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