This is a list of the winners of the so-called "Big Four" film critics' awards, consisting of the four most prestigious American film critics' awards: those of the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, the National Board of Review, the National Society of Film Critics, and the New York Film Critics' Circle. As of 2023, only three films have won all four including Schindler's List (the only film to have won the Academy Award for Best Picture), L.A. Confidential, and The Social Network, all of which are based on novels.[1] Additionally, only six people have won all four and three most prestigious annual awards Oscar, Golden Globe, and BAFTA for every single film including Emma Thompson (1992's Howards End), Holly Hunter (1993's The Piano), Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor (2004's Sideways), Forest Whitaker (2006's The Last King of Scotland), and Helen Mirren (2006's The Queen).
Films with all wins from "Big Four"
Best Film
Year | Film | Producer(s) | Ref/s |
---|---|---|---|
1993 | Schindler's List ≈ | Steven Spielberg, Gerald R. Molen, and Branko Lustig | [2][3][4][5] |
1997 | L.A. Confidential ≠ | Arnon Milchan, Curtis Hanson, and Michael Nathanson | [6][7][4][8] |
2010 | The Social Network ≠ | Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti, Michael De Luca, and Ceán Chaffin | [9][10][4][11] |
Best Director
Year | Director | Film | Ref/s |
---|---|---|---|
1994 | Quentin Tarantino | Pulp Fiction ≠ | [12][13][4][14] |
1997 | Curtis Hanson | L.A. Confidential ≠ | [6][7][4][8] |
2000 | Steven Soderbergh | Erin Brockovich ≠ | [15][16][17][18] |
Traffic ≈ | |||
2010 | David Fincher | The Social Network ≠ | [19][20][21][22] |
2016 | Barry Jenkins | Moonlight ≠ | [23][24][25][26] |
Best Actor
Year | Actor | Film | Ref/s |
---|---|---|---|
1995 | Nicolas Cage | Leaving Las Vegas ≈ [27][28][29][30] | |
2006 | Forest Whitaker | The Last King of Scotland ≈ [31][32][33][34] |
Best Actress
Year | Actress | Film | Ref/s |
---|---|---|---|
1979 | Sally Field | Norma Rae ≈ [35][36][37][38] | |
1980 | Sissy Spacek | Coal Miner's Daughter ≈ [39][40][41][42] | |
1982 | Meryl Streep | Sophie's Choice ≈ [43][44][45][46] | |
1989 | Michelle Pfeiffer | The Fabulous Baker Boys ≠ [47][48][49][50] | |
1992 | Emma Thompson | Howards End ≈ [51][52][53][54] | |
1993 | Holly Hunter | The Piano ≈ [55][56][57][58] | |
2006 | Helen Mirren | The Queen ≈ [59][60][61][62] |
Best Supporting Actor
Year | Actor | Film | Ref/s |
---|---|---|---|
1983 | Jack Nicholson | Terms of Endearment ≈ [63][64][65][66] | |
2017 | Willem Dafoe | The Florida Project ≠ [67][68][69][70] |
Best Supporting Actress
Year | Actress | Film | Refs |
---|---|---|---|
1979 | Meryl Streep | Kramer vs. Kramer ≈ | [71][72][73][74] |
The Seduction of Joe Tynan | [75][76][77][78] | ||
1985 | Anjelica Huston | Prizzi's Honor ≈ | [79][80][81][82] |
2018 | Regina King | If Beale Street Could Talk ≈ | |
2023 | Da'Vine Joy Randolph | The Holdovers |
Best Screenplay
National Board of Review for Best Screenplay began in 1998.
