Marty (film)

1955 American romantic drama film directed by Delbert Mann

Marty

Theatrical release poster

Directed by| Delbert Mann
Written by| Paddy Chayefsky
Produced by|

* Harold Hecht

Starring|

* Ernest Borgnine
* Betsy Blair

Cinematography| Joseph LaShelle
Edited by| Alan Crosland, Jr.
(editorial supervision)
Music by| Roy Webb

Production
companies

* Hecht-Lancaster Productions
* Steven Productions

Distributed by| United Artists

Release date

* April 11, 1955 (1955-04-11)

Running time

| 93 minutes[1]
Country| United States
Language| English
Budget| $350,000[2][3]
Box office| $2,000,000 (U.S./Canada rentals)[4]
$1,500,000 (overseas rentals)[2]

Marty is a 1955 American romantic drama film directed by Delbert Mann in his directorial debut. The screenplay was written by Paddy Chayefsky, expanding upon his 1953 teleplay, which was broadcast on The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse and starred Rod Steiger in the title role.[5][6]

The film stars Ernest Borgnine, who won the Academy Award for Best Actor, and Betsy Blair. In addition to also winning the Oscar for Best Picture, the film enjoyed international success, becoming the first film to win the Palme d'Or. Marty, The Lost Weekend (1945), Parasite (2019) and Anora (2024) are the only four films to win both organizations' grand prizes.

In 1994, Marty was deemed "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant" and selected for preservation in the Library of Congress' National Film Registry.[7]

## Plot

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Marty Piletti is an Italian-American butcher who lives in The Bronx with his mother. Unmarried at 34, the good-natured but socially awkward Marty faces constant badgering from family and friends to settle down, as they point out that all his brothers and sisters are already married, most of them with children. Not averse to marriage but disheartened by his lack of prospects, Marty has reluctantly resigned himself to bachelorhood.

After being harassed by his mother into going to the Stardust Ballroom one Saturday night, Marty connects with Clara, a plain high school science teacher, who is weeping outside on the roof after being abandoned by her blind date. Marty and Clara spend the evening together dancing, walking the busy streets, and talking in a diner. Marty eagerly spills out his life story and ambitions, and they encourage each other. He takes Clara to his house, where he awkwardly tries to kiss her and is rebuffed. Clara then explains that she just didn't know how to handle the situation, and she does like him. At this point, Marty's mother returns.

Marty takes Clara home by bus, promising to call her at 2:30 the next afternoon, after Mass. Overjoyed on his way back home, he punches the bus stop sign and weaves between the cars, looking for a cab instead.

Meanwhile, Marty's Aunt Catherine moves in to live with Marty and his mother. She warns his mother that Marty will soon marry and cast her aside. Fearing that Marty's new romance could spell her abandonment, his mother belittles Clara. Marty's friends, with an undercurrent of envy, deride Clara for her plainness and try to convince him to forget her and to remain with them, unmarried, in their fading youth. Harangued into submission by the pull of his friends, Marty fails to call Clara.

That night, back in the same lonely rut, Marty realizes that he is giving up a woman whom he not only likes but who makes him happy. Over the objections of his friends, he dashes to a phone booth to call Clara, who is disconsolately watching television with her parents. When his friend asks what he's doing, Marty bursts out saying:

> You don't like her, my mother don't like her, she's a dog and I'm a fat, ugly man! Well, all I know is I had a good time last night! I'm gonna have a good time tonight! If we have enough good times together, I'm gonna get down on my knees and I'm gonna beg that girl to marry me! If we make a party on New Year's, I got a date for that party. You don't like her? That's too bad!

Marty closes the phone booth door when Clara answers the phone. In the last line of the film, he says, "Hello...Hello, Clara?"

