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Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Director

The Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Director is an annual film award given by the Boston Society of Film Critics.

Winners

=1980s=

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style="text-align:center;"|1980Roman PolanskiTess
style="text-align:center;"|1981Steven SpielbergRaiders of the Lost Ark
style="text-align:center;"|1982Steven SpielbergE.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
style="text-align:center;"|1983Paolo Taviani and Vittorio TavianiThe Night of the Shooting Stars (La notte di San Lorenzo)
style="text-align:center;"|1984Bertrand TavernierA Sunday in the Country (Un dimanche à la campagne)
style="text-align:center;"|1985John HustonPrizzi's Honor
rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|1986David LynchBlue Velvet
Oliver StonePlatoon
style="text-align:center;"|1987Stanley KubrickFull Metal Jacket
style="text-align:center;"|1988Stephen FrearsDangerous Liaisons
style="text-align:center;"|1989Woody AllenCrimes and Misdemeanors

=1990s=

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style="text-align:center;"|1990Martin ScorseseGoodfellas
style="text-align:center;"|1991Jonathan DemmeThe Silence of the Lambs
style="text-align:center;"|1992Robert AltmanThe Player
style="text-align:center;"|1993Steven SpielbergSchindler's List
style="text-align:center;"|1994Quentin TarantinoPulp Fiction
style="text-align:center;"|1995Ang LeeSense and Sensibility
style="text-align:center;"|1996Mike LeighSecrets & Lies
style="text-align:center;"|1997Curtis HansonL.A. Confidential
style="text-align:center;"|1998John BoormanThe General
style="text-align:center;"|1999David O. RussellThree Kings

=2000s=

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style="text-align:center;"|2000Cameron CroweAlmost Famous
style="text-align:center;"|2001David LynchMulholland Drive
style="text-align:center;"|2002Roman PolanskiThe Pianist
style="text-align:center;"|2003Sofia CoppolaLost in Translation
style="text-align:center;"|2004Zhang YimouHouse of Flying Daggers (Shi mian mai fu)[https://variety.com/2004/film/awards/boston-film-critics-flip-for-sideways-1117914867/ Boston film critics flip for 'Sideways' - Variety]
style="text-align:center;"|2005Ang LeeBrokeback Mountain
style="text-align:center;"|2006Martin ScorseseThe Departed
style="text-align:center;"|2007Julian SchnabelThe Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Le scaphandre et le papillon)
rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|2008rowspan="2"|Gus Van SantMilk
Paranoid Park
style="text-align:center;"|2009Kathryn BigelowThe Hurt Locker

=2010s=

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style="text-align:center;"|2010David FincherThe Social Network
style="text-align:center;"|2011Martin ScorseseHugo[https://www.reuters.com/article/idUS201794256320111211 'The Artist' Named Best Picture by Boston Film Critics|Retuters]
style="text-align:center;"|2012Kathryn BigelowZero Dark Thirty
style="text-align:center;"|2013Steve McQueen12 Years a Slave
style="text-align:center;"|2014Richard LinklaterBoyhood
style="text-align:center;"|2015Todd HaynesCarol[https://www.cbsnews.com/news/l-a-boston-film-critics-name-spotlight-years-best/ L.A., Boston film critics name "Spotlight" year's best - CBS News]
style="text-align:center;"|2016Damien ChazelleLa La Land
style="text-align:center;"|2017Paul Thomas AndersonPhantom Thread
style="text-align:center;"|2018Lynne RamsayYou Were Never Really Here
style="text-align:center;"|2019Bong Joon-hoParasite

=2020s=

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style="text-align:center;"|2020Chloé ZhaoNomadland[https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/12/14/arts/boston-society-film-critics-names-its-winners-2020/ The Boston Society of Film Critics names its winners for 2020 - The Boston Globe]
style="text-align:center;"|2021Ryusuke HamaguchiDrive My Car
style="text-align:center;"|2022Todd FieldTár[https://bostonfilmcritics.org/current-winners/ Current Winners – 2022 Awards]
style="text-align:center;"|2023Jonathan GlazerThe Zone of Interest
style="text-align:center;"|2024Sean BakerAnora

Multiple wins

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