Year | Writers | Film | Ref/s |
---|---|---|---|
2004 | Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor | Sideways ≈ | |
2005 | Noah Baumbach | The Squid and the Whale ≠ |
Best Documentary or Non-fiction Film
Year | Film | Director | Ref/s |
---|---|---|---|
1989 | Roger & Me | Michael Moore | |
1994 | Hoop Dreams | Steve James | |
1995 | Crumb | Terry Zwigoff | |
1999 | Buena Vista Social Club ≠ | Wim Wenders | |
2008 | Man on Wire ≈ | James Marsh | |
2020 | Time ≠ | Garrett Bradley |
Other films with three wins from "Big Four"
These films won all three out of four awards for the American film critics' awards;
Best Film
Year | Film | LAFCA | NBR | NSFC | NYFCC | Ref/s |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1975 | Nashville ≠ | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
1976 | All the President's Men ≠ | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
1983 | Terms of Endearment ≈ | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | |
1990 | Goodfellas ≠ | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | |
1994 | Pulp Fiction ≠ | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | |
2009 | The Hurt Locker ≈ | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | [83] |
2021 | Drive My Car ≠ | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | [84] |
2022 | Tár ≠ | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | [83] |
Best Director
Year | Director | Film | LAFCA | NBR | NSFC | NYFCC | Ref/s |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2005 | Ang Lee | Brokeback Mountain ≈ | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | |
1990 | Martin Scorsese | Goodfellas ≠ | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | |
2009 | Kathryn Bigelow | The Hurt Locker ≈ | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | |
2014 | Richard Linklater | Boyhood ≠ | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | |
2020 | Chloé Zhao | Nomadland ≈ | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | |
1975 | Robert Altman | Nashville ≠ | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Best Actor
Year | Actor | Film | LAFCA | NBR | NSFC | NYFCC | Ref/s |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2000 | Russell Crowe | The Insider ≠ | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | |
2006 | Philip Seymour Hoffman | Capote ≈ | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | |
1978 | Jon Voight | Coming Home ≈ | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | |
1980 | Robert De Niro | Raging Bull ≈ | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | |
1982 | Ben Kingsley | Gandhi ≈ | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | |
1976 | Robert De Niro | Taxi Driver ≠ | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | |
1979 | Dustin Hoffman | Kramer vs. Kramer ≈ | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | |
1981 | Burt Lancaster | Atlantic City ≠ | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | |
1986 | Bob Hoskins | Mona Lisa ≠ | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | |
1989 | Daniel Day-Lewis | My Left Foot ≈ | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | |
2003 | Bill Murray | Lost in Translation ≠ | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | |
2007 | Daniel Day-Lewis | There Will Be Blood ≈ | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | |
2008 | Sean Penn | Milk ≈ | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | |
2018 | Ethan Hawke | First Reformed | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | |
2019 | Antonio Banderas | Pain and Glory ≠ | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | |
1975 | Jack Nicholson | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest ≈ | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
2016 | Casey Affleck | Manchester by the Sea ≈ | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
2022 | Colin Farrell | The Banshees of Inisherin ≠ | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Best Actress
Year | Actress | Film | LAFCA | NBR | NSFC | NYFCC | Ref/s |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1976 | Liv Ullmann | Face to Face ≠ | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | |
1983 | Shirley MacLaine | Terms of Endearment ≈ | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | |
1987 | Holly Hunter | Broadcast News ≠ | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | |
2004 | Imelda Staunton | Vera Drake ≠ | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | |
2008 | Sally Hawkins | Happy-Go-Lucky | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | |
2013 | Cate Blanchett | Blue Jasmine ≈ | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | |
2016 | Isabelle Huppert | Elle ≠ | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | |
2022 | Cate Blanchett | Tár ≠ | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | [83] |
1975 | Isabelle Adjani | The Story of Adele H. ≠ | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
1978 | Ingrid Bergman | Autumn Sonata ≠ | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
2007 | Julie Christie | Away from Her ≠ | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Best Supporting Actor
Year | Actor | Film | LAFCA | NBR | NSFC | NYFCC | Ref(s) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2004 | Thomas Haden Church | Sideways ≠ | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | |
1987 | Morgan Freeman | Street Smart ≠ | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | |
1992 | Gene Hackman | Unforgiven ≈ | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | |
1994 | Martin Landau | Ed Wood ≈ | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | |
1998 | Bill Murray | Rushmore | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | |
2009 | Christoph Waltz | Inglourious Basterds ≈ | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | |
2014 | J.K. Simmons | Whiplash ≈ | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | |
2016 | Mahershala Ali | Moonlight ≈ | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | |
2022 | Ke Huy Quan | Everything Everywhere All at Once ≈ | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | [83] |
1980 | Joe Pesci | Raging Bull ≠ | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Best Supporting Actress
Year | Actress | Film | LAFCA | NBR | NSFC | NYFCC | Ref/s |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1980 | Mary Steenburgen | Melvin and Howard ≈ | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | |
1983 | Linda Hunt | The Year of Living Dangerously ≈ | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | |
1986 | Dianne Wiest | Hannah and Her Sisters ≈ | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
1992 | Judy Davis | Husbands and Wives ≠ | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | |
1994 | Dianne Wiest | Bullets Over Broadway ≈ | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | |
2004 | Virginia Madsen | Sideways ≠ | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | |
2007 | Amy Ryan | Gone Baby Gone ≠ | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | |
2008 | Penélope Cruz | Vicky Cristina Barcelona ≈ | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | |
