What a difference a day makes. Following the New York Film Critics Circle's announcements yesterday, the National Board of Review took a decidedly indie spin in announcing its end-of-the-year accolades.
Spike Jonze's Her took home best picture and director wins while Fruitvale Station score a trio of wins in acting and directing categories. In fact, the only films to mirror their NYFCC wins yesterday were The Wind Rises (best animated feature) and Stories We Tell (best documentary).
Here's the full list of 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 ADAPTETD SCREENPLAY: Terence Winter, The Wolf of Wall Street
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE: The Wind Rises
BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE (ACTOR): Michael B. Jordan, Fruitvale Station
BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE (ACTRESS): Adele Exarchopoulos, Blue Is the Warmest Color
BEST DIRECTORIAL DEBUT: Ryan Coogler, Fruitvale Station
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM: The Past
BEST DOCUMANTARY: Stories We Tell
BEST ENSEMBLE: Prisoners
NBR FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION AWARD: Wadjda
CREATIVE INNOVATION IN FILMMAKING AWARD: Gravity
TOP FILMS OF 2013:
(in alphabetical order)
12 YEARS A SLAVE
FRUITVALE STATION
GRAVITY
INSIDE LLWYEN DAVIS
LONE SURVIVOR
NEBRASKA
PRISONERS
SAVING MR. BANKS
THE SECRET LIFE OF WATLER MITTY
THE WOLF OF WALL STREET
TOP 5 FOREIGN FILMS:
BEYOND THE HILLS, GLORIA, THE GRANDMASTER, A HIJACKING, THE HUNT
TOP 5 DOCUMENTARIES:
20 FEET FROM STARDOM, THE ACT OF KILLING, AFTER TILLER, CASTING BY, THE SQUARE
TOP 10 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
Next up will be the L.A. Film Critics' awards on Sunday. Both the SAG Awards and Golden Globe nominations will be announced next week on December 11 and 12, respectively.
