| <<< 2nd Boston Society of Film Critics Awards (1981) >>> |
| Best Film: |
| Pixote (Pixote: a Lei do Mais Fraco) |
| Best Director: |
| Steven Spielberg - Raiders of the Lost Ark |
| Best Actor: |
| Burt Lancaster - Atlantic City |
| Best Actress: |
| Marília Pêra - Pixote (Pixote: a Lei do Mais Fraco) |
| Best Supporting Actor: |
| Jack Nicholson - Reds |
| Best Supporting Actress: |
| Mona Washbourne - Stevie |
| Best Screenplay: |
| Andre Gregory and Wallace Shawn - My Dinner with Andre |
| Best Cinematography: |
| Gordon Willis - Pennies from Heaven |
| Best Foreign-Language Film (tie): |
| Beau Pere (Beau-père) • France | |
| Taxi zum Klo • West Germany |
| Best Documentary: |
| Diaries |
| Best Independent Film: |
| Gal Young 'Un |
| Best American Film: |
| My Dinner with Andre |