This is a list of the winners of awards from the four most prestigious American film critics, the so-called "Big Four": the
Los Angeles Film Critics Association , the
National Board of Review , the
National Society of Film Critics , and the
New York Film Critics' Circle .
Films with all wins from "Big Four"
National Board of Review for Best Screenplay began in 1998.
Best Documentary or Non-fiction Film
Other films with three wins from "Big Four"
These films won three out of four awards from the "Big Four" American film critics.
Best Foreign Language Film
Best Documentary / Non-fiction Film
The
National Board of Review Award for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography was introduced in 2019, won by
Roger Deakins for
1917 .
Awards in the categories of Best Animated Film, Best Cinematography, and Best Screenplay are each only awarded by three of the four groups.
This lists the winners of all three of the
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Animated Film ,
National Board of Review Award for Best Animated Film , and
New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Animated Film . In 2000, the
National Board of Review Award for Best Animated Film was announced, won that year by
Chicken Run from
Aardman Animations .
[74] National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Animated Film has yet to be introduced.
Spirited Away (2002) and
The Incredibles (2004) are the only two animated films to have won the
Academy Award for Best Animated Feature .
This lists the winners of all three of the
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Cinematography ,
National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Cinematography , and
New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Cinematography from 1980 to 2018. The
National Board of Review Award for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography was introduced in 2019.
This lists the winners of all three of the
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Screenplay ,
National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Screenplay , and
New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Screenplay from 1980 to 2018. The National Board of Review Award for Best
Original and
Adapted Screenplays were introduced in 2000 and 2002, respectively.
Whitaker, Mirren, Randolph, Payne (left to right), and Taylor (off-pictured).
Only three films have won all four, all based on novels:
Schindler's List ,
L.A. Confidential , and
The Social Network .
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Schindler's List is the only film also to have won the
Academy Award for Best Picture , in addition of
Golden Globe ,
BAFTA , and
Producers Guild of America Award ; all those for Best Picture category except the
Critics' Choice .
Only eight people have won all four and also won all of the three most prestigious annual awards (
Oscar ,
Golden Globe , and
BAFTA ) for a single film:
Emma Thompson (1992's
Howards End ),
Holly Hunter (1993's
The Piano ),
Quentin Tarantino (1994's
Pulp Fiction ),
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Alexander Payne and
Jim Taylor (2004's
Sideways ),
Forest Whitaker (2006's
The Last King of Scotland ),
Helen Mirren (2006's
The Queen ), and
Da'Vine Joy Randolph (2023's
The Holdovers ); Whitaker, Mirren, Randolph, Payne and Taylor are the only people in respective categories to swept all major award ceremonies in each, including
Critic's Choice and Guild Awards.
Steven Soderbergh is the only director to have won all four while receiving the
Academy Award for Best Director nominations in two films,
Erin Brockovich and
Traffic , which the latter won.
Man on Wire , for those one of six films have swept the critics' awards, is the only documentary film to win the
Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature .
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Goodfellas , Schindler's List , L. A. Confidential ,
The Hurt Locker , The Social Network ,
Drive My Car , and
Tár are the seven films in history selected the Best Film by the
New York Film Critics Circle , the
Los Angeles Film Critics Association , and the
National Society of Film Critics , named as such from the nation's top critics' groups, the so-called "trifecta".
[77] Schindler's List and The Hurt Locker are also won the
Academy Award for Best Picture . Drive My Car became the first Japanese and non-English-language film to be also selected.
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≈ Oscar winner
≠ Oscar nominee
^ Tied with
Cathy Tyson from the 1986 film
Mona Lisa at Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress.
^ Quentin Tarantino also swept in two different categories in his work of Pulp Fiction ; the "Big Four" in Best Director while winning Oscar, Golden Globe, and BAFTA for Best Screenplay.
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