| <<< 8th National Society of Film Critics Awards (1973) >>> |
| Best Picture |
| Day for Night (La nuit américaine) |
| Best Director |
| François Truffaut - Day for Night (La nuit américaine) |
| Best Actor |
| Marlon Brando - Last Tango in Paris (Ultimo tango a Parigi) |
| Best Actress |
| Liv Ullmann - The New Land (Nybyggarna) |
| Best Supporting Actor |
| Robert De Niro - Mean Streets |
| Best Supporting Actress |
| Valentina Cortese - Day for Night (La nuit américaine) |
| Best Screenplay |
| George Lucas, Gloria Katz and Willard Huyck - American Graffiti |
| Best Cinematography |
| Vilmos Zsigmond - The Long Goodbye |
| Special awards |
| Tomás Gutiérrez Alea - Memories of Underdevelopment (Memorias del subdesarrollo) | |
| Daryl Duke | |
| Robert Ryan - The Iceman Cometh |