Last year's big winner was the dramatic film Good Night, and Good Luck written, directed, and starring George Clooney. This year the group's top prize went to another historical drama, the Clint Eastwood movie Letters from Iwo Jima.
National Board of Review Awards-2006
Best Film
Letters from Iwo Jima
Top 10 Films of 2006
Letters From Iwo Jima, (and, in alphabetical order) Babel, Blood Diamond, The Departed, The Devil Wears Prada, Flags Of Our Fathers, The History Boys, Little Miss Sunshine, Notes On A Scandal, and The Painted Veil
Best Foreign Film
Volver
Top Five Foreign Films
Volver, (and, in alphabetical order) Curse Of The Golden Flower, Days Of Glory, Pan's Labyrinth, and Water
Top Five Documentaries
An Inconvenient Truth, (and, in alphabetical order) 51 Birch Street, Iraq In Fragments, Shut Up & Sing, and Wordplay
Top Independent Films
(In alphabetical order) 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, and Thank You For Smoking
Best Actor
Forest Whitaker, 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 Performance - Male
Ryan Gosling, Half Nelson
Breakthrough Performance - Female
Tie - Jennifer Hudson, Dreamgirls and Rinko Kikuchi, Babel
Best Director
Martin Scorsese, The Departed
Best Directorial Debut
Jason Reitman, Thank You For Smoking
Best Adapted Screenplay
Ron Nyswaner, The Painted Veil
Best Original Screenplay
Zach Helm, Stranger Than Fiction
Best Documentary
An Inconvenient Truth
Best Animated Feature
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