## Cast

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Ernest Borgnine with Betsy Blair in the trailer for Marty, 1955

* Ernest Borgnine as Marty Piletti
* Betsy Blair as Clara Snyder
* Esther Minciotti as Mrs. Teresa Piletti, Marty's mother
* Augusta Ciolli as Aunt Catherine, Mrs. Piletti's sister
* Joe Mantell as Angie, Marty's best friend
* Karen Steele as Virginia, Aunt Catherine's daughter-in-law
* Jerry Paris as Tommy, Aunt Catherine's son
* Frank Sutton as Ralph (uncredited)

## Production

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For the film, Esther Minciotti, Augusta Ciolli and Joe Mantell reprised their roles from the live television production. The screenplay changed the name of the Waverly Ballroom to the Stardust Ballroom. The film expanded the role of Clara, and added subplots about Marty's career, his mother, and her sister.[8]

Rod Steiger, who had played Marty in the teleplay, declined an offer to reprise the role after Harold Hecht and Burt Lancaster, the film's producers, demanded Steiger sign a multiple-picture commitment as a condition of retaining his role.[9] Ernest Borgnine assumed the title role in Steiger's stead.

Shooting for the film began on September 7, 1954, in The Bronx and included many aspects of the borough into the film, such as Grand Concourse, Arthur Avenue, Gun Hill Road, White Plains Road, and several Bronx subway and elevated train lines, including the Concourse, Third Avenue, White Plains Road, and Jerome Avenue lines. On-set filming took place at Samuel Goldwyn Studios on November 1, 1954. Bronx native Jerry Orbach made his film debut in an uncredited role as a ballroom patron. Chayefsky had an uncredited cameo as Leo.

The role of Clara initially was going to be reprised by actress Nancy Marchand, later of Lou Grant and The Sopranos fame, who had portrayed the character in the television version. However, actress Betsy Blair was interested in playing the role and lobbied for it. At the time, Blair, who was married to actor Gene Kelly, had been blacklisted due to her Marxist and Communist sympathies. Kelly used his status as a major star with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and his studio connections to pressure United Artists to give Blair the role. Reportedly, Kelly threatened to withdraw from the film It's Always Fair Weather if Blair did not get the role of Clara.[10][11]

Mann shot the film in sixteen days and an additional three days for retakes.[12]

## Reception

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Upon its premiere on April 11, 1955 (followed by a wide release on July 15), Marty received overwhelmingly positive reviews from critics.[13] Ronald Holloway of Variety wrote "If Marty is an example of the type of material that can be gleaned, then studio story editors better spend more time at home looking at television."[14] Time described the film as "wonderful".[15] Louella Parsons enjoyed the film, but she felt that it would not likely be nominated for Oscars.[16] At a budget of $343,000, the film generated revenues of $3 million in the U.S., making it a box-office success.[17]

Rotten Tomatoes gives it a 96% rating based on 77 reviews, with an average rating of 8.1/10. The site's consensus reads: "Scriptwriter Paddy Chayefsky's solid dialogue is bolstered by strong performances from Ernest Borgnine and Betsy Blair in this appealingly low-key character study."[13]

The film is recognized by the American Film Institute.

* 2002: AFI's 100 Years ... 100 Passions – 64[citation needed]

## Awards and nominations

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Award  | Category  | Nominee(s)  | Result  | Ref.

|
|
|
|

Academy Awards | Best Motion Picture | Harold Hecht | Won  | [18]
[19]
Best Director | Delbert Mann | Won
Best Actor | Ernest Borgnine | Won
Best Supporting Actor | Joe Mantell | Nominated
Best Supporting Actress | Betsy Blair | Nominated
Best Screenplay | Paddy Chayefsky | Won
Best Art Direction – Black-and-White | Art Direction: Ted Haworth and Walter M. Simonds;
Set Decoration: Robert Priestley | Nominated
Best Cinematography – Black-and-White | Joseph LaShelle | Nominated
Bodil Awards | Best American Film | Delbert Mann  | Won  | [20]
British Academy Film Awards | Best Film from any Source | Nominated  | [21]
Best Foreign Actor | Ernest Borgnine  | Won
Best Foreign Actress | Betsy Blair  | Won
Cannes Film Festival | Palme d'Or | Delbert Mann  | Won  | [22]
OCIC Award | Won
Directors Guild of America Awards | Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures | Won  | [23]
Golden Globe Awards | Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama | Ernest Borgnine  | Won  | [24]
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival | Best Film | Delbert Mann  | Nominated  |
National Board of Review Awards | Top Ten Films | Won  | [25]
Best Film | Won
Best Actor | Ernest Borgnine  | Won
National Film Preservation Board | National Film Registry | Inducted  | [26]
New York Film Critics Circle Awards | Best Film | Won  | [27]
Best Actor | Ernest Borgnine  | Won
Online Film & Television Association Awards  | Film Hall of Fame: Productions  | Inducted  | [28]
Writers Guild of America Awards | Best Written American Drama | Paddy Chayefsky  | Won  | [29]

