57th New York Film Critics Circle Awards (1991)

Best Film:

	The Silence of the Lambs
	Runner-up: My Own Private Idaho

Best Director:

	Jonathan Demme - The Silence of the Lambs
	Runner-up: Gus Van Sant - My Own Private Idaho

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 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

Best Screenplay:

	David Cronenberg - Naked Lunch
	Runner-up: Calder Willingham - Rambling Rose

Best Cinematography:

	Roger Deakins - Barton Fink
	Runner-up: Freddie Francis - Cape Fear

Best Foreign Language Film:

	Europa Europa • Germany/France
	Runner-up: The Vanishing (Spoorloos) • Netherlands/France

Best Documentary:

	Paris Is Burning
	Runner-up: Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse

Best New Director:

	John Singleton - Boyz n the Hood
	Runner-up: Anthony Minghella - Truly, Madly, Deeply