1972 New York Film Critics Circle Awards



38th New York Film Critics Circle Awards January 3, 1973

Best Picture:  Cries and Whispers 

The 38th New York Film Critics Circle Awards, announced on 3 January 1973, honored the best filmmaking of 1972.

Winners

 * Best Actor:
 * Laurence Olivier - Sleuth
 * Runners-up: Marlon Brando - The Godfather and James Mason - Child's Play
 * Best Actress:
 * Liv Ullmann - Cries and Whispers (Viskningar och rop) and The Emigrants (Utvandrarna)
 * Runners-up: Cicely Tyson - Sounder, Harriet Andersson - Cries and Whispers (Viskningar och rop) and Janet Suzman - A Day in the Death of Joe Egg
 * Best Director:
 * Ingmar Bergman - Cries and Whispers (Viskningar och rop)
 * Runners-up: Francis Ford Coppola - The Godfather and Luis Buñuel - The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie)
 * Best Film:
 * Cries and Whispers (Viskningar och rop)
 * Runners-up: The Godfather and The Emigrants (Utvandrarna)
 * Best Screenplay:
 * Ingmar Bergman - Cries and Whispers (Viskningar och rop)
 * Runners-up: Luis Buñuel and Jean-Claude Carrière - The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie)
 * Best Supporting Actor:
 * Robert Duvall - The Godfather
 * Runners-up: Eddie Albert - The Heartbreak Kid and Robert Shaw - Young Winston
 * Best Supporting Actress:
 * Jeannie Berlin - The Heartbreak Kid
 * Runners-up: Susan Tyrrell - Fat City and Ida Lupino - Junior Bonner
 * Special Award:
 * The Sorrow and the Pity