste Beuve. ... The Defiant Ones is a 1958 film which tells about two escaped prisoners who are shackled together, one white and one black, who must co-operate in order to survive. ... Ben-Hur is a 1959 film directed by William Wyler and is, today, the best-known version of the film based on the 1880 book by Lew Wallace, Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ. ... Sons and Lovers is the third published novel of D.H. Lawrence. ... The Apartment is a 1960 romantic comedy-drama directed by Billy Wilder, and starring Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, and Fred MacMurray. ... West Side Story is a musical written by Arthur Laurents (book), Leonard Bernstein (music), and Stephen Sondheim (lyrics), and was originally produced, choreographed, and directed by Jerome Robbins. ... Tom Jones is a 1963 comedy film which tells the story of a young 18th century man who is taken into the household of a rich gentleman and grows up living a bawdy life with many women. ... The original poster for the Broadway production of the show designed by Al Hirschfeld My Fair Lady is a 1956 musical theater production with lyrics and book by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederic Loewe, adapted from George Bernard Shaws Pygmalion. ... Darling can refer to: Darling, a 1965 movie The Darling River in Australia Grace Darling, of shipwreck rescue fame Ralph Darling, former governor of New South Wales, Australia Joe Darling, Australian cricket captain, 1899-1905 Captain Kevin Darling, a character in the TV series Blackadder Alistair Darling, British politician brothers... A Man for All Seasons is a play by Robert Bolt, first performed in London on July 1, 1960. ... In the Heat of the Night is a 1967 film, based on the John Ball novel published in 1965 of the same name, which tells the story of a Northern U.S. African-American police detective who becomes involved in a murder investigation in a racist small town in the... The Lion in Winter is a 1966 Broadway play by James Goldman. ... The film Z is a 1969 political thriller directed by Costa-Gavras, with screenplay in French by the director, based on the novel of the same name by Vassilis Vassilikos. ... Five Easy Pieces is a 1970 film which tells the story of Bobby Dupea (played by Jack Nicholson), a concert pianist who is estranged from his family. ... A Clockwork Orange (1971) is a film directed and produced by Stanley Kubrick based on the novel of the same name by Anthony Burgess. ... Viskningar och rop is a 1973 Swedish film which tells the story of two sisters who watch over their third sisters deathbed, both afraid she might die, but hoping she does. ... La Nuit américaine is a 1973 French film directed by François Truffaut. ... Amarcord (1973), directed by Federico Fellini, is a poignant and bawdy semi-autobiographical coming-of-age tale. ... Nashville is a 1975 film which mixes themes of U.S. presidential politics with those of the country music and gospel music businesses in Nashville, Tennessee. ... All the Presidents Men is a 1974 non-fiction book by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, the two journalists investigating the Watergate scandal for the Washington Post. ... Annie Hall is a 1977 romantic comedy film directed by Woody Allen from a script he co-wrote with Marshall Brickman. ... This article is about The Deer Hunter, the movie. ... Movie poster for Kramer vs. ... Ordinary People is a 1980 American motion picture drama which tells the story of the disintegration of a family in Lake Forest, Illinois following the death of the oldest son. ... Reds is a 1981 movie starring Warren Beatty and Diane Keaton. ... Gandhi (1982) is an Anglo-Indian film, directed by Richard Attenborough, about the life of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (also known as Mahatma Gandhi, Great Soul), leader of the nonviolent resistance movement against British colonial rule in India during the first half of the 20th century. ... Terms of Endearment is a 1983 American drama film and romantic comedy. ... A Passage to India (1924) is a novel by E. M. Forster about the tensions between natives of India and British colonials when a white woman, Adela Quested, accuses a native man, Dr. Aziz, of attempted rape. ... Prizzis Honor is a 1985 comedy film which tells the story of a mob hit man and hit woman who fall in love with each other, even though they have been hired to kill each other. ... Hannah and Her Sisters is a 1986 romantic comedy film which tells the intertwined stories of an extended family, told mostly during a year that begins and ends with a family Thanksgiving dinner. ... Broadcast News is a 1987 romantic comedy about a brilliant yet prickly reporter (Albert Brooks), his charming but admittedly far less seasoned rival (William Hurt), and their virtuoso producer (Holly Hunter), who has daily emotional breakdowns. ... The Accidental Tourist is a novel by Anne Tyler that won the National Book Critics Circle Award. ... My Left Foot can refer to: My Left Foot is a book. ... Goodfellas is a 1990 film about the mafia directed by Martin Scorsese. ... The Silence of the Lambs is a novel by Thomas Harris, his second to feature Lithuanian count, sociopath psychiatrist and cannibal Dr. Hannibal The Cannibal Lecter. ... The Player (1992) is a movie that tells the story of Griffin Mill (Tim Robbins), a Hollywood studio executive who believes he is being blackmailed by a screenwriter whose script he once rejected. ... Schindlers List is a 1993 movie based on the book Schindlers Ark by Thomas Keneally, published in the United States as Schindlers List and subsequently re-issued in Commonwealth countries under that name as well. ... Quiz Show is a 1994 film which tells the true story of a quiz show scandal of the 1950s. ... Leaving Las Vegas is an MGM film made in 1995 with Nicolas Cage and Elisabeth Shue directed by Mike Figgis. ... Fargo is a 1996 dramatic and dark comedy film created by Joel and Ethan Coen. ... L.A. Confidential is a 1990 crime novel by James Ellroy that was turned into a 1997 film which tells the story of Los Angeles police in the 1950s, and police corruption bumping up against Hollywood celebrity. ... Saving Private Ryan is a 1998 film directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Robert Rodat, dealing with the World War II Battle of Normandy. ... Topsy-Turvy is a 1999 film which tells the background story of the creation of The Mikado, a Gilbert and Sullivan operetta. ... Traffic is a film directed by Steven Soderbergh that explores the intricacies of the illegal drug trade from a number of perspectives: user, enforcer, politician and trafficker. ... Mulholland Drive is a motion picture released in 2001 and directed by David Lynch. ... Far from Heaven is a 2002 film which tells the story of a housewife in 1950s Connecticut whose husband is a closet homosexual who tries to deny and overcome it, but eventually leaves her for another man. ... Sideways is a 2004 comedy/drama film, co-written and directed by Alexander Payne. ... Brokeback Mountain is a 2005 film directed by Ang Lee as well as a short story by E. Annie Proulx, on which the film is based. ...

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