National Board of Review Names ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Best Film

The Nationwide Board of Evaluate has named High Gun: Maverick as its finest movie of 2022.

The Tom Cruise-starring sequel additionally received excellent achievement in cinematography.

The Banshees of Inisherin received a number one three awards, together with finest actor (Colin Farrell), finest supporting actor (Brendan Gleeson) and finest authentic screenplay for Martin McDonagh.

Steven Spielberg received finest director for The Fabelmans, with the movie’s Gabriel LaBelle successful breakthrough efficiency alongside Until star Danielle Deadwyler.

Michelle Yeoh was named finest actress for her starring function in Every little thing In every single place All at As soon as, and Janelle Monáe received finest supporting actress for her function in Knives Out sequel Glass Onion.

The award for finest tailored screenplay went to All Quiet on the Western Entrance‘s Edward Berger, Lesley Paterson and Ian Stokell.

Marcel the Shell with Footwear On was named finest animated function, with Shut taking finest worldwide movie; Sr., about Robert Downey Jr.’s father, named finest documentary; and Girls Speaking being acknowledged with finest ensemble.

“High Gun: Maverick is an exciting crowd-pleaser that’s expertly crafted on each degree,” NBR president Annie Schulhof mentioned in an announcement. “Tom Cruise, Joseph Kosinski and your complete filmmaking staff have succeeded in making an extremely well-liked movie that introduced audiences again to theaters, whereas on the similar time being a full-on cinematic achievement.” 

The group’s honors are voted on by a gaggle of movie fanatics, professionals, lecturers, filmmakers and college students.

NBR has a blended document as an Oscars predictor. Final yr its prime movie was Licorice Pizza, which scored three Oscar nominations, together with finest image. In 2020 its prime movie was Da 5 Bloods, which ended up solely touchdown one Oscar nomination, and in 2019, NBR chosen The Irishman, which scored a number of Oscar nominations however no wins. Earlier NBR finest movie winners embrace Inexperienced Guide (2018), The Put up (2017), Manchester by the Sea (2016) and Mad Max: Fury Street (2015).

This yr’s NBR honorees shall be celebrated at an awards gala at Cipriani forty second Road in New York on Sunday, Jan. 8, hosted by NBC Information’ Willie Geist.

An entire listing of this yr’s winners follows.

Finest Movie:  High Gun: Maverick
Finest Director: Steven Spielberg, The Fabelmans
Finest Actor: Colin Farrell, The Banshees of Inisherin
Finest Actress: Michelle Yeoh, Every little thing In every single place All at As soon as
Finest Supporting Actor: Brendan Gleeson, The Banshees of Inisherin
Finest Supporting Actress: Janelle Monáe, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Thriller
Finest Unique Screenplay: Martin McDonagh, The Banshees of Inisherin
Finest Tailored Screenplay: Edward Berger, Lesley Paterson, Ian Stokell, All Quiet on the Western Entrance
Breakthrough Efficiency:  Danielle Deadwyler, Until
Breakthrough Efficiency: Gabriel LaBelle, The Fabelmans
Finest Directorial Debut: Charlotte Wells, Aftersun
Finest Animated Function: Marcel the Shell with Footwear On
Finest Worldwide Movie: Shut
Finest Documentary: Sr.
Finest Ensemble: Girls Speaking
Excellent Achievement in Cinematography: Claudio Miranda, High Gun: Maverick

NBR Freedom of Expression Awards:
All of the Magnificence and the Bloodshed
Argentina, 1985 
 
High Movies (in alphabetical order):
Aftersun 
Avatar: The Manner of Water 
The Banshees of Inisherin
Every little thing In every single place All at As soon as 
The Fabelmans
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Thriller 
RRR
Until 
The Girl King 
Girls Speaking 
 
High 5 Worldwide Movies (in alphabetical order):
All Quiet on the Western Entrance
Argentina, 1985 
Resolution to Go away 
EO 
Saint Omer 
 
High 5 Documentaries (in alphabetical order):
All of the Magnificence and the Bloodshed
All That Breathes
Descendant 
Flip Each Web page – The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb
Wildcat 

High 10 Impartial Movies (in alphabetical order):
Armageddon Time
Emily the Legal
The Everlasting Daughter
Humorous Pages
The Inspection
Residing
A Love Music
Nanny
The Marvel
To Leslie