San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Film

The San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Film (or Picture) is an award given by the San Diego Film Critics Society to honor the best film of the year.

Winners

1990s

Year	Winner	Director(s)
1996	*Fargo*	Joel Coen
1997	*L.A. Confidential*	Curtis Hanson
1998	*Gods and Monsters*	Bill Condon
1999	*American Beauty*	Sam Mendes

2000s

Year	Winner	Director(s)
2000	*Almost Famous*	Cameron Crowe
2001	*Ghost World*	Terry Zwigoff
2002	*Far from Heaven*	Todd Haynes
2003	*Dirty Pretty Things*	Stephen Frears
2004	*Vera Drake*	Mike Leigh
2005	*King Kong*	Peter Jackson
2006	*Letters from Iwo Jima*	Clint Eastwood
2007	*No Country for Old Men*	Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
2008	*Slumdog Millionaire*	Danny Boyle
2009	*Inglourious Basterds*	Quentin Tarantino

2010s

Year	Winner	Director(s)
2010	*Winter's Bone*	Debra Granik
2011	*The Artist*	Michel Hazanavicius
2012	*Argo*	Ben Affleck
2013	*Her*	Spike Jonze
2014	*Nightcrawler*	Dan Gilroy
2015	*Mad Max: Fury Road*	George Miller
2016	*Hell or High Water*	David Mackenzie
2017	*Get Out*	Jordan Peele
2018	*Leave No Trace*	Debra Granik
2019	*The Irishman*	Martin Scorsese

2020s

Year	Winner	Director(s)
2020	*Promising Young Woman*	Emerald Fennell
2021	The Power of The Dog	Jane Campion
2022	The Banshees of Inisherin	Martin McDonagh
2023	Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret	Kelly Fremon Craig
2024	Sing Sing	Greg Kwedar

References

San Diego Film Critics Society – Awards