{"id":265653,"date":"2026-01-03T19:22:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T19:22:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/265653\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T19:22:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T19:22:07","slug":"2026-national-society-of-film-critics-winners-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/265653\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 National Society\u00a0of Film Critics Winners List"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThe National Society of Film Critics is voting on its top picks for the best in film from the past year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tFounded in 1966, and made up of more than 60 critics from prominent outlets across the country, annual votes on the organization\u2019s categories include best picture, director, actor, actress, supporting actor and actress, screenplay and cinematography. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tVoting is conducted via a weighted ballot system. On the first ballot, members vote for their top three choices, with the first choice getting three points, second choice getting two points and third choice getting one point. The nominee that receives the most points and appears on the majority of ballots wins. If no winner is declared on the first ballot, the category goes to a second ballot and voting continues with as many rounds as needed until a nominee scores the most points and appears on the majority of ballots.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tLast year, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-news\/2025-national-society-of-film-critics-winners-list-1236099219\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-news\/2025-national-society-of-film-critics-winners-list-1236099219\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nickel Boys won best picture<\/a>, with Hard Truths, A Real Pain and All We Imagine as Light each receiving two awards.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tWinners will be announced as they\u2019re updated live. Refresh for the latest.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"pmc-fallback-list-items lrv-a-unstyle-list lrv-u-margin-t-2\">\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<p>\tBest Picture<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<p>\tBest Director<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<p>\tBest Actor<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<p>\tBest Actress<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t<strong>Winner: <\/strong>Kathleen Chalfant, Familiar Touch<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tRunners-up:<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tRose Byrne, If I Had Legs Id Kick You<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tRenate Reinsve, Sentimental Value<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<p>\tBest Supporting Actor<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<p>\tBest Supporting Actress<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t<strong>Winner: <\/strong>Teyana Taylor, One Battle After Another<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tRunners-up:<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tInga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Sentimental Value<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tWunmi Mosaku, Sinners<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<p>\tBest Screenplay<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<p>\tBest Cinematography<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<p>\tBest Nonfiction Film<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<p>\tBest Film Not in the English Language<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<p>\tBest Experimental Film<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<p>\tFilm Heritage Award<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<p>\tFilm Heritage Award<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<p>\tSpecial Award for a Film Awaiting U.S. Distribution<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<p>\tFilm Heritage Award<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThe late Ken and Flo Jacobs<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The National Society of Film Critics is voting on its top picks for the best in film from&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":265654,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[263],"tags":[4648,18,117,19,17,327],"class_list":{"0":"post-265653","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-awards","9":"tag-eire","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-ie","12":"tag-ireland","13":"tag-movies"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265653","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=265653"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265653\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/265654"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=265653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=265653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=265653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}