National Board of Review (NBR) Awards

After just premering last week, Steven Spielberg's The Post has to be flying high today after sweep many of the top categories at this years National Board of Review awards. Now this is only one step, and nothing is certain, but still, it is a good sign for a film whose early social media reaction, so far, is incredibly strong.

Best Film
The Post

Best Director
Greta Gerwig, “Lady Bird”

Best Actor
Tom Hanks, “The Post”

Best Actress
Meryl Streep, “The Post”

Best Supporting Actor
Willem Dafoe, “The Florida Project”

Best Supporting Actress
Laurie Metcalf, “Lady Bird”

Best Original Screenplay
Paul Thomas Anderson, “Phantom Thread”

Best Adapted Screenplay
Scott Neustadter and Michael H Weber, “The Disaster Artist”

Best Animated Feature
Coco

Best Breakthrough Performance
Timothee Chalamet, “Call Me by Your Name”

Best Directorial Debut
Jordan Peele, “Get Out”

Best Foreign Language Film
Foxtrot

Best Documentary
Jane

Best Ensemble
Get Out

Spotlight Award
Patty Jenkins and Gal Gadot, “Wonder Woman”

NBR Freedom of Expression Award
“First They Killed My Father,” Angelina Jolie; and “Let It Fall: Los Angeles 1982-1992,” John Ridley

Top 10 Films
Baby Driver
Call Me by Your Name
The Disaster Artist
Downsizing
Dunkirk
The Florida Project
Get Out
Lady Bird
Logan
Phantom Thread

Top 5 Foreign Language Films
A Fantastic Woman
Frantz
Loveless
Summer 1993
The Square

Top 5 Documentaries
Abacus: Small Enough to Jail
Brimstone and Glory
Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars
Faces Places
Hell on Earth: The Fall of Syria and the Rise of ISIS

Top 10 Independent Films
Beatriz at Dinner
Brigsby Bear
A Ghost Story
Lady Macbeth
Logan Lucky
Loving Vincent
Menashe
Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer
Patti Cake$
Wind River