London Film Critics' Circle

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The London Film Critics' Circle is the name by which the Film Section of The Critics' Circle is known internationally.

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The word London was added because it was thought the term Critics' Circle Film Awards did not convey the full context of the awards' origins; the LFCC wished its annual Awards to be recognised on film advertising, especially in the United States, and in production notes.

The Critics' Circle, founded in 1913, is an association for working British critics. Film critics first became eligible for membership of the Circle in 1926. The Film section now has more than 180 members drawn from publications, broadcast media and the internet throughout the United Kingdom.

Film section members of the Critics' Circle will have worked as critics—writing informed analytical features or broadcasting programmes about film for British publications and media—for at least two years, earning income from reviewing and writing about film.

Critics' Circle Film Awards

The Critics' Circle Film Awards were instituted in 1980 and are awarded annually by the Film Section of the Critics' Circle.

Voted for by all members of the Film Section, the awards have become a major event in London, presented at a dinner dance held in a large West End hotel. From 1995 to 2010 the awards ceremony was a charity event in aid of the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC).

Award categories

Over the years, the Award categories have gradually changed with some categories being added and others dropped. For some categories this means that winners were not necessarily declared or listed in each of the Awards year.

In 2007, it was decided that Irish filmmakers, actors and others involved in the film industry would be eligible in what had previously been called "British" award categories. To that end, the titles of several of the awards were amended as "British/Irish".

Special awards include: The Attenborough Award, which goes to the British/Irish film of the year; The Philip French Award, which goes to the breakthrough British/Irish filmmaker of the year, and The Dilys Powell Award, which is awarded for excellence in cinema.

Past and present award categories include:

Awards ceremonies

1986–1990 winners

1986 winners

  • Actor of the Year (TIE)
William Hurt – Kiss of the Spider Woman
Bob Hoskins – Mona Lisa
  • Screenwriter of the Year
Woody Allen – Hannah and Her Sisters
  • Director of the Year
Akira Kurosawa – Ran
  • Film of the Year
A Room with a View

1987 winners

  • Actor of the Year (TIE)
Sean Connery – The Untouchables
Gary Oldman – Prick Up Your Ears
  • Screenwriter of the Year
Alan Bennett – Prick Up Your Ears
  • Director of the Year
Stanley Kubrick – Full Metal Jacket
  • Film of the Year
Hope and Glory

1988 winners

  • Actor of the Year (TIE)
Stephane Audran – Babette's Feast
Leo McKern – Travelling North
  • Screenwriter of the Year
David Mamet – House of Games
  • Director of the Year
John Huston – The Dead
  • Film of the Year
House of Games

1989 winners

  • Actor of the Year
Daniel Day-Lewis – My Left Foot
  • Screenwriter of the Year
Christopher Hampton – Dangerous Liaisons
  • Director of the Year
Terence Davies – Distant Voices, Still Lives
  • Film of the Year
Distant Voices, Still Lives

1990 winners

  • Actor of the Year
Philippe Noiret – Cinema Paradiso
  • Screenwriter of the Year
Woody Allen – Crimes and Misdemeanors
  • Director of the Year
Woody Allen – Crimes and Misdemeanors
  • Film of the Year
Crimes and Misdemeanors

1991–1996 winners

1991 winners

  • Actor of the Year
Gérard Depardieu – Cyrano de Bergerac
  • Actress of the Year
Susan Sarandon – Thelma & Louise , White Palace
  • British Actor of the Year
Alan Rickman – Close My Eyes , Truly, Madly, Deeply , Quigley Down Under , Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
  • British Director of the Year
Alan Parker – The Commitments
  • British Screenwriter of the Year
Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais, Roddy Doyle – The Commitments
  • British Film of the Year
Life Is Sweet
  • Screenwriter of the Year
David Mamet – Homicide
  • Director of the Year
Ridley Scott – Thelma & Louise
  • Film of the Year
Thelma & Louise

