Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Director
# Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Director

The Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Director is an annual film award given by the Online Film Critics Society to honor the best director of the year.

## Winners

### 1990s

| Year | Winner | Film |
| - | - | - |
| 1997 | James Cameron | Titanic |
| 1997 | Paul Thomas Anderson | Boogie Nights |
| 1997 | Curtis Hanson | L.A. Confidential |
| 1998 | Steven Spielberg | Saving Private Ryan |
| 1998 | Terrence Malick | The Thin Red Line |
| 1998 | Peter Weir | The Truman Show |
| 1999 | Sam Mendes | American Beauty |
| 1999 | David Fincher | Fight Club |
| 1999 | Spike Jonze | Being John Malkovich |
| 1999 | Stanley Kubrick | Eyes Wide Shut |
| 1999 | Michael Mann | The Insider |

### 2000s

| Year | Winner | Film |
| - | - | - |
| 2000 | Darren Aronofsky | Requiem for a Dream |
| 2000 | Cameron Crowe | Almost Famous |
| 2000 | Ang Lee | Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon |
| 2000 | Steven Soderbergh | Traffic |
| 2000 | Lars von Trier | Dancer in the Dark |
| 2001 | David Lynch | Mulholland Drive |
| 2001 | Joel Coen | The Man Who Wasn't There |
| 2001 | Todd Field | In the Bedroom |
| 2001 | Peter Jackson | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring |
| 2001 | Baz Luhrmann | Moulin Rouge! |
| 2001 | Christopher Nolan | Memento |
| 2002 | Peter Jackson | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers |
| 2002 | Todd Haynes | Far from Heaven |
| 2002 | Spike Jonze | Adaptation. |
| 2002 | Martin Scorsese | Gangs of New York |
| 2002 | Steven Spielberg | Minority Report |
| 2003 | Peter Jackson | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King |
| 2003 | Sofia Coppola | Lost in Translation |
| 2003 | Clint Eastwood | Mystic River |
| 2003 | Alejandro González Iñárritu | 21 Grams |
| 2003 | Quentin Tarantino | Kill Bill: Volume 1 |
| 2004 | Michel Gondry | Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind |
| 2004 | Clint Eastwood | Million Dollar Baby |
| 2004 | Alexander Payne | Sideways |
| 2004 | Martin Scorsese | The Aviator |
| 2004 | Zhang Yimou | Hero |
| 2005 | David Cronenberg | A History of Violence |
| 2005 | George Clooney | Good Night, and Good Luck. |
| 2005 | Peter Jackson | King Kong |
| 2005 | Ang Lee | Brokeback Mountain |
| 2005 | Steven Spielberg | Munich |
| 2006 | Martin Scorsese | The Departed |
| 2006 | Alfonso Cuarón | Children of Men |
| 2006 | Guillermo del Toro | Pan's Labyrinth |
| 2006 | Alejandro González Iñárritu | Babel |
| 2006 | Paul Greengrass | United 93 |
| 2007 | Joel Coen and Ethan Coen | No Country for Old Men |
| 2007 | Paul Thomas Anderson | There Will Be Blood |
| 2007 | David Cronenberg | Eastern Promises |
| 2007 | David Fincher | Zodiac |
| 2007 | Julian Schnabel | The Diving Bell and the Butterfly |
| 2008 | Christopher Nolan | The Dark Knight |
| 2008 | Darren Aronofsky | The Wrestler |
| 2008 | Danny Boyle | Slumdog Millionaire |
| 2008 | David Fincher | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button |
| 2008 | Andrew Stanton | WALL-E |
| 2009 | Kathryn Bigelow | The Hurt Locker |
| 2009 | Neill Blomkamp | District 9 |
| 2009 | James Cameron | Avatar |
| 2009 | Joel Coen and Ethan Coen | A Serious Man |
| 2009 | Quentin Tarantino | Inglourious Basterds |

### 2010s

| Year | Winner | Film |
| - | - | - |
| 2010 | David Fincher | The Social Network |
| 2010 | Darren Aronofsky | Black Swan |
| 2010 | Danny Boyle | 127 Hours |
| 2010 | Joel Coen and Ethan Coen | True Grit |
| 2010 | Christopher Nolan | Inception |
| 2011 | Terrence Malick | The Tree of Life |
| 2011 | Michel Hazanavicius | The Artist |
| 2011 | Martin Scorsese | Hugo |
| 2011 | Lars von Trier | Melancholia |
| 2011 | Nicolas Winding Refn | Drive |
| 2012 | Paul Thomas Anderson | The Master |
| 2012 | Ben Affleck | Argo |
| 2012 | Wes Anderson | Moonrise Kingdom |
| 2012 | Kathryn Bigelow | Zero Dark Thirty |
| 2012 | Leos Carax | Holy Motors |
| 2013 | Alfonso Cuarón | Gravity |
| 2013 | Joel Coen and Ethan Coen | Inside Llewyn Davis |
| 2013 | Spike Jonze | Her |
| 2013 | Steve McQueen | 12 Years a Slave |
| 2013 | Hayao Miyazaki | The Wind Rises |
| 2014 | Richard Linklater | Boyhood |
| 2014 | Wes Anderson | The Grand Budapest Hotel |
| 2014 | Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne | Two Days, One Night |
| 2014 | Ava DuVernay | Selma |
| 2014 | Jonathan Glazer | Under the Skin |
| 2015 | George Miller | Mad Max: Fury Road |
| 2015 | Todd Haynes | Carol |
| 2015 | Tom McCarthy | Spotlight |
| 2015 | Ridley Scott | The Martian |
| 2015 | Denis Villeneuve | Sicario |
| 2016 | Barry Jenkins | Moonlight |
| 2016 | Damien Chazelle | La La Land |
| 2016 | Pablo Larraín | Jackie |
| 2016 | Kenneth Lonergan | Manchester by the Sea |
| 2016 | Denis Villeneuve | Arrival |
| 2017 | Christopher Nolan | Dunkirk |
| 2017 | Paul Thomas Anderson | Phantom Thread |
| 2017 | Guillermo del Toro | The Shape of Water |
| 2017 | Greta Gerwig | Lady Bird |
| 2017 | Jordan Peele | Get Out |
| 2018 | Alfonso Cuarón | Roma |
| 2018 | Barry Jenkins | If Beale Street Could Talk |
| 2018 | Yorgos Lanthimos | The Favourite |
| 2018 | Spike Lee | BlacKkKlansman |
| 2018 | Lynne Ramsay | You Were Never Really Here |
| 2019 | Bong Joon-ho | Parasite |
| 2019 | Sam Mendes | 1917 |
| 2019 | Céline Sciamma | Portrait of a Lady on Fire |
| 2019 | Martin Scorsese | The Irishman |
| 2019 | Quentin Tarantino | Once Upon a Time in Hollywood |

### 2020s

| Year | Winner | Film |
| - | - | - |
| 2020 | Chloé Zhao | Nomadland |
| 2020 | Kelly Reichardt | First Cow |
| 2020 | Eliza Hittman | Never Rarely Sometimes Always |
| 2020 | Spike Lee | Da 5 Bloods |
| 2020 | Emerald Fennell | Promising Young Woman |
