Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Film

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

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Winners

1990s

YearWinnerDirector(s)Ref
1997 The Sweet Hereafter Atom Egoyan [1]
Boogie Nights Paul Thomas Anderson
The Ice Storm Ang Lee
L.A. Confidential Curtis Hanson
Titanic James Cameron
1998 Saving Private Ryan Steven Spielberg [2]
The Celebration Thomas Vinterberg
Elizabeth Shekhar Kapur
Happiness Todd Solondz
Out of Sight Steven Soderbergh
1999 Magnolia Paul Thomas Anderson [3]
Being John Malkovich Spike Jonze

2000s

YearWinnerDirector(s)Ref
2000 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Wo hu cang long) Ang Lee [4]
Traffic Steven Soderbergh
2001 Memento Christopher Nolan [5]
Amélie (Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain) Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Mulholland Drive David Lynch
2002 Adaptation. Spike Jonze [6]
Punch-Drunk Love Paul Thomas Anderson
Y tu mamá también Alfonso Cuarón
2003 Lost in Translation Sofia Coppola [7]
2004 Sideways Alexander Payne [8]
2005 A History of Violence David Cronenberg [9]
2006 The Queen Stephen Frears [10]
The Departed Martin Scorsese
United 93 Paul Greengrass
2007 No Country for Old Men Joel Coen and Ethan Coen [11]
Eastern Promises David Cronenberg
Zodiac David Fincher
2008 Wendy and Lucy Kelly Reichardt [12]
Rachel Getting Married Jonathan Demme
WALL-E Andrew Stanton
2009 Hunger Steve McQueen [13]
Inglourious Basterds Quentin Tarantino
The Hurt Locker Kathryn Bigelow

2010s

YearWinnerDirector(s)Ref
2010 The Social Network David Fincher [14]
Black Swan Darren Aronofsky
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives Apichatpong Weerasethakul
2011 The Tree of Life Terrence Malick [15]
The Artist Michel Hazanavicius
The Descendants Alexander Payne
2012 The Master Paul Thomas Anderson [16]
Amour Michael Haneke
Zero Dark Thirty Kathryn Bigelow
2013 Inside Llewyn Davis Joel Coen and Ethan Coen [17]
Her Spike Jonze
12 Years a Slave Steve McQueen
2014 Boyhood Richard Linklater [18]
The Grand Budapest Hotel Wes Anderson
Inherent Vice Paul Thomas Anderson
2015 Carol Todd Haynes [19]
Mad Max: Fury Road George Miller
Spotlight Tom McCarthy
2016 Moonlight Barry Jenkins [20]
Manchester by the Sea Kenneth Lonergan
Toni Erdmann Maren Ade
2017 The Florida Project Sean Baker [21]
Phantom Thread Paul Thomas Anderson
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Martin McDonagh
2018 Roma Alfonso Cuarón [22]
Burning Lee Chang-dong
First Reformed Paul Schrader
2019 Parasite Bong Joon-ho [23]
The Irishman Martin Scorsese
Marriage Story Noah Baumbach

2020s

YearWinnerDirector(s)Ref
2020 Nomadland Chloé Zhao [24]
First Cow Kelly Reichardt
Minari Lee Isaac Chung
2021 Drive My Car Ryusuke Hamaguchi [25]
Licorice Pizza Paul Thomas Anderson
The Power of the Dog Jane Campion
2022 Aftersun Charlotte Wells [26]
Everything Everywhere All at Once Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert
Women Talking Sarah Polley
2023 The Zone of Interest Jonathan Glazer [27]
All of Us Strangers Andrew Haigh
Killers of the Flower Moon Martin Scorsese
2024 Nickel Boys RaMell Ross [28]
Anora Sean Baker
The Brutalist Brady Corbet
2025 One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson [29]
Hamnet Chloé Zhao
Sinners Ryan Coogler

