1959 New York Film Critics Circle Awards

25th New York Film Critics Circle Awards

January 23, 1960
(announced December 28, 1959)

Ben-Hur

The 25th New York Film Critics Circle Awards, honored the best filmmaking of 1959.^[1]

Winners[]

Best Film:
- Ben-Hur
Best Actor:
- James Stewart - Anatomy of a Murder
Best Actress:
- Audrey Hepburn - The Nun's Story
Best Director:
- Fred Zinnemann - The Nun's Story
Best Screenplay:
- Wendell Mayes - Anatomy of a Murder
Best Foreign Language Film:
- The 400 Blows (Les quatre cents coups) • France

^ Crowther, Bosley (3 January 1960). "Critics Choices; Many Nominees Vie For 1959 "Best" Awards". The New York Times. Retrieved 29 December 2017.

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