1970 New York Film Critics Circle Awards

The 36th New York Film Critics Circle Awards, honored the best filmmaking of 1970.^[1][2]

36th New York Film Critics Circle Awards

January 18, 1971
(announced December 28, 1970)

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Best Picture:
Five Easy Pieces

Winners

• Best Actor:
  • George C. Scott - Patton
  • Runners-up: Melvyn Douglas - I Never Sang for My Father and Jack Nicholson - Five Easy Pieces
• Best Actress:
  • Glenda Jackson - Women in Love
  • Runners-up: Karen Black - Five Easy Pieces and Liv Ullmann - The Passion of Anna (En passion)
• Best Director:
  • Bob Rafelson - Five Easy Pieces
  • Runners-up: Federico Fellini - Fellini Satyricon and Robert Altman - MASH
• Best Film:
  • Five Easy Pieces
  • Runners-up: The Passion of Anna (En passion) and MASH
• Best Screenplay:
  • Eric Rohmer - My Night at Maud's (Ma nuit chez Maud)
  • Runner-up: Elio Petri and Ugo Pirro - Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto)
• Best Supporting Actor:
  • Chief Dan George - Little Big Man
  • Runners-up: Paul Mazursky - Alex in Wonderland and Frank Langella - Diary of a Mad Housewife
• Best Supporting Actress:
  • Karen Black - Five Easy Pieces
  • Runners-up: Françoise Fabian - My Night at Maud's (Ma nuit chez Maud) and Ellen Burstyn - Alex in Wonderland