New York Film Critics Circle Awards

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

2013 New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best First Film WinnerFruitvale StationRyan CooglerThe story of Oscar Grant III, a 22-year-old Bay Area resident, who crosses paths with friends, enemies, family, and strangers on the last day of 2008.Amazon

2012 New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best First Film WinnerHow to Survive a PlagueDavid FranceThe story of two coalitions -- ACT UP and TAG (Treatment Action Group) -- whose activism and innovation turned AIDS from a death sentence into a manageable condition.Amazon2012 New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best First Film NomineesBeasts of the Southern WildBenh ZeitlinAmazon

2011 New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best First Film WinnerMargin CallJ.C. ChandorFollows the key people at an investment bank, over a 24-hour period, during the early stages of the 2008 financial crisis.Amazon2011 New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best First Film NomineesMartha Marcy May MarleneSean DurkinAmazonMy Week with MarilynSimon CurtisAmazon

2009 New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best First Film WinnerHungerSteve McQueenIrish republican Bobby Sands leads the inmates of a Northern Irish prison in a hunger strike.Amazon

2008 New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best First Film WinnerFrozen RiverCourtney HuntA mom looks for another source of income, when her husband leaves with the money meant for the new mobile home. A nearby Indian territory stretches across the border to Canada with a drivable frozen river between. Smugling?Amazon2008 New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best First Film NomineesBallastLance HammerAmazonRepriseJoachim TrierAmazon

2007 New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best First Film WinnerAway from HerSarah PolleyA man coping with the institutionalization of his wife because of Alzheimer's disease faces an epiphany when she transfers her affections to another man, Aubrey, a wheelchair-bound mute who also is a patient at the nursing home.Amazon

2006 New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best First Film WinnerHalf NelsonRyan FleckAn inner-city junior high school teacher with a drug habit forms an unlikely friendship with one of his students after she discovers his secret.Amazon2006 New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best First Film NomineesA Guide to Recognizing Your SaintsDito MontielAmazonLittle Miss SunshineJonathan DaytonAmazon

2005 New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best First Film WinnerCapoteBennett MillerIn 1959, Truman Capote learns of the murder of a Kansas family and decides to write a book about the case. While researching for his novel In Cold Blood, Capote forms a relationship with one of the killers, Perry Smith, who is on death row.Amazon2005 New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best First Film NomineesJunebugPhil MorrisonAmazonMe and You and Everyone We KnowMiranda JulyAmazon