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{{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 = ''[[Eeb Allay Ooo!]]'', <br> Prateek Vats <br> ([[66th Filmfare Awards|2021]])
| 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 }}</ref> The awards are the oldest and most prominent film awards given for [[Bollywood|Hindi films]] in [[India]]. The yearly awards started in 1954. Movie awards were first given by popular vote. Many complained that films of artistic merit rather than commercial appeal were being overlooked, hence a new award category was added, the Critics Award for Best Film.

''[[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===
* '''1971 ''[[Uski Roti]]'' – [[Mani Kaul]]'''
* '''1972 ''[[Ashadh Ka Ek Din]]'' – [[Mani Kaul]]'''
* '''1973 ''[[Maya Darpan]]'' – [[Kumar Shahani]]'''
* '''1974 ''[[Duvidha]]'' – [[Mani Kaul]]'''
* '''1975 ''[[Rajnigandha]]'' – [[Basu Chatterjee]]'''
* '''1976 ''[[Aandhi]]'' – [[Gulzar (lyricist)|Gulzar]]'''
* '''1977 ''[[Mrigayaa]]'' – [[Mrinal Sen]]'''
* '''1978 ''[[Shatranj Ke Khilari]]'' – [[Satyajit Ray]]'''
* '''1979 ''[[Arvind Desai Ki Ajeeb Dastaan]]'' – [[Saeed Akhtar Mirza]]'''

===1980s===
* '''1980 ''[[Jeena Yahan]]'' – [[Basu Chatterjee]]'''
* '''1981 ''[[Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyon Aata Hai]]'' – [[Saeed Akhtar Mirza]]'''
* '''1982 ''[[Aadharshila]]'' – Ashok Ahuja'''
* '''1983 ''[[Masoom (1983 film)|Masoom]]'' – [[Shekhar Kapur]]'''
* '''1984 ''[[Sookha]]'' – [[M.S. Sathyu]]'''
* '''1985 ''[[Damul]]'' – [[Prakash Jha]]'''
* '''1986 ''[[Aghaat]]'' – [[Govind Nihalani]]'''
* '''1987 no award
* '''1988 no award
* '''1989 ''[[Om-Dar-Ba-Dar]]'' – [[Kamal Swaroop]]'''

===1990s===
* '''1990 ''[[Khayal Gatha]]'' – [[Kumar Shahani]]'''
* '''1991 ''[[Kasba (film)|Kasba]]'' – [[Kumar Shahani]]'''
* '''1992 ''[[Diksha (film)|Diksha]]'' – [[Arun Kaul]]'''
* '''1993 ''[[Idiot (1992 film)|Idiot]]'' – [[Mani Kaul]]'''
* '''1994 ''[[Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa]]'' – [[Kundan Shah]]'''
* '''1995 ''[[Bandit Queen]]'' – [[Shekhar Kapur]]'''
* '''1996 ''[[Bombay (film)|Bombay]]'' – [[Mani Ratnam]] (the only dubbed film to win the award)'''
* '''1997 ''[[Khamoshi: The Musical]]'' – [[Sanjay Leela Bhansali]]'''
* '''1998 ''[[Virasat (1997 film)|Virasat]]'' – [[Priyadarshan]]'''
* '''1999 ''[[Satya (1998 film)|Satya]]'' – [[Ram Gopal Varma]]'''

===2000s===
* '''2000 ''[[Sarfarosh]]'' – [[John Matthew Matthan]]'''
* '''2001 ''[[Halo (1996 film)|Halo]]'' – [[Santosh Sivan]]'''
* '''2002 ''[[Dil Chahta Hai]]'' – [[Farhan Akhtar]]'''
* '''2003 ''[[The Legend of Bhagat Singh]]'' – [[Rajkumar Santoshi]]'''
* '''2004 ''[[Munna Bhai M.B.B.S.]]'' – [[Rajkumar Hirani]]'''
* '''2005 ''[[Yuva]]'' – [[Mani Ratnam]] & ''[[Dev (2004 film)|Dev]]'' – [[Govind Nihalani]]'''
* '''2006 ''[[Black (2005 film)|Black]]'' – [[Sanjay Leela Bhansali]]'''
* '''2007 ''[[Lage Raho Munna Bhai]]'' – [[Rajkumar Hirani]]'''
* '''2008 ''[[Chak De! India]]'' – [[Shimit Amin]]'''
* '''2009 ''[[Mumbai Meri Jaan]]'' – [[Nishikant Kamat]]'''

===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}}</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 }}</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}}</ref>
|-
|}

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

==References==

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==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]

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