American Critic Societies Annual Best Picture Winners

NBR National Board of Review (about a dozen voting members) (list) (article) (since 1929)

NYFCC New York Film Critics Circle (34 members) (list) (since 1935)

NSFC National Society of Film Critics (59 members) (list) (since 1966)

LAFCA Los Angeles Film Critics Association (57 members) (list) (since 1975)

BFCA Broadcast Film Critics Association (250 members) (list) (since 1995)

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https://awardswatch.com/2019-2020-awards-calendar/ ==============================================================================================   Tuesday, December 3, 2019 - National Board of Review (NBR) Wednesday, December 4, 2019 - New York Film Critics Circle (NYFCC) ------------------------------------------- Sunday, December 8, 2018 - Los Angeles Film Critics Circle (LAFCA) Sunday, December 8, 2018 - Critics' Choice Nominations (BFCA) Monday, December 9, 2019 - Golden Globe Nominations (HFPA) ------------------------------------------- Saturday, January 4, 2020 - National Society of Film Critics (NSFC) Sunday, January 5, 2020 - 77th Golden Globe Awards (HFPA) ------------------------------------------- Sunday, January 12 - Critics' Choice Awards (BFCA) Monday, January 13, 2020 - Oscar Nominations (AMPAS) ------------------------------------------- Sunday, February 9, 2020 - 92nd Academy Awards ==============================================================================================

