Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Film

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The Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Film is an annual award given out by the Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association.

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Winners

2000s

YearFilmDirector
2002 Road to Perdition Sam Mendes
2003 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Peter Jackson
2004 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Michel Gondry
2005 Munich Steven Spielberg
2006 United 93 Paul Greengrass
2007 No Country for Old Men Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
2008 Slumdog Millionaire Danny Boyle
2009 [1] Up in the Air Jason Reitman

2010s

YearFilmDirector
2010 The Social Network David Fincher
2011 The Artist Michel Hazanavicius
2012 Zero Dark Thirty Kathryn Bigelow
2013 12 Years a Slave Steve McQueen
2014 Boyhood Richard Linklater
2015 [2] Spotlight Tom McCarthy
2016 La La Land Damien Chazelle
2017 Get Out Jordan Peele
2018 Roma Alfonso Cuarón
2019 Parasite Bong Joon-ho

2020s

YearFilmDirector
2020 [3] Nomadland Chloé Zhao
2021 Belfast Kenneth Branagh
2022 [4] Everything Everywhere All at Once Daniels
2023 [5] American Fiction Cord Jefferson
2024 [6] Wicked Jon M. Chu

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References

  1. "Air" Leads D.C. Critics Winners|IndieWire
  2. 'Spotlight' Named Top Film by D.C.-Area Film Critics|Hollywood Reporter
  3. Nomadland tops the Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards - Metro Weekly
  4. DC Film Critics Name Everything Everywhere All At Once Best Movie Of The Year - Punch Drunk Critics
  5. AwardsWatch - 2023 Washington DC Area Film Critics Association (WAFCA) Winners: ‘American Fiction’ is Best Feature, ‘Oppenheimer’ Takes Six
  6. Neglia, Matt (8 December 2024). "The 2024 Washington DC Area Film Critics Association (WAFCA) Winners". Next Best Picture. Retrieved 12 December 2024.