1972 New York Film Critics Circle Awards

Winners

• Best Actor:
• *Laurence Olivier - Sleuth
• *Runners-up: Marlon Brando - The Godfather and James Mason - Child's Play
• Best Actress:
• *Liv Ullmann - Cries and Whispers (Viskningar och rop) and The Emigrants (Utvandrarna)
• *Runners-up: Cicely Tyson - Sounder, Harriet Andersson - Cries and Whispers (Viskningar och rop) and Janet Suzman - A Day in the Death of Joe Egg
• Best Director:
• *Ingmar Bergman - Cries and Whispers (Viskningar och rop)
• *Runners-up: Francis Ford Coppola - The Godfather and Luis Buñuel - The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie)
• Best Film:
• *Cries and Whispers (Viskningar och rop)
• *Runners-up: The Godfather and The Emigrants (Utvandrarna)
• Best Screenplay:
• *Ingmar Bergman - Cries and Whispers (Viskningar och rop)
• *Runners-up: Luis Buñuel and Jean-Claude Carrière - The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie)
• Best Supporting Actor:
• *Robert Duvall - The Godfather
• *Runners-up: Eddie Albert - The Heartbreak Kid and Robert Shaw - Young Winston
• Best Supporting Actress:
• *Jeannie Berlin - The Heartbreak Kid
• *Runners-up: Susan Tyrrell - Fat City and Ida Lupino - Junior Bonner
• Special Award:
• *''The Sorrow and the Pity''