<<< 45th New York Film Critics Circle Awards (1979) >>>

Best Film:

	Kramer vs. Kramer
	Runners-up: Breaking Away and Manhattan

Best Director:

	Woody Allen - Manhattan
	Runners-up: Robert Benton - Kramer vs. Kramer and Bob Fosse - All That Jazz

Best Actor:

	Dustin Hoffman - Kramer vs. Kramer
	Runners-up: Peter Sellers - Being There and Nick Nolte - North Dallas Forty

Best Actress:

	Sally Field - Norma Rae
	Runners-up: Bette Midler - The Rose and Hanna Schygulla - The Marriage of Maria Braun

Best Supporting Actor:

	Melvyn Douglas - Being There
	Runners-up: Frederic Forrest - The Rose and James Woods - The Onion Field

Best Supporting Actress:

	Meryl Streep - Kramer vs. Kramer and The Seduction of Joe Tynan
	Runners-up: Jane Alexander - Kramer vs. Kramer and Barbara Barrie - Breaking Away

Best Screenplay:

	Steve Tesich - Breaking Away
	Runners-up: Woody Allen and Marshall Brickman - Manhattan and Jerzy Kosinski - Being There

Best Foreign Language Film:

	The Tree of Wooden Clogs (L'albero degli zoccoli) • Italy
	Runners-up: La Cage aux Folles • France/Italy, Peppermint Soda (Diabolo menthe) • France and Soldier of Orange (Soldaat van Oranje) • Netherlands/Belgium