77th New York Film Critics Circle Awards (2011)
Best Film:
The Artist
Runners-up: Melancholia and Hugo
Best Director:
Michel Hazanavicius - The Artist
Runners-up: Martin Scorsese - Hugo and Lars von Trier - Melancholia
Best Actor:
Brad Pitt - Moneyball and The Tree of Life
Runners-up: Michael Fassbender - Shame and Jean Dujardin - The Artist
Best Actress:
Meryl Streep - The Iron Lady
Runners-up: Michelle Williams - My Week with Marilyn and Kirsten Dunst - Melancholia
Best Supporting Actor:
Albert Brooks - Drive
Runners-up: Christopher Plummer - Beginners and Viggo Mortensen - A Dangerous Method
Best Supporting Actress:
Jessica Chastain - The Help, Take Shelter, and The Tree of Life
Runners-up: Carey Mulligan - Shame and Vanessa Redgrave - Coriolanus
Best Screenplay:
Aaron Sorkin and Steven Zaillian - Moneyball
Best Cinematography:
Emmanuel Lubezki - The Tree of Life
Best Foreign Language Film:
A Separation (Jodaeiye Nader az Simin) • Iran
Runner-up: Incendies • Canada
Best Non-Fiction Film:
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
Best First Film:
J. C. Chandor - Margin Call