National Board of Review Awards 2006
78th NBR Awards----
Best Film:
Letters from Iwo Jima
The 78th National Board of Review Awards, awarded to the best in film for 2006, were presented by the National Board of Review on 9 January 2007.Winners
- Best Film:
- *Iwo Jima kara no tegami
- Best Foreign Language film:
- *Volver , Spain
- Best Actor:
- *Forest Whitaker - The Last King of Scotland
- Best Actress:
- *Helen Mirren - The Queen
- Best Supporting Actor:
- *Djimon Hounsou - Blood Diamond
- Best Supporting Actress:
- *Catherine O'Hara - For Your Consideration
- Best Acting by an Ensemble:
- *The Departed
- Breakthrough Male Performances:
- *Ryan Gosling - Half Nelson
- Breakthrough Female Performances :
- *Jennifer Hudson - Dreamgirls
- *Rinko Kikuchi - Babel
- Best Director:
- *Martin Scorsese - The Departed
- Best Directorial Debut:
- *Jason Reitman - Thank You For Smoking
- Best Animated Feature:
- *Cars
- Best Documentary Feature:
- *An Inconvenient Truth
- Best Screenplay - Adapted:
- *The Painted Veil - Ron Nyswaner
- Best Screenplay - Original:
- *Stranger Than Fiction - Zach Helm
- Freedom of Expression Award:
- *Water and World Trade Center
- Career Achievement Award:
- *Eli Wallach
- William K. Everson Award for Film History:
- *Donald Krim
- Career Award for Producing:
- *Irwin Winkler
Top 10 films
In alphabetical order:
In alphabetical order:
- 10 Items or Less
- Akeelah and the Bee
- Bobby
- Catch a Fire
- Copying Beethoven
- A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints
- Half Nelson
- The Illusionist
- Lonesome Jim
- Sherrybaby
- Thank You for Smoking
In alphabetical order:
- Curse of the Golden Flower
- Days of Glory
- Pan's Labyrinth
- To Return
- Water
In alphabetical order:
- An Inconvenient Truth
- 51 Birch Street
- Iraq in Fragments
- Wordplay
