Although the year doesn’t actually end for another four weeks, voting bodies can’t help but stumble over themselves to declare their favorites of the year. The latest to do so are New York Film Critics Circle 2013, which gave American Hustle top honors, and the National Board of Review, which awarded their best film of 2013 nod to Spike Jonze‘s Her. Marking another great year for Megan Ellison‘s Annapurna Pictures, which produced both of the aforementioned films, check out the full list of both awards below, which also includes major honors for Nebraska and surprisingly, not as much love as one might have expected for Steve McQueen‘s 12 Years a Slave.
National Board of Review 2013 Awards
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 Adapted Screenplay: Terence Winter, THE Wolf of Wall Street
Best Animated Feature: The Wind Rises
Breakthrough Performance: Michael B. Jordan, Fruitvale Station
Breakthrough Performance: Adele Exarchopoulos, Blue is the Warmest Color
Best Directorial Debut: Ryan Coogler, Fruitvale Station
Best Foreign Language Film: The Past
Best Documentary: Stories We Tell
William K. Everson Film History Award: George Stevens, Jr.
Best Ensemble: PRISONERS
Spotlight Award: Career Collaboration of Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio
NBR Freedom of Expression Award: Wadjda
Creative Innovation in Filmmaking Award: Gravity
Top Films
(in alphabetical order)
12 Years a Slave
Fruitvale Station
Gravity
Inside Llewyn Davis
Lone Survivor
Nebraska
Prisoners
Saving Mr. Banks
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
The Wolf of Wall Street
Top 5 Foreign Language Films
(in alphabetical order)
Beyond the Hills
Gloria
The Grandmaster
A Hijacking
The Hunt
Top 5 Documentaries
(in alphabetical order)
20 Feet from Stardom
The Act of Killing
After Tiller
Casting By
The Square
Top 10 Independent Films
(in alphabetical order)
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
New York Film Critics Circle 2013 Awards
Best Picture:
American Hustle
Best Director:
Steve McQueen, 12 Years a Slave
Best Screenplay:
Eric Singer & David O. Russell, American Hustle
Best Actress:
Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine
Best Actor:
Robert Redford, All is Lost
Best Supporting Actress:
Jennifer Lawrence, American Hustle
Best Supporting Actor:
Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club
Best Foreign Language Film:
Blue is the Warmest Color
Best Cinematography:
Bruno Delbonnel, Inside Llewyn Davis
Best Nonfiction Film:
Stories We Tell
Best First Film:
Ryan Coogler, Fruitvale Station
Best Animated Film:
The Wind Rises
Special Award:
Frederick Wiseman
What do you think of the above awards? Which films deserve to get attention? Any snubs?