National Board of Review (NBR):---- 
 
 
 
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 Original Screenplay: Will Reiser, 50/50 
Best Adapted Screenplay: Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash 
Best Animated Feature: Rango 
Breakthrough Performance: Felicity Jones, Like Crazy 
Breakthrough Performance: Rooney Mara, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo 
Debut Director: J.C. Chandor, Margin Call 
Best Ensemble: The Help 
Spotlight Award: Michael Fassbender (A Dangerous Method, Jane Eyre, Shame, X-Men: First Class) 
NBR Freedom of Expression: Crime After Crime 
NBR Freedom of Expression: Pariah 
Best Foreign Language Film: A Separation 
Best Documentary: Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory 
Special Achievement in Filmmaking: The Harry Potter Franchise – A Distinguished Translation from Book 
to Film 
 
Top Films 
(in alphabetical order) 
 
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 
Tree of Life 
War Horse 
 
 
Top 5 Foreign Language Films 
(In Alphabetical Order) 
 
13 Assassins 
Elite Squad: The Enemy Within 
Footnote 
Le Havre 
Point Blank 
 
Top 5 Documentaries 
(In Alphabetical Order) 
 
Born to be Wild 
Buck 
George Harrison: Living in the Material World 
Project Nim 
Senna 
 
Top 10 Independent Films 
(In Alphabetical Order) 
 
50/50 
Another Earth 
Beginners 
A Better Life 
Cedar Rapids 
Margin Call 
Shame 
Take Shelter 
We Need To Talk About Kevin 
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