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 Kaul
1972 Ashadh Ka Ek Din – Mani Kaul
1973 Maya Darpan – Kumar Shahani
1974 Duvidha – Mani Kaul
1975 Rajnigandha – Basu Chatterjee
1976 Aandhi – Gulzar
1977 Mrigayaa – Mrinal Sen
1978 Shatranj Ke Khilari – Satyajit Ray
1979 Arvind Desai Ki Ajeeb Dastaan – Saeed Akhtar Mirza
1980 Jeena Yahan – Basu Chatterjee
1981 Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyon Aata Hai – Saeed Akhtar Mirza
1982 Aadharshila – Ashok Ahuja
1983 Masoom – Shekhar Kapoor
1984 Sookha – M.S. Sathyu
1985 Damul – Prakash Jha
1986 Aghaat – Govind Nihalani
1987 no award
1988 no award
1989 Om-Dar-Ba-Dar – Kamal Swaroop
1990 Khayal Gatha – Kumar Shahani
1991 Kasba – Kumar Shahani
1992 Diksha – Arun Kaul
1993 Idiot – Mani Kaul
1994 Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa – Kundan Shah
1995 Bandit Queen – Shekhar Kapur
1996 Bombay – Mani Ratnam
1997 Khamoshi: The Musical – Sanjay Leela Bhansali
1998 Virasat – Priyadarshan
1999 Satya – Ram Gopal Varma
2000 Sarfarosh – John Matthew Matthan
2001 Halo – Santosh Sivan
2002 Dil Chahta Hai – Farhan Akhtar
2003 The Legend of Bhagat Singh – Rajkumar Santoshi
2004 Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. – Rajkumar Hirani
2005 Yuva – Mani Ratnam & Dev – Govind Nihalani
2006 Black – Sanjay Leela Bhansali
2007 Lage Raho Munna Bhai – Rajkumar Hirani
2008 Chak De! India – Shimit Amin
2009 Mumbai Meri Jaan – Nishikanth Kamath
