National Board of Review Awards 2020 explained

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]}

Top 10 Films

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

Da 5 Bloods

• First Cow
• The Forty-Year-Old Version
• Judas and the Black Messiah
• The Midnight Sky
• Minari
• News of the World
• Nomadland
• Promising Young Woman
• Soul
• Sound of Metal

Top 5 Foreign Films

La Llorona^[4]

• Apples
• Collective
• Dear Comrades!
• The Mole Agent
• Night of the Kings

Top 5 Documentaries

Time^[5]

• Boys State
• Dick Johnson Is Dead
• Miss Americana
• The Truffle Hunters

Top 10 Independent Films

• The Climb
• Driveways
• Farewell Amor
• Miss Juneteenth
• The Nest
• Never Rarely Sometimes Always
• The Outpost
• Relic
• Saint Frances
• Wolfwalkers

Winners

Best Film:

• Da 5 Bloods

Best Director:

• Spike Lee – Da 5 Bloods

Best Actor:

• Riz Ahmed – Sound of Metal

Best Actress:

• Carey Mulligan – Promising Young Woman

Best Supporting Actor:

• Paul Raci – Sound of Metal

Best Supporting Actress:

• Youn Yuh-jung – Minari

Best Original Screenplay:

• Lee Isaac Chung – Minari

Best Adapted Screenplay:

• Paul Greengrass and Luke Davies – News of the World

Best Animated Feature:

• Soul

Breakthrough Performance:

• Sidney Flanigan – Never Rarely Sometimes Always

Best Directorial Debut:

• Channing Godfrey Peoples – Miss Juneteenth

Best Foreign Language Film:

• La Llorona

Best Documentary:

• Time

Best Ensemble:

• Da 5 Bloods

Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography:

• Joshua James Richards – Nomadland

NBR Freedom of Expression:

• One Night in Miami...

NBR Icon Award:

• Chadwick Boseman (posthumous)

Notes and References

1. Web site: National Board of Review Names 'Da 5 Bloods' Best Picture and Spike Lee Becomes Second Black Director Winner . Clayton . Davis . . January 26, 2021 . January 26, 2021.
2. Web site: National Board of Review Names Spike Lee's 'Da 5 Bloods' Best Film . Hilary . Lewis . . January 26, 2021 . January 26, 2021.
3. Web site: Spike Lee's 'Da 5 Bloods' Named Best Film of 2020 by National Board of Review . Patrick . Hipes . . January 26, 2021 . January 26, 2021.
4. The NBR lists the Best Foreign Film and runners-up alphabetically
5. The NBR lists the Best Documentary Film and runners-up alphabetically