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{{Short description|Honor awarded to Hindi films}}
{{More citations needed|date=June 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2018}}

{{Infobox award
| name = [[Filmfare Awards|Filmfare Award]] for Best Film
| image =
| caption=
| awarded_for = Best Film
| presenter = ''[[Filmfare]]''
| country = India
| year = ''[[Uski Roti]]'', <br> [[Mani Kaul]] ([[18th Filmfare Awards|1971]])
| holder = ''[[I Want to Talk]]'', <br> [[Shoojit Sircar]] <br> ([[70th Filmfare Awards|2025]])
| website = [http://filmfareawards.indiatimes.com/ Filmfare Awards]
}}

The '''Filmfare Critics Award for Best Film''' is awarded during annual [[Filmfare Awards]], given by the [[Filmfare]] magazine.<ref>{{cite web| title = Critics Award for Best Film| publisher = Filmfare Awards Official listing, [[Indiatimes]]| url = http://recipeguide.indiatimes.com/awards2001/ex_cfilm.htm| access-date = 2014-05-20| archive-date = 18 December 2014| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141218030957/http://recipeguide.indiatimes.com/awards2001/ex_cfilm.htm| url-status = dead}}</ref> These are the oldest and most prominent film awards given for [[Bollywood|Hindi films]] in [[India]], having started in 1954. Movie awards were first given by popular vote. Many complained that films with commercial appeal rather than artistic merit were being recognised, hence a new award category was added, the Best Film (Critics). [[Mani Kaul]] has a record four wins in this category, followed by three wins each for [[Shoojit Sircar]] and [[Kumar Shahani]].

''[[Rajnigandha]]'', [[Black (2005 film)|''Black'']] and ''[[Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara]]'' are the only films to win both Best Film (Critics) and [[Filmfare Award for Best Film|Best Film]].

==Winner==
In the list below, each individual entry shows the winning title, followed by the director of the film.

===1970s===
{| class="wikitable"
!Film
!Winners
!Year
|-
| ''[[Uski Roti]]''
| rowspan="2" | [[Mani Kaul]]
| 1971
|-
| ''[[Ashadh Ka Ek Din]]''

| 1972
|-
| ''[[Maya Darpan]]''
| [[Kumar Shahani]]
| 1973
|-
| ''[[Duvidha]]''
| [[Mani Kaul]]
| 1974
|-
| ''[[Rajnigandha]]''
| [[Basu Chatterjee]]
| 1975
|-
| ''[[Aandhi]]''
| [[Gulzar (lyricist)|Gulzar]]
| 1976
|-
| ''[[Mrigayaa]]''
| [[Mrinal Sen]]
| 1977
|-
| ''[[Shatranj Ke Khilari]]''
| [[Satyajit Ray]]
| 1978
|-
| ''[[Arvind Desai Ki Ajeeb Dastaan]]''
| [[Saeed Akhtar Mirza]]
| 1979
|-
|}

===1980s===
{| class="wikitable"
!Film
!Winners
!Year
|-
| ''[[Jeena Yahan]]''
| [[Basu Chatterjee]]
| 1980
|-
| ''[[Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyoon Aata Hai? (1980 film)|Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyon Aata Hai]]''
| [[Saeed Akhtar Mirza]]
| 1981
|-
| ''[[Aadharshila]]''
| Ashok Ahuja
| 1982
|-
| ''[[Masoom (1983 film)|Masoom]]''
| [[Shekhar Kapur]]
| 1983
|-
| ''[[Sookha]]''
| [[M.S. Sathyu]]
| 1984
|-
| ''[[Damul]]''
| [[Prakash Jha]]
| 1985
|-
| ''[[Aghaat]]''
| [[Govind Nihalani]]
| 1986
|-
| ''[[Om-Dar-Ba-Dar]]''
| [[Kamal Swaroop]]
| 1989
|-
|}
===1990s===
{| class="wikitable"
!Film
!Winners
!Year
|-
| ''[[Khayal Gatha]]''
| [[Kumar Shahani]]
| 1990
|-
| ''[[Kasba (film)|Kasba]]''
| [[Kumar Shahani]]
| 1991
|-
| ''[[Diksha (film)|Diksha]]''
| [[Arun Kaul]]
| 1992
|-
| ''[[Idiot (1992 film)|Idiot]]''
| [[Mani Kaul]]
| 1993
|-
| ''[[Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa]]''
| [[Kundan Shah]]
| 1994
|-
| ''[[Bandit Queen]]''
| [[Shekhar Kapur]]
| 1995
|-
| ''[[Bombay (1995 film)|Bombay]]''
| [[Mani Ratnam]] (the only dubbed film to win the award)
| 1996
|-
| ''[[Khamoshi: The Musical]]''
| [[Sanjay Leela Bhansali]]
| 1997
|-
| ''[[Virasat (1997 film)|Virasat]]''
| [[Priyadarshan]]
| 1998
|-
| ''[[Satya (1998 film)|Satya]]''
| [[Ram Gopal Varma]]
| 1999
|-
|}
===2000s===
{| class="wikitable"
!Film
!Winners
!Year
|-
| ''[[Sarfarosh (1999 film)|Sarfarosh]]''
| [[John Matthew Matthan]]
| 2000
|-
| ''[[Halo (1996 film)|Halo]]''
| [[Santosh Sivan]]
| 2001
|-
| ''[[Dil Chahta Hai]]''
| [[Farhan Akhtar]]
| 2002
|-
| ''[[The Legend of Bhagat Singh]]''
| [[Rajkumar Santoshi]]
| 2003
|-
| ''[[Munna Bhai M.B.B.S.]]''
| [[Rajkumar Hirani]]
| 2004
|-
| ''[[Yuva]] & [[Dev (2004 film)|Dev]]''
| [[Mani Ratnam]] & [[Govind Nihalani]]
| 2005
|-
| ''[[Black (2005 film)|Black]]''
| [[Sanjay Leela Bhansali]]
| 2006
|-
| ''[[Lage Raho Munna Bhai]]''
| [[Rajkumar Hirani]]
| 2007
|-
| ''[[Chak De! India]]''
| [[Shimit Amin]]
| 2008
|-
| ''[[Mumbai Meri Jaan]]''
| [[Nishikant Kamat]]
| 2009
|}

