The Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Picture is an award given by the Florida Film Critics Circle (FFCC) to honor the finest achievements in filmmaking. The FFCC is an organization of film critics and writers from Florida-based print and online publications. Founded in 1996, the FFCC strives to recognize outstanding work in film, further the cause of good movies, and maintain the highest level of professionalism among film critics in Florida.
Year | Winner | Director |
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1996 | Fargo [1] | Joel Coen |
1997 | Titanic [2] † | James Cameron |
1998 | Shakespeare in Love [3] † | John Madden |
1999 | Magnolia [4] | Paul Thomas Anderson |
Year | Winner | Director(s) |
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2000 | Traffic [5] | Steven Soderbergh |
2001 | Amélie (Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain) [6] | Jean-Pierre Jeunet |
2002 | Adaptation. [7] | Spike Jonze |
2003 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King [8] † | Peter Jackson |
2004 | Sideways [9] | Alexander Payne |
2005 | Brokeback Mountain [10] | Ang Lee |
2006 | The Departed [11] † | Martin Scorsese |
2007 | No Country for Old Men [12] † | Joel Coen and Ethan Coen |
2008 | Slumdog Millionaire [13] † | Danny Boyle |
2009 | Up in the Air [14] | Jason Reitman |
Year | Winner | Director |
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2010 | The Social Network [15] | David Fincher |
2011 | The Descendants [16] | Alexander Payne |
2012 | Argo [17] † | Ben Affleck |
2013 | 12 Years a Slave [18] † | Steve McQueen |
2014 | Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) [19] † | Alejandro G. Iñárritu |
2015 | Mad Max: Fury Road [20] | George Miller |
2016 | The Lobster [21] | Yorgos Lanthimos |
2017 | Dunkirk [22] | Christopher Nolan |
2018 | The Favourite [23] | Yorgos Lanthimos |
2019 | Portrait of a Lady on Fire [24] | Céline Sciamma |
Year | Winner | Director(s) |
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2020 | First Cow [25] | Kelly Reichardt |
2021 | The Power of the Dog [26] | Jane Campion |
2022 | Everything Everywhere All at Once [27] | Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert |
2023 | The Boy and the Heron [28] | Hayao Miyazaki |
The Florida Film Critics Circle (FFCC) is a film critic organization founded in 1996. The FFCC comprises 30 film critics from Florida-based print and online publications. At the end of each year, the FFCC members vote on the Florida Film Critics Circle Awards for outstanding achievements in films released that year. The organization also awards the Pauline Kael Breakout Award, named after film critic Pauline Kael, and the Golden Orange Award for Outstanding Contribution to Film. The FFCC membership includes film critics from Miami Herald, Miami New Times, Sun-Sentinel, Folio Weekly, Bloody Disgusting, WJNO Radio, WTVT, The Daytona Beach News-Journal, FlickDirect, and Tampa Bay Times.
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