National Board of Review Awards 2011

The 83rd National Board of Review Awards, honoring the best in film for 2011.

Top 10 Films[]

Films listed alphabetically except top, which is ranked as Best Film of the Year:

• Hugo
• The Artist
• The Descendants
• Drive
• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2
• The Ides of March
• J. Edgar
• The Tree of Life
• War Horse

Top Foreign Films[]

• 13 Assassins
• Elite Squad: The Enemy Within
• Footnote
• Le Havre
• Point Blank

Top Documentaries[]

• Born to Be Wild
• Buck
• George Harrison: Living in the Material World
• Project Nim
• Senna

Top Independent Films[]

• 50/50
• Another Earth
• Beginners
• A Better Life
• Cedar Rapids
• Margin Call
• Shame
• Take Shelter
• We Need To Talk About Kevin
• Win Win

Winners[]

• Best Film:
  • Hugo
• Best Director:
  • Martin Scorsese, Hugo
• Best Actor:
  • George Clooney, The Descendants
• Best Actress:
  • Tilda Swinton, We Need to Talk About Kevin
• Best Supporting Actor:
  • Christopher Plummer, Beginners
• Best Supporting Actress:
  • Shailene Woodley, The Descendants
• Best Foreign Film:
  • A Separation
• Best Documentary:
  • Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory
• Best Animated Feature:
  • Rango
• Best Ensemble Cast:
  • The Help
• Breakthrough Performance:
  • Felicity Jones, Like Crazy
  • Rooney Mara, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
• Spotlight Award:
  • Michael Fassbender, A Dangerous Method, Jane Eyre, Shame, X-Men: First Class
• Spotlight Award for Best Directorial Debut:
  • J. C. Chandor, Margin Call
• Best Original Screenplay:
  • Will Reiser, 50/50
• Best Adapted Screenplay:
  • Nat Faxon & Alexander Payne & Jim Rash, The Descendants
• Special Filmmaking Achievement Award:
  • The Harry Potter franchise, for "a distinguished translation from Book to Film"
• NBR Freedom of Expression:
  • Crime After Crime
  • Pariah