1970 New York Film Critics Circle Awards

36th New York Film Critics Circle Awards

January 18, 1971
(announced December 28, 1970)

Best Picture:
Five Easy Pieces

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

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

^ Weiler, A. H. (29 December 1970). "Critics Vote '5 Easy Pieces' Best Film". The New York Times. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
^ "'Five Easy Pieces' Wins NY Film Critics' Award". The Modesto Bee – via Google News Archive.^{[permanent dead link‍]}