One of the best things about the National Society of Film Critics Awards is that they give you the top three finalists in their lists. As a result, you get an idea of whether a film, script of actor was a runaway winner, or if there were a lot of films/scripts/actors that deserved more than just a passing thought.
Inside Llewyn Davis, the choice for 2013 Best Picture, for example, enjoyed a margin of victory that was twice what Before Midnight had for Best Screenplay – and its win for Best Cinematography was even smaller than that. For a complete list of winners, follow the jump.
BEST PICTURE
Inside Llewyn Davis – 23
American Hustle – 17
12 Years a Slave – 16
BEST DIRECTOR
Joel and Ethan Coen (Inside Llewyn Davis) – 25
Alfonso Cuarón (Gravity) – 18
Steve McQueen (12 Years a Slave) – 15
BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM
Blue Is the Warmest Color – 27
A Touch of Sin – 21
The Great Beauty – 15
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BEST NON-FICTION FILM
(Tie)
The Act of Killing – 20
At Berkeley – 20
Leviathan – 18
BEST SCREENPLAY
Before Midnight (Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke) – 29
Inside Llewyn Davis (Joel and Ethan Coen) – 26
American Hustle (Eric Singer and David O. Russell) – 18
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Inside Llewyn Davis (Bruno Delbonnel) -28
Gravity (Emmanuel Lubezki) – 26
Nebraska (Phedon Papamichael) – 19
BEST ACTOR
Oscar Isaac (Inside Llewyn Davis) – 28
Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave) – 19
Robert Redford (All Is Lost) – 12
BEST ACTRESS
Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine) – 57
Adèle Exarchopoulos (Blue Is the Warmest Color) – 36
Julie Delpy (Before Midnight) – 26
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
James Franco (Spring Breakers) – 24
Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club) – 20
Barkhad Abdi (Captain Phillips) – 14
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Jennifer Lawrence (American Hustle) – 54
Lupita Nyong’o (12 Years a Slave) – 38
Sally Hawkins (Blue Jasmine) – 18
Léa Seydoux (Blue Is the Warmest Color) – 18
EXPERIMENTAL FILM
Leviathan
BEST FILM STILL AWAITING AMERICAN DISTRIBUTION
Stray Dogs and Hide Your Smiling Faces