The Award for Film of the Year is the highest honour given by the London Film Critics' Circle.[1]
Past winners are:[2]
| Year | Film | Director(s) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | scope=row | Apocalypse Now | ||
| 1981 | scope=row | Chariots of Fire | ||
| 1982 | scope=row | Missing | Costa-Gavras | |
| 1983 | scope=row | The King of Comedy | ||
| 1984 | scope=row | Paris, Texas | ||
| 1985 | scope=row | The Purple Rose of Cairo | ||
| 1986 | scope=row | A Room with a View | ||
| 1987 | scope=row | Hope and Glory | ||
| 1988 | scope=row | House of Games | ||
| 1989 | scope=row | Distant Voices, Still Lives | ||
| 1990 | scope=row | Crimes and Misdemeanors | ||
| 1991 | scope=row | Thelma & Louise | ||
| 1992 | scope=row | Unforgiven | ||
| 1993 | scope=row | The Piano | ||
| 1994 | scope=row | Schindler's List | ||
| 1995 | scope=row | Babe | ||
| 1996 | scope=row | Fargo | ||
| 1997 | scope=row | L.A. Confidential | ||
| 1998 | scope=row | Saving Private Ryan | ||
| 1999 | scope=row | American Beauty | ||
| 2000 | scope=row | Being John Malkovich | ||
| 2001 | scope=row | Moulin Rouge! | ||
| 2002 | scope=row | About Schmidt | ||
| 2003 | scope=row | |||
| 2004 | scope=row | Sideways | ||
| 2005 | scope=row | Brokeback Mountain | ||
| 2006 | scope=row | United 93 | ||
| 2007 | scope=row | No Country for Old Men | ||
| 2008 | scope=row | The Wrestler | ||
| 2009 | scope=row | A Prophet | ||
| 2010 | scope=row | The Social Network | ||
| 2011 | scope=row | The Artist | ||
| 2012 | scope=row | Amour | ||
| 2013 | scope=row | 12 Years a Slave | ||
| 2014 | scope=row | Boyhood | ||
| 2015 | scope=row | |||
| 2016 | scope=row | La La Land | ||
| 2017 | scope=row | Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri | ||
| 2018 | scope=row | Roma | ||
| 2019 | scope=row | Parasite | ||
| 2020 | scope=row | Nomadland | ||
| 2021 | scope=row | The Power of the Dog | ||
| 2022 | scope=row | Tár |
The following directors have directed multiple award-winning films: