2007 National Board of Review – Top Independent Films Winner
![A Mighty Heart](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/a-mighty-heart-michael-winterbottom-image.jpg)
A Mighty Heart
Mariane Pearl embarks on a frantic search to locate her journalist husband, Daniel, when he goes missing in Pakistan.
![Away from Her](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/away-from-her-sarah-polley-image.jpg)
Away from Her
A man coping with the institutionalization of his wife because of Alzheimer’s disease faces an epiphany when she transfers her affections to another man, Aubrey, a wheelchair-bound mute who also is a patient at the nursing home.
![Great World of Sound](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/great-world-of-sound-craig-zobel-image.jpg)
Great World of Sound
When a man answers an advertisement to train as a record producer, he’s excited by the prospect of signing undiscovered musicians, only to discover his new job isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.
![Honeydripper](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/honeydripper-john-sayles-image.jpg)
Honeydripper
1950. Rural Alabama. Cotton harvest. It’s a make-or-break weekend for the Honeydripper Lounge and its owner, piano player Tyrone “Pine Top” Purvis. Deep in debt to the liquor man, the …
![In the Valley of Elah](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/in-the-valley-of-elah-paul-haggis-image.jpg)
In the Valley of Elah
A retired military investigator works with a police detective to uncover the truth behind his son’s disappearance following his return from a tour of duty in Iraq.
![Once](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/once-john-carney-image.jpg)
Once
A modern-day musical about a busker and an immigrant and their eventful week in Dublin, as they write, rehearse and record songs that tell their love story.
![Starting Out in the Evening](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/starting-out-in-the-evening-image.jpg)
Starting Out in the Evening
An ambitious graduate student convinces a writer that her thesis can resurrect his career.
![The Namesake](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-namesake-mira-nair-image.jpg)
The Namesake
American-born Gogol, the son of Indian immigrants, wants to fit in among his fellow New Yorkers, despite his family’s unwillingness to let go of their traditional ways.
![The Savages](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-savages-tamara-jenkins-image.jpg)
The Savages
A sister and brother face the realities of familial responsibility as they begin to care for their ailing father.
![Waitress](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/waitress-image.jpg)
Waitress
Jenna is a pregnant, unhappily married waitress in the deep south. She meets a newcomer to her town and falls into an unlikely relationship as a last attempt at happiness.