National Board of Review Awards 2010

82nd NBR Awards
Best Film: The Social Network

The 82nd National Board of Review Awards honored the best in film for 2010. ^[1]

Top 10 Films

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

The Social Network

• Another Year
• The Fighter
• Hereafter
• Inception
• The King's Speech
• Shutter Island
• The Town
• Toy Story 3
• True Grit
• Winter's Bone

Winners

Best Film:

• The Social Network

Best Director:

• David Fincher – The Social Network

Best Actor:

• Jesse Eisenberg – The Social Network

Best Actress:

• Lesley Manville – Another Year

Best Supporting Actor:

• Christian Bale – The Fighter

Best Supporting Actress:

• Jacki Weaver – Animal Kingdom

Best Original Screenplay:

• Chris Sparling – Buried

Best Adapted Screenplay:

• Aaron Sorkin – The Social Network

Best Animated Feature:

• Toy Story 3

Best Foreign Film:

• Of Gods and Men

Best Documentary:

• Waiting for "Superman"

Best Ensemble Cast:

• The Town

Breakthrough Performance:

• Jennifer Lawrence – Winter's Bone

Spotlight Award for Best Directorial Debut:

• Sebastian Junger and Tim Hetherington – Restrepo

Special Filmmaking Achievement Award:

• Sofia Coppola, for writing, directing, and producing Somewhere

William K. Everson Film History Award:

• Leonard Maltin

NBR Freedom of Expression:

• Fair Game
• Conviction
• Howl

Top Foreign Films

Of Gods and Men

• I Am Love
• Incendies
• Life, Above All
• Soul Kitchen
• White Material

Top Documentaries

Waiting for "Superman"

• A Film Unfinished
• Inside Job
• Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work
• Restrepo
• The Tillman Story

Top Independent Films

• Animal Kingdom
• Buried
• Fish Tank
• The Ghost Writer
• Greenberg
• Let Me In
• Monsters
• Please Give
• Somewhere
• Youth in Revolt

References

1. "2010 Archives". National Board of Review. Retrieved 2025-04-03.