The Austin Film Critics Association Award for Best Film has been annually honored the best film of the year since 2005.
Year | Winner | Director(s) |
---|---|---|
2005 | Murderball | |
2006 | This Film Is Not Yet Rated | |
2007 | The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters | |
2008 | Man on Wire | James Marsh |
2009 | Anvil! The Story of Anvil | |
2010 | Exit Through the Gift Shop | Banksy |
2011 | Senna | |
2012 | The Imposter | |
2013 | The Act of Killing | |
2014 | Citizenfour [1] | |
2015 | The Look of Silence [2] | |
2016 | Tower [3] [4] | |
2017 | Faces Places [5] | Agnes Varda |
2018 | Won't You Be My Neighbor [6] | Morgan Neville |
2019 | Apollo 11 | Todd Douglas Miller |
2020 | Boys State | |
2021 | Summer of Soul [7] [8] | Questlove |
2022 | All the Beauty and the Bloodshed [9] [10] |
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The Austin Film Critics Association Award for Best Film has been annually honored the best film of the year since its' first inception in 2005.
The Austin Film Critics Association Award for Best Film has been annually honored the best film of the year since 2005.