Gw mau tau Pemenang dari New York Film Critics Circle Awards 1981

Burt Lancaster - Atlantic City

Runner-up: Henry Fonda - On Golden Pond dan Robert Duvall - True Confessions Aktris Terbaik:

Runner-up: Faye Dunaway - Mommie Dearest dan Diane Keaton - Reds

David Watkin - Chariots of Fire

Sidney Lumet - Prince of the City Runner-up: Louis Malle - Atlantic City, Hugh Hudson - Chariots of Fire dan Warren Beatty - Reds Film Terbaik:

Reds Runner-up: Prince of the City, Atlantic City dan Chariots of Fire Film Berbahasa Asing Terbaik:

Pixote (Pixote: a Lei do Mais Fraco) • Brazil

Runner-up: Man of Iron (Człowiek z żelaza) • Polandia, Man of Marble (Człowiek z marmuru) • Polandia dan The Last Metro (Le dernier métro) • Prancis