National Board of Review Awards 2014

86th NBR Awards
Best Film: A Most Violent Year

The 86th National Board of Review Awards, honoring the best in film for 2014, were announced on December 2, 2014.

Top 10 Films

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

• A Most Violent Year
• American Sniper
• Birdman
• Boyhood
• Fury
• Gone Girl
• The Imitation Game
• Inherent Vice
• The Lego Movie
• Nightcrawler
• Unbroken

Top Foreign Films

• Force Majeure
• Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem
• Leviathan
• Two Days, One Night
• We Are the Best!

Top Documentaries

• Art and Craft
• Jodorowsky's Dune
• Keep On Keepin' On
• The Kill Team
• Last Days in Vietnam

Top Independent Films

• Blue Ruin
• Locke
• A Most Wanted Man
• Mr. Turner
• Obvious Child
• The Skeleton Twins
• Snowpiercer
• Stand Clear of the Closing Doors
• Starred Up
• Still Alice

Winners

Best Film:

• A Most Violent Year

Best Director:

• Clint Eastwood, American Sniper

Best Actor (tie):

• Oscar Isaac, A Most Violent Year
• Michael Keaton, Birdman

Best Actress:

• Julianne Moore, Still Alice

Best Supporting Actor:

• Edward Norton, Birdman

Best Supporting Actress:

• Jessica Chastain, A Most Violent Year

Best Original Screenplay:

• Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, The Lego Movie

Best Adapted Screenplay:

• Paul Thomas Anderson, Inherent Vice

Best Animated Feature:

• How to Train Your Dragon 2

Breakthrough Performance:

• Jack O'Connell, Starred Up and Unbroken

Best Directorial Debut:

• Gillian Robespierre, Obvious Child

Best Foreign Language Film:

• Wild Tales

Best Documentary:

• Life Itself

William K. Everson Film History Award:

• Scott Eyman

Best Ensemble:

• Fury

Spotlight Award:

• Chris Rock for writing, directing, and starring Top Five.

NBR Freedom of Expression:

• Rosewater
• Selma