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

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