Directors with multiple nominations

References

  1. ↑ Liam Lacey, "Egoyan film top pick". The Globe and Mail , January 15, 1998.
  2. ↑ "War movies are the big winners". Hamilton Spectator , December 18, 1998.
  3. ↑ "Toronto critics pick Magnolia as best film of 1999 Yet-unreleased second picture from director of Boogie Nights follows linked stories of characters in San Fernando Valley". The Globe and Mail , December 17, 1999.
  4. ↑ Peter Howell, "Toronto critics like Lee ; Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon named top movie". Toronto Star , December 21, 2000.
  5. ↑ "Memento named best picture". Calgary Herald , December 20, 2001.
  6. ↑ "Toronto critics pick Adaptation as top film". Ottawa Citizen , December 20, 2022.
  7. ↑ "Coppola's Lost in Translation honoured by Toronto critics". Waterloo Region Record , December 18, 2003.
  8. ↑ "Sideways named best film of 2004 by Toronto critics". Sault Star , December 17, 2004.
  9. ↑ "Cronenberg's History of Violence tops T.O. critics' best-of list". Sudbury Star , December 22, 2005.
  10. ↑ Lee-Anne Goodman, "'The Queen' named best picture by Toronto's film critics". Canadian Press, December 20, 2006.
  11. ↑ Bruce Kirkland, "Old Men No. 1; Coen Brothers flick tops T.O. film critics' 2007 list". Toronto Sun , December 19, 2007.
  12. ↑ Chris Knight, "Toronto critics pick Wendy and Lucy". Windsor Star , December 17, 2008.
  13. ↑ "Basterds, Hunger top Toronto critics' picks". Waterloo Region Record , December 17, 2009.
  14. ↑ Peter Knegt, "“Social Network” Tops San Francisco and Toronto Film Critics’ Awards". IndieWire , December 14, 2010.
  15. ↑ Brian D. Johnson, "Toronto critics name 'Tree of Life' Best Picture". Maclean's , December 14, 2011.
  16. ↑ Cassandra Szklarski, "'The Master' rules with Toronto film critics, named best film, screenplay". Canadian Press, December 18, 2012.
  17. ↑ "Toronto Film Critics Association awards for 2013". Toronto Star , December 17, 2013.
  18. ↑ Norman Wilner, "Toronto film critics champion Boyhood". Now , December 16, 2014.
  19. ↑ Jeremy Kay, "Toronto critics honour 'Carol'". Screen Daily , December 14, 2015.
  20. ↑ Norman Wilner, "Toronto critics bask in the Moonlight". Now , December 12, 2016.
  21. ↑ Jim Slotek, "Toronto film critics give best picture thumbs up to The Florida Project". Original Cin, December 10, 2017.
  22. ↑ Corey Atad, "Toronto Film Critics Association Names ‘Roma’ Best Picture Of 2018". ET Canada , December 10, 2018.
  23. ↑ Radheyan Simonpillai, "Toronto Film Critics Association names Parasite the year’s best movie". Now , December 9, 2019.
  24. ↑ Etan Vlessing, "Chloe Zhao's 'Nomadland' Named Best Picture by Toronto Film Critics Association". The Hollywood Reporter , February 7, 2021.
  25. ↑ Sarah Curran, "Maggie Gyllenhaal’s ‘The Lost Daughter’ Wins Big At Toronto Film Critics Association Awards". ET Canada , January 16, 2022.
  26. ↑ Pat Mullen, "Toronto Film Critics Name All the Beauty and the Bloodshed Top Doc". Point of View , January 8, 2023.
  27. ↑ AwardsWatch - Toronto Film Critics Association (TFCA) Awards: ‘The Zone of Interest’ Wins Best Picture, Director
  28. ↑ Vlessing, Etan (December 16, 2024). "'Nickel Boys' Named Best Picture of 2024 by Toronto Film Critics Association". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved December 16, 2024.
  29. ↑ Matt Neglia, "The 2025 Toronto Film Critics Association (TFCA) Winners". Next Best Picture, December 7, 2025.
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