African-American Film Critics Association Winners and Top Ten List

“The film industry reached an incredibly high benchmark in 2013 in terms of the level of performance and diversity on screen,” says Gil Robertson, AAFCA president and founder. “From the dramatic and heartwarming performances given by Whitaker and Winfrey, to Jared Leto’s incredible transformation as a transgender, the performances this year represented some of the finest examples of the acting craft.

1. 12 Years a Slave
2. Lee Daniels: The Butler
3. Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
4. American Hustle
5. Gravity
6. Fruitvale Station
7. Dallas Buyers Club
8. Saving Mr. Banks
9. Out of the Furnace
10. 42

Awards:

Best Actor: Forest Whitaker, Lee Daniels: The Butler (TWC)

Best Actress: Sandra Bullock, Gravity (Warner Bros.)

Best Supporting Actress: Oprah Winfrey, Lee Daniels: The Butler (TWC)
 
Best Supporting Actor: Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club (Focus Features)

Best World Cinema: Mother of George (Oscilloscope Laboratories)
 
Breakout Performance: Lupita Nyong'o, 12 Years a Slave (Fox Searchlight)

Best Director: Steve McQueen, 12 Years a Slave (Fox Searchlight)

Best Screenplay: John Ridley, 12 Years a Slave (Fox Searchlight)
 
Best Music: Raphael Sadiq, Black Nativity (RCA Inspirational)

Best Independent Film: Fruitvale Station (TWC)

Best Animation: Frozen (Walt Disney Pictures)

Best Documentary: American Promise (Rada Film Group)