National Board of Review Awards 2019

91th NBR Awards
Best Film: The Irishman

The 91st National Board of Review Awards, honoring the best in film for 2019, were announced on December 3, 2019.

Top 10 Films

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

• The Irishman
• 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 Films

• Parasite
• Atlantics
• The Invisible Life of Eurídice Gusmão
• Pain and Glory
• Portrait of a Lady on Fire
• Transit

Top Documentaries

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

Top Independent Films

• 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

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:

• Ronald Bronstein, Josh and Benny Safdie, Uncut Gems

Best Adapted Screenplay:

• Steve Zaillian, The Irishman

Best Animated Feature:

• How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World

Breakthrough Performance:

• Paul Walter Hauser, Richard Jewell

Best Directorial Debut:

• Melina Matsoukas, Queen & Slim

Best Foreign Language Film:

• Parasite

Best Documentary:

• Maiden

Best Ensemble:

• Knives Out

NBR Freedom of Expression:

• For Sama
• Just Mercy

Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography

• Roger Deakins, 1917

NBR Icon Award

• Martin Scorsese
• Robert De Niro
• Al Pacino