National Board of Review Awards 2020

The 92nd National Board of Review Awards, honoring the best in film for 2020, were announced on January 26, 2021.[1]

92nd NBR Awards
Best Film: Da 5 Bloods

Top 10 Films

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

• Da 5 Bloods
• First Cow
• The Forty-Year-Old Version
• Judas and the Black Messiah
• The Midnight Sky
• Minari
• News of the World
• Nomadland
• Promising Young Woman
• Soul
• Sound of Metal

Top Foreign Films

• La Llorona[2]
• Apples
• Collective
• Dear Comrades!
• The Mole Agent
• Night of the Kings

Top Documentaries

• Time[3]
• All In: The Fight for Democracy
• Boys State
• Dick Johnson Is Dead
• Miss Americana
• The Truffle Hunters

Top Independent Films

• The Climb
• Driveways
• Farewell Amor
• Miss Juneteenth
• The Nest
• Never Rarely Sometimes Always
• The Outpost
• Relic
• Saint Frances
• Wolfwalkers

Winners

Best Film:

• Da 5 Bloods

Best Director:

• Spike Lee, Da 5 Bloods

Best Actor:

• Riz Ahmed, Sound of Metal

Best Actress:

• Carey Mulligan, Promising Young Woman

Best Supporting Actor:

• Paul Raci, Sound of Metal

Best Supporting Actress:

• Youn Yuh-jung, Minari

Best Original Screenplay:

• Lee Isaac Chung, Minari

Best Adapted Screenplay:

• Paul Greengrass and Luke Davies, News of the World

Best Animated Feature:

• Soul

Breakthrough Performance:

• Sidney Flanigan, Never Rarely Sometimes Always

Best Directorial Debut:

• Channing Godfrey Peoples, Miss Juneteenth

Best Foreign Language Film:

• La Llorona

Best Documentary:

• Time

Best Ensemble:

• Da 5 Bloods

NBR Freedom of Expression:

• One Night in Miami

Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography

• Joshua James Richards, Nomadland

NBR Icon Award

• Chadwick Boseman

References

1. Davis, Clayton (January 26, 2021). "National Board of Review Names 'Da 5 Bloods' Best Picture, Spike Lee Becomes Second Black Director Winner". Variety. Retrieved January 26, 2021.
2. The NBR lists the Best Foreign Film, and the runners-up alphabetically
3. The NBR lists the Best Documentary Film, and the runners-up alphabetically