Wednesday, December 4, 2013

The National Board of Review Names Spike Jonze's "Her" as the Best Film of the Year


In a complete turn around from yesterday's "American Hustle"-centric wins at the NYFCC, the NBR answered by giving both of their top prizes to Spike Jonze's film about a man (Jaoquin Phoenix) who falls in love with his computer operating system (voiced by Scarlett Johansson). See the complete list of winners below:


Best Film: Her (dir. Spike Jonze)

Best Director: Spike Jonze, Her

Best Actor: Bruce Dern, Nebraska

Best Actress: Emma Thompson, Saving Mr. Banks

Best Supporting Actor: Will Forte, Nebraska

Best Supporting Actress: Octavia Spencer, Fruitvale Station

Best Original Screenplay: Joel and Ethan Coen, Inside Llewyn Davis

Best Adapted Screenplay: Terrence Winter, The Wolf of Wall Street

Best Animated Feature: The Wind Rises

Breakthrough Performance: Michael B. Jordan, Fruitvale Station

Breakthrough Performance: Adele Exarchopoulos, Blue is the Warmest Color

Best Directorial Debut: Ryan Coogler, Fruitvale Station

Best Foreign Language Film: The Past

Best Documentary: Stories We Tell

Best Ensemble: Prisoners

Spotlight Award: Career Collaboration of Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio

Creative Innovation in Filmmaking Award: Gravity

Top Films (in alphabetical order):

  • 12 Years A Slave
  • Fruitvale Station 
  • Gravity
  • Inside Llewyn Davis
  • Lone Survivor 
  • Nebraska 
  • Prisoners 
  • Saving Mr. Banks
  • The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
  • The Wolf of Wall Street
Top 5 Foreign Language Films (in alphabetical order):
  • Beyond the Hills
  • Gloria
  • The Grandmaster
  • A Hijacking 
  • The Hunt
Top 5 Documentaries (in alphabetical order):
  • 20 Feet From Stardom
  • The Act of Killing
  • After Tiller
  • Casting By
  • The Square 
Top 10 Independent Films (in alphabetical order):
  • Ain't Them Bodies Saints
  • Dallas Buyers Club
  • In A World...
  • Mother of George 
  • Much Ado About Nothing
  • Mud
  • The Place Beyond the Pines
  • Short Term 12
  • Sightseers 
  • The Spectacular Now

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