The 36th National Society of Film Critics Awards, given on 4 January 2002, honored the best in film for 2001.^[1][2][3][4]

1. Mulholland Drive
2. Gosford Park
3. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

1. Robert Altman – Gosford Park
2. David Lynch – Mulholland Drive
3. Peter Jackson – The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

1. Gene Hackman – The Royal Tenenbaums
2. Denzel Washington – Training Day
3. Tom Wilkinson – In the Bedroom

1. Naomi Watts – Mulholland Drive
2. Sissy Spacek – In the Bedroom
3. Charlotte Rampling – Under the Sand (Sous le sable)

1. Steve Buscemi – Ghost World
2. Ben Kingsley – Sexy Beast
3. Brian Cox – L.I.E.

1. Helen Mirren – Gosford Park
2. Maggie Smith – Gosford Park
3. Marisa Tomei – In the Bedroom

1. Julian Fellowes – Gosford Park
2. Daniel Clowes and Terry Zwigoff – Ghost World
3. Christopher Nolan – Memento

1. Christopher Doyle and Mark Lee Ping Bin – In the Mood for Love (Faa yeung nin wa)
2. Peter Deming – Mulholland Drive
3. Roger Deakins – The Man Who Wasn't There

1. In the Mood for Love (Faa yeung nin wa)
2. The Circle (Dayereh)
3. Amores perros

1. The Gleaners and I (Les glaneurs et la glaneuse)
2. The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition
3. My Voyage to Italy (Il mio viaggio in Italia)

• Waking Life

• My Voyage to Italy (Il mio viaggio in Italia)

• Faith Hubley

• Past Awards