2009 | Mo'Nique | Precious ≈ | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | |
2011 | Jessica Chastain | Take Shelter | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | |
The Help ≠ | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | |||
The Tree of Life | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | |||
2017 | Laurie Metcalf | Lady Bird ≠ | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | |
Best Screenplay
Year | Writers | Film | LAFCA | NBR (Original and Adapted) | NSFC | NYFCC | Ref/s |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2010 | Aaron Sorkin | The Social Network ≈ | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | |
1989 | Gus Van Sant and Daniel Yost | Drugstore Cowboy | Yes | Award not yet introduced | Yes | Yes | |
1997 | Brian Helgeland and Curtis Hanson | L.A. Confidential ≈ | Yes | Award not yet introduced | Yes | Yes | |
2000 | Kenneth Lonergan | You Can Count on Me ≠ | Yes | Award not yet introduced | Yes | Yes | |
2006 | Peter Morgan | The Queen ≠ | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | |
2014 | Wes Anderson | The Grand Budapest Hotel ≠ | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | |
2016 | Kenneth Lonergan | Manchester by the Sea ≈ | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Best Foreign Language Film
Year | Film | Country | LAFCA | NBR | NSFC | NYFCC | Ref/s |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1999 | All About My Mother ≈ | Spain | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | |
1993 | Farewell My Concubine ≠ | China | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | |
2023 | Anatomy of a Fall | France | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | |
1994 | Wild Reeds | France | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | |
1994 | Three Colours: Red | France/Poland/Switzerland | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | |
2007 | 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days | Romania | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | |
2008 | Summer Hours | France | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | |
2010 | Carlos | France/Germany | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | |
2013 | Blue Is the Warmest Colour | France | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | |
2011 | A Separation ≈ | Iran | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Best Documentary / Non-fiction Film
Year | Film | LAFCA | NBR | NSFC | NYFCC | Ref/s |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2006 | An Inconvenient Truth ≈ | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | |
2015 | Amy ≈ | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | |
2013 | Stories We Tell | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | |
1990 | Paris Is Burning | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | |
1996 | When We Were Kings ≈ | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | |
1998 | The Farm: Angola, USA ≠ | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | |
2001 | The Gleaners and I | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | |
2005 | Grizzly Man | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | |
2007 | No End in Sight | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | |
2011 | Cave of Forgotten Dreams | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | |
2014 | Citizenfour ≈ | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | |
2017 | Faces Places ≠ | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | |
2022 | All the Beauty and the Bloodshed ≠ | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | |
2023 | Menus-Plaisirs – Les Troisgros | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | |
1988 | The Thin Blue Line | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
1997 | Fast, Cheap & Out of Control | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
2000 | The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
2016 | O.J.: Made in America ≈ | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Best Cinematography
National Board of Review Award for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography was introduced in 2019, inaugurate the winner of Roger Deakins in 1917 (2019)
Year | Film | D.O.P | LAFCA | NBR | NSFC | NYFCC | Ref/s |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2019 | Portrait of a Lady on Fire | Claire Mathon | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
Three critics' awards
Awards in the categories of Best Animated Film, Best Cinematography, and Best Screenplay are each only awarded by three of the four groups.
Best Animated Film
There are some lists who have won Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Animated Film, National Board of Review Award for Best Animated Film, and New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Animated Film. Started in 2000, NBR for Best Animated Film was announced, inaugurate the winner of Aardman's Chicken Run (2000).[85]
Year | Film | Director | Ref/s |
---|---|---|---|
2000 | Chicken Run | Peter Lord and Nick Park | |
2002 | Spirited Away (Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi) ≈ | Hayao Miyazaki | |
2004 | The Incredibles ≈ | Brad Bird |
Best Cinematography (formerly)
There are several lists who have won Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Cinematography, National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Cinematography, and New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Cinematography from 1980 until 2019, National Board of Review Award for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography was introduced as part of the "Big Four".
Year | Film | D.O.P | Ref/s |
---|---|---|---|
1984 | The Killing Fields ≈ | Chris Menges | |
1988 | Wings of Desire (Der Himmel über Berlin) | Henri Alekan | |
1991 | Barton Fink | Roger Deakins | |
1993 | Schindler's List ≈ | Janusz Kamiński | |
1994 | Ed Wood | Stefan Czapsky | |
2002 | Far from Heaven ≠ | Edward Lachman | |
2009 | The White Ribbon (Das weisse Band) | Christian Berger | |
2011 | The Tree of Life ≠ | Emmanuel Lubezki | |
2016 | Moonlight ≠ | James Laxton | |
2018 | Roma ≈ | Alfonso Cuarón |
Milestones and records
People
- In three critics' awards, there are three cinematographers who have won both Oscar and BAFTA for Best Cinematography; Chris Menges, Janusz Kamiński, and Alfonso Cuarón.
- Steven Soderbergh is the only director to have won all four while received Oscar for Best Director nominations in two films, Erin Brockovich and Traffic, which the latter won.
Films
- Schindler's List is the only film to ever sweep both, all those for Best Picture category.
- Man on Wire is the only documentary film to win both Oscar for Best Documentary Feature and "Big Four".
- In three critics' awards, Spirited Away (2002) and The Incredibles (2004) are the only two animated films to have won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.
- Drive My Car became the first non-English-language film to be considered the best film of the year from all three major U.S. critics groups (LAFCA, NYFCC, NSFC).[84]
See also
Notes
- ≈ Oscar winner
- ≠ Oscar nominee
References
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