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| width="100"|Year
!width="450"|Winner
!width="450"|Director(s) |
|---|
| style="text-align:center;"|2005 | Crash | Paul Haggis |
| style="text-align:center;"|2006 | Children of Men | Alfonso Cuarón |
| style="text-align:center;"|2007 | There Will Be Blood | Paul Thomas Anderson |
| style="text-align:center;"|2008 | The Dark Knight | Christopher Nolan |
| style="text-align:center;"|2009 | The Hurt Locker | Kathryn Bigelow |
| style="text-align:center;"|2010 | Black Swan | Darren Aronofsky |
| style="text-align:center;"|2011 | Drive | Nicolas Winding Refn |
| style="text-align:center;"|2012 | The Master | Paul Thomas Anderson |
| style="text-align:center;"|2013 | Gravity | Alfonso Cuarón |
| style="text-align:center;"|2014 | Boyhood[{{cite news |last1=Baumgarten |first1=Marjorie |title=Austin Film Critics Pick Boyhood |url=https://www.austinchronicle.com/screens/2014-12-19/austin-film-critics-pick-boyhood/ |work=The Austin Chronicle |date=December 19, 2014}}] | Richard Linklater |
| style="text-align:center;"|2015 | Mad Max: Fury Road[{{cite web |last1=Miller |first1=Neil |title=Austin Film Critics Love Mad Max, Room and Ex Machina |url=https://filmschoolrejects.com/austin-film-critics-love-mad-max-room-and-ex-machina-6b1f30a2a0c7/ |website=Film School Rejects |date=December 29, 2015}}] | George Miller |
| style="text-align:center;"|2016 | Moonlight[{{cite news |last1=Baumgarten |first1=Marjorie |title=Austin Film Critics Association Award Winners |url=https://www.austinchronicle.com/screens/2016-12-30/austin-film-critics-association-award-winners/ |work=The Austin Chronicle |date=December 30, 2016}}][{{cite web|last1=Huff|first1=Lauren|title=Austin Film Critics Association Nominees – ‘Moonlight’ Tops, ‘Arrival’ and ‘La La Land’ Closely Follow|url=https://www.awardscircuit.com/2016/12/16/austin-film-critics-association-nominees-moonlight-tops-arrival-la-la-land-closely-follow/|website=AwardsCircuit|accessdate=December 28, 2016|archive-date=January 28, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190128135535/https://www.awardscircuit.com/2016/12/16/austin-film-critics-association-nominees-moonlight-tops-arrival-la-la-land-closely-follow/|url-status=dead}}] | Barry Jenkins |
| style="text-align:center;"|2017 | The Shape of Water[{{cite web|last1=Whitaker|first1=Richard|title=Get Out Wins Austin Critics Top Prize|url=https://www.austinchronicle.com/daily/screens/2018-01-08/get-out-wins-austin-critics-top-prize/|website=Austin Chronicle|accessdate=January 12, 2018}}] | Guillermo del Toro |
| style="text-align:center;"|2018 | If Beale Street Could Talk[{{cite web|url= https://www.austinchronicle.com/daily/screens/2019-01-07/austin-film-critics-association-announces-2018s-best-films-and-more/ |title= Austin Film Critics Association Announces 2018's Best Films and More |first= Richard |last= Whittaker |work= The Austin Chronicle |date= January 7, 2019 |access-date= October 6, 2023 |archive-date= October 6, 2023 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20231006112443/https://www.austinchronicle.com/daily/screens/2019-01-07/austin-film-critics-association-announces-2018s-best-films-and-more/ |url-status=live}}] | Barry Jenkins |
| style="text-align:center;"|2019 | Parasite | Bong Joon-ho |
| style="text-align:center;"|2020 | Minari | Lee Isaac Chung |
| style="text-align:center;"|2021
|The Power of the Dog[{{cite web |url=https://nextbestpicture.com/the-2021-austin-film-critics-association-afca-winners/ |title=The 2021 Austin Film Critics Association (AFCA) Winners |first=Matt |last=Neglia |publisher=Next Best Picture |date=January 11, 2022 |access-date=January 11, 2022}}][{{cite web |url=https://www.austinchronicle.com/daily/screens/2022-01-11/the-power-of-the-dog-pig-split-austin-film-critics-awards/ |title=The Power of the Dog, Pig Split Austin Film Critics Awards |first=Richard |last=Whittaker |work=The Austin Chronicle |date=January 11, 2022 |access-date=January 11, 2022}}]
|Jane Campion |
| style="text-align:center;"|2022
|Everything Everywhere All At Once [{{cite web |url=https://nextbestpicture.com/the-2022-austin-film-critics-association-afca-winners/ |title=The 2022 Austin Film Critics Association (AFCA) Winners |first=Matt |last=Neglia |publisher=Next Best Picture |date=January 10, 2023 |access-date=January 11, 2023}}][{{cite web |url=https://www.austinchronicle.com/daily/screens/2023-01-11/everything-everywhere-all-at-once-wins-everything-at-the-austin-film-critics-association-award/ |title='Everything Everywhere All at Once' Wins Everything at the Austin Film Critics Association Award |first=Richard |last=Whittaker |work=The Austin Chronicle |date=January 11, 2023 |access-date=January 11, 2023}}]
|Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert |
| style="text-align:center;"|2023
|Oppenheimer [{{cite web |url=https://nextbestpicture.com/the-2023-austin-film-critics-association-afca-winners/ |title=The 2023 Austin Film Critics Association (AFCA) Winners |first=Matt |last=Neglia |publisher=Next Best Picture |date=January 10, 2024 |access-date=January 11, 2024}}]
|Christopher Nolan |