The 85th National Board of Review Awards, honoring the best in film for 2013, were announced on December 4, 2013.
Top 10 Films
<p>Films listed alphabetically except top, which is ranked as Best Film of the Year:
- Her
- 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 Foreign Films
- Beyond the Hills
- Gloria
- The Grandmaster
- A Hijacking
- The Hunt
Top Documentaries
- 20 Feet from Stardom
- The Act of Killing
- After Tiller
- Casting By
- The Square
Top Independent Films
- 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
Winners
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
Creative Innovation in Filmmaking:
- Gravity
Breakthrough Actor:
- Michael B. Jordan, Fruitvale Station
Breakthrough Actress:
- Adèle Exarchopoulos, Blue Is the Warmest Colour
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:
- Wadjda
