Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards

Best Director

Year Winner Recipients
2023 Oppenheimer Christopher Nolan
2022 Everything Everywhere All at Once Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert
2021 Dune Denis Villeneuve
2020 Nomadland Chloé Zhao
2019 Parasite Bong Joon-ho
2018 First Reformed Paul Schrader
2017 Phantom Thread Paul Thomas Anderson
2016 Manchester by the Sea Kenneth Lonergan
2015 Mad Max: Fury Road George Miller
2014 Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Alejandro González Iñárritu
2013 Gravity Alfonso Cuarón
2012 Zero Dark Thirty Kathryn Bigelow
2011 The Tree of Life Terrence Malick
2010 The Social Network David Fincher

Best Actor

Year Winner Recipients
2023 The Holdovers Paul Giamatti
2022 The Banshees of Inisherin Colin Farrell
2021 tick, tick... BOOM! Andrew Garfield
2020 Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Chadwick Boseman
2019 Marriage Story Adam Driver
2018 First Reformed Ethan Hawke
2017 Phantom Thread Daniel Day-Lewis
2016 Manchester by the Sea Casey Affleck
2015 Steve Jobs Michael Fassbender
2014 Nightcrawler Jake Gyllenhaal
2013 Inside Llewyn Davis Oscar Isaac
2012 The Master Joaquin Phoenix
2011 Shame Michael Fassbender
2010 The King's Speech Colin Firth

Best Actress

Year Winner Recipients
2023 Anatomy of a Fall Sandra Hüller
2022 Everything Everywhere All at Once Michelle Yeoh
2021 The Lost Daughter Olivia Colman
2020 Nomadland Frances McDormand
2019 Marriage Story Scarlett Johansson
2018 The Favourite Olivia Colman
2017 Lady Bird Saoirse Ronan
2016 Elle Isabelle Huppert
2015 Room Brie Larson
2014 Only Lovers Left Alive Tilda Swinton
2013 Blue Jasmine Cate Blanchett
2012 Zero Dark Thirty Jessica Chastain
2011 Martha Marcy May Marlene Elizabeth Olsen
2010 Winter's Bone Jennifer Lawrence

Best Supporting Actor

Year Winner Recipients
2023 Oppenheimer Robert Downey Jr.
2022 The Banshees of Inisherin Brendan Gleeson
2021 CODA Troy Kotsur
2020 Judas and the Black Messiah Daniel Kaluuya
2019 Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood Brad Pitt
2018 Can You Ever Forgive Me? Richard E. Grant
2017 The Florida Project Willem Dafoe
2016 Moonlight Mahershala Ali
2015 Bridge of Spies Mark Rylance
2014 Whiplash J.K. Simmons
2013 Dallas Buyers Club Jared Leto
2012 The Master Philip Seymour Hoffman
2011 Beginners Christopher Plummer
2010 The Fighter Christian Bale

Best Supporting Actress

Year Winner Recipients
2023 The Holdovers Da'Vine Joy Randolph
2022 Women Talking Jessie Buckley
2021 Mass Ann Dowd
2020 Minari Youn Yuh-jung
2019 Marriage Story Laura Dern
2018 The Favourite Rachel Weisz
2017 Lady Bird Laurie Metcalf
2016 Manchester by the Sea Michelle Williams
2015 Ex Machina Alicia Vikander
2014 Boyhood Patricia Arquette
2013 American Hustle Jennifer Lawrence
2012 The Master Amy Adams
2011 The Tree of Life Jessica Chastain
2010 True Grit Hailee Steinfeld

Best Screenplay

Year Winner Recipients
2023 Barbie Noah Baumbach, Greta Gerwig
2022 The Banshees of Inisherin Martin McDonagh
2021 Don't Look Up Adam McKay, David Sirota
2020 The Trial of the Chicago 7 Aaron Sorkin
2019 Marriage Story Noah Baumbach
2018 First Reformed Paul Schrader
2017 Get Out Jordan Peele
2016 Manchester by the Sea Kenneth Lonergan
2015 Anomalisa Charlie Kaufman
2014 The Grand Budapest Hotel Wes Anderson
2013 Inside Llewyn Davis Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
2012 Zero Dark Thirty Mark Boal
2011 The Artist Michel Hazanavicius
2010 The Social Network Aaron Sorkin

Best Documentary

Year Winner Recipients
2023 To Kill a Tiger

Best International Film

Year Winner Recipients
2023 The Zone of Interest
2022 All Quiet on the Western Front
2021 The Worst Person in the World
2020 Minari
2019 Parasite
2018 Roma
2017 BPM (Beats per Minute)
2016 Toni Erdmann
2015 The Assassin
2014 Force Majeure
2013 Hunter x Hunter: The Last Mission
2012 Holy Motors
2011 A Separation
2010 Carlos