The National Board of Review has announced honorees for its 2017 awards.Steven Spielberg’sThe Post, which is receivingmostly positive noticesfrom critics, took top honors with Best Film, while the organization’s full Top 10 is filled out by a pretty diverse group that includesLady Bird,Dunkirk,Baby Driver, andLogan. Of course the glaring inclusion here isAlexander Payne’sDownsizing, which received some scathing reviews and is something of a misfire from theNebraskadirector.
The Postalso took home Best Actor and Actress forTom HanksandMeryl Streep, whileGreta Gerwig—who was snubbed out of a nomination from the Indie Spirits—deservingly won Best Director.
In terms of Oscar precursors, the National Board of Review doesn’t mean much. Last yearManchester by the Seatook top honors, but the “Best Film” winner from the NBR hasn’t won Best Picture at the Oscars since 2008’sSlumdog Millionaire. It’s a somewhat shadowy organization made up of “film enthusiasts, filmmakers, professionals, and academics of varying ages,” and its list of members is kept secret. Regardless, it’s one of many groups that sound off during awards season, and you’re able to check out the full list of winners below.
NBR’s Top 10 Films of 2017:
Baby Driver
Call Me by Your Name
The Disaster Artist
Downsizing
The Florida Project
Phantom Thread
Best Film -The Post
Best Director - Greta Gerwig,Lady Bird
Best Actress - Meryl Streep,The Post
Best Actor - Tom Hanks,The Post
Best Original Screenplay - Paul Thomas Anderson,Phantom Thread
Best Adapted Screenplay - Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber,The Disaster Artist
Best Documentary -Jane
Best Supporting Actor - Willem Dafoe,The Florida Project
Best Supporting Actress - Laurie Metcalf,Lady Bird
Best Ensemble -Get Out
Best Animated Feature -Coco
Best Foreign Language Film -Foxtrot
Best Directorial Debut - Jordan Peele,Get Out
Breakthrough Performance - Timothée Chalamet,Call Me by Your Name
NBR Freedom of Expression Award -First They Killed My FatherandLos Angeles: 1982-1992
NBR Spotlight Award - Patty Jenkins and Gal Gadot forWonder Woman
Top 10 Independent Films of 2017
Beatriz at Dinner
Brigsby Bear
A Ghost Story
Lady Macbeth
Logan Lucky
Loving Vincent
Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer
Patti Cake$
Wind River
Top 5 Documentaries
Abacus: Small Enough to Jail
Brimstone & Glory
Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars
Faces Places
Hell on Earth: The Fall of Syria and the Rise of Isis
Top 5 Foreign Language Films
A Fantastic Woman
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