Joachim Trier’s Norwegian comedy-drama The Worst Person in the World was voted Best Foreign Language Film. The Machines was selected as Best Animated Feature Film, while Kathryn Hunter was the standout as Best Supporting Actress.

Licorice Pizza was remembered in the Best Screenplay category, and Steven Spielberg’s musical West Side Story earned accolades from the NYFCC for Best Cinematography. Lady Gaga may be on her way to the Oscars again with a win in the Best Actress category for her performance as Patrizia Reggiani in Ridley Scott’s House of Gucci. RELATED: Paul Thomas Anderson's 'Licorice Pizza' Named Best Film of 2021 by National Board of Review The movie is set in 1925 Montana and follows two brothers who run a successful ranching operation. Netflix’s western The Power of the Dog was singled out in three categories: Best Director for filmmaker Jane Campion, Best Actor for Benedict Cumberbatch, and Best Supporting Actor for Kodi Smit-McPhee. Drive My Car was the winner in main categories across several film festivals, including the Asia Pacific Screen Awards, Cannes Film Festival, Chicago International Film Festival, Gotham Awards, and others. Based on a short story by best-selling Japanese author Haruki Murakami, the film follows a widowed actor who bonds with his 20-year-old chauffeur over love and loss. While the NBR selected Paul Thomas Anderson’s Licorice Pizza as the best film of the year, the NYFCC decided the year’s best picture was Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s film Drive My Car. On the heels of yesterday’s Best Films of the Year list released by The National Board of Review, the New York Film Critics Circle unveiled their own choices for movies that conquered their hearts in 2021, but the lists couldn’t be more different.

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