National Board of Review Awards 2012
84th NBR Awards
Best Film: Zero Dark Thirty
The 84th National Board of Review Awards, honoring the best in film for 2012, were held on January 8, 2013.
Top 10 Films
Films listed alphabetically except top, which is ranked as Best Film of the Year:
- Zero Dark Thirty
- Argo
- Beasts of the Southern Wild
- Django Unchained
- Les Misérables
- Lincoln
- Looper
- The Perks of Being a Wallflower
- Promised Land
- Silver Linings Playbook
Top Foreign Films
- Barbara
- The Intouchables
- The Kid with a Bike
- No
- War Witch
Top Documentaries
- Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry
- Detropia
- The Gatekeepers
- The Invisible War
- Only the Young
Top Independent Films
- Arbitrage
- Bernie
- Compliance
- End of Watch
- Hello I Must Be Going
- Little Birds
- Moonrise Kingdom
- On the Road
- Quartet
- Sleepwalk with Me
Winners
Best Film:
- Zero Dark Thirty
Best Director:
- Kathryn Bigelow, Zero Dark Thirty
Best Actor:
- Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook
Best Actress:
- Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty
Best Supporting Actor:
- Leonardo DiCaprio, Django Unchained
Best Supporting Actress:
- Ann Dowd, Compliance
Best Original Screenplay:
- Rian Johnson, Looper
Best Adapted Screenplay:
- David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook
Best Animated Feature:
Special Achievement in Filmmaking:
- Ben Affleck, Argo
Breakthrough Actor:
- Tom Holland, The Impossible
Breakthrough Actress:
- Quvenzhané Wallis, Beasts of the Southern Wild
Best Directorial Debut:
- Benh Zeitlin, Beasts of the Southern Wild
Best Foreign Language Film:
- Amour
Best Documentary:
William K. Everson Film History Award:
- 50 Years of Bond Films
Best Ensemble:
- Les Misérables
Spotlight Award:
- John Goodman, for Argo, Flight, ParaNorman, Trouble with the Curve
NBR Freedom of Expression:
- The Central Park Five
- Promised Land
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