Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Film

The winners of the Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Film are listed below:

Winners and nominees

2000s

Year Winners and nominees Director(s) Ref
2000 Traffic Steven Soderbergh
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Ang Lee
You Can Count on Me Kenneth Lonergan
Not of this World (Fuori dal mundo) Giuseppe Piccioni
2001 Memento Christopher Nolan
Amélie (Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain) Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Ghost World Terry Zwigoff
Moulin Rouge! Baz Luhrmann
Mulholland Drive David Lynch
2002 The Hours Stephen Daldry
Far from Heaven Todd Haynes
Gangs Of New York Martin Scorsese
2003 Lost in Translation Sofia Coppola
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Peter Jackson
Mystic River Clint Eastwood
2004 Sideways Alexander Payne
The Aviator Martin Scorsese
Million Dollar Baby Clint Eastwood
2005 Brokeback Mountain Ang Lee
Capote Bennett Miller
Good Night, and Good Luck. George Clooney
2006 Children of Men Alfonso Cuarón
The Departed Martin Scorsese
Little Children Todd Field
2007 No Country for Old Men Joel and Ethan Coen
Juno Jason Reitman
There Will Be Blood Paul Thomas Anderson
2008 Milk Gus Van Sant
Slumdog Millionaire Danny Boyle
WALL-E Andrew Stanton
2009 Up in the Air Jason Reitman
The Hurt Locker Kathryn Bigelow
A Serious Man Joel and Ethan Coen

2010s

Year Winner and nominees Director(s) Ref
2010 The Social Network David Fincher
Black Swan Darren Aronofsky
True Grit Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
2011 The Artist Michel Hazanavicius
The Descendants Alexander Payne
The Tree of Life Terrence Malick
2012 Zero Dark Thirty Kathryn Bigelow
The Master Paul Thomas Anderson
Lincoln Steven Spielberg
2013 12 Years a Slave Steve McQueen
Gravity Alfonso Cuarón
Inside Llewyn Davis Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
2014 Boyhood Richard Linklater
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Alejandro González Iñárritu
Whiplash Damien Chazelle
2015 Spotlight Tom McCarthy
Mad Max: Fury Road George Miller
The Revenant Alejandro G. Iñárritu
2016 Manchester by the Sea Kenneth Lonergan
La La Land Damien Chazelle
Moonlight Barry Jenkins
2017 Lady Bird Greta Gerwig
Dunkirk Christopher Nolan
Phantom Thread Paul Thomas Anderson
2018 Roma Alfonso Cuaron
The Favourite Yorgos Lanthimos
First Reformed Paul Schrader
2019 Parasite Bong Joon-ho
Marriage Story Noah Baumbach
The Irishman Martin Scorsese

2020s

Year Winner and nominees Director(s) Ref
2020 Nomadland Chloé Zhao
Promising Young Woman Emerald Fennell
Mank David Fincher
2021 The Power of the Dog Jane Campion
Belfast Kenneth Branagh
CODA Sian Heder
2022 Everything Everywhere All at Once Daniel Kwan and Daniel Sceinert
The Banshees of Inisherin Martin McDonagh
Tár Todd Field
2023 Anatomy of a Fall Justine Triet
Oppenheimer Christopher Nolan
The Zone of Interest Jonathan Glazer

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Vancouver film critics pick Quebec film Malestrom as best Canadian film". Canadian Press, February 14, 2001.
  2. ^ a b c d e Katherine Monk, "Much more to the year in film than Harry Potter and hobbits". Vancouver Sun, January 31, 2002.
  3. ^ a b c David Spaner, "More Moore, please: Local critics name the Far From Heaven star 'best actress of 2002'". The Province, January 30, 2003.
  4. ^ a b c David Spaner, "Lost in Translation wins big". The Province, February 5, 2004.
  5. ^ "Local producer accepts for Hoffman: Brokeback Mountain, Capote nab awards". The Province, February 8, 2006.
  6. ^ a b David Spaner, "Film Critics Circle makes different choices in nominees: Canadian films get as much emphasis". The Province, January 19, 2006.
  7. ^ Glen Schaefer, "Eastern named top Canadian film, American best from B.C.; No Country, Page also nab awards". The Province, February 12, 2008.
  8. ^ a b "Promises nets five; Vancouver Film Critics' Circle Nominations". Victoria Times-Colonist, February 1, 2008.
  9. ^ a b c Peter T. Chattaway, "Vancouver Film Critics Circle — the winners!". FilmChat, January 12, 2009.
  10. ^ "Vancouver Film Critics Circle names 'Roma' best picture". CTV News. December 18, 2018. Retrieved December 18, 2018.
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  12. ^ Etan Vlessing, "'Parasite' Named Best Picture by Vancouver Film Critics Circle". The Hollywood Reporter, December 16, 2019.
  13. ^ a b Adrian Mack, "Marriage Story dominates Vancouver Film Critics Circle noms". The Georgia Straight, December 13, 2019.
  14. ^ Etan Vlessing, "Chloe Zhao's 'Nomadland' Named Best Feature by Vancouver Film Critics Circle". The Hollywood Reporter, February 22, 2021.
  15. ^ Etan Vlessing, "Vancouver Film Critics Circle: 'Mank' Leads With Five Nominations". The Hollywood Reporter, February 19, 2021.
  16. ^ Dana Gee, "The Power of the Dog named year's best feature by Vancouver Film Critics Circle". Vancouver Sun, March 8, 2022.
  17. ^ Dana Gee, "The Power of the Dog, Night Raiders lead Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards nominations". Vancouver Sun, February 20, 2022.
  18. ^ Vlessing, Etan (February 13, 2023). "'Everything Everywhere All at Once' Named Best Feature by Vancouver Film Critics". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved February 13, 2023.
  19. ^ "Vancouver Film Critics Announce Nominees". Northern Stars. January 23, 2023. Retrieved January 23, 2023.
  20. ^ Gee, Dana (February 13, 2024). "'Anatomy of a Fall' beats out Hollywood to take top honours at Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards". Vancouver Sun. Retrieved February 13, 2024.
  21. ^ Vlessing, Etan (January 22, 2024). "'Oppenheimer' Leads Vancouver Film Critics Circle Nominations With Six Nods". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 23, 2024.