Critics' Choice Award de melhor direção

O Critics' Choice Movie Award de Melhor Diretor é um dos prêmios apresentados pela Broadcast Film Critics Association em seu prêmio anual Critics' Choice Movie Awards.

Notas

• "†" - Indica o vencedor do Oscar de melhor diretor
• "‡" - Indica um indicado ao Oscar de melhor diretor

Lista de Vencedores e Indicados

1990s

• 1996: Mel Gibson – Braveheart †
• 1997: Anthony Minghella – The English Patient †
• 1998: James Cameron – Titanic †
• 1999: Steven Spielberg – Saving Private Ryan †
• 2000: Sam Mendes – American Beauty †

2000s

• 2001: Steven Soderbergh – Erin Brockovich ‡ e Traffic †
• 2002: Ron Howard – A Beautiful Mind † / Baz Luhrmann – Moulin Rouge! ‡ (EMPATE)
  • Peter Jackson – The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring ‡
• 2003: Steven Spielberg – Catch Me If You Can e Minority Report
  • Roman Polanski – The Pianist †
  • Martin Scorsese – Gangs of New York ‡
• 2004: Peter Jackson – The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King †
  • Tim Burton – Big Fish
  • Sofia Coppola – Lost in Translation ‡
  • Clint Eastwood – Mystic River ‡
  • Jim Sheridan – In America
• 2005: Martin Scorsese – The Aviator ‡
  • Clint Eastwood – Million Dollar Baby †
  • Marc Forster – Finding Neverland
  • Taylor Hackford – Ray ‡
  • Alexander Payne – Sideways ‡
• 2006: Ang Lee – Brokeback Mountain †
  • George Clooney – Good Night, and Good Luck
  • Paul Haggis – Crash
  • Ron Howard – Cinderella Man
  • Steven Spielberg – Munich

• 2007: Martin Scorsese – The Departed †
  • Bill Condon – Dreamgirls
  • Clint Eastwood – Letters from Iwo Jima
  • Stephen Frears – The Queen
  • Paul Greengrass – United 93
• 2008: Joel Coen e Ethan Coen – No Country for Old Men †
  • Tim Burton – Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
  • Sean Penn – Into the Wild
  • Julian Schnabel – Le Scaphandre et le Papillon (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly)
  • Joe Wright – Atonement
• 2009: Danny Boyle – Slumdog Millionaire †
  • David Fincher – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
  • Ron Howard – Frost/Nixon
  • Christopher Nolan – The Dark Knight
  • Gus Van Sant – Milk
• 2010: Kathryn Bigelow – The Hurt Locker †
  • James Cameron – Avatar
  • Lee Daniels – Precious
  • Clint Eastwood – Invictus
  • Jason Reitman – Up in the Air
  • Quentin Tarantino – Inglourious Basterds

2010s

• 2011: David Fincher – The Social Network
  • Darren Aronofsky – Black Swan
  • Danny Boyle – 127 Hours
  • Joel e Ethan Coen – True Grit
  • Tom Hooper – The King's Speech †
  • Christopher Nolan – Inception
• 2012: Michel Hazanavicius – The Artist †
  • Stephen Daldry – Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
  • Alexander Payne – The Descendants
  • Nicolas Winding Refn – Drive
  • Martin Scorsese – Hugo
  • Steven Spielberg – War Horse
• 2013: Ben Affleck – Argo
  • Kathryn Bigelow – Zero Dark Thirty
  • Tom Hooper – Les Misérables
  • Ang Lee – Life of Pi †
  • David O. Russell – Silver Linings Playbook
  • Steven Spielberg – Lincoln
• 2014: Alfonso Cuarón – Gravity †
  • Paul Greengrass – Captain Phillips
  • Spike Jonze – Her
  • Steve McQueen – 12 Years a Slave
  • David O. Russell – American Hustle
  • Martin Scorsese – The Wolf of Wall Street
• 2015: Richard Linklater – Boyhood ‡
  • Wes Anderson – The Grand Budapest Hotel ‡
  • Ava DuVernay – Selma
  • David Fincher – Gone Girl
  • Alejandro González Iñárritu – Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) †
  • Angelina Jolie – Unbroken

