National Board of Review

FILM: Zero Dark Thirty

Ten Best Films of 2012:

• Argo
• Beasts of the Southern Wild
• Django Unchained
• Les Miserables
• Lincoln
• Looper
• The Perks of Being a Wallflower
• Promised Land
• Silver Linings Playbook

DIRECTOR: Kathryn Bigelow, Zero Dark Thirty
ACTOR: Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook
ACTRESS: Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty
SUPPORTING ACTOR: Leonardo DiCarprio, Django Unchained
SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Ann Dowd, Compliance
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Looper- Rian Johnson
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: Silver Linings Playbook- David O. Russell
BREAKTHROUGH ACTOR: Tom Holland, The Impossible
BREAKTHROUGH ACTRESS: Quvenzhane Wallis, Beasts of the Southern Wild 
DIRECTORIAL DEBUT: Benh Zeitlin, Beasts of the Southern Wild 
ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE: Les Miserables 
ANIMATED FEATURE: Wreck-It-Ralph

DOCUMENTARY: Searching for Sugarman 

Top 5 Documentaries of 2012:

• Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry
• Detropia
• The Gatekeepers
• The Invisible War
• Only the Young

FOREIGN FILM: Amour

Top 5 Foreign Films of 2012:

• Barbara
• The Intouchables
• The Kid with the Bike
• No
• War Witch

SPOTLIGHT AWARD: John Goodman, Argo, Flight, ParaNorman, The Trouble With Curve
SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT IN FILMMAKER: Ben Affleck, Argo
NBR FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION: Central Park Five, Promised Land
WILLIAM K. EVERSON FILM HISTORY AWARD: 50 Years of Bond

Top Ten Independent Films of 2012:
Arbitrage
Bernie
Compliance
End of Watch
Hello I Must Be Going
Little Birds
Moonrise Kingdom
On the Road
Quartet
Sleepwalk with Me