New York Film Critics Circle


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1959 25th New York Film Critics Awards

Best Picture : Ben-Hur
(RU - Room At the Top)
Best Director : Fred Zinnemann, The Nun's Story
(RU - Jack Clayton - Room At the Top)
Best Actor : James Stewart, Anatomy of a Murder
(RU - Paul Muni - The Last Angry Man)
Best Actress : Audrey Hepburn, The Nun's Story
(RU - Simone Signoret - Room At the Top)
Best Screenplay : Wendell Mayes, Anatomy of a Murder
(RU - Ben-Hur)
Foreign Film : The 400 Blows, directed by François Truffaut
(RU - Black Orpheus)



1958 24th New York Film Critics Awards

Best Picture : The Defiant Ones
(RU - The Horse's Mouth)
Best Director : Stanley Kramer, The Defiant Ones
(RU - Richard Brooks - The Brothers Karamazov)
Best Actor : David Niven, Separate Tables
(RU - Alec Guinness - The Horse's Mouth)
Best Actress : Susan Hayward, I Want to Live!
(RU - Shirley Booth - Hot Spell / The Matchmaker)
Best Screenplay : Nathan E. Douglas, Harold Jacob Smith, The Defiant Ones
(RU - Separate Tables)
Foreign Film : My Uncle, directed by Jaqcues Tati
(RU - He Who Must Die)



1957 23rd New York Film Critics Awards

Best Picture : The Bridge on the River Kwai
(RU - 12 Angry Men)
Best Director : David Lean, The Bridge on the River Kwai
(RU - Sidney Lumet - 12 Angry Men)
Best Actor : Alec Guinness, The Bridge on the River Kwai
(RU - Marlon Brando - Sayonara)
Best Actress : Deborah Kerr, Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison
(RU - Eva Marie Saint - A Hatful of Rain)
Foreign Film : Gervaise, directed by René Clément
(RU - The Red Balloon)



1956 22nd New York Film Critics Awards

Best Picture : Around the World in 80 Days
(RU - Giant)
Best Director : John Huston, Moby Dick
(RU - Elia Kazan - Baby Doll)
Best Actor : Kirk Douglas, Lust for Life
(RU - Yul Brynner - The King and I)
Best Actress : Ingrid Bergman, Anastasia
(RU - Deborah Kerr - The King and I)
Best Screenplay : S. J. Perelman, Around the World in 80 Days
Foreign Film : La Strada, directed by Federico Fellini



1955 21st New York Film Critics Awards

Best Picture : Marty
(RU - Mister Roberts)
Best Director : David Lean, Summertime
(RU - William Wyler - The Desperate Hours)
Best Actor : Ernest Borgnine, Marty
(RU - Frank Sinatra - The Man with the Golden Arm)
Best Actress : Anna Magnani, The Rose Tatoo
(RU - Katharine Hepburn - Summertime)
Foreign Film : (TIE) Umberto D (Vittorio De Sica) & Diabolique (Henri-Georges Clouzot)
(RU - Letters from my Windmill)



1954 20th New York Film Critics Awards

Best Picture : On the Waterfront
(RU - The Country Girl)
Best Director : Elia Kazan, On the Waterfront
(RU - George Seaton - The Country Girl)
Best Actor : Marlon Brando, On the Waterfront
(RU - James Mason - A Star Is Born)
Best Actress : Grace Kelly, The Country Girl, Rear Window, Dial M for Murder
(RU - Eva Marie Saint - On the Waterfront)
Foreign Film : Gate of Hell, directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa
(RU - Monsieur Hulot's Holiday)



1953 19th New York Film Critics Awards

Best Picture : From Here to Eternity
(RU - Conquest of Everest)
Best Director : Fred Zinnemann, From Here to Eternity
(RU - George Stevens - Shane)
Best Actor : Burt Lancaster, From Here to Eternity
(RU - James Mason - Julius Caesar)
Best Actress : Audrey Hepburn, Roman Holiday
(RU - Ava Gardner - Mogambo)
Foreign Film : Justice is Done, directed by André Cayatte
(RU - The Little World of Don Camillo)
Special Awards : A Queen is Crowned & The Conquest of Everest



1952 18th New York Film Critics Awards

Best Picture : High Noon
(RU - The African Queen)
Best Director : Fred Zinnemann, High Noon
(RU - John Huston - The African Queen)
Best Actor : Ralph Richardson, Breaking the Sound Barrier
(RU - Charlie Chaplin - Limelight)
Best Actress : Shirley Booth, Come Back, Little Sheba
(RU - Katharine Hepburn - The African Queen)
Foreign Film : Forbidden Games, directed by René Clément
(RU - The White Line)



1951 17th New York Film Critics Awards

Best Picture : A Streetcar Named Desire
(RU - The River)
Best Director : Elia Kazan, A Streetcar Named Desire
(RU - George Stevens - A Place in the Sun)
Best Actor : Arthur Kennedy, Bright Victory
(RU - Marlon Brando - A Streetcar Named Desire)
Best Actress : Vivien Leigh, A Streetcar Named Desire
(RU - Shelley Winters - A Place in the Sun)
Foreign Film : Miracle in Milan, directed by Vittorio De Sica
(RU - Rashomon)



1950 16th New York Film Critics Awards

Best Picture : All About Eve
(RU - Sunset Boulevard)
Best Director : Joseph L. Mankiewicz. All About Eve
(RU - John Huston - The Asphalt Jungle)
Best Actor : Gregory Peck, Twelve O'Clock High
(RU - Broderick Crawford - Born Yesterday)
Best Actress : Bette Davis, All About Eve
(RU - Judy Holliday - Born Yesterday)
Foreign Film : Ways of Love, directed by Roberto Rossellini


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