London Film Critics' Circle Award for Film of the Year

The Award for Film of the Year is the highest honour given by the London Film Critics' Circle.^[1]

List of winners

Past winners are:^[2]

Year	Film	Director(s)
001980 (1st)	Apocalypse Now	Francis Ford Coppola
001981 (2nd)	Chariots of Fire	Hugh Hudson
001982 (3rd)	Missing	Costa-Gavras
001983 (4th)	The King of Comedy	Martin Scorsese
001984 (5th)	Paris, Texas	Wim Wenders
001985 (6th)	The Purple Rose of Cairo	Woody Allen
001986 (7th)	A Room with a View	James Ivory
001987 (8th)	Hope and Glory	John Boorman
001988 (9th)	House of Games	David Mamet
001989 (10th)	Distant Voices, Still Lives	Terence Davies
001990 (11th)	Crimes and Misdemeanors	Woody Allen (2)
001991 (12th)	Thelma & Louise	Ridley Scott
001992 (13th)	Unforgiven	Clint Eastwood
001993 (14th)	The Piano	Jane Campion
001994 (15th)	Schindler's List	Steven Spielberg
001995 (16th)	Babe	Chris Noonan
001996 (17th)	Fargo	Joel Coen
001997 (18th)	L.A. Confidential	Curtis Hanson
001998 (19th)	Saving Private Ryan	Steven Spielberg (2)
001999 (20th)	American Beauty	Sam Mendes
002000 (21st)	Being John Malkovich	Spike Jonze
002001 (22nd)	Moulin Rouge!	Baz Luhrmann
002002 (23rd)	About Schmidt	Alexander Payne
002003 (24th)	Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World	Peter Weir
002004 (25th)	Sideways	Alexander Payne (2)
002005 (26th)	Brokeback Mountain	Ang Lee
002006 (27th)	United 93	Paul Greengrass
002007 (28th)	No Country for Old Men	Joel and Ethan Coen (2)
002008 (29th)	The Wrestler	Darren Aronofsky
002009 (30th)	A Prophet	Jacques Audiard
002010 (31st)	The Social Network	David Fincher
002011 (32nd)	The Artist	Michel Hazanavicius
002012 (33rd)	Amour	Michael Haneke
002013 (34th)	12 Years a Slave	Steve McQueen
002014 (35th)	Boyhood	Richard Linklater
002015 (36th)	Mad Max: Fury Road	George Miller
002016 (37th)	La La Land	Damien Chazelle
002017 (38th)	Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri	Martin McDonagh
002018 (39th)	Roma	Alfonso Cuarón
002019 (40th)	Parasite	Bong Joon-ho
002020 (41st)	Nomadland	Chloé Zhao
002021 (42nd)	The Power of the Dog	Jane Campion (2)
002022 (43rd)	Tár	Todd Field
002023 (44th)	The Zone of Interest	Jonathan Glazer
002024 (45th)	The Brutalist	Brady Corbet

Multiple winning directors

The following directors have directed multiple award-winning films:

• 2 wins – Woody Allen (1985, 1990)
• 2 wins – Steven Spielberg (1994, 1998)
• 2 wins – Alexander Payne (2002, 2004)
• 2 wins – Joel and Ethan Coen (1996, 2007)
• 2 wins – Jane Campion (1993, 2021)