54th NSFC Awards | |
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Date | January 4, 2020 |
Highlights | |
Best Film | Parasite |
The 54th National Society of Film Critics Awards, given on 4 January 2020, honored the best in film for 2019. [1] [2]
Winners are listed in boldface along with the runner-up positions and counts from the final round:
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