The New York Film Critics Circle has selected Kelly Reichardt's First Cow as its best picture of 2020. The group gave two awards to Eliza Hittman's Never Rarely Sometimes Always (best actress for star Sidney Flanigan and screenplay for Hittman) and Spike Lee's Da 5 Bloods (best actor for Delroy Lindo and supporting actor for the late Chadwick Boseman).
Nomadland's Chloé Zhao won best director, with Borat breakout Maria Bakalova being named best supporting actress. Wolfwalkers won best animated film, with best first film given to The 40-Year-Old Version, best foreign language film going to Bacurau, nonfiction film given to Time and best cinematography to Steve McQueen's Small Axe film anthology series.