THE NATIONAL BOARD OF REVIEW NAMES 2018 HONOREES

INCLUDING

GREEN BOOK FOR BEST FILM OF THE YEAR

&

BRADLEY COOPER FOR BEST DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR

The Organization’s Gala will be held on Tuesday, January 8, 2019 in New York City

New York, NY (November 27, 2018) – The National Board of Review today announced their 2018 honorees, with top awards including Green Book as Best Film of the Year, Bradley Cooper as Best Director of the Year for A Star is Born, Viggo Mortensen as Best Actor of the Year for his performance in Green Book, and Lady Gaga as Best Actress of the Year for her performance in A Star is Born. Best Film: “Green Book”

Best Director: Bradley Cooper, “A Star Is Born”

Best Actor: Viggo Mortensen, “Green Book”

Best Actress: Lady Gaga, “A Star Is Born”

Best Supporting Actor: Sam Elliott, “A Star Is Born”

Best Supporting Actress: Regina King, “If Beale Street Could Talk”

Best Original Screenplay: Paul Schrader, “First Reformed”

Best Adapted Screenplay: Barry Jenkins, “If Beale Street Could Talk”

Best Animated Feature: “Incredibles 2”

Breakthrough Performance: Thomasin McKenzie, “Leave No Trace”

Best Directorial Debut: Bo Burnham, “Eighth Grade”

Best Foreign Language Film: “Cold War”

Best Documentary: “RBG”

Best Ensemble: “Crazy Rich Asians”

William K. Everson Film History Award: “The Other Side of the Wind” and “They’ll Love Me When I’m Dead”

NBR Freedom of Expression Award: “22 July”

NBR Freedom of Expression Award: “On Her Shoulders”

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Top Films (in alphabetical order)

 “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs”

 “Black Panther”

 “Can You Ever Forgive Me?”

 “Eighth Grade”

 “First Reformed”

 “If Beale Street Could Talk”

 “Mary Poppins Returns”

 “A Quiet Place”

 “Roma”

 “A Star Is Born”

Top 5 Documentaries (in alphabetical order)

 “Crime + Punishment”

 “Free Solo”

 “Minding the Gap”

 “Three Identical Strangers”

 “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?”

Top 10 Independent Films (in alphabetical order)

 “The Death of Stalin”

 “Lean on Pete”

 “Leave No Trace”

 “Mid90s”

 “The Old Man & the Gun”

 “The Rider”

 “Searching”

 “Sorry to Bother You”

 “We the Animals”

 “You Were Never Really Here” See the full list of 2018 winners below:

Best Supporting Actress

Regina King, If Beale Street Could Talk

Best Adapted Screenplay

Barry Jenkins, If Beale Street Could Talk

William K. Everson Film History Award

The Other Side of the Wind and They’ll Love Me When I’m Dead

Top 5 Documentaries (in alphabetical order)

Crime + Punishment

Free Solo

Minding the Gap

Three Identical Strangers

Won’t You Be My Neighbor? The winners will be recognized during a Jan. 8, 2019 gala at New York's Cipriani 42nd Street, hosted, as they were last year, by NBC News' Willie Geist.
The National Board of Review of Motion Pictures names Green Book the best film in 2018. A Star Is Born won three awards.