2028   NBR. ? (1932) nyfcc. ? (1932) nsfc1. ? (1932) lafca1. ? (1932) bfca. ? (1932) ---------------------------------- nsfc2. ? (1932) lafca2. ? (1932) ---------------------------------- nsfc3. ? (1932)	2027   NBR. ? (1932) nyfcc. ? (1932) nsfc1. ? (1932) lafca1. ? (1932) bfca. ? (1932) ---------------------------------- nsfc2. ? (1932) lafca2. ? (1932) ---------------------------------- nsfc3. ? (1932)	2026   NBR. ? (1932) nyfcc. ? (1932) nsfc1. ? (1932) lafca1. ? (1932) bfca. ? (1932) ---------------------------------- nsfc2. ? (1932) lafca2. ? (1932) ---------------------------------- nsfc3. ? (1932)	2025   NBR. ? (1932) nyfcc. ? (1932) nsfc1. ? (1932) lafca1. ? (1932) bfca. ? (1932) ---------------------------------- nsfc2. ? (1932) lafca2. ? (1932) ---------------------------------- nsfc3. ? (1932)
2024   NBR. Wicked (2021) nyfcc. The Brutalist (2024) nsfc1. Nickel Boys (2024) lafca1. Anora (2024) bfca. Anora (2024) ---------------------------------- nsfc2. Anora (2024) lafca2. The Brutalist (2024) ---------------------------------- nsfc3. All We Imagine As Light (2024)	2023   NBR. Killers of the Flower Moon (2023) nyfcc. Killers of the Flower Moon (2023) nsfc1. Past Lives (2023) lafca1. The Zone of Interest (2023) bfca. Oppenheimer (2023) ---------------------------------- nsfc2. The Zone of Interest (2023) lafca2. Oppenheimer (2023) ---------------------------------- nsfc3. Oppenheimer (2023)	2022   NBR. Top Gun: Maverick (2022) nyfcc. Tar (2022) nsfc1. Tar (2022) lafca1a. Tar (2022) lafca1b. Everything Everywhere All At Once (2022) bfca. Everything Everywhere All At Once (2022) ---------------------------------- nsfc2. Aftersun (2022) ---------------------------------- nsfc3. No Bears (2022)	2021   NBR. Licorice Pizza (2021) nyfcc. Drive My Car (2021) nsfc1. Drive My Car (2021) lafca1. Drive My Car (2021) bfca. The Power of the Dog (2021) ---------------------------------- nsfc2. Petite maman (2021) lafca2. The Power of the Dog (2021) ---------------------------------- nsfc3. The Power of the Dog (2021)
2020   NBR. Da 5 Bloods (2020) nyfcc. First Cow (2019) nsfc1. Nomadland (2020) lafca1. Small Axe (2020) bfca. Nomadland (2020) ---------------------------------- nsfc2. First Cow (2019) lafca2. Nomadland (2020) ---------------------------------- nsfc3. Never, Rarely, Sometimes, Always (2020)	2019   NBR. The Irishman (2019) nyfcc. The Irishman (2019) nsfc1. Parasite (2019) lafca1. Parasite (2019) bfca. Once Upon a Time In Hollywood (2019) ---------------------------------- nsfc2. Little Women (2019) lafca2. The Irishman (2019) ---------------------------------- nsfc3. Once Upon a Time In Hollywood (2019)	2018   NBR. Green Book (2018) nyfcc. Roma (2018) nsfc1. The Rider (2017) lafca1. Roma (2018) bfca. Roma (2018) ---------------------------------- nsfc2. Roma (2018) lafca2. Beoning (2018) ---------------------------------- nsfc3. Beoning (2018)	2017   NBR. The Post (2017) nyfcc. Lady Bird (2017) nsfc1. Lady Bird (2017) lafca1. Call Me By Your Name (2017) bfca. The Shape of Water (2017) ---------------------------------- nsfc2. Get Out (2017) lafca2. The Florida Project (2017) ---------------------------------- nsfc3. Phantom Thread (2017)
