GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS

The National Society of Film Critics has been advancing the cause of great filmmaking and criticism for half a century.

To celebrate, member critics have teamed up with curators from Boston to L.A. to choose from among the group’s fifty Best Pictures in order to present screenings with talks.

Presentations have included Blue Velvet, Stranger Than Paradise, There Will Be Blood, and Life is Sweet. The complete list of Best Pictures is provided below.

Here is a list of the events and venues:

March – Film Forum, New York City

May and June – the Music Box Theatre, Chicago

November/December – American Cinemateque, Los Angeles.

January 2017 – Brattle Theatre, Boston

BEST PICTURES:

1. 1966 BLOW-UP
2. 1967 PERSONA
3. 1968 SHAME
4. 1969 Z
5. 1970 M*A*S*H
6. 1971 CLAIRE’S KNEE
7. 1972 THE DISCREET CHARM OF THE BOURGEOISIE
8. 1973 DAY FOR NIGHT
9. 1974 SCENES FROM A MARRIAGE
10. 1975 NASHVILLE
11. 1976 ALL THE PRESIDENT’S MEN
12. 1977 ANNIE HALL
13. 1978 GET OUT YOUR HANDKERCHIEFS
14. 1979 BREAKING AWAY
15. 1980 MELVIN AND HOWARD
16. 1981 ATLANTIC CITY
17. 1982 TOOTSIE
18. 1983 NIGHT OF THE SHOOTING STARS
19. 1984 STRANGER THAN PARADISE
20. 1985 RAN
21. 1986 BLUE VELVET
22. 1987 THE DEAD
23. 1988 THE UNBEARABLE LIGHTNESS OF BEING
24. 1989 DRUGSTORE COWBOY
25. 1990 GOODFELLAS
26. 1991     LIFE IS SWEET
27. 1992 UNFORGIVEN
28. 1993 SCHINDLER’S LIST
29. 1994 PULP FICTION
30. 1995     BABE
31. 1996 BREAKING THE WAVES
32.  1997    L.A. CONFIDENTIAL

33. 1998 OUT OF SIGHT
34. 1999 TOPSY-TURVY and BEING JOHN MALKOVICH
35. 2000 YI YI
36. 2001 MULHOLLAND DRIVE
37. 2002 THE PIANIST
38. 2003 AMERICAN SPLENDOR
39. 2004 MILLION DOLLAR BABY
40. 2005 CAPOTE
41. 2006 PAN’S LABYRINTH
42. 2007 THERE WILL BE BLOOD
43. 2008     WALTZ WITH BASHIR
44. 2009 THE HURT LOCKER
45. 2010 THE SOCIAL NETWORK
46. 2011     MELANCHOLIA
47. 2012     AMOUR
48. 2013     INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS
49. 2014 GOODBYE TO LANGUAGE
50.  2015    SPOTLIGHT
51.  2016  MOONLIGHT