The National Board of Review has revealed its picks for the top films and performances of 2023.
Killers of the Flower Moon was named best film, the second high-profile honor for the Martin Scorsese-directed movie within the past week after it was also named best film of the year by the New York Film Critics Circle.
The film about the Osage Murders also won best director (Scorsese) and best actress (Lily Gladstone).
And its cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto won best cinematography for his work on both Killers and Barbie, which was named one of the top films of the year.
The Holdovers also won three awards: best actor (Paul Giamatti) and supporting actress (Da’Vine Joy Randolph), original screenplay (David Hemingson) and was named one of the best films of the year.
Poor Things received two awards: best supporting actor (Mark Ruffalo) and adapted screenplay (Tony McNamara) and was named one of the best movies of the year.
Maestro star, director and co-writer Bradley Cooper was named as the recipient of the NBR Icon Award. This year NBR also introduced the outstanding achievement in stunt artistry award, which was received by John Wick: Chapter 4 director Chad Stahelski and stunt coordinators Stephen Dunlevy and Scott Rogers.
Breakthrough performance went to Teyana Taylor for A Thousand and One, which was named one of this year’s top 10 independent films.
“Killers of the Flower Moon is a stunning masterpiece from one of our greatest filmmakers, Martin Scorsese. The NBR is proud to award this complex, important and deeply resonant epic as our best film and Scorsese as our best director,” NBR president Annie Schulhof said in a statement. “We are also thrilled to honor Bradley Cooper with the NBR Icon Award — an equally impressive actor, writer, producer and director, who brings his passion, artistry and dedication to everything he does, including his latest beautifully sublime film, Maestro.”
The organization’s honors are voted on by a group of film enthusiasts, professionals, academics, filmmakers and students.
Last year, NBR’s top film was Top Gun: Maverick.
This year’s NBR honorees will be celebrated at an awards gala at Cipriani 42nd Street in New York on Thursday, Jan. 11, hosted by NBC News’ Willie Geist.
A complete list of the 2023 NBR award winners follows.
Best Film: Killers of the Flower Moon
Best Director: Martin Scorsese, Killers of the Flower Moon
Best Actor: Paul Giamatti, The Holdovers
Best Actress: Lily Gladstone, Killers of the Flower Moon
Best Supporting Actor: Mark Ruffalo, Poor Things
Best Supporting Actress: Da’Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers
NBR Icon Award: Bradley Cooper
Best Original Screenplay: David Hemingson, The Holdovers
Best Adapted Screenplay: Tony McNamara, Poor Things
Breakthrough Performance: Teyana Taylor, A Thousand and One
Best Directorial Debut: Celine Song, Past Lives
Best Animated Feature: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Best International Film: Anatomy of a Fall
Best Documentary: Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie
Best Ensemble: The Iron Claw
Outstanding Achievement in Stunt Artistry: Director Chad Stahelski and stunt coordinators Stephen Dunlevy & Scott Rogers, John Wick: Chapter 4
Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography: Rodrigo Prieto, Barbie and Killers of the Flower Moon
Top Films (in alphabetical order):
Barbie
The Boy and the Heron
Ferrari
The Holdovers
The Iron Claw
Maestro
Oppenheimer
Past Lives
Poor Things
Top 5 International Films (in alphabetical order):
La Chimera
Fallen Leaves
The Teachers’ Lounge
Tótem
The Zone of Interest
Top 5 Documentaries (in alphabetical order):
20 Days in Mariupol
32 Sounds
The Eternal Memory
The Pigeon Tunnel
A Still Small Voice
Top 10 Independent Films (in alphabetical order):
All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt
All of Us Strangers
BlackBerry
Earth Mama
Flora and Son
The Persian Version
Scrapper
Showing Up
Theater Camp
A Thousand and One
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