2016   NBR. Manchester By the Sea (2016) nyfcc. La La Land (2016) nsfc1. Moonlight (2016) lafca1. Moonlight (2016) bfca. La La Land (2016) ---------------------------------- nsfc2. Manchester By the Sea (2016) lafca2. La La Land (2016) ---------------------------------- nsfc3. La La Land (2016)	2015   NBR. Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) nyfcc. Carol (2015) nsfc1. Spotlight (2015) lafca1. Spotlight (2015) bfca. Spotlight (2015) ---------------------------------- nsfc2. Carol (2015) lafca2. Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) ---------------------------------- nsfc3. Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)	2014   NBR. A Most Violent Year (2014) nyfcc. Boyhood (2014) nsfc1. Goodbye To Language (2014) lafca1. Boyhood (2014) bfca. Boyhood (2014) ---------------------------------- nsfc2. Boyhood (2014) lafca2. The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) ---------------------------------- nsfc3a. Birdman (2014) nsfc3b. Mr. Turner (2014)	2013   NBR. Her (2013) nyfcc. American Hustle (2013) nsfc1. Inside Llewyn Davis (2013) lafca1. Her (2013) lafca1. Gravity (2013) bfca. 12 Years a Slave (2013) ---------------------------------- nsfc2. American Hustle (2013) ---------------------------------- nsfc3. 12 Years a Slave (2013)
2012   NBR. Zero Dark Thirty (2012) nyfcc. Zero Dark Thirty (2012) nsfc1. Amour (2012) lafca1. Amour (2012) bfca. Argo (2012) ---------------------------------- nsfc2. The Master (2012) lafca2. The Master (2012) ---------------------------------- nsfc3. Zero Dark Thirty (2012)	2011   NBR. Hugo (2011) nyfcc. The Artist (2011) nsfc1. Melancholia (2011) lafca1. The Descendants (2011) bfca. The Artist (2011) ---------------------------------- nsfc2. The Tree of Life (2011) lafca2. The Tree of Life (2011) ---------------------------------- nsfc3. A Separation (2011)	2010   NBR. The Social Network (2010) nyfcc. The Social Network (2010) nsfc1. The Social Network (2010) lafca1. The Social Network (2010) bfca. The Social Network (2010) ---------------------------------- nsfc2. Carlos: Season 1 (2010) lafca2. Carlos: Season 1 (2010) ---------------------------------- nsfc3. Winter's Bone (2010)	2009   NBR. Up In the Air (2009) nyfcc. The Hurt Locker (2009) nsfc1. The Hurt Locker (2009) lafca1. The Hurt Locker (2009) bfca. The Hurt Locker (2009) ---------------------------------- nsfc2. Summer Hours (2008) lafca2. Up In the Air (2009) ---------------------------------- nsfc3. Inglourious Basterds (2009)
2008   NBR. Slumdog Millionaire (2008) nyfcc. Milk (2008) nsfc. Waltz With Bashir (2008) lafca1. WALL*E (2008) bfca. Slumdog Millionaire (2008) ---------------------------------- lafca2. The Dark Knight (2008)	2007   NBR. No Country For Old Men (2007) nyfcc. No Country For Old Men (2007) nsfc. There Will Be Blood (2007) lafca1. There Will Be Blood (2007) bfca. No Country For Old Men (2007) ---------------------------------- lafca2. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)	2006   NBR. Letters From Iwo Jima (2006) nyfcc. United 93 (2006) nsfc. Pan's Labyrinth (2006) lafca1. Letters From Iwo Jima (2006) bfca. The Departed (2006) ---------------------------------- lafca2. The Queen (2006)	2005   NBR. Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) nyfcc. Brokeback Mountain (2005) nsfc. Capote (2005) lafca1. Brokeback Mountain (2005) bfca. Brokeback Mountain (2005) ---------------------------------- lafca2. A History of Violence (2005)
2004   NBR. Finding Neverland (2004) nyfcc. Sideways (2004) nsfc. Million Dollar Baby (2004) lafca1. Sideways (2004) bfca. Sideways (2004) ---------------------------------- lafca2. Million Dollar Baby (2004)	2003   NBR. Mystic River (2003) nyfcc. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) nsfc. American Splendor (2003) lafca. American Splendor (2003) bfca. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)	2002   NBR. The Hours (2002) nyfcc. Far From Heaven (2002) nsfc. The Pianist (2002) lafca. About Schmidt (2002) bfca. Chicago (2002)	2001   NBR. Moulin Rouge! (2001) nyfcc. Mulholland Drive (2001) nsfc. Mulholland Drive (2001) lafca. In the Bedroom (2001) bfca. A Beautiful Mind (2001)