===2010s===
{| class="wikitable"
! Year || Film || Recipient(s)
|-
| '''2010''' ||''[[Firaaq]]'' || [[Nandita Das]]
|-bgcolor=#edf3fe
| '''2011''' ||''[[Udaan (2010 film)|Udaan]]'' || [[Vikramaditya Motwane]]
|-
| '''2012''' ||''[[Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara]]'' || [[Zoya Akhtar]]
|-bgcolor=#edf3fe
| '''2013''' ||''[[Gangs of Wasseypur]]'' || [[Anurag Kashyap]]
|-
| '''2014''' ||''[[The Lunchbox]]'' || [[Ritesh Batra]]
|-bgcolor=#edf3fe
| '''2015''' || ''[[Ankhon Dekhi]]'' || [[Rajat Kapoor]]<ref>{{cite web | title = 60th Britannia Filmfare Awards 2014: Complete list of winners | url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/60th-Britannia-Filmfare-Awards-2014-Complete-list-of-winners/articleshow/46080277.cms | date = 1 February 2015 | access-date = 2015-02-01 | newspaper = The Times of India | archive-date = 3 February 2015 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150203081332/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/60th-Britannia-Filmfare-Awards-2014-Complete-list-of-winners/articleshow/46080277.cms | url-status = live }}</ref>
|-
| '''2016''' ||''[[Piku]]'' || [[Shoojit Sircar]]
|-bgcolor=#edf3fe
| '''2017''' || ''[[Neerja]]'' || [[Ram Madhvani]]<ref>{{cite news |url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/62nd-filmfare-awards-2017-winners-list/articleshow/56541241.cms |title = 62nd Filmfare Awards 2017: Winners' list |work = The Times of India |date = 15 January 2017 |access-date = 15 January 2017 |archive-date = 14 January 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170114235906/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/62nd-filmfare-awards-2017-winners-list/articleshow/56541241.cms |url-status = live }}</ref>
|-
| '''2018''' ||''[[Newton (film)|Newton]]'' || [[Amit V. Masurkar]]
|-bgcolor=#edf3fe
| '''2019''' || ''[[Andhadhun]]'' || [[Sriram Raghavan]]
|}

===2020s===
{| class="wikitable"
! Year || Film || Recipient(s)
|-
| '''2020''' ||''[[Article 15 (film)|Article 15]]'' & ''[[Sonchiriya]]'' ||[[Anubhav Sinha]] & [[Abhishek Chaubey]]
|-bgcolor=#edf3fe
| '''2021''' ||''[[Eeb Allay Ooo!]]'' || Prateek Vats<ref>{{Cite web|title=Filmfare Awards 2021: Check complete list of winners|url=https://zeenews.india.com/bollywood/filmfare-awards-2021-check-complete-list-of-winners-2351198.html|author=Ankita Bhandari|publisher=Zee News|date=28 March 2021|access-date=29 March 2021|archive-date=6 February 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240206153337/https://zeenews.india.com/bollywood/filmfare-awards-2021-check-complete-list-of-winners-2351198.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| '''2022''' || ''[[Sardar Udham]]'' || [[Shoojit Sircar]]
|-
|-bgcolor=#edf3fe
| '''2023''' || ''[[Badhaai Do]]'' || [[Harshavardhan Kulkarni]]
|-
| '''2024''' || ''[[Joram (film)|Joram]]'' || [[Devashish Makhija]]
|-
|-bgcolor=#edf3fe
| '''2025''' || ''[[I Want to Talk]]'' || [[Shoojit Sircar]]
|-
|}

==See also==
* [[Filmfare Award for Best Film]]
* [[Filmfare Award]]s
* [[Bollywood]]
* [[Cinema of India]]

==References==

<references />

==External links==
*[https://www.filmfare.com/awards/filmfare-awards/winners Filmfare Critics Awards Best Film]
* [http://deep750.googlepages.com/FilmfareAwards.pdf List of Filmfare Award Winners and Nominations, 1953–2005] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090612065210/http://deep750.googlepages.com/FilmfareAwards.pdf |date=12 June 2009 }}

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