National Board of Review's Best Film: 'Zero Dark Thirty' The New York Film Critics Circle had its say on Monday. Now the National Board of Review weighs in with its choices for the best of 2012: 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: "Wreck-It Ralph" 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: "Searching for Sugarman" Best ensemble: "Les Misérables" The board also bestowed some nontraditional prizes, like the William K. Everson Film History Award for "50 years of Bond Films." John Goodman, whose year included "Argo," "Flight," "Paranorman" and "Trouble With the Curve," picked up the Spotlight Award. And there were two Freedom of Expression Awards, one for the documentary "The Central Park Five" and another for the Gus Van Sant film "Promised Land."