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2019 New York Film Critics Circle Awards – Best First Film
![Atlantics](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/atlantics-mati-diop-image.jpg)
Atlantics
2018 New York Film Critics Circle Awards – Best First Film
![Eighth Grade Bo Burnham](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/eighth-grade-bo-burnham-image.jpg)
Eighth Grade
Bo Burnham
2017 New York Film Critics Circle Awards – Best First Film
![Get Out Jordan Peele](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/get-out-jordan-peele-image.jpg)
Get Out
Jordan Peele
2016 New York Film Critics Circle Awards – Best First Film
![Krisha Trey Edward Shults](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/krisha-trey-edward-shults-image.jpg)
Krisha
Trey Edward Shults
2016 New York Film Critics Circle Awards – Best First Film
![The Edge of Seventeen Kelly Fremon Craig](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-edge-of-seventeen-kelly-fremon-craig-image.jpg)
The Edge of Seventeen
Kelly Fremon Craig
2015 New York Film Critics Circle Awards – Best First Film
![Son of Saul László Nemes](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/son-of-saul-laszlo-nemes-image.jpg)
Son of Saul
László Nemes
2014 New York Film Critics Circle Awards – Best First Film
![The Babadook Jennifer Kent](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-babadook-jennifer-kent-image.jpg)
The Babadook
Jennifer Kent
2013 New York Film Critics Circle Awards – Best First Film
![Fruitvale Station Ryan Coogler](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/fruitvale-station-ryan-coogler-image.jpg)
Fruitvale Station
Ryan Coogler
2012 New York Film Critics Circle Awards – Best First Film
![How to Survive a Plague David France](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/how-to-survive-a-plague-david-france-image.jpg)
How to Survive a Plague
David France
2011 New York Film Critics Circle Awards – Best First Film
![Margin Call J.C. Chandor](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/margin-call-j.c.-chandor-image.jpg)
Margin Call
J.C. Chandor
2010 New York Film Critics Circle Awards – Best First Film
![Animal Kingdom David Michôd](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/animal-kingdom-david-michod-image.jpg)
Animal Kingdom
David Michôd
2009 New York Film Critics Circle Awards – Best First Film
![Hunger Steve McQueen](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/hunger-steve-mcqueen-image.jpg)
Hunger
Steve McQueen
2008 New York Film Critics Circle Awards – Best First Film
![Frozen River Courtney Hunt](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/frozen-river-courtney-hunt-image.jpg)
Frozen River
Courtney Hunt
2007 New York Film Critics Circle Awards – Best First Film
![Away from Her Sarah Polley](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/away-from-her-sarah-polley-image.jpg)
Away from Her
Sarah Polley
2006 New York Film Critics Circle Awards – Best First Film
![Half Nelson Ryan Fleck](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/half-nelson-ryan-fleck-image.jpg)
Half Nelson
Ryan Fleck
2005 New York Film Critics Circle Awards – Best First Film
![Capote Bennett Miller](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/capote-image.jpg)
Capote
Bennett Miller
2004 New York Film Critics Circle Awards – Best First Film
![Maria Full of Grace Joshua Marston](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/maria-full-of-grace-joshua-marston-image.jpg)
Maria Full of Grace
Joshua Marston
2003 New York Film Critics Circle Awards – Best First Film
![American Splendor Shari Springer Berman](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/american-splendor-shari-springer-berman-robert-pulcini-image.jpg)
American Splendor
Shari Springer Berman
2002 New York Film Critics Circle Awards – Best First Film
![Roger Dodger Dylan Kidd](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/roger-dodger-dylan-kidd-image.jpg)
Roger Dodger
Dylan Kidd
2001 New York Film Critics Circle Awards – Best First Film
![In the Bedroom Todd Field](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/in-the-bedroom-todd-field-image.jpg)
In the Bedroom
Todd Field
2000 New York Film Critics Circle Awards – Best First Film
![George Washington David Gordon Green](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/george-washington-david-gordon-green-image.jpg)
George Washington
David Gordon Green
1999 New York Film Critics Circle Awards – Best First Film
![Being John Malkovich Spike Jonze](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/being-john-malkovich-spike-jonze-image.jpg)
Being John Malkovich
Spike Jonze
1998 New York Film Critics Circle Awards – Best First Film
![Love and Death on Long Island Richard Kwietniowski](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/love-and-death-on-long-island-richard-kwietniowski-image.jpg)
Love and Death on Long Island
Richard Kwietniowski
1997 New York Film Critics Circle Awards – Best First Film
![In the Company of Men Neil LaBute](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/in-the-company-of-men-neil-labute-image.jpg)
In the Company of Men
Neil LaBute
1996 New York Film Critics Circle Awards – Best First Film
![Big Night Stanley Tucci](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/big-night-campbell-scott-stanley-tucci-image.jpg)
Big Night
Stanley Tucci
1995 New York Film Critics Circle Awards – Best First Film
![Babe Chris Noonan](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/babe-chris-noonan-image.jpg)