National Board of Review Awards 2011

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

All films are in alphabetical order

Top 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