1940 New York Film Critics Circle Awards

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Date 30 December 1940		Other ceremonies 1939, 1941
Winner Charlie Chaplin (The Great Dictator)

The 6th New York Film Critics Circle Awards, announced on 30 December 1940, honored the best filmmaking of 1940.

Winners

Best Film:

The Grapes of Wrath

Best Actor:

Charlie Chaplin – The Great Dictator

Best Actress:

Katharine Hepburn – The Philadelphia Story

Best Director:

John Ford – The Grapes of Wrath and The Long Voyage Home

Best Foreign Film:

The Baker's Wife (La femme du boulanger) • France

Special Award:

Walt Disney and Leopold Stokowski – Fantasia

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