title: 1938 New York Film Critics Circle Awards
text: # 1938 New York Film Critics Circle Awards
  
  4th New York Film Critics Circle Awards
  
  January 3, 1939
  
  Best Picture:
  
  The Citadel
  
  The 4th New York Film Critics Circle Awards, announced on 3 January 1939, honored the best filmmaking of 1938.
  
  ## Winners
  
  ### Best Picture
  
  * The Citadel
  * Runner-up – The Lady Vanishes
  
  ### Best Director
  
  * Alfred Hitchcock – The Lady Vanishes
  * Runner-up – Garson Kanin - A Man to Remember
  
  ### Best Actor
  
  * James Cagney – Angels with Dirty Faces
  * Runner-up – Spencer Tracy - Boys Town
  
  ### Best Actress
  
  * Margaret Sullavan – Three Comrades
  * Runner-up – Wendy Hiller – Pygmalion
  
  ### Best Foreign Film
  
  * Grand Illusion
  * Runner-up – Professor Mamlock
  
  ### Special Award
  
  * Walt Disney – Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
  