National Board of Review Winners, The Irishman takes Top Prize

The National Board of Review announced their award winners with Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman winning Best Film. Other winners included Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Uncut Gems and Richard Jewell. The awards will be given out on 8th January 2020 at a gala ceremony. Here are the winners:

Best Film

The Irishman

Best Director

Quentin Tarantino – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

Best Actor

Adam Sandler – Uncut Gems

Best Actress

Renée Zellweger – Judy

Best Supporting Actor

Brad Pitt – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

Best Supporting Actress

Kathy Bates – Richard Jewell

Best Original Screenplay

Josh Safdie, Benny Safdie, Ronald Bronstein – Uncut Gems

Best Adapted Screenplay

Steven Zaillian – The Irishman

Breakthrough Performance

Paul Walter Hauser – Richard Jewell

Best Directorial Debut

Melina Matsoukas – Queen & Slim

Best Animated Feature

How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World

Best Foreign Language Film

Parasite

Best Documentary

Maiden

Best Ensemble

Knives Out

Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography

Roger Deakins – 1917

NBR Icon Award

Martin Scorsese, Robert De Niro, Al Pacino

NBR Freedom of Expression Award

For Sama

NBR Freedom of Expression Award

Just Mercy

Top Films (alphabetical order)

• 1917
• Dolemite Is My Name
• Ford v Ferrari
• Jojo Rabbit
• Knives Out
• Marriage Story
• Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
• Richard Jewell
• Uncut Gems
• Waves

Top Foreign Language Films (alphabetical order)

• Atlantics
• Invisible Life
• Pain and Glory
• Portrait of a Lady on Fire 
• Transit

Top Documentaries (alphabetical order)

• American Factory
• Apollo 11
• The Black Godfather 
• Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese
• Wrestle

Top Independent Films (alphabetical order)

• The Farewell
• Give Me Liberty
• A Hidden Life
• Judy
• The Last Black Man in San Francisco
• Midsommar
• The Nightingale
• The Peanut Butter Falcon
• The Souvenir
• Wild Rose