• 2016: George Miller – Mad Max: Fury Road ‡
  • Todd Haynes – Carol
  • Alejandro González Iñárritu – The Revenant †
  • Tom McCarthy – Spotlight ‡
  • Ridley Scott – The Martian
  • Steven Spielberg – Bridge of Spies
• 2017: Damien Chazelle – La La Land †
  • Mel Gibson – Hacksaw Ridge
  • Barry Jenkins – Moonlight ‡
  • Kenneth Lonergan – Manchester by the Sea ‡
  • David Mackenzie – Hell or High Water
  • Denis Villeneuve – Arrival ‡
  • Denzel Washington – Fences
• 2018: Guillermo del Toro – The Shape of Water †
  • Greta Gerwig – Lady Bird ‡
  • Luca Guadagnino – Call Me by Your Name
  • Martin McDonagh – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
  • Christopher Nolan – Dunkirk ‡
  • Jordan Peele – Get Out ‡
  • Steven Spielberg – The Post
• 2019: Alfonso Cuarón – Roma †
  • Damien Chazelle – First Man
  • Bradley Cooper – A Star Is Born
  • Peter Farrelly – Green Book
  • Yorgos Lanthimos – The Favourite ‡
  • Spike Lee – BlacKkKlansman ‡
  • Adam McKay – Vice ‡

• 2020: Sam Mendes – 1917 ‡ / Bong Joon-ho – Parasite † (empate)
  • Noah Baumbach – Marriage Story
  • Greta Gerwig – Little Women
  • Josh e Benny Safdie – Uncut Gems
  • Martin Scorsese – The Irishman ‡
  • Quentin Tarantino – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood ‡

Década de 2020

2021: Chloé Zhao – Nomadland †

• Aaron Sorkin – The Trial of the Chicago 7
• David Fincher – Mank ‡
• Emerald Fennell – Promising Young Woman ‡
• Lee Isaac Chung – Minari ‡
• Regina King – One Night in Miami...
• Spike Lee – Da 5 Bloods

2022: Jane Campion – The Power of the Dog †

• Paul Thomas Anderson – Licorice Pizza ‡
• Guillermo del Toro – Nightmare Alley
• Steven Spielberg – West Side Story ‡
• Kenneth Branagh – Belfast ‡
• Denis Villeneuve – Dune

2023: Daniel Kwan e Daniel Scheinert – Everything Everywhere All at Once †

• Baz Luhrmann – Elvis
• Damien Chazelle – Babylon
• Gina Prince-Bythewood – The Woman King
• James Cameron – Avatar: The Way of Wather
• Martin McDonagh – The Banshees of Inisherin ‡
• Sarah Polley – Women Talking
• S. S. Rajamouli – RRR
• Steven Spielberg – The Fabelmans ‡
• Todd Field – Tár ‡

2024: Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer

• Yorgos Lanthimos – Poor Things
• Alexander Payne – The Holdovers
• Martin Scorsese – Killers of the Flower Moon
• Bradley Cooper – Maestro
• Greta Gerwig – Barbie

Múltiplas Indicações

2 indicações Kathryn Bigelow Danny Boyle Tim Burton James Cameron Joel Coen and Ethan Coen Alfonso Cuarón Mel Gibson Paul Greengrass Tom Hooper Alejandro G. Iñárritu Peter Jackson Ang Lee Alexander Payne David O. Russell Quentin Tarantino

3 indicações Ron Howard Christopher Nolan Damien Chazelle 4 indicações Clint Eastwood David Fincher 6 indicações Martin Scorsese 8 indicações Steven Spielberg

Múltiplas Vitórias

2 vitórias Alfonso Cuarón Sam Mendes Martin Scorsese Steven Spielberg