1992 winners

  • Actor of the Year
Robert Downey Jr. – Chaplin
  • Actress of the Year
Judy Davis – Husbands and Wives , Barton Fink , Naked Lunch
  • British Actor of the Year
Daniel Day-Lewis – The Last of the Mohicans
  • British Director of the Year
Neil Jordan – The Crying Game
  • British Film of the Year
Howards End
  • British Screenwriter of the Year
Neil Jordan – The Crying Game
  • Director of the Year
Robert Altman – The Player
  • Film of the Year
Unforgiven
  • Newcomer of the Year
Baz Luhrmann – Strictly Ballroom
  • Screenwriter of the Year
Michael Tolkin – The Player

1993 winners

  • Actor of the Year
Anthony Hopkins – The Remains of the Day
  • Actress of the Year
Holly Hunter – The Piano
  • British Actor of the Year
David Thewlis – Naked
  • British Actress of the Year
Miranda Richardson – Fatale
  • British Director of the Year
Ken Loach – Raining Stones
  • British Film of the Year
The Remains of the Day
  • British Screenwriter of the Year
Roddy Doyle – The Snapper
  • British Technical Achievement of the Year
Ken Adam – Addams Family Values
  • Director of the Year
James Ivory – The Remains of the Day
  • Film of the Year
The Piano
  • Newcomer of the Year
Quentin Tarantino – Reservoir Dogs
  • Screenwriter of the Year
Harold Ramis, Danny Rubin – Groundhog Day
  • Special Award
Kate Maberly – The Secret Garden

1994 winners

  • Actor of the Year
John Travolta – Pulp Fiction
  • Actress of the Year
Linda Fiorentino – The Last Seduction
  • British Actor of the Year
Ralph Fiennes – Schindler's List
  • British Actress of the Year
Crissy Rock – Ladybird, Ladybird
  • British Director of the Year
Mike Newell – Four Weddings and a Funeral
  • British Film of the Year
Four Weddings and a Funeral
  • British Producer of the Year
Duncan Kenworthy – Four Weddings and a Funeral
  • British Screenwriter of the Year
Richard Curtis – Four Weddings and a Funeral
  • Director of the Year
Steven Spielberg – Schindler's List
  • Film of the Year
Schindler's List
  • Newcomer of the Year
Jim Carrey – The Mask , Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
  • Screenwriter of the Year
Quentin Tarantino – Pulp Fiction
  • Special Award
Hugh Grant – Four Weddings and a Funeral

1995 winners

  • Actor of the Year
Johnny Depp – Ed Wood, Don Juan DeMarco
  • Actress of the Year
Nicole Kidman – To Die For
  • British Actor of the Year
Nigel Hawthorne – The Madness of King George
  • British Actress of the Year
Kate Winslet – Heavenly Creatures
  • British Director of the Year
Michael Radford – Il Postino: The Postman
  • British Film of the Year
The Madness of King George
  • British Newcomer of the Year
Danny Boyle – Shallow Grave
  • British Screenwriter of the Year
Alan Bennett – The Madness of King George
  • Director of the Year
Peter Jackson – Heavenly Creatures
  • Film of the Year
Babe
  • Screenwriter of the Year
Paul Attanasio – Quiz Show , Disclosure

1996 winners

  • Actor of the Year
Morgan Freeman – Seven
  • Actress of the Year
Frances McDormand – Fargo
  • British Actor of the Year
Ian McKellen – Richard III
Ewan McGregor – Trainspotting, Brassed Off, Emma, The Pillow Book
  • British Actress of the Year
Brenda Blethyn – Secrets & Lies
  • British Director of the Year
Mike Leigh – Secrets & Lies
  • British Newcomer of the Year
Emily Watson – Breaking the Waves
  • British Producer of the Year
Andrew Macdonald – Trainspotting
  • British Screenwriter of the Year
Emma Thompson – Sense and Sensibility
  • Director of the Year
Joel Coen – Fargo
  • Film of the Year
Secrets & Lies
  • Screenwriter of the Year
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen – Fargo

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