1959 New York Film Critics Circle Awards

The 25th New York Film Critics Circle Awards, honored the best filmmaking of 1959.^[1]

25th New York Film Critics Circle Awards

January 23, 1960
(announced December 28, 1959)

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Ben-Hur

Winners

• Best Film:
  • Ben-Hur
• Best Actor:
  • James Stewart – Anatomy of a Murder
• Best Actress:
  • Audrey Hepburn – The Nun's Story
• Best Director:
  • Fred Zinnemann – The Nun's Story
• Best Screenplay:
  • Wendell Mayes – Anatomy of a Murder
• Best Foreign Language Film:
  • The 400 Blows (Les quatre cents coups) • France