The51st National Society of Film Critics Awards, given on 7 January 2017, honored the best in film for2016.^[1][2]

Winners are listed inboldface along with the runner-up positions and counts from the final round:

1. Moonlight (54)
2. Manchester by the Sea (39)
3. La La Land (31)

1. Barry Jenkins –Moonlight (53)
2. Damien Chazelle –La La Land (37)
3. Kenneth Lonergan –Manchester by the Sea (23)

1. Casey Affleck –Manchester by the Sea (65)
2. Denzel Washington –Fences (21)
3. Adam Driver –Paterson (20)

1. Isabelle Huppert –Elle andThings to Come (55)
2. Annette Bening –20th Century Women (26)
3. Sandra Hüller –Toni Erdmann (26)

1. Mahershala Ali –Moonlight (72)
2. Jeff Bridges –Hell or High Water (18)
3. Michael Shannon –Nocturnal Animals (14)

1. Michelle Williams –Manchester by the Sea (58)
2. Lily Gladstone –Certain Women (45)
3. Naomie Harris –Moonlight (25)

1. Kenneth Lonergan –Manchester by the Sea (61)
2. Barry Jenkins –Moonlight (39)
3. Taylor Sheridan –Hell or High Water (16)

1. James Laxton –Moonlight (52)
2. Linus Sandgren –La La Land (27)
3. Rodrigo Prieto –Silence (23)

1. Toni Erdmann –Maren Ade (52)
2. The Handmaiden –Park Chan-wook (26)
3. Elle –Paul Verhoeven (19)
4. Things to Come –Mia Hansen-Løve (19)

1. O.J.: Made in America –Ezra Edelman (64)
2. I Am Not Your Negro –Raoul Peck (36)
3. 13th –Ava DuVernay (20)

• Kino Lorber's 5-disc collection ofPioneers of African-American Cinema

• Cristi Puiu'sSieranevada, a film awaiting American distribution

• Official website

• National Society of Film Critics Awards
• 2016 in American cinema

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