National Board of Review Awards 2016

88th NBR Awards
Best Film: Manchester by the Sea

The 88th National Board of Review Awards, honoring the best in film for 2016, were announced on November 29, 2016.

Top 10 Films

Films listed alphabetically except top, which is ranked as Best Film of the Year:

Manchester by the Sea

• Arrival
• Hacksaw Ridge
• Hail, Caesar!
• Hell or High Water
• Hidden Figures
• La La Land
• Moonlight
• Patriots Day
• Silence
• Sully

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

Best Foreign Language Film:

• The Salesman

Best Documentary:

• O.J.: Made in America

Best Ensemble:

• Hidden Figures

Breakthrough Male Performance:

• Lucas Hedges – Manchester by the Sea

Breakthrough Female Performance:

• Royalty Hightower – The Fits

Best Directorial Debut:

• Trey Edward Shults – Krisha

Spotlight Award:

• Creative collaboration of Peter Berg and Mark Wahlberg

NBR Freedom of Expression:

• Cameraperson

Top Foreign Films

The Salesman

• Elle
• The Handmaiden
• Julieta
• Land of Mine
• Neruda

Top Documentaries

O.J.: Made in America

• De Palma
• The Eagle Huntress
• Gleason
• Life, Animated
• Miss Sharon Jones!

Top 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