2000   NBR. Quills (2000) nyfcc. Traffic (2000) nsfc. Yi Yi (2000) lafca. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) bfca. Gladiator (2000)	1999   NBR. American Beauty (1999) nyfcc. Topsy-Turvy (1999) nsfc1. Being John Malkovich (1999) nsfc1. Topsy-Turvy (1999) lafca. The Insider (1999) bfca. American Beauty (1999)	1998   NBR. Gods and Monsters (1998) nyfcc. Saving Private Ryan (1998) nsfc. Out of Sight (1998) lafca. Saving Private Ryan (1998) bfca. Saving Private Ryan (1998)	1997   NBR. L.A. Confidential (1997) nyfcc. L.A. Confidential (1997) nsfc. L.A. Confidential (1997) lafca. L.A. Confidential (1997) bfca. L.A. Confidential (1997)
1996   NBR. Shine (1996) nyfcc. Fargo (1996) nsfc. Breaking the Waves (1996) lafca. Secrets & Lies (1996) bfca. Fargo (1996)	1995   NBR. Sense and Sensibility (1995) nyfcc. Leaving Las Vegas (1995) nsfc. Babe (1995) lafca. Leaving Las Vegas (1995) bfca. Sense and Sensibility (1995)	1994   NBR. Forrest Gump (1994) nyfcc. Quiz Show (1994) nsfc. Pulp Fiction (1994) lafca. Pulp Fiction (1994)	1993   NBR. Schindler's List (1993) nyfcc. Schindler's List (1993) nsfc. Schindler's List (1993) lafca. Schindler's List (1993)
1992   NBR. Howards End (1992) nyfcc. The Player (1992) nsfc. Unforgiven (1992) lafca. Unforgiven (1992)	1991   NBR. The Silence of the Lambs (1991) nyfcc. The Silence of the Lambs (1991) nsfc. Life Is Sweet (1991) lafca. Bugsy (1991)	1990   NBR. Dances With Wolves (1990) nyfcc. Goodfellas (1990) nsfc. Goodfellas (1990) lafca. Goodfellas (1990)	1989   NBR. Driving Miss Daisy (1989) nyfcc. My Left Foot (1989) nsfc. Drugstore Cowboy (1989) lafca. Do the Right Thing (1989)
1988   NBR. Mississippi Burning (1988) nyfcc. The Accidental Tourist (1988) nsfc. The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988) lafca. Little Dorrit (1988)	1987   NBR. Empire of the Sun (1987) nyfcc. Broadcast News (1987) nsfc. The Dead (1987) lafca. Hope and Glory (1987)	1986   NBR. A Room With a View (1986) nyfcc. Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) nsfc. Blue Velvet (1986) lafca. Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)	1985   NBR. The Color Purple (1985) nyfcc. Prizzi's Honor (1985) nsfc. Ran (1985) lafca. Brazil (1985)
1984   NBR. A Passage To India (1984) nyfcc. A Passage To India (1984) nsfc. Stranger Than Paradise (1984) lafca. Amadeus (1984)	1983   NBR. Betrayal (1983) nyfcc. Terms of Endearment (1983) nsfc. Night of the Shooting Stars (1982) lafca. Terms of Endearment (1983)	1982   NBR. Gandhi (1982) nyfcc. Gandhi (1982) nsfc. Tootsie (1982) lafca. E.T., the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)	1981   NBR. Chariots of Fire (1981) nyfcc. Reds (1981) nsfc. Atlantic City (1980) lafca. Atlantic City (1980)
1980   NBR. Ordinary People (1980) nyfcc. Ordinary People (1980) nsfc. Melvin and Howard (1980) lafca. Raging Bull (1980)	1979   NBR. Manhattan (1979) nyfcc. Kramer Vs. Kramer (1979) nsfc. Breaking Away (1979) lafca. Kramer Vs. Kramer (1979)	1978   NBR. Days of Heaven (1978) nyfcc. The Deer Hunter (1978) nsfc. Get Out Your Handkerchiefs (1978) lafca. Coming Home (1978)	1977   NBR. The Turning Point (1977) nyfcc. Annie Hall (1977) nsfc. Annie Hall (1977) lafca. Star Wars (1977)
1976   NBR. All the President's Men (1976) nyfcc. All the President's Men (1976) nsfc. All the President's Men (1976) lafca1. Network (1976) lafca1. Rocky (1976)	1975   NBR. Nashville (1975) nyfcc. Nashville (1975) nsfc. Nashville (1975) lafca1. Dog Day Afternoon (1975) lafca1. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)	1974   NBR. The Conversation (1974) nyfcc. Amarcord (1973) nsfc. Scenes From a Marriage (1973)	1973   NBR. The Sting (1973) nyfcc. Day For Night (1973) nsfc. Day For Night (1973)
