2016 National Society of Film Critics Awards



51st NSFC Awards January 7, 2017

Best Film:  Moonlight 

The 51st National Society of Film Critics Awards, given on 7 January 2017, honored the best in film for 2016.

Winners
Winners are listed in boldface along with the runner-up positions and counts from the final round:



Best Picture

 * 1) Moonlight (54)
 * 2) Manchester by the Sea (39)
 * 3) La La Land (31)

Best Director

 * 1) Barry Jenkins – Moonlight (53)
 * 2) Damien Chazelle – La La Land (37)
 * 3) Kenneth Lonergan – Manchester by the Sea (23)

Best Actor

 * 1) Casey Affleck – Manchester by the Sea (65)
 * 2) Denzel Washington – Fences (21)
 * 3) Adam Driver – Paterson (20)

Best Actress

 * 1) Isabelle Huppert – Elle and Things to Come (55)
 * 2) Annette Bening – 20th Century Women (26)
 * 3) Sandra Hüller – Toni Erdmann (26)

Best Supporting Actor

 * 1) Mahershala Ali – Moonlight (72)
 * 2) Jeff Bridges – Hell or High Water (18)
 * 3) Michael Shannon – Nocturnal Animals (14)

Best Supporting Actress

 * 1) Michelle Williams – Manchester by the Sea (58)
 * 2) Lily Gladstone – Certain Women (45)
 * 3) Naomie Harris – Moonlight (25)

Best Screenplay

 * 1) Kenneth Lonergan – Manchester by the Sea (61)
 * 2) Barry Jenkins – Moonlight (39)
 * 3) Taylor Sheridan – Hell or High Water (16)

Best Cinematography

 * 1) James Laxton – Moonlight (52)
 * 2) Linus Sandgren – La La Land (27)
 * 3) Rodrigo Prieto – Silence (23)

Best Foreign Language Film

 * 1) Toni Erdmann – Maren Ade (52)
 * 2) The Handmaiden – Park Chan-wook (26)
 * 3) Elle – Paul Verhoeven (19)
 * 4) Things to Come – Mia Hansen-Løve (19)

Best Non-Fiction Film

 * 1) O.J.: Made in America – Ezra Edelman (64)
 * 2) I Am Not Your Negro – Raoul Peck (36)
 * 3) 13th – Ava DuVernay (20)

Film Heritage Award

 * Kino Lorber's 5-disc collection of Pioneers of African-American Cinema

Special Citation

 * Cristi Puiu's Sieranevada, a film awaiting American distribution