Best First Film

2014 New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best First Film WinnerThe BabadookJennifer KentA single mother and her child fall into a deep well of paranoia when an eerie children's book titled "Mister Babadook" manifests in their home.Amazon

2015 New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best First Film WinnerSon of SaulLászló NemesA Jewish-Hungarian concentration camp prisoner sets out to give a child he mistook for his son a proper burial.Amazon

2016 New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best First Film WinnerKrishaTrey Edward ShultsKrisha returns for Thanksgiving dinner after ten years away from her family, but past demons threaten to ruin the festivities.AmazonThe Edge of SeventeenKelly Fremon CraigHigh-school life gets even more unbearable for Nadine when her best friend, Krista, starts dating her older brother.Amazon

2017 New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best First Film WinnerGet OutJordan PeeleA young African-American visits his white girlfriend's parents for the weekend, where his simmering uneasiness about their reception of him eventually reaches a boiling point.Amazon

2018 New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best First Film WinnerEighth GradeBo BurnhamAn introverted teenage girl tries to survive the last week of her disastrous eighth grade year before leaving to start high school.Amazon