National Board of Review Awards 2013

85th NBR Awards
Best Film: Her

The 85th National Board of Review Awards, honoring the best in film for 2013, were presented on December 4, 2013 as part of the 2013-14 film awards season.

Top Films

Films listed alphabetically except first, which is ranked as Best Film of the year.

• Her
• 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 Foreign Films

• Beyond the Hills
• Gloria
• The Grandmaster
• A Hijacking
• The Hunt

Top Documentaries

• 20 Feet from Stardom
• The Act of Killing
• After Tiller
• Casting By
• The Square

Top Independent Films

• 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

Winners

Best Film:

• Her

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:

• Terence Winter, The Wolf of Wall Street

Best Animated Feature:

• The Wind Rises

Creative Innovation in Filmmaking:

• Gravity

Breakthrough Actor:

• Michael B. Jordan, Fruitvale Station

Breakthrough Actress:

• Adèle Exarchopoulos, Blue Is the Warmest Colour

Best Directorial Debut:

• Ryan Coogler, Fruitvale Station

Best Foreign Language Film:

• The Past

Best Documentary:

• Stories We Tell

William K. Everson Film History Award:

• George Stevens, Jr.

Best Ensemble:

• Prisoners

Spotlight Award:

• Career collaboration of Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio

NBR Freedom of Expression:

• Wadjda