14th NSFC Awards January 3, 1980 Best Film: Breaking Away The 14th National Society of Film Critics Awards, given on January 3, 1980, honored the best filmmaking of 1979.
Nick Nolte – North Dallas Forty 4.
Jack Lemmon – The China Syndrome 5.
Hanna Schygulla – The Marriage of Maria Braun (Die Ehe der Maria Braun) 3.
Melvyn Douglas – Being There and The Seduction of Joe Tynan 3.
Barbara Harris – The Seduction of Joe Tynan 3.
Woody Allen and Marshall Brickman – Manhattan 3.