All Movie Awards

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

2004 New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best First Film WinnerMaria Full of GraceJoshua MarstonA pregnant Colombian teenager becomes a drug mule to make some desperately needed money for her family.Amazon

2003 New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best First Film WinnerAmerican SplendorShari Springer BermanAn original mix of fiction and reality illuminates the life of comic book hero everyman Harvey Pekar.Amazon

2002 New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best First Film WinnerRoger DodgerDylan KiddAfter breaking up with his lover and boss, a smooth-talking man takes his teenaged nephew out on the town in search of sex.Amazon2002 New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best First Film NomineesAtanarjuat: The Fast RunnerZacharias KunukAmazonChicagoRob MarshallAmazon

2001 New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best First Film WinnerIn the BedroomTodd FieldA New England couple's college-aged son dates an older woman who has two small children and an unwelcome ex-husband.Amazon2001 New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best First Film NomineesGhost WorldTerry ZwigoffAmazonNo Man's LandDanis TanovicAmazonSexy BeastJonathan GlazerAmazon

2000 New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best First Film WinnerGeorge WashingtonDavid Gordon GreenA group of children, in a depressed small town, band together to cover up a tragic mistake one summer.Amazon

1999 New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best First Film WinnerBeing John MalkovichSpike JonzeA puppeteer discovers a portal that leads literally into the head of movie star John Malkovich.Amazon1999 New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best First Film NomineesAmerican BeautySam MendesAmazonBoys Don't CryKimberly PeirceAmazon

1998 New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best First Film WinnerLove and Death on Long IslandRichard KwietniowskiGiles De'Ath (Sir John Hurt) is a widower who doesn't like anything modern. He goes to movies and falls in love with movie star Ronnie Bostock (Jason Priestly). He then investigates ...Amazon1998 New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best First Film NomineesBuffalo '66Vincent GalloAmazonThe Opposite of SexDon RoosAmazon

1997 New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best First Film WinnerIn the Company of MenNeil LaButeTwo business executives--one an avowed misogynist, the other recently emotionally wounded by his love interest--set out to exact revenge on the female gender by seeking out the most innocent, uncorrupted girl they can find and ruining her life.Amazon