title: 1939 New York Film Critics Circle Awards
text: # 1939 New York Film Critics Circle Awards
  
  5th New York Film Critics Circle Awards
  
  December 27, 1939
  
  Best Film:
  
  Wuthering Heights
  
  The 5th New York Film Critics Circle Awards, announced on 27 December 1939, honored the best filmmaking of 1939.
  
  ## Winners
  
  * Best Picture:
     * Wuthering Heights
  * Runner-up – Gone with the Wind and Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
  * Best Actor:
     * James Stewart – Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
  * Best Actress:
     * Vivien Leigh – Gone with the Wind
  * Best Director:
     * John Ford – Stagecoach
  * Best Foreign Film:
     * Harvest (Regain) • France
  