Filmfare Critics Award for Best Film is award during annual Filmfare Awards, given by the Filmfare magazine. The awards are the oldest and most prominent film awards given for Hindi films in India. The yearly awards started in 1954. Movie awards were first given by popular vote. Many complained that films of artistic merit rather than commercial appeal were being overlooked, hence a new award category was added, the Critics Award for Best Film.
In the list below, each individual entry shows the winning title, followed by the director of the film.
1971 Uski Roti – Mani Kaul1972 Ashadh Ka Ek Din – Mani Kaul1973 Maya Darpan – Kumar Shahani1974 Duvidha – Mani Kaul1975 Rajnigandha – Basu Chatterjee1976 Aandhi – Gulzar1977 Mrigayaa – Mrinal Sen1978 Shatranj Ke Khilari – Satyajit Ray1979 Arvind Desai Ki Ajeeb Dastaan – Saeed Akhtar Mirza1980 Jeena Yahan – Basu Chatterjee1981 Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyon Aata Hai – Saeed Akhtar Mirza1982 Aadharshila – Ashok Ahuja1983 Masoom – Shekhar Kapoor1984 Sookha – M.S. Sathyu1985 Damul – Prakash Jha1986 Aghaat – Govind Nihalani1987 no award1988 no award1989 Om-Dar-Ba-Dar – Kamal Swaroop1990 Khayal Gatha – Kumar Shahani1991 Kasba – Kumar Shahani1992 Diksha – Arun Kaul1993 Idiot – Mani Kaul1994 Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa – Kundan Shah1995 Bandit Queen – Shekhar Kapur1996 Bombay – Mani Ratnam1997 Khamoshi: The Musical – Sanjay Leela Bhansali1998 Virasat – Priyadarshan1999 Satya – Ram Gopal Varma2000 Sarfarosh – John Matthew Matthan2001 Halo – Santosh Sivan2002 Dil Chahta Hai – Farhan Akhtar2003 The Legend of Bhagat Singh – Rajkumar Santoshi2004 Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. – Rajkumar Hirani2005 Yuva – Mani Ratnam & Dev – Govind Nihalani2006 Black – Sanjay Leela Bhansali2007 Lage Raho Munna Bhai – Rajkumar Hirani2008 Chak De! India – Shimit Amin2009 Mumbai Meri Jaan – Nishikanth Kamath