1979 New York Film Critics Circle Awards
45th New York Film Critics Circle Awards
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Winners
- Best Actor:
- Dustin Hoffman - Kramer vs. Kramer
- Runners-up: Peter Sellers - Being There and Nick Nolte - North Dallas Forty
- Best Actress:
- Sally Field - Norma Rae
- Runners-up: Bette Midler - The Rose and Hanna Schygulla - The Marriage of Maria Braun
- Best Director:
- Woody Allen - Manhattan
- Runners-up: Robert Benton - Kramer vs. Kramer and Bob Fosse - All That Jazz
- Best Film:
- Kramer vs. Kramer
- Runners-up: Breaking Away and Manhattan
- Best Foreign Language Film:
- Best Screenplay:
- Steve Tesich - Breaking Away
- Runners-up: Woody Allen and Marshall Brickman - Manhattan and Jerzy Kosinski - Being There
- Best Supporting Actor:
- Melvyn Douglas - Being There
- Runners-up: Frederic Forrest - The Rose and James Woods - The Onion Field
- Best Supporting Actress:
- Meryl Streep - Kramer vs. Kramer and The Seduction of Joe Tynan
- Runners-up: Jane Alexander - Kramer vs. Kramer and Barbara Barrie - Breaking Away