The National Board of Review of Motion Pictures

Awards for 2012:

Best Actor
Bradley Cooper, SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK

Best Actress
Jessica Chastain, ZERO DARK THIRTY

Best Adapted Screenplay
David O. Russell, SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK

Best Animated Feature
WRECK-IT RALPH

Best Director
Kathryn Bigelow, ZERO DARK THIRTY

Best Directorial Debut
Benh Zeitlin, BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD

Best Documentary
SEARCHING FOR SUGAR MAN

Best Ensemble
LES MISÉRABLES

Best Film
ZERO DARK THIRTY

Best Foreign Language Film
AMOUR

Best Original Screenplay
Rian Johnson, LOOPER

Best Supporting Actor
Leonardo DiCaprio, DJANGO UNCHAINED

Best Supporting Actress
Ann Dowd, COMPLIANCE

Breakthrough Performance Actor
Tom Holland, THE IMPOSSIBLE

Breakthrough Performance Actress
Quvenzhané Wallis BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD

NBR Freedom of Expression
THE CENTRAL PARK FIVE

NBR Freedom of Expression
PROMISED LAND

Special Achievement in Filmmaking
Ben Affleck, ARGO

Spotlight Award
John Goodman (ARGO, FLIGHT, PARANORMAN, TROUBLE WITH THE CURVE)

Top 10 Independent Films
(In Alphabetical Order) ARBITRAGE, BERNIE, COMPLIANCE, END OF WATCH, HELLO I MUST BE GOING, LITTLE BIRDS, MOONRISE KINGDOM, ON THE ROAD, QUARTET, SLEEPWALK WITH ME

Top 5 Documentaries
(In Alphabetical Order) AI WEIWEI: NEVER SORRY, DETROPIA, THE GATEKEEPERS, THE INVISIBLE WAR, ONLY THE YOUNG

Top 5 Foreign Language Films
(In Alphabetical Order) BARBARA, THE INTOUCHABLES, THE KID WITH A BIKE, NO, WAR WITCH

Top Films
(in alphabetical order) ARGO, BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD, DJANGO UNCHAINED, LES MISÉRABLES, LINCOLN, LOOPER, THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER, PROMISED LAND, SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK

William K. Everson Award For Film History
50 YEARS OF BOND FILMS



 

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