* Marty received the first Palme d'Or ever awarded.[22] Marty, The Lost Weekend, Parasite and Anora are the only films ever to win both the Academy Award for Best Picture and the highest award at the Cannes Film Festival (Marty and Parasite both received the Palme d'Or, which, beginning at the 1955 festival, replaced the Grand Prix du Festival International du Film as the highest award).[30][31][32] Marty and Annie Hall are the shortest films ever to win Best Picture, at only 93 minutes each.[citation needed]

## See also

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* List of American films of 1955

## References

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1. ^ "Marty". 23 March 1955.
2. ^ a b Godbout, Oscar (September 11, 1955). "HOLLYWOOD DOSSIER: 'Marty' Hits Jackpot – Team-– On the Set". The New York Times. p. X7.
3. ^ Balio, Tino (1987). United Artists: The Company That Changed the Film Industry. University of Wisconsin Press. p. 82\. ISBN 978-0-2991-1440-4.
4. ^ "1955's Top Film Grossers". Variety. Vol. 201, no. 8\. January 25, 1956. Retrieved 2024-03-03.
5. ^ "LIVE: The Golden Age of TV Drama". That's Entertainment. September 23, 2015. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
6. ^ "Marty". Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
7. ^ "25 Films Added to National Registry". The New York Times. 15 November 1994. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
8. ^ Chayefsky, Paddy (1955). "Two Choices of Material". Television Plays. Simon & Schuster. p. 183\. ISBN 978-1-55783-191-0. Retrieved 2024-03-03. `{{cite book}}`: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)
9. ^ Schmidt, M.A. (January 29, 1956). "Rod Steiger: From V.A. to V.I.P. on Screen". The New York Times.
10. ^ Multiple sources:
* Betsy Blair, 85, Actress and Wife of Gene Kelly, Is Dead. The New York Times. March 19, 2009.
* Betsy Blair. The Guardian. London. March 16, 2009.
* Hirschhorn, Clive (1984). Gene Kelly – a Biography. London: W.H. Allen. ISBN 978-0-4910-3182-0..
11. ^ Blair, Betsy (2004). The Memory of All That. London: Elliott & Thompson. ISBN 978-1-9040-2730-0.
12. ^ "Delbert Mann". Rome News-Tribune. 13 November 2007. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
13. ^ a b "Marty (1955)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved August 5, 2022.
14. ^ Holloway, Ronald (March 23, 1055). "Film Reviews: Marty". Variety. March 23, 1955.
15. ^ "The New Pictures". Time. April 18, 1955.
16. ^ Mann, Delbert; Skutch, Ira (1998). Looking Back, at Live Television and Other Matters. Directors Guild of America. ISBN 978-1-8827-6605-5.
17. ^ "Marty (1955) – Box office / business". IMDb. Retrieved July 11, 2011.
18. ^ "The 28th Academy Awards (1956) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved August 20, 2011.
19. ^ "Marty". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. February 12, 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-02-10. Retrieved 2008-12-21.
20. ^ "The Bodil Prize 1956". Bodil Awards. Retrieved December 20, 2024.
21. ^ "BAFTA Awards: Film in 1956". British Academy Film Awards. Retrieved December 20, 2024.
22. ^ a b "Marty". Cannes Film Festival. Retrieved December 6, 2023.
23. ^ "8th Annual DGA Awards". Directors Guild of America Awards. Retrieved December 20, 2024.
24. ^ "Marty". Golden Globe Awards. Retrieved December 20, 2024.
25. ^ "1955 Award Winners". National Board of Review. Retrieved December 20, 2024.
26. ^ "Complete National Film Registry Listing". Library of Congress. Retrieved December 20, 2024.
27. ^ "1955 New York Film Critics Circle Awards". New York Film Critics Circle. Retrieved December 20, 2024.
28. ^ "Film Hall of Fame: Productions". Online Film & Television Association. Retrieved December 20, 2024.
29. ^ "Awards Winners". Writers Guild of America Awards. Archived from the original on December 5, 2012. Retrieved June 6, 2010.
30. ^ "The Lost Weekend Awards". IMDb.
31. ^ "Marty Awards". IMDb.
32. ^ "A Brief History Of The Palme D'Or". Festival De Cannes.

