Oil epic There Will Be Blood - which opens in the UK on February 15 - has dominated the National Film Critics' Awards.
The US awards named director Paul Thomas Anderson's latest film the movie of the year, while Daniel Day-Lewis scooped the gong for top actor for his portrayal of a ruthless oil tycoon. It also won the award for best cinematography.
Veteran Julie Christie was named best actress for her performance as an Alzheimer's sufferer in Away From Her.The awards are decided by a society of 61 critics from a range of US online and offline publications - although it has been reported that only 41 critics cast ballots this year.
The best supporting actor awards went to Cate Blanchett for her portrayal of Bob Dylan in I'm Not There and Casey Affleck for his role as James' murderer in The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford.
Best documentary went to Charles Ferguson's No End In Sight, which focuses on the Iraq insurgency, while gritty Romanian abortion drama, Four Months, Three Weeks And Two Days was named best foreign film.
Tamara Jenkins was named best scriptwriter for her satire The Savages.
Among the high-profile films that missed out were the Coen Brothers latest No Country For Old Men and Julian Schnabel's The Diving Bell And The Butterfly.
