The 86th New York Film Critics Circle Awards, honoring the best in film for 2020, were announced on December 18, 2020.^[1] Winners accepted their awards in a ceremony streamed online on January 24, 2021, which was held virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[2]

• Best Film:
  • First Cow
• Best Director:
  • Chloé Zhao – Nomadland
• Best Actor:
  • Delroy Lindo – Da 5 Bloods
• Best Actress:
  • Sidney Flanigan – Never Rarely Sometimes Always
• Best Supporting Actor:
  • Chadwick Boseman – Da 5 Bloods (posthumous)
• Best Supporting Actress:
  • Maria Bakalova – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
• Best Screenplay:
  • Eliza Hittman – Never Rarely Sometimes Always
• Best Animated Film:
  • Wolfwalkers
• Best Cinematography:
  • Shabier Kirchner – Small Axe
• Best Non-Fiction Film:
  • Time
• Best Foreign Language Film:
  • Bacurau • Brazil
• Best First Film:
  • Radha Blank – The Forty-Year-Old Version
• Special Award:
  • Spike Lee and Kino Lorber

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