## External links

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* t
* e

Works by Paddy Chayefsky

Films written|

* The True Glory (1945)
* As Young as You Feel (1951)
* Marty (1955)
* The Bachelor Party (1957)
* The Goddess (1958)
* Middle of the Night (1959)
* The Americanization of Emily (1964)
* Paint Your Wagon (1969)
* The Hospital (1971)
* Network (1976)
* Altered States (1980)

Television plays|

* "Holiday Song" (1952)
* "Printer's Measure" (1953)
* "Marty" (1953)
* "The Bachelor Party" (1953)
* "The Sixth Year" (1953)
* "The Mother" (1954)
* "The Catered Affair" (1955)
* "The Great American Hoax" (1956)

Plays|

* The Tenth Man (1959)
* Gideon (1961)
* The Passion of Josef D. (1964)
* The Latent Heterosexual (1968)

* v
* t
* e

Works directed by Delbert Mann

Films|

* Marty (1955)
* The Bachelor Party (1957)
* Desire Under the Elms (1958)
* Separate Tables (1958)
* Middle of the Night (1959)
* The Dark at the Top of the Stairs (1960)
* Lover Come Back (1961)
* The Outsider (1961)
* That Touch of Mink (1962)
* A Gathering of Eagles (1963)
* Quick, Before It Melts (1964)
* Dear Heart (1964)
* Mister Buddwing (1966)
* Fitzwilly (1967)
* The Pink Jungle (1968)
* Kidnapped (1971)
* Birch Interval (1976)
* Night Crossing (1982)

Television|

* Pengallen's Bell (1949)
* Dusty Portrait (1952)
* Hollywood Tandem (1953)
* Wish on the Moon (1953)
* Elegy (1953)
* You and Me and the Gatepost (1956)
* Heidi (1968)
* David Copperfield (1969)
* Jane Eyre (1970)
* She Waits (1972)
* No Place to Run (1972)
* The Man Without a Country (1973)
* A Girl Named Sooner (1975)
* Breaking Up (1978)
* Home to Stay (1978)
* Torn Between Two Lovers (1979)
* All Quiet on the Western Front (1979)
* The Member of the Wedding (1982)
* The Gift of Love: A Christmas Story (1983)
* The Last Days of Patton (1986)
* Ironclads (1991)
* Against Her Will: An Incident in Baltimore (1992)
* Incident in a Small Town (1994)

* v
* t
* e

Norma Productions

Presidents|

* Harold Hecht (Filmography)
* Burt Lancaster (Filmography)

Key people|

* Maxwell Arnow
* Loring Buzzell
* George Glass
* James Hill
* Joseph Hyams
* Harry Kleiner
* Gilbert Kurland
* Nat Perrin
* Walter Seltzer
* Lu Ann Simms

Films|

* Kiss the Blood Off My Hands (1948)
* The Flame and the Arrow (1950)
* Ten Tall Men (1951)
* The First Time (1952)
* The Crimson Pirate (1952)
* His Majesty O'Keefe (1954)
* Apache (1954)
* Vera Cruz (1954)
* Marty (1955)
* The Kentuckian (1955)
* Trapeze (1956)
* The Bachelor Party (1957)
* Sweet Smell of Success (Soundtrack) (1957)
* Run Silent, Run Deep (1958)
* Separate Tables (1958)
* The Rabbit Trap (1959)
* Cry Tough (1959)
* The Devil's Disciple (1959)
* Summer of the Seventeenth Doll (1959)
* Take a Giant Step (1959)
* The Unforgiven (1960)
* The Young Savages (1961)
* Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)

