Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Film

The Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Film is an annual award given out by the Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association.

Winners 2000s YearFilmDirector 2002 Road to Perdition Sam MendesAdaptationSpike JonzeAbout SchmidtAlexander PayneAntwone FisherDenzel WashingtonThe Lord of the Rings: The Two TowersPeter Jackson 2003 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Peter JacksonCity of GodFernando Meirelles and Kátia LundLost in TranslationSofia CoppolaMaster and Commander: The Far Side of the WorldPeter WeirMystic RiverClint Eastwood 2004 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Michel Gondry 2005 Munich Steven SpielbergBrokeback MountainAng LeeCapoteBennett MillerCrashPaul HaggisGood Night, and Good LuckGeorge Clooney 2006 United 93 Paul Greengrass 2007 No Country for Old Men Joel Coen and Ethan Coen 2008 Slumdog Millionaire Danny Boyle 2009"Air" Leads D.C. Critics Winners|IndieWire Up in the Air Jason ReitmanThe Hurt LockerKathryn BigelowInglorious BasterdsQuentin TarantinoPreciousLee DanielsUpPete Docter

2010s YearFilmDirector 2010 The Social Network David Fincher127 HoursDanny BoyleBlack SwanDarren AronofskyInceptionChristopher NolanToy Story 3Lee Unkrich 2011 The Artist Michel HazanaviciusThe DescendantsAlexander PayneDriveNicolas Winding RefnHugoMartin ScorseseWin WinTom McCarthy 2012 Zero Dark Thirty Kathryn BigelowArgoBen AffleckLes MisérablesTom HooperLincolnSteven SpielbergSilver Linings PlaybookDavid O. Russell 2013 12 Years a Slave Steve McQueenAmerican HustleDavid O. RussellGravityAlfonso CuarónHerSpike JonzeInside Llewyn DavisThe Coen Brothers 2014 Boyhood Richard LinklaterBirdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)Alejandro G. IñárrituGone GirlDavid FincherSelmaAva DuVernayWhiplashDamien Chazelle 2015'Spotlight' Named Top Film by D.C.-Area Film Critics|Hollywood Reporter Spotlight Tom McCarthyBrooklynJohn CrowleyMad Max: Fury RoadGeorge MillerThe RevenantAlejandro González IñárrituSicarioDenis Villeneuve 2016 La La Land Damien ChazelleArrivalDenis VilleneuveHell or High WaterDavid MackenzieManchester by the SeaKenneth LonerganMoonlightBarry Jenkins 2017 Get Out Jordan PeeleCall Me by Your NameLuca GuadagninoDunkirkChristopher NolanLady BirdGreta GerwigThree Billboards Outside Ebbing, MissouriMartin McDonagh 2018 Roma Alfonso CuarónThe FavouriteYorgos LanthimosGreen BookPeter FarrellyIf Beale Street Could TalkBarry JenkinsA Star Is BornBradley Cooper 2019 Parasite Bong Joon-ho1917Sam MendesThe IrishmanMartin ScorseseMarriage StoryNoah BaumbachOnce Upon a Time in HollywoodQuentin Tarantino

2020s YearFilmDirector 2020Nomadland tops the Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards - Metro Weekly Nomadland Chloé ZhaoFirst CowKelly ReichardtMinariLee Isaac ChungOne Night in Miami...Regina KingPromising Young WomanEmerald Fennell 2021 Belfast Kenneth BranaghThe Green KnightDavid LoweryThe Power of the DogJane Campiontick, tick...BOOM!Lin-Manuel MirandaWest Side Story Steven Spielberg 2022DC Film Critics Name Everything Everywhere All At Once Best Movie Of The Year - Punch Drunk Critics Everything Everywhere All at Once DanielsThe Banshees of InisherinMartin McDonaghThe Fabelmans Steven SpielbergTÁRTodd FieldTop Gun: MaverickJoseph Kosinski 2023AwardsWatch - 2023 Washington DC Area Film Critics Association (WAFCA) Winners: ‘American Fiction’ is Best Feature, ‘Oppenheimer’ Takes SixAmerican Fiction Cord JeffersonBarbieGreta GerwigKillers of the Flower MoonMartin ScorseseOppenheimerChristopher NolanPast LivesCeline SongThe HoldoversAlexander Payne 2024Wicked Jon M. ChuAnora Sean BakerConclaveEdward BergerSing SingGreg KwedarThe BrutalistBrady Corbet 2025Sinners Ryan CooglerHamnet Chloé ZhaoMarty SupremeJosh SafdieOne Battle After AnotherPaul Thomas AndersonSentimental ValueJoachim Trier

See also Academy Award for Best Picture

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