The New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best First Film is an award given by the New York Film Critics Circle, honoring gifted filmmakers through their first feature film.
Year | Winner | Director(s) |
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1997 | In the Company of Men | Neil LaBute |
1998 | Love and Death on Long Island | Richard Kwietniowski |
1999 | Being John Malkovich | Spike Jonze |
Year | Winner | Director(s) |
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2000 | George Washington [1] | David Gordon Green |
2001 | In the Bedroom | Todd Field |
2002 | Roger Dodger | Dylan Kidd |
2003 | American Splendor | Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini |
2004 | Maria Full of Grace | Joshua Marston |
2005 | Capote | Bennett Miller |
2006 | Half Nelson | Ryan Fleck |
2007 | Away from Her | Sarah Polley |
2008 | Frozen River | Courtney Hunt |
2009 | Hunger | Steve McQueen |
Year | Winner | Director(s) |
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2010 | Animal Kingdom | David Michôd |
2011 | Margin Call | J. C. Chandor |
2012 | How to Survive a Plague | David France |
2013 | Fruitvale Station | Ryan Coogler |
2014 | The Babadook | Jennifer Kent |
2015 | Son of Saul | László Nemes |
2016 | The Edge of Seventeen | Kelly Fremon Craig |
Krisha | Trey Edward Shults | |
2017 | Get Out | Jordan Peele [2] |
2018 | Eighth Grade | Bo Burnham |
2019 | Atlantics [3] | Mati Diop |
Year | Winner | Director(s) |
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2020 | The 40-Year-Old Version [4] | Radha Blank |
2021 | The Lost Daughter [5] | Maggie Gyllenhaal |
2022 | Aftersun | Charlotte Wells |
2023 | Past Lives [6] | Celine Song |
2024 | Janet Planet | Annie Baker |
The Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA) is an American film critic organization founded in 1975.
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