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National Board of Review, USA

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    NBR Award

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    Best Acting by an Ensemble

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The First Wives Club

      6.5 (57K)
      Bette Midler
      Goldie Hawn
      Diane Keaton
      Maggie Smith
      Dan Hedaya
      Sarah Jessica Parker
      Stockard Channing
      Victor Garber
      Stephen Collins
      Elizabeth Berkley
      Marcia Gay Harden
      Bronson Pinchot
      Jennifer Dundas
      Eileen Heckart
      Philip Bosco
      Rob Reiner
      James Naughton
      Ari Greenberg
      Aida Linares

    Best Actor

    • Tom Cruise at an event for Top Gun: Maverick (2022)
      Winner
      • Tom Cruise
      • Jerry Maguire

    Best Actress

    • Frances McDormand
      Winner
      • Frances McDormand
      • Fargo

    Best Breakthrough Performer

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Jerry Maguire

      7.3 (302K)
      Renée Zellweger

    Best Director

    • Joel Coen at an event for Burn After Reading (2008)
      Winner
      • Joel Coen
      • Fargo

    Best Documentary

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills

      8.2 (19K)
      Joe Berlinger
      Bruce Sinofsky
      Third Eye Motion Picture Company
      HBO Documentary Films

    Best Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Shine

      7.6 (58K)

    Best Film Made for Cable TV

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick

      7.7 (266)
      To the best TV documentary.

    Best Foreign Language Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Ridicule

      7.3 (8.4K)
      France.

    Best Supporting Actor

    • Edward Norton at an event for The Kids Are All Right (2010)
      Winner
      • Edward Norton
      • Everyone Says I Love You

    Best Supporting Actress

    • Juliette Binoche at an event for Breaking and Entering (2006)
      Winner
      • Juliette Binoche
      • The English Patient
      Tied with Kristin Scott Thomas for The English Patient (1996).
    • Kristin Scott Thomas at an event for Only God Forgives (2013)
      Winner
      • Kristin Scott Thomas
      • The English Patient
      Tied with Juliette Binoche for The English Patient (1996).

    Top Foreign Films

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Ridicule

      7.3 (8.4K)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Thieves

      6.7 (2.4K)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Bitter Sugar

      7.0 (652)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Ceremony

      7.5 (15K)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Kolya

      7.7 (17K)

    Top Ten Films

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Shine

      7.6 (58K)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The English Patient

      7.4 (210K)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Fargo

      8.1 (762K)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Secrets & Lies

      8.0 (50K)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Everyone Says I Love You

      6.7 (41K)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Evita

      6.3 (39K)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Sling Blade

      8.0 (103K)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Trainspotting

      8.1 (754K)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The People vs. Larry Flynt

      7.3 (104K)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Breaking the Waves

      7.8 (74K)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Jerry Maguire

      7.3 (302K)

    Special Recognition

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Angels and Insects

      6.8 (5K)
      For excellence in filmmaking.
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Basquiat

      6.9 (23K)
      For excellence in filmmaking.
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Bound

      7.3 (65K)
      For excellence in filmmaking.
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Deli

      5.6 (420)
      For excellence in filmmaking.
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Follow Me Home

      6.9 (240)
      For excellence in filmmaking.
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Substance of Fire

      6.0 (704)
      For excellence in filmmaking.
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Unhook the Stars

      6.5 (2.5K)
      For excellence in filmmaking.
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Big Night

      7.3 (24K)
      For excellence in filmmaking.
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Caught

      6.5 (1.8K)
      For excellence in filmmaking.
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      I Shot Andy Warhol

      6.6 (7.3K)
      For excellence in filmmaking.
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Lone Star

      7.4 (35K)
      For excellence in filmmaking.
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Marvin's Room

      6.7 (31K)
      For excellence in filmmaking.
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Swingers

      7.2 (91K)
      For excellence in filmmaking.
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The War Room

      7.4 (4.6K)
      For excellence in filmmaking.
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Welcome to the Dollhouse

      7.3 (39K)
      For excellence in filmmaking.

    Special Citation

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    • Elia Kazan
      Winner
      • Elia Kazan
      For lifetime achievement in direction.

    Freedom of Expression Award

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The People vs. Larry Flynt

      7.3 (104K)
      Milos Forman
      Oliver Stone

    International Freedom Award

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    • Yuan Zhang at an event for Kan shang qu hen mei (2006)
      Winner
      • Yuan Zhang

    Billy Wilder Award

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    • Sidney Lumet
      Winner
      • Sidney Lumet

    Special Achievement Award

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Sling Blade

      8.0 (103K)
      Billy Bob Thornton
      For special achievement in filmmaking

    Career Achievement Award

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    • Gena Rowlands at an event for Alpha Dog (2006)
      Winner
      • Gena Rowlands

    William K. Everson Film History Award

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    • Peter Bogdanovich
      Winner
      • Peter Bogdanovich
      For the book "Who The Devil Made It".

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    February 24, 1996

    Event location

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    Event links

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