African-American Film Critics Awards

PICTURE: 12 Years a Slave

Top Ten of 2013:

1. 12 Years a Slave
2. Lee Daniels' The Butler
3. Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
4. American Hustle
5. Gravity
6. Fruitvale Station
7. Dallas Buyers Club
8. Saving Mr. Banks
9. Out of the Furnace
10. 42  

DIRECTOR: Steve McQueen, 12 Years a Slave
ACTOR: Forest Whitaker, Lee Daniels' The Butler
ACTRESS: Sandra Bullock, Gravity
SUPPORTING ACTOR: Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club
SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Oprah Winfrey, Lee Daniels' The Butler
SCREENPLAY: 12 Years a Slave- John Ridley
BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE: Lupita Nyong'o, 12 Years a Slave
MUSIC: Black Nativity- Raphael Sadiq 
ANIMATED FEATURE: Frozen
DOCUMENTARY: American Promise 

BEST INDEPENDENT FILM: Fruitvale Station
BEST WORLD CINEMA: Mother of George

African American Film Critics Awards

TOP TEN OF 2012

1. Zero Dark Thirty
2. Argo
3. Lincoln
4. Middle of Nowhere
5. Life of Pi
6. Les Miserables
7. Django Unchained
8. Beasts of the Southern Wild
9. Moonrise Kingdom
10. Think Like a Man

DIRECTOR: Ben Affleck, Argo
ACTOR: Denzel Washington, Flight
ACTRESS: Emayatzy Corineadli, Middle of Nowhere
SUPPORTING ACTOR: Nate Parker, Arbitrage
SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Sally Field, Lincoln
SCREENPLAY: Middle of Nowhere- Ava DuVernay
BREAKOUT PERFORMANCE: Quvenzhane Wallis, Beasts of the Southern Wild
ANIMATED FEATURE: Rise of the Guardians
DOCUMENTARY: (tie) The House I Live In; Versailles '73
FOREIGN FILM: The Intouchables
MUSIC: Middle of Nowhere
INDEPENDENT FILM: Middle of Nowhere 

African American Film Critics Assocation

BEST PICTURE
Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire

Top Ten of 2009

1. Precious
2. The Princess & the Frog
3. Up in the Air
4. The Hurt Locker
5. Michael Jackson's This is It
6. American Violet
7. Goodbye Solo
8. Medicine for Melancholy
9. Good Hair
10. Up

DIRECTOR: Lee Daniels, Precious
ACTOR: Morgan Freeman, Invictus
ACTRESS: Nicole Beharie, American Violet
SUPPORTING ACTOR: Anthony Mackie, The Hurt Locker
SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Mo'Nique, Precious
SCREENPLAY: (tie) Precious; The Princess & the Frog

SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT: Michael Jackson's This is It