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. Annually, the group gives awards to the best in film as selected by its members by vote.

Ceremonies

* 2002 * 2003 *

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...

* 2006 * 2007 * 2008 *

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...

2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

* 2016 * 2017 *

2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

* 2019 *

2020 The year 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of even ...

* 2021 *

2022 The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...

* 2023 * 2024

Awards breakdown

Films with two or more

;7 * '' La La Land'' (2016) – Best Film, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Production Design, Best Score ;6 * '' 12 Years a Slave'' (2013) – Best Film, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Ensemble, Best Score * '' Nomadland'' (2020) – Best Film, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Editing * '' Oppenheimer'' (2023) – Best Director, Best Actor, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Score, Best Ensemble ;5 * '' Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)'' (2014) – Best Actor, Best Original Screenplay, Best Ensemble, Best Cinematography, Best Editing ;4 * '' Boyhood'' (2014) – Best Film, Best Director, Best Supporting Actress, Best Youth Performance * '' Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind'' (2004) – Best Film, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Ensemble * '' Inception'' (2010) – Best Original Screenplay, Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography, Best Score * '' No Country for Old Men'' (2007) – Best Film, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor, Best Ensemble * '' Roma'' (2018) – Best Film, Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best Foreign Language Film * '' Slumdog Millionaire'' (2008) – Best Film, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Breakthrough Performance ;3 * ''

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'' (2010) – Best Film, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay * '' Up in the Air'' (2009) – Best Film, Best Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay * '' Zero Dark Thirty'' (2012) – Best Film, Best Director, Best Actress ;2 * '' 21 Grams'' (2003) – Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor * '' The Artist'' (2011) – Best Film, Best Score * '' Capote'' (2005) – Best Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay * '' Crash'' (2005) – Best Original Screenplay, Best Ensemble * '' Doubt'' (2008) – Best Actress, Best Ensemble * ''

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'' (2006) – Best Supporting Actress, Best Breakthrough Performance * '' The Fighter'' (2010) – Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress * '' The Hurt Locker'' (2009) – Best Director, Best Ensemble * '' Hugo'' (2011) – Best Director, Best Art Direction * '' Inglourious Basterds'' (2009) – Best Supporting Actor, Best Original Screenplay * '' Les Misérables'' (2012) – Best Supporting Actress, Best Ensemble * '' Little Miss Sunshine'' (2006) – Best Original Screenplay, Best Ensemble * '' The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King'' (2003) – Best Film, Best Director * '' Lost in Translation'' (2003) – Best Actor, Best Original Screenplay * '' Minari'' (2020) – Best Supporting Actress, Best Youth Performance * ''

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'' (2005) – Best Film, Best Director * '' Precious'' (2009) – Best Supporting Actress, Best Breakthrough Performance * '' The Revenant'' (2015) – Best Actor, Best Cinematography'Spotlight' Named Top Film by D.C.-Area Film Critics, Hollywood Reporter
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People with two or more

;3 * George Clooney – Best Actor: '' Michael Clayton'' (2007), '' Up in the Air'' (2009), and '' The Descendants'' (2011) * Frances McDormand – Best Actress:'' Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri'' (2018), Nomadland (2021) and Best Ensemble: '' Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri'' (2018) ;2 * Amy Adams – Best Supporting Actress: '' Junebug'' (2005); Best Ensemble: '' Doubt'' (2008) * Javier Bardem – Best Supporting Actor & Best Ensemble: '' No Country for Old Men'' (2007) * Jamie Foxx – Best Actor: '' Ray'' (2004); Best Supporting Actor: '' Collateral'' (2004) * Anne Hathaway – Best Supporting Actress & Best Ensemble: '' Les Misérables'' (2012) *

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– Best Breakthrough Performance: '' Hustle & Flow'' (2005); Best Ensemble: '' Crash'' (2005) * Jennifer Hudson – Best Breakthrough Performance & Best Supporting Actress: ''

'' (2006) * Carey Mulligan – Best Actress: '' An Education'' (2009); Best Ensemble: '' Pride & Prejudice'' (2005) * Jason Reitman – Best Adapted Screenplay: '' Thank You for Smoking'' (2006) & '' Up in the Air'' (2009) * Aaron Sorkin – Best Adapted Screenplay: '' Charlie Wilson's War'' (2007) & ''

'' (2010) * Meryl Streep – Best Actress & Best Ensemble: '' Doubt'' (2008)

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