National Board of Review Awards 2006

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The 78th National Board of Review Awards, honoring the best in film for 2006, were given on 6 December 2006.

[edit] Top 10 Films

1. Iwo Jima kara no tegami (Letters from Iwo Jima)
2. Babel
3. Blood Diamond
4. The Departed *Academy Award for Best Picture*
5. The Devil Wears Prada
6. Flags of Our Fathers
7. The History Boys
8. Little Miss Sunshine
9. Notes on a Scandal
10. The Painted Veil

[edit] Top Foreign Films

• Volver
• Curse of the Golden Flower
• Days of Glory
• Pan's Labyrinth
• Water

[edit] Top Five Documentaries

• An Inconvenient Truth
• 51 Birch Street
• Iraq in Fragments
• Dixie Chicks: Shut Up and Sing
• Wordplay

[edit] Top Independent Films

• Akeelah and the Bee
• Bobby
• Catch a Fire
• Copying Beethoven
• A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints
• Half Nelson
• The Illusionist
• Lonesome Jim
• Sherrybaby
• 10 Items or Less
• Thank You For Smoking

[edit] Winners

• Best Film:
  • Iwo Jima kara no tegami (Letters from Iwo Jima)
• Best Foreign Language film:
  • Volver (To Return), 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 (tie):
  • 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
• Billy Wilder Award for Excellence in Directing:
  • Jonathan Demme
• William K. Everson Award for Film History:
  • Donald Krim
• Career Award for Producing
  • Irwin Winkler

[edit] External links

• National Board of Review of Motion Pictures :: Awards for 2006