National Board of Review Awards 2021

The 93rd National Board of Review Awards, honoring the best in film for 2021, were announced on December 2, 2021.^[1][2][3] The gala was held on March 15, 2022, at Cipriani 42nd Street in New York City.^[4][5][6]

Paul Thomas Anderson, Best Director winner

Will Smith, Best Actor winner

Rachel Zegler, Best Actress winner

Ciarán Hinds, Best Supporting Actor winner

Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Best Supporting Actress winner

Asghar Farhadi, Best Original Screenplay winner

Joel Coen, Best Adapted Screenplay winner

Alana Haim, Breakthrough Performance co-winner

93rd NBR Awards
Best Film: Licorice Pizza

Top 10 Films

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

Licorice Pizza

• Belfast
• Don't Look Up
• Dune
• King Richard
• The Last Duel
• Nightmare Alley
• Red Rocket
• The Tragedy of Macbeth
• West Side Story

Winners

Best Film:

• Licorice Pizza

Best Director:

• Paul Thomas Anderson – Licorice Pizza

Best Actor:

• Will Smith – King Richard

Best Actress:

• Rachel Zegler – West Side Story

Best Supporting Actor:

• Ciarán Hinds – Belfast

Best Supporting Actress:

• Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor – King Richard

Best Original Screenplay:

• Asghar Farhadi – A Hero

Best Adapted Screenplay:

• Joel Coen – The Tragedy of Macbeth

Best Animated Feature:

• Encanto

Best Foreign Language Film:

• A Hero

Best Documentary:

• Summer of Soul (...Or When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

Best Ensemble:

• The Harder They Fall

Breakthrough Performance:

• Alana Haim and Cooper Hoffman – Licorice Pizza

Best Directorial Debut:

• Michael Sarnoski – Pig

Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography:

• Bruno Delbonnel – The Tragedy of Macbeth

NBR Freedom of Expression:

• Flee

Top 5 Foreign Films

A Hero^[7]

• Benedetta
• Lamb
• Lingui, The Sacred Bonds
• Titane
• The Worst Person in the World

Top 5 Documentaries

Summer of Soul (...Or When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)^[8]

• Ascension
• Attica
• Flee
• The Rescue
• Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain

Top 10 Independent Films

• The Card Counter
• C'mon C'mon
• CODA
• The Green Knight
• Holler
• Jockey
• Old Henry
• Pig
• Shiva Baby
• The Souvenir Part II