Subsidiaries|

* Alma Productions
* Calyork Music
* Calyork Records
* Clifton Productions
* Colby Music
* Contemporary Productions
* Flora Productions
* Halburt Productions
* Hecht & Buzzell Music
* Hecht-Hill-Lancaster Films
* Hecht-Hill-Lancaster Productions
* Hecht-Hill-Lancaster Productions (Australia)
* Hecht-Lancaster Organization
* Hecht-Lancaster Productions
* Hecht-Lancaster & Buzzell Music
* James Productions
* Joanna Productions
* Leigh Music
* Linden Productions
* Maine Records
* Sheila Productions
* Steven Productions
* Susan Productions
* William Enterprises

Affiliates|

* Anne Productions
* Bryna Productions
* Brynaprod
* Canon Productions
* Columbia Pictures
* Curtleigh Productions
* Jeffrey Productions
* Harold Hecht Productions
* Frank Ross Productions
* Norlan Productions
* United Artists
* United Productions of America
* Universal-International Pictures
* Universal Pictures
* Warner Brothers Pictures

Awards for Marty

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Academy Award for Best Picture

1927–1950|

* Wings (1927–1928)
* The Broadway Melody (1928–1929)
* All Quiet on the Western Front (1929–1930)
* Cimarron (1930–1931)
* Grand Hotel (1931–1932)
* Cavalcade (1932–1933)
* It Happened One Night (1934)
* Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
* The Great Ziegfeld (1936)
* The Life of Emile Zola (1937)
* You Can't Take It with You (1938)
* Gone with the Wind (1939)
* Rebecca (1940)
* How Green Was My Valley (1941)
* Mrs. Miniver (1942)
* Casablanca (1943)
* Going My Way (1944)
* The Lost Weekend (1945)
* The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
* Gentleman's Agreement (1947)
* Hamlet (1948)
* All the King's Men (1949)
* All About Eve (1950)

1951–1975|

* An American in Paris (1951)
* The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)
* From Here to Eternity (1953)
* On the Waterfront (1954)
* Marty (1955)
* Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
* The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
* Gigi (1958)
* Ben-Hur (1959)
* The Apartment (1960)
* West Side Story (1961)
* Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
* Tom Jones (1963)
* My Fair Lady (1964)
* The Sound of Music (1965)
* A Man for All Seasons (1966)
* In the Heat of the Night (1967)
* Oliver! (1968)
* Midnight Cowboy (1969)
* Patton (1970)
* The French Connection (1971)
* The Godfather (1972)
* The Sting (1973)
* The Godfather Part II (1974)
* One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)

1976–2000|

* Rocky (1976)
* Annie Hall (1977)
* The Deer Hunter (1978)
* Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)
* Ordinary People (1980)
* Chariots of Fire (1981)
* Gandhi (1982)
* Terms of Endearment (1983)
* Amadeus (1984)
* Out of Africa (1985)
* Platoon (1986)
* The Last Emperor (1987)
* Rain Man (1988)
* Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
* Dances With Wolves (1990)
* The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
* Unforgiven (1992)
* Schindler's List (1993)
* Forrest Gump (1994)
* Braveheart (1995)
* The English Patient (1996)
* Titanic (1997)
* Shakespeare in Love (1998)
* American Beauty (1999)
* Gladiator (2000)

2001–2025|

* A Beautiful Mind (2001)
* Chicago (2002)
* The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
* Million Dollar Baby (2004)
* Crash (2005)
* The Departed (2006)
* No Country for Old Men (2007)
* Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
* The Hurt Locker (2009)
* The King's Speech (2010)
* The Artist (2011)
* Argo (2012)
* 12 Years a Slave (2013)
* Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014)
* Spotlight (2015)
* Moonlight (2016)
* The Shape of Water (2017)
* Green Book (2018)
* Parasite (2019)
* Nomadland (2020)
* CODA (2021)
* Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)
* Oppenheimer (2023)
* Anora (2024)