1972   NBR. Cabaret (1972) nyfcc. Cries and Whispers (1972) nsfc. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)	1971   NBR. The Tragedy of Macbeth (1971) nyfcc. A Clockwork Orange (1971) nsfc. Claire's Knee (1970)	1970   NBR. Patton (1970) nyfcc. Five Easy Pieces (1970) nsfc. M*A*S*H (1970)	1969   NBR. They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969) nyfcc. Z (1969) nsfc. Z (1969)
1968   NBR. The Shoes of the Fisherman (1968) nyfcc. The Lion In Winter (1968) nsfc. Shame (1968)	1967   NBR. Far From the Madding Crowd (1967) nyfcc. In the Heat of the Night (1967) nsfc. Persona (1966)	1966   NBR. A Man For All Seasons (1966) nyfcc. A Man For All Seasons (1966) nsfc. Blowup (1966)	1965   NBR. The Eleanor Roosevelt Story (1965)  (DOCUMENTARY) nyfcc. Darling (1965)
1964   NBR. Becket (1964) nyfcc. My Fair Lady (1964)	1963   NBR. Tom Jones (1963) nyfcc. Tom Jones (1963)	1962   NBR. The Longest Day (1962) nyfcc. No Award (Newspaper strike)	1961   NBR. Question 7 (1961) nyfcc. West Side Story (1961)
1960   NBR. Sons and Lovers (1960) nyfcc1. Sons and Lovers (1960) nyfcc1. The Apartment (1960)	1959   NBR. The Nun's Story (1959) nyfcc. Ben-Hur (1959)	1958   NBR. The Old Man and the Sea (1958) nyfcc. The Defiant Ones (1958)	1957   NBR. The Bridge On the River Kwai (1957) nyfcc. The Bridge On the River Kwai (1957)
1956   NBR. Around the World In 80 Days (1956) nyfcc. Around the World In 80 Days (1956)	1955   NBR. Marty (1955) nyfcc. Marty (1955)	1954   NBR. On the Waterfront (1954) nyfcc. On the Waterfront (1954)	1953   NBR. Julius Caesar (1953) nyfcc. From Here To Eternity (1953)
1952   NBR. The Quiet Man (1952) nyfcc. High Noon (1952)	1951   NBR. A Place In the Sun (1951) nyfcc. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)	1950   NBR. Sunset Boulevard (1950) nyfcc. All About Eve (1950)	1949   NBR. The Bicycle Thief (1948) nyfcc. All the King's Men (1949)
1948   NBR. Paisan (1946) nyfcc. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)	1947   NBR. Monsieur Verdoux (1947) nyfcc. Gentleman's Agreement (1947)	1946   NBR. Henry V (1944) nyfcc. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)	1945   NBR. The True Glory (1945)  (DOCUMENTARY) nyfcc. The Lost Weekend (1945)
1944   NBR. None But the Lonely Heart (1944) nyfcc. Going My Way (1944)	1943   NBR. The Ox-Bow Incident (1943) nyfcc. Watch On the Rhine (1943)	1942   NBR. In Which We Serve (1942) nyfcc. In Which We Serve (1942)	1941   NBR. Citizen Kane (1941) nyfcc. Citizen Kane (1941)
1940   NBR. The Grapes of Wrath (1940) nyfcc. The Grapes of Wrath (1940)	1939   NBR. Confessions of a Nazi Spy (1939) nyfcc. Wuthering Heights (1939)	1938   NBR. The Citadel (1938) nyfcc. The Citadel (1938)	1937   NBR. Night Must Fall (1937) nyfcc. The Life of Emile Zola (1937)
1936   NBR. Mr. Deeds Goes To Town (1936) nyfcc. Mr. Deeds Goes To Town (1936)	1935   NBR. The Informer (1935) nyfcc. The Informer (1935)	1934   NBR. It Happened One Night (1934)	1933   NBR. Topaze (1933)
1932   NBR. I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang (1932)	1931   NBR. Cimarron (1931)	1930   NBR. All Quiet On the Western Front (1930)	1929   NBR. Applause (1929)

NOTE 1: Academy Awards & Golden Globes not included since this list is presumed to supplement separate "Oscar Best Picture Winners" & "Golden Globe Best Picture Winners" check lists.

 

NOTE 2: The "Broadcast Film Critics Association" (BFCA) awards are more commonly known as "The Critic's Choice Movie Awards".

 

NOTE 3a: Titles are preceded by critic society acronyms defined at the top of the page.

NOTE 3b: When there was a Best Picture tie, both titles are preceded by duplicate acronyms ending with a 1 (i.e. lafca1, lafca1).

NOTE 3c: When a 1st & 2nd place (or 1st, 2nd & 3rd place) were established, the titles are preceded by acronyms ending with a 1, 2, and 3 (i.e. nsfc1, nsfc2, nsfc3).