The 91st National Board of Review Awards, honoring the best in film for 2019, were announced on December 3, 2019. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

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 ^[4]

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

Top Documentaries

Maiden ^[5]

• 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:

• Josh Safdie, Benny Safdie, and Ronald Bronstein – 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 (TIE)

Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography

• Roger Deakins – 1917

NBR Icon Award

• Martin Scorsese
• Robert De Niro
• Al Pacino

References

External links

• Official website