The 87th National Board of Review Awards, honoring the best in film for 2015, were announced on December 1, 2015. ^[1]

Top 10 Films

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

• Mad Max: Fury Road
• Bridge of Spies
• Creed
• The Hateful Eight
• Inside Out
• The Martian
• Room
• Sicario
• Spotlight
• Straight Outta Compton

Top Foreign Films

• Goodnight Mommy
• Mediterranea
• Phoenix
• The Second Mother
• The Tribe

Top Documentaries

• Best of Enemies
• The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution
• The Diplomat
• Listen to Me Marlon
• The Look of Silence

Top Independent Films

• '71
• 45 Years
• Cop Car
• Ex Machina
• Grandma
• It Follows
• James White
• Mississippi Grind
• Welcome to Me
• While We’re Young

Winners

Best Film:

• Mad Max: Fury Road

Best Director:

• Ridley Scott, The Martian

Best Actor:

• Matt Damon, The Martian

Best Actress:

• Brie Larson, Room

Best Supporting Actor:

• Sylvester Stallone, Creed

Best Supporting Actress:

• Jennifer Jason Leigh, The Hateful Eight

Best Original Screenplay:

• Quentin Tarantino, The Hateful Eight

Best Adapted Screenplay:

• Drew Goddard, The Martian

Best Animated Feature:

• Inside Out

Breakthrough Performance (TIE):

• Abraham Attah, Beasts of No Nation
• Jacob Tremblay, Room

Best Directorial Debut:

• Jonas Carpignano, Mediterranea

Best Foreign Language Film:

• Son of Saul

Best Documentary:

• Amy

William K. Everson Film History Award:

• Cecilia De Mille Presley

Best Ensemble:

• The Big Short

Spotlight Award:

• Sicario, for Outstanding Collaborative Vision.

NBR Freedom of Expression:

• Beasts of No Nation
• Mustang

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