Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Film

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The Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Film is one of the annual awards given by the Chicago Film Critics Association.

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Winners

1980s

YearWinnerDirector(s)
1988 Mississippi Burning Alan Parker
1989 Do the Right Thing Spike Lee
Batman Tim Burton
Born on the Fourth of July Oliver Stone
Crimes and Misdemeanors Woody Allen
Drugstore Cowboy Gus Van Sant
A Dry White Season Euzhan Palcy
Henry V Kenneth Branagh
Sex, Lies, and Videotape Steven Soderbergh

1990s

YearWinner and nomineesDirector(s)
1990 Goodfellas Martin Scorsese
1991 The Silence of the Lambs Jonathan Demme
Barton Fink Joel Coen
Beauty and the Beast Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise
Boyz n the Hood John Singleton
Thelma & Louise Ridley Scott
1992 Malcolm X Spike Lee
The Crying Game Neil Jordan
The Player Robert Altman
Reservoir Dogs Quentin Tarantino
Unforgiven Clint Eastwood
1993 Schindler's List Steven Spielberg
The Fugitive Andrew Davis
The Piano Jane Campion
Short Cuts Robert Altman
1994 Hoop Dreams Steve James
Forrest Gump Robert Zemeckis
Pulp Fiction Quentin Tarantino
Quiz Show Robert Redford
The Shawshank Redemption Frank Darabont
1995 Apollo 13 Ron Howard
Crumb Terry Zwigoff
Exotica Atom Egoyan
Heat Michael Mann
Nixon Oliver Stone
1996 Fargo Joel Coen
Dead Man Jim Jarmusch
The English Patient Anthony Minghella
The People vs. Larry Flynt Miloš Forman
Secrets & Lies Mike Leigh
1997 L.A. Confidential Curtis Hanson
As Good as It Gets James L. Brooks
Boogie Nights Paul Thomas Anderson
The Sweet Hereafter Atom Egoyan
Titanic James Cameron
1998 Saving Private Ryan Steven Spielberg
The Butcher Boy Neil Jordan
Life Is Beautiful Roberto Benigni
Shakespeare in Love John Madden
The Thin Red Line Terrence Malick
The Truman Show Peter Weir
1999 American Beauty Sam Mendes
Being John Malkovich Spike Jonze
The Insider Michael Mann
Magnolia Paul Thomas Anderson
The Straight Story David Lynch

2000s

YearWinner and nomineesDirector(s)
2000 Almost Famous Cameron Crowe
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Ang Lee
Traffic Steven Soderbergh
Wonder Boys Curtis Hanson
You Can Count on Me Kenneth Lonergan
2001 Mulholland Drive David Lynch
A Beautiful Mind Ron Howard
In the Bedroom Todd Field
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Peter Jackson
Waking Life Richard Linklater
2002 Far from Heaven Todd Haynes
About Schmidt Alexander Payne
Adaptation. Spike Jonze
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Peter Jackson
The Pianist Roman Polanski
2003 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Peter Jackson
American Splendor Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini
Finding Nemo Andrew Stanton
Lost in Translation Sofia Coppola
Mystic River Clint Eastwood
2004 Sideways Alexander Payne
2005 Crash Paul Haggis
Brokeback Mountain Ang Lee
Good Night, and Good Luck. George Clooney
A History of Violence David Cronenberg
King Kong Peter Jackson
2006 The Departed Martin Scorsese
Babel Alejandro González Iñárritu
Little Miss Sunshine Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris
The Queen Stephen Frears
United 93 Paul Greengrass
2007 No Country for Old Men Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
Into the Wild Sean Penn
Michael Clayton Tony Gilroy
Once John Carney
There Will Be Blood Paul Thomas Anderson
2008 WALL-E Andrew Stanton
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button David Fincher
The Dark Knight Christopher Nolan
Milk Gus Van Sant
Slumdog Millionaire Danny Boyle
2009 The Hurt Locker Kathryn Bigelow
Inglourious Basterds Quentin Tarantino
A Serious Man Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
Up in the Air Jason Reitman
Where the Wild Things Are Spike Jonze

2010s

YearWinner and nomineesDirector(s)
2010 The Social Network David Fincher
Black Swan Darren Aronofsky
Inception Christopher Nolan
The King's Speech Tom Hooper
Winter's Bone Debra Granik
2011 The Tree of Life Terrence Malick
The Artist Michel Hazanavicius
The Descendants Alexander Payne
Drive Nicolas Winding Refn
Hugo Martin Scorsese
2012 Zero Dark Thirty Kathryn Bigelow
Argo Ben Affleck
Beasts of the Southern Wild Benh Zeitlin
Lincoln Steven Spielberg
The Master Paul Thomas Anderson
2013 12 Years a Slave Steve McQueen
American Hustle David O. Russell
Gravity Alfonso Cuarón
Her Spike Jonze
Inside Llewyn Davis Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
2014 Boyhood Richard Linklater
Birdman Alejandro G. Iñárritu
The Grand Budapest Hotel Wes Anderson
Under the Skin Jonathan Glazer
Whiplash Damien Chazelle
2015 Mad Max: Fury Road George Miller
Carol Todd Haynes
Inside Out Pete Docter and Ronnie del Carmen
The Revenant Alejandro G. Iñárritu
Spotlight Tom McCarthy
2016 Moonlight Barry Jenkins
The Handmaiden Chan-wook Park
Jackie Pablo Larraín
La La Land Damien Chazelle
Manchester by the Sea Kenneth Lonergan
2017 Lady Bird Greta Gerwig
Call Me by Your Name Luca Guadagnino
Dunkirk Christopher Nolan
The Shape of Water Guillermo del Toro
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Martin McDonagh
2018 Roma Alfonso Cuarón [1]
The Favourite Yorgos Lanthimos
First Reformed Paul Schrader
Hereditary Ari Aster
A Star Is Born Bradley Cooper
2019 Parasite Bong Joon-ho [2]
The Irishman Martin Scorsese
Little Women Greta Gerwig
Marriage Story Noah Baumbach
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Quentin Tarantino

2020s

YearWinner and nomineesDirector(s)
2020 Nomadland Chloé Zhao [3]
Da 5 Bloods Spike Lee
First Cow Kelly Reichardt
Lovers Rock Steve McQueen
Promising Young Woman Emerald Fennell
2021 The Power of the Dog Jane Campion [4] [5]
Drive My Car Ryusuke Hamaguchi
The Green Knight David Lowery
Licorice Pizza Paul Thomas Anderson
West Side Story Steven Spielberg
2022 The Banshees of Inisherin Martin McDonagh [6]
Aftersun Charlotte Wells
Decision to Leave Park Chan-wook
Everything Everywhere All at Once Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert
Tár Todd Field

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  2. Chicago Film Critics Give Best Picture To "Parasite" And Best Director To Bong Joon Ho — Deadline
  3. 'Nomadland' chosen as 2020's best movie by Chicago film critics - Chicago Sun-Times
  4. Chicago film critics choose ‘The Power of the Dog’ for top award
  5. West Side Story Leads the 2021 Chicago Critics Nominees|Festivals & Awards|Roger Ebert.com
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