Filmfare Critics Award for Best Film

Winners of Filmfare Critics Award for Best Film (1970s)

Filmfare Award	Year	Film	Director
18th	1971	Uski Roti	Mani Kaul
19th	1972	Ashadh Ka Ek Din	Mani Kaul
20th	1973	Maya Darpan	Kumar Shahani
21st	1974	Duvidha	Mani Kaul
22nd	1975	Rajnigandha	Basu Chatterjee
23rd	1976	Aandhi	Gulzar
24th	1977	Mrigayaa	Mrinal Sen
25th	1978	Shatranj Ke Khilari	Satyajit Ray
26th	1979	Arvind Desai Ki Ajeeb Dastaan	Saeed Akhtar Mirza

Winners of Filmfare Critics Award for Best Film (1980s)

Filmfare Award	Year	Film	Director
27th	1980	Jeena Yahan	Basu Chatterjee
28th	1981	Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyon Aata Hai	Saeed Akhtar Mirza
29th	1982	Aadharshila	Ashok Ahuja
30th	1983	Masoom	Shekhar Kapur
31st	1984	Sookha	M.S. Sathyu
32nd	1985	Damul	Prakash Jha
33rd	1986	Aghaat	Govind Nihalani
-	1987	no award
-	1988	no award
34th	1989	Om-Dar-Ba-Dar	Kamal Swaroop

Winners of Filmfare Critics Award for Best Film (1990s)

Filmfare Award	Year	Film	Director
35th	1990	Khayal Gatha	Kumar Shahani
36th	1991	Kasba	Kumar Shahani
37th	1992	Diksha	Arun Kaul
38th	1993	Idiot	Mani Kaul
39th	1994	Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa	Kundan Shah
40th	1995	Bandit Queen	Shekhar Kapur
41st	1996	Bombay	Mani Ratnam (the only dubbed film to win the award)
42nd	1997	Khamoshi: The Musical	Sanjay Leela Bhansali
43rd	1998	Virasat	Priyadarshan
44th	1999	Satya	Ram Gopal Varma

Winners of Filmfare Critics Award for Best Film (2000s)

Filmfare Award	Year	Film	Director
45th	2000	Sarfarosh	John Matthew Matthan
46th	2001	Halo	Santosh Sivan
47th	2002	Dil Chahta Hai	Farhan Akhtar
48th	2003	The Legend of Bhagat Singh	Rajkumar Santoshi
49th	2004	Munna Bhai M.B.B.S.	Rajkumar Hirani
50th	2005	Yuva	Mani Ratnam
51st	2006	Black	Sanjay Leela Bhansali
52nd	2007	Lage Raho Munna Bhai	Rajkumar Hirani
53rd	2008	Chak De India	Shimit Amin
54th	2009	Mumbai Meri Jaan	Nishikant Kamat

Winners of Filmfare Critics Award for Best Film (2010s)

Filmfare Award	Year	Film	Director
55th	2010	Firaaq	Nandita Das
56th	2011	Udaan	Vikramaditya Motwane
57th	2012	Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara	Zoya Akhtar
58th	2013	Gangs of Wasseypur	Anurag Kashyap
59th	2014	The Lunchbox	Ritesh Batra
60th	2015	Ankhon Dekhi	Rajat Kapoor
61st	2016	Piku	Shoojit Sircar
62nd	2017	Neerja	Ram Madhvan
63rd	2018	Newton	Amit V Masurkar
64th	2019	Andhadhun	Sriram Raghavan

Nominees and Winners of Filmfare Critics Award for Best Film (2020s)

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Filmfare Award	Year	Film	Director
65th	2020	+Article 15	Anubhav Sinha
		+Sonchiriya	Abhishek Chaubey
		Vasan Bala	Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota
		Ritesh Batra	Photograph
		Shonali Bose	The Sky Is Pink
66th	2021	+Eeb Allay Ooo	Prateek Vats
		Thappad	Anubhav Sinha
		Sir	Rohena Gera
		Kaamyaab	Hardik Mehta
		Lootcase	Rajesh Krishnan