1991 New York Film Critics Circle Awards

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Date 17 December 1991		Other ceremonies 1990, 1992
Location New York City, New York, United States

The 57th New York Film Critics Circle Awards, announced on 17 December 1991, honored the best filmmaking of 1991.

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: Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse

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

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