Detroit Film Critics Society Award for Best Film

The Detroit Film Critics Society Award for Best Film is an annual award given by the Detroit Film Critics Society to honor the best film made that year.

Winners

2000s

Year Winner Director(s)
2007
No Country for Old Men Joel and Ethan Coen
Juno Jason Reitman
Into the Wild Sean Penn
Le scaphandre et le papillon (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly) Julian Schnabel
There Will Be Blood Paul Thomas Anderson
2008
Slumdog Millionaire Danny Boyle
The Dark Knight Christopher Nolan
Frost/Nixon Ron Howard
WALL•E Andrew Stanton
The Wrestler Darren Aronofsky
2009
Up Pete Docter
(500) Days of Summer Marc Webb
The Hurt Locker Kathryn Bigelow
Inglourious Basterds Quentin Tarantino
Up in the Air Jason Reitman

2010s

Year Winner Director(s)
2010
The Social Network David Fincher
127 Hours Danny Boyle
Inception Christopher Nolan
The King's Speech Tom Hooper
Winter's Bone Debra Granik
2011
The Artist Michel Hazanavicius
The Descendants Alexander Payne
Hugo Martin Scorsese
Take Shelter Jeff Nichols
The Tree of Life Terrence Malick
2012
Silver Linings Playbook David O. Russell
Argo Ben Affleck
The Impossible Juan Antonio Bayona
Take This Waltz Sarah Polley
Zero Dark Thirty Kathryn Bigelow
2013
Her Spike Jonze
12 Years a Slave Steve McQueen
Before Midnight Richard Linklater
Gravity Alfonso Cuarón
Short Term 12 Destin Daniel Cretton
2014
Boyhood Richard Linklater
Birdman Alejandro González Iñárritu
The Grand Budapest Hotel Wes Anderson
Under the Skin Jonathan Glazer
Whiplash Damien Chazelle