* v
* t
* e

Cannes Film Festival Palme d'Or

1939–1975|

* Union Pacific (1939)
* No festival held (1940–1945)
* Brief Encounter (1946)
* The Last Chance (1946)
* The Lost Weekend (1946)
* María Candelaria (1946)
* Men Without Wings (1946)
* Neecha Nagar (1946)
* Pastoral Symphony (1946)
* The Red Meadows (1946)
* Rome, Open City (1946)
* Torment (1946)
* The Turning Point (1946)
* Antoine and Antoinette (1947)
* Crossfire (1947)
* The Damned (1947)
* Dumbo (1947)
* Ziegfeld Follies (1947)
* No festival held (1948)
* The Third Man (1949)
* No festival held (1950)
* Miracle in Milan (1951)
* Miss Julie (1951)
* Othello (1951)
* Two Cents Worth of Hope (1952)
* The Wages of Fear (1953)
* Gate of Hell (1954)
* Marty (1955)
* The Silent World (1956)
* Friendly Persuasion (1957)
* The Cranes Are Flying (1958)
* Black Orpheus (1959)
* La Dolce Vita (1960)
* The Long Absence (1961)
* Viridiana (1961)
* O Pagador de Promessas (1962)
* The Leopard (1963)
* The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964)
* The Knack ...and How to Get It (1965)
* The Birds, the Bees and the Italians (1966)
* A Man and a Woman (1966)
* Blowup (1967)
* Festival cancelled while in progress (1968)
* if.... (1969)
* M*A*S*H (1970)
* The Go-Between (1971)
* The Mattei Affair (1972)
* The Working Class Goes to Heaven (1972)
* The Hireling (1973)
* Scarecrow (1973)
* The Conversation (1974)
* Chronicle of the Years of Fire (1975)

1976–2000|

* Taxi Driver (1976)
* Padre Padrone (1977)
* The Tree of Wooden Clogs (1978)
* Apocalypse Now (1979)
* The Tin Drum (1979)
* All That Jazz (1980)
* Kagemusha (1980)
* Man of Iron (1981)
* Missing (1982)
* Yol (1982)
* The Ballad of Narayama (1983)
* Paris, Texas (1984)
* When Father Was Away on Business (1985)
* The Mission (1986)
* Under the Sun of Satan (1987)
* Pelle the Conqueror (1988)
* Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989)
* Wild at Heart (1990)
* Barton Fink (1991)
* The Best Intentions (1992)
* Farewell My Concubine (1993)
* The Piano (1993)
* Pulp Fiction (1994)
* Underground (1995)
* Secrets & Lies (1996)
* The Eel (1997)
* Taste of Cherry (1997)
* Eternity and a Day (1998)
* Rosetta (1999)
* Dancer in the Dark (2000)

2001–present|

* The Son's Room (2001)
* The Pianist (2002)
* Elephant (2003)
* Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004)
* L'Enfant (2005)
* The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006)
* 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2007)
* The Class (2008)
* The White Ribbon (2009)
* Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (2010)
* The Tree of Life (2011)
* Amour (2012)
* Blue Is the Warmest Colour (2013)
* Winter Sleep (2014)
* Dheepan (2015)
* I, Daniel Blake (2016)
* The Square (2017)
* Shoplifters (2018)
* Parasite (2019)
* No festival held (2020)
* Titane (2021)
* Triangle of Sadness (2022)
* Anatomy of a Fall (2023)
* Anora (2024)

* v
* t
* e

National Board of Review Award for Best Film

1932–1950|

* I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
* Topaze (1933)
* It Happened One Night (1934)
* The Informer (1935)
* Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
* Night Must Fall (1937)
* The Citadel (1938)
* Confessions of a Nazi Spy (1939)
* The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
* Citizen Kane (1941)
* In Which We Serve (1942)
* The Ox-Bow Incident (1943)
* None But the Lonely Heart (1944)
* The True Glory (1945)
* Henry V (1946)
* Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
* Paisan (1948)
* Bicycle Thieves (1949)
* Sunset Boulevard (1950)

1951–1975|

* A Place in the Sun (1951)
* The Quiet Man (1952)
* Julius Caesar (1953)
* On the Waterfront (1954)
* Marty (1955)
* Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
* The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
* The Old Man and the Sea (1958)
* The Nun's Story (1959)
* Sons and Lovers (1960)
* Question 7 (1961)
* The Longest Day (1962)
* Tom Jones (1963)
* Becket (1964)
* The Eleanor Roosevelt Story (1965)
* A Man for All Seasons (1966)
* Far from the Madding Crowd (1967)
* The Shoes of the Fisherman (1968)
* They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969)
* Patton (1970)
* Macbeth (1971)
* Cabaret (1972)
* The Sting (1973)
* The Conversation (1974)
* Barry Lyndon / Nashville (1975)

