1991 New York Film Critics Circle Awards

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57th New York Film Critics Circle Awards<br> <div style="padding-left: 15px"> January 12, 1992 </div>

Best Picture:<br> <big> The Silence of the Lambs </big> </div> The 57th New York Film Critics Circle Awards, honoring the best filmmaking of 1991, were announced on 17 December 1991 and presented on 12 January 1992.

Winners

• Best Actor:
• Anthony Hopkins - The Silence of the Lambs
• Runners-up: River Phoenix - My Own Private Idaho and Nick Nolte - The Prince of Tides
• Best Actress:
• Jodie Foster - The Silence of the Lambs
• Runners-up: Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon - Thelma & Louise
• Best Cinematography:
• Roger Deakins - Barton Fink
• Runner-up: Freddie Francis - Cape Fear
• Best Director:
• Jonathan Demme - The Silence of the Lambs
• Runner-up: Gus Van Sant - My Own Private Idaho
• Best Documentary:
• Paris Is Burning
• Runner-up: '
• Best Film:
• The Silence of the Lambs
• Runner-up: My Own Private Idaho
• Best Foreign Language Film:
• Europa Europa • Germany/France
• Runner-up: The Vanishing (Spoorloos) • Netherlands/France
• Best New Director:
• John Singleton - Boyz n the Hood
• Runner-up: Anthony Minghella - Truly, Madly, Deeply
• Best Screenplay:
• David Cronenberg - Naked Lunch
• Runner-up: Calder Willingham - Rambling Rose
• Best Supporting Actor:
• Samuel L. Jackson - Jungle Fever
• Runners-up: Steven Hill - Billy Bathgate and John Goodman - Barton Fink
• Best Supporting Actress:
• Judy Davis - Naked Lunch and Barton Fink
• Runners-up: Juliette Lewis - Cape Fear and Kate Nelligan - Frankie and Johnny and The Prince of Tides