National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Picture

Winners
Titles in bold indicate films that won the Academy Award for Best Picture. Titles with an asterisk (*) indicate films that were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture, but did not win.
 * 1966 - Blowup
 * 1967 - Persona
 * 1968 - Shame
 * 1969 - Z*
 * 1970 - M*A*S*H*
 * 1971 - Claire's Knee
 * 1972 - The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
 * 1973 - Day for Night
 * 1973 - Scenes from a Marriage
 * 1975 - Nashville*
 * 1976 - All the President's Men*
 * 1977 - Annie Hall
 * 1978 - Get Out Your Handkerchiefs
 * 1979 - Breaking Away*
 * 1980 - Melvin and Howard
 * 1981 - Atlantic City*
 * 1982 - Tootsie*
 * 1983 - The Night of the Shooting Stars
 * 1984 - Stranger Than Paradise
 * 1985 - Ran
 * 1986 - Blue Velvet
 * 1987 - The Dead
 * 1988 - The Unbearable Lightness of Being
 * 1989 - Drugstore Cowboy
 * 1990 - Goodfellas
 * 1991 - Life is Sweet
 * 1992 - Unforgiven
 * 1993 - Schindler's List
 * 1994 - Pulp Fiction
 * 1995 - Babe*
 * 1996 - Breaking the Waves
 * 1997 - L.A. Confidential*
 * 1998 - Out of Sight
 * 1999 - Being John Malkovich / Topsy-Turvy
 * 2000 - Yi Yi
 * 2001 - Mulholland Drive
 * 2002 - The Pianist*
 * 2003 - American Splendor
 * 2004 - Million Dollar Baby
 * 2005 - Capote*
 * 2006 - Pan's Labyrinth
 * 2007 - There Will Be Blood
 * 2008 - Waltz with Bashir
 * 2009 - The Hurt Locker
 * 2010 - The Social Network
 * 2011 - Melancholia
 * 2012 - Amour*
 * 2013 - Inside Llewyn Davis
 * 2014 - Goodbye to Language
 * 2015 - Spotlight
 * 2016 - Moonlight
 * 2017 - Lady Bird*
 * 2018 - The Rider