The National Board of Review has selected A24’s Manchester By The Sea as its Best Film, with star Casey Affleck landing Best Actors honors. The film took four honors total including Best Director for Kenneth Lonergan and Breakthrough Actor for Lucas Hedges.
Moonlight, which won Best Picture last night at the Gotham Awards, won Best Director today for Barry Jenkins and Best Supporting Actress for Naomie Harris. Amy Adams won Best Actress for Arrival, which was also named to the board’s annual list of of top 10 films of the year.
Here is the complete list of winners:
Best Film
Manchester by the Sea
Best Director
Barry Jenkins, Moonlight
Best Actor
Casey Affleck, Manchester by the Sea
Best Actress
Amy Adams, Arrival
Best Supporting Actor
Jeff Bridges, Hell or High Water
Best Supporting Actress
Naomie Harris, Moonlight
Best Original Screenplay
Kenneth Lonergan, Manchester by the Sea
Best Adapted Screenplay
Jay Cocks and Martin Scorsese, Silence
Best Animated Feature
Kubo and the Two Strings
Breakthrough Performance (Male)
Lucas Hedges, Manchester by the Sea
Breakthrough Performance (Female)
Royalty Hightower, The Fits
Best Directorial Debut
Trey Edward Shults, Krisha
Best Foreign Language Film
The Salesman
Best Documentary
O.J.: Made in America
Best Ensemble
Hidden Figures
Spotlight Award
Creative Collaboration of Peter Berg and Mark Wahlberg
NBR Freedom of Expression Award
Cameraperson
Top Films
Arrival
Hacksaw Ridge
Hail, Caesar!
Hell or High Water
Hidden Figures
La La Land
Moonlight
Patriot’s Day
Silence
Sully
Top 5 Foreign Language Films
Elle
The Handmaiden
Julieta
Land of Mine
Neruda
Top 5 Documentaries
De Palma
The Eagle Huntress
Gleason
Life, Animated
Miss Sharon Jones!
Top 10 Independent Films
20th Century Women
Captain Fantastic
Creative Control
Eye in the Sky
The Fits
Green Room
Hello, My Name is Doris
Krisha
Morris from America
Sing Street