The New York Film Critics Online Award for Best Director is an award given annually by the New York Film Critics Online. It was first introduced in 2001.
| Year | Winner(s) | Film |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | David Lynch | Mulholland Drive |
| 2002 [1] | Todd Haynes | Far from Heaven |
| Martin Scorsese | Gangs of New York | |
| 2003 [2] | Sofia Coppola | Lost in Translation |
| 2004 [3] | Martin Scorsese | The Aviator |
| 2005 [4] | Fernando Meirelles | The Constant Gardener |
| 2006 [5] | Stephen Frears | The Queen |
| 2007 [6] | Paul Thomas Anderson | There Will Be Blood |
| 2008 [7] | Danny Boyle | Slumdog Millionaire |
| 2009 [8] | Kathryn Bigelow | The Hurt Locker |
| Year | Winner | Film |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 [9] | David Fincher | The Social Network |
| 2011 [10] | Michel Hazanavicius | The Artist |
| 2012 [11] | Kathryn Bigelow | Zero Dark Thirty |
| 2013 [12] | Alfonso Cuarón | Gravity |
| 2014 [13] | Richard Linklater | Boyhood |
| 2015 [14] | Tom McCarthy | Spotlight |
| 2016 [15] | Barry Jenkins | Moonlight |
| 2017 [16] | Dee Rees | Mudbound |
| 2018 [17] | Alfonso Cuarón | Roma |
| 2019 [18] | Bong Joon-ho | Parasite |