Film and Video Awards:
Broadcast Film Critics Association
Critics' Choice Awards
(in the Media Resources Center)

BFCA Critics Choice Awards

2009

Best Picture: The Social Network
Directed by David Fincher
DVD X5104

Best Director: David Fincher The Social Network
DVD X5104

Best Foreign Language Film: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (dir. Niels Arden Oplev)
DVD X4130

Best Documentary: Waiting for Superman (dir. Davis Guggenheim)
DVD X5368

2009

Best Picture: The Hurt Locker (2008)
Directed by Kathryn Bigelow
DVD X2522

Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow Hurt Locker (2008)
DVD X2522

Best Foreign Language Film: Broken Embraces (Los abrazos rotos) (dir. Pedro Almodóvar)
DVD X2715

Best Documentary: The Cove (dir. Louie Psihoyos)
DVD X2519

2008

Best Picture: Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
Directed by Danny Boyle
DVD X1377

Best Director: Danny Boyle Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
DVD X1377

Best Foreign Language Film: Waltz with Bashir (Vals im Bashir) (dir. Ari Folman)
DVD X1670

Best Documentary: Man on Wire (dir. James Marsh)
DVD X835

2007

Best Picture: No Country For Old Men (2008)
Directed by Joel and Ethan Coen
DVD 9439

Best Director: Joel and Ethan Coen No Country For Old Men (2008)
DVD 9439

Best Foreign Language Film: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (dir. Julian Schnabel)
DVD 9852

Best Documentary: Sicko (dir. Michael Moore)
DVD 8750

2006

Best Picture: The Departed (2006)
Directed by Martin Scorsese
DVD 9439

Best Director: Martin Scorsese The Departed (2006)
Directed by Martin Scorsese
DVD 9439

Best Foreign Language Film: Letters from Iwo Jima (dir. Clint Eastwood)
DVD 7533

Best Documentary: An Inconvenient Truth (dir. Davis Guggenheim )
DVD 6601

2005

Best Picture: Brokeback Mountain (2005)
Directed by Ang Lee
DVD 5386

Best Director: Ang Lee Brokeback Mountain (2005)
DVD 5386

Best Foreign Language Film: Kung Fu Hustle (dir. Stephen Chow)
DVD 4340

Best Documentary: March of the Penguins (dir. Luc Jacquet)
DVD 4906

2004

Best Picture: Sideways
Directed by Alexander Payne
DVD 3763

Best Director: Martin Scorsese The Aviator
DVD 3996

Best Foreign Language Film: The Sea Inside (Mar adentro) (dir. Alejandro Amenabar)
DVD 4052

Best Documentary: Fahrenheit 9/11 (dir. Michael Moore)
DVD 3011

2003

Best Picture: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Directed by Peter Jackson
DVD 2773

Best Director: Peter Jackson The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
DVD 2773

Best Foreign Language Film: The Barbarian Invasions (dir. Denys Arcand)
DVD 5525

Best Documentary: Capturing the Friedmans (dir. Andrew Jarecki)
DVD 3011

2002

Best Picture: Chicago
Directed by Rob Marshall
DVD 1850

Best Director: Steven Spielberg Minority Report DVD 1479; Catch Me If you Can

Best Foreign Language Film: Y Tu Mama Tambien (dir. Alfonso Cuaron)
DVD 1386

Best Documentary: Bowling for Columbine (dir. Michael Moore)
DVD 1827

2001

Best Picture: A Beautiful Mind (2001)
Directed by Ron Howard
DVD 1230

Best Director (tie): Ron Howard A Beautiful Mind
DVD 1230

Best Director (tie): Baz Luhrmann Moulin Rouge
DVD 976

Best Foreign Language Film: Amelie (dir. Jean-Pierre Jeunet)
DVD 1214

2000

Best Picture: Gladiator
Directed by Ridley Scott
DVD 399

Best Director: Steven Soderbergh Erin Brockovich
DVD 1075

Best Director: Steven Soderbergh Traffic
DVD 866

Best Foreign Language Film: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (dir. Ang Lee)
DVD 766; vhs 999:3170

Best Documentary: The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg (dir. Aviva Kempner)
DVD 7150

1999

Best Picture: American Beauty
Directed by Sam Mendes
DVD 4137; vhs 999:2746

Best Director: Sam MendesAmerican Beauty
DVD 4137; vhs 999:2746

Best Foreign Language Film: All About My Mother (Todo sobre mi madre) (dir. Pedro Almodóvar)
DVD 319

Best Documentary: Buena Vista Social Club (dir. Werner Herzog)
DVD 418; vhs Video/C 6747

1998

Best Picture: Saving Private Ryan
Directed by Steven Spielberg
DVD 146; vhs 999:2358

Best Director: Steven Spielberg Saving Private Ryan
DVD 146; vhs 999:2358

Best Foreign Language Film: Life Is Beautiful (La Vita e bella) (dir. Roberto Benigni)
DVD 124; vhs 999:2503

Best Documentary: Wild Man Blues (dir. Barbara Kopple)
vhs Video/C 7760

1997

Best Picture: L.A. Confidential
Directed by Curtis Hanson
DVD 3831; vhs 999:1977

Best Director: James Cameron Titanic
DVD 2172

Best Foreign Language Film: Shall We Dance? (dir. Masayuki Suo)
DVD 7285

Best Documentary: 4 Little Girls (dir. Spike Lee)
vhs Video/C 5398

1996

Best Picture: Fargo
Directed by Joel Coen
DVD 45; vhs 999:1760

Best Director: Anthony Minghella The English Patient
DVD 5439

Best Foreign Language Film: Ridicule (dir. Patrice Leconte)
DVD 5934; vhs 999:1999

Best Documentary: When We Were Kings (dir. Leon Gast)
DVD 862; vhs Video/C 6041

1995

Best Picture: Sense and Sensibility
Directed by Ang Lee
DVD 7220; vhs 999:1422

Best Director: Mel Gibson Braveheart
DVD 509

Best Foreign Language Film: The Postman (Il Postino) (dir. Ermanno Olmi)
DVD 2234

Best Documentary: Crumb (dir. Terry Zwigoff)
DVD 7151; vhs Video/C 4274


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