92nd NBR Awards
Best Film: Da 5 Bloods
The 92nd National Board of Review Awards , honoring the best in film for 2020, were announced on January 26, 2021. [1] [2] [3]
Films listed alphabetically except top, which is ranked as Best Film of the Year:
Best Film:
Best Director:
Best Actor:
Best Actress:
Best Supporting Actor:
Best Supporting Actress:
Best Original Screenplay:
Best Adapted Screenplay:
Best Animated Feature:
Best Foreign Language Film:
Best Documentary:
Best Ensemble:
Breakthrough Performance:
Best Directorial Debut:
Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography:
NBR Freedom of Expression:
NBR Icon Award:
The New York Film Critics Online (NYFCO) is an organization co-founded by Harvey S. Karten and Prairie Miller in 2000, composed of Internet film critics based in New York City. The group meets once a year, in December, for voting on its annual NYFCO Awards. Prairie Miller, Avi Offer and Karen Benardello form the NYFCO's Governing Committee, and members include such vet and influential critics as Rex Reed, Armond White, Stephanie Zacharek, and Emanuel Levy.
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