The 79th New York Film Critics Circle Awards, honoring the best in film for 2013, were announced on December 3, 2013 and presented on January 6, 2014.^[1][2][3]

• Best Film:
  • American Hustle
  • Runners-up: 12 Years a Slave (2), and Gravity and Her (3)
• Best Director:
  • Steve McQueen – 12 Years a Slave
  • Runners-up: David O. Russell – American Hustle (2) and Spike Jonze – Her (3)
• Best Actor:
  • Robert Redford – All Is Lost
  • Runners-up: Chiwetel Ejiofor – 12 Years a Slave (2) and Oscar Isaac – Inside Llewyn Davis (2)
• Best Actress:
  • Cate Blanchett – Blue Jasmine
  • Runners-up: Amy Adams – American Hustle (2) and Adèle Exarchopoulos – Blue Is the Warmest Colour (3)
• Best Supporting Actor:
  • Jared Leto – Dallas Buyers Club
  • Runners-up: Michael Fassbender – 12 Years a Slave (2) and James Franco – Spring Breakers (2)
• Best Supporting Actress:
  • Jennifer Lawrence – American Hustle
  • Runners-up: Lupita Nyong'o – 12 Years a Slave (2) and June Squibb – Nebraska (3)
• Best Screenplay:
  • Eric Warren Singer and David O. Russell – American Hustle
  • Runners-up: Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, and Ethan Hawke – Before Midnight (2) and Spike Jonze – Her (3)
• Best Animated Film:
  • The Wind Rises
  • Runners-up: Frozen (2) and Monsters University (3)
• Best Cinematography:
  • Bruno Delbonnel – Inside Llewyn Davis
  • Runners-up: Emmanuel Lubezki – Gravity (2) and Phedon Papamichael – Nebraska (3)
• Best Non-Fiction Film:
  • Stories We Tell
  • Runners-up: The Act of Killing (2) and 20 Feet from Stardom (3)
• Best Foreign Language Film:
  • Blue Is the Warmest Colour • France
  • Runners-up: The Past (2) and The Great Beauty (3)
• Best First Film:
  • Ryan Coogler – Fruitvale Station