1976–2000|

* All the President's Men (1976)
* The Turning Point (1977)
* Days of Heaven (1978)
* Manhattan (1979)
* Ordinary People (1980)
* Chariots of Fire / Reds (1981)
* Gandhi (1982)
* Betrayal / Terms of Endearment (1983)
* A Passage to India (1984)
* The Color Purple (1985)
* A Room with a View (1986)
* Empire of the Sun (1987)
* Mississippi Burning (1988)
* Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
* Dances With Wolves (1990)
* The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
* Howards End (1992)
* Schindler's List (1993)
* Forrest Gump / Pulp Fiction (1994)
* Sense and Sensibility (1995)
* Shine (1996)
* L.A. Confidential (1997)
* Gods and Monsters (1998)
* American Beauty (1999)
* Quills (2000)

2001–present|

* Moulin Rouge! (2001)
* The Hours (2002)
* Mystic River (2003)
* Finding Neverland (2004)
* Good Night, and Good Luck (2005)
* Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)
* No Country for Old Men (2007)
* Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
* Up in the Air (2009)
* The Social Network (2010)
* Hugo (2011)
* Zero Dark Thirty (2012)
* Her (2013)
* A Most Violent Year (2014)
* Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
* Manchester by the Sea (2016)
* The Post (2017)
* Green Book (2018)
* The Irishman (2019)
* Da 5 Bloods (2020)
* Licorice Pizza (2021)
* Top Gun: Maverick (2022)
* Killers of the Flower Moon (2023)
* Wicked (2024)

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New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Film

1935–1950|

* The Informer (1935)
* Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
* The Life of Emile Zola (1937)
* The Citadel (1938)
* Wuthering Heights (1939)
* The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
* Citizen Kane (1941)
* In Which We Serve (1942)
* Watch on the Rhine (1943)
* Going My Way (1944)
* The Lost Weekend (1945)
* The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
* Gentleman's Agreement (1947)
* The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
* All the King's Men (1949)
* All About Eve (1950)

1951–1975|

* A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
* High Noon (1952)
* From Here to Eternity (1953)
* On the Waterfront (1954)
* Marty (1955)
* Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
* The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
* The Defiant Ones (1958)
* Ben-Hur (1959)
* The Apartment / Sons and Lovers (1960)
* West Side Story (1961)
* No Award (1962)
* Tom Jones (1963)
* My Fair Lady (1964)
* Darling (1965)
* A Man for All Seasons (1966)
* In the Heat of the Night (1967)
* The Lion in Winter (1968)
* Z (1969)
* Five Easy Pieces (1970)
* A Clockwork Orange (1971)
* Cries and Whispers (1972)
* Day for Night (1973)
* Amarcord (1974)
* Nashville (1975)

1976–2000|

* All the President's Men (1976)
* Annie Hall (1977)
* The Deer Hunter (1978)
* Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)
* Ordinary People (1980)
* Reds (1981)
* Gandhi (1982)
* Terms of Endearment (1983)
* A Passage to India (1984)
* Prizzi's Honor (1985)
* Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
* Broadcast News (1987)
* The Accidental Tourist (1988)
* My Left Foot (1989)
* Goodfellas (1990)
* The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
* The Player (1992)
* Schindler's List (1993)
* Quiz Show (1994)
* Leaving Las Vegas (1995)
* Fargo (1996)
* L.A. Confidential (1997)
* Saving Private Ryan (1998)
* Topsy-Turvy (1999)
* Traffic (2000)

2001–present|

* Mulholland Drive (2001)
* Far from Heaven (2002)
* The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
* Sideways (2004)
* Brokeback Mountain (2005)
* United 93 (2006)
* No Country for Old Men (2007)
* Milk (2008)
* The Hurt Locker (2009)
* The Social Network (2010)
* The Artist (2011)
* Zero Dark Thirty (2012)
* American Hustle (2013)
* Boyhood (2014)
* Carol (2015)
* La La Land (2016)
* Lady Bird (2017)
* Roma (2018)
* The Irishman (2019)
* First Cow (2020)
* Drive My Car (2021)
* Tár (2022)
* Killers of the Flower Moon (2023)
* The Brutalist (2024)

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