1970 New York Film Critics Circle Awards



36th New York Film Critics Circle Awards January 18, 1971 (announced December 28, 1970)

Best Picture:  Five Easy Pieces  The 36th New York Film Critics Circle Awards, honored the best filmmaking of 1970.

Winners

 * Best Actor:
 * George C. Scott - Patton
 * Runners-up: Melvyn Douglas - I Never Sang for My Father and Jack Nicholson - Five Easy Pieces
 * Best Actress:
 * Glenda Jackson - Women in Love
 * Runners-up: Karen Black - Five Easy Pieces and Liv Ullmann - The Passion of Anna (En passion)
 * Best Director:
 * Bob Rafelson - Five Easy Pieces
 * Runners-up: Federico Fellini - Fellini Satyricon and Robert Altman - MASH
 * Best Film:
 * Five Easy Pieces
 * Runners-up: The Passion of Anna (En passion) and MASH
 * Best Screenplay:
 * Eric Rohmer - My Night at Maud's (Ma nuit chez Maud)
 * Runner-up: Elio Petri and Ugo Pirro - Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto)
 * Best Supporting Actor:
 * Chief Dan George - Little Big Man
 * Runners-up: Paul Mazursky - Alex in Wonderland and Frank Langella - Diary of a Mad Housewife
 * Best Supporting Actress:
 * Karen Black - Five Easy Pieces
 * Runners-up: Françoise Fabian - My Night at Maud's (Ma nuit chez Maud) and Ellen Burstyn - Alex in Wonderland