National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Picture
Annual film award
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The National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Picture is an annual award given by National Society of Film Critics to honor the best film of the year.
History
Since it was established in 1966, the Society has only agreed with the Academy Award for Best Picture ten times: Annie Hall (1977), Unforgiven (1992), Schindler's List (1993), Million Dollar Baby (2004), The Hurt Locker (2009), Spotlight (2015), Moonlight (2016), Parasite (2019), Nomadland (2020), and One Battle After Another (2025).
Winners
1960s
| Year | Winner | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1966 | Blow-Up[1] | Michelangelo Antonioni |
| 1967 | Persona | Ingmar Bergman |
| 1968 | Shame (Skammen) | Ingmar Bergman |
| 1969 | Z | Costa-Gavras |
1970s
1980s
1990s
| Year | Winner | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Goodfellas | Martin Scorsese |
| 1991 | Life Is Sweet | Mike Leigh |
| 1992 | Unforgiven | Clint Eastwood |
| 1993 | Schindler's List | Steven Spielberg |
| 1994 | Pulp Fiction | Quentin Tarantino |
| 1995 | Babe | Chris Noonan |
| 1996 | Breaking the Waves | Lars von Trier |
| 1997 | L.A. Confidential | Curtis Hanson |
| 1998 | Out of Sight | Steven Soderbergh |
| 1999 | Being John Malkovich | Spike Jonze |
| Topsy-Turvy | Mike Leigh |
2000s
| Year | Winner | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Yi Yi | Edward Yang |
| 2001 | Mulholland Drive | David Lynch |
| 2002 | The Pianist | Roman Polanski |
| 2003 | American Splendor | Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini |
| 2004 | Million Dollar Baby | Clint Eastwood |
| 2005 | Capote | Bennett Miller |
| 2006 | Pan's Labyrinth (El laberinto del fauno) | Guillermo del Toro |
| 2007 | There Will Be Blood | Paul Thomas Anderson |
| 2008 | Waltz with Bashir (Vals im Bashir) | Ari Folman |
| 2009 | The Hurt Locker | Kathryn Bigelow |
2010s
2020s
Multiple winners
- Ingmar Bergman – 3
- Robert Altman – 2
- Paul Thomas Anderson - 2
- Clint Eastwood – 2
- Mike Leigh – 2 (one tied with Spike Jonze)
- David Lynch – 2
- Lars von Trier – 2
- Chloé Zhao – 2