Film Awards

2019 National Board of Review - Breakthrough Performance WinnerRichard JewellPaul Walter HauserAmerican security guard Richard Jewell saves thousands of lives from an exploding bomb at the 1996 Olympics, but is vilified by journalists and the press who falsely reported that he was a terrorist.Amazon

2018 National Board of Review - Breakthrough Performance WinnerLeave No TraceThomasin McKenzieA father and his thirteen year-old daughter are living an ideal existence in a vast urban park in Portland, Oregon, when a small mistake derails their lives forever.Amazon

2017 National Board of Review - Breakthrough Performance WinnerCall Me by Your NameTimothée ChalametIn 1980s Italy, a romance blossoms between a seventeen-year-old student and the older man hired as his father's research assistant.Amazon

2016 National Board of Review - Breakthrough Performance WinnerManchester by the SeaLucas HedgesA depressed uncle is asked to take care of his teenage nephew after the boy's father dies.AmazonThe FitsRoyalty HightowerWhile training at the gym 11-year-old tomboy Toni becomes entranced with a dance troupe. As she struggles to fit in she finds herself caught up in danger as the group begins to suffer from fainting spells and other violent fits.Amazon

2015 National Board of Review - Breakthrough Performance WinnerBeasts of No NationAbraham AttahA drama based on the experiences of Agu, a child soldier fighting in the civil war of an unnamed African country.AmazonRoomJacob TremblayHeld captive for 7 years in an enclosed space, a woman and her young son finally gain their freedom, allowing the boy to experience the outside world for the first time.Amazon

2014 National Board of Review - Breakthrough Performance WinnerStarred UpJack O'ConnellEric Love, 19, is locked up in prison. On first day he assaults another inmate and several guards. He's offered group therapy and his dad, an inmate as well, tries to talk sense into him. Can he be rehabilitated?Amazon

2013 National Board of Review - Breakthrough Performance WinnerBlue Is the Warmest ColorAdèle ExarchopoulosAdèle's life is changed when she meets Emma, a young woman with blue hair, who will allow her to discover desire and to assert herself as a woman and as an adult. In front of others, Adèle grows, seeks herself, loses herself, and ultimately finds herself tAmazonFruitvale StationMichael B. JordanThe story of Oscar Grant III, a 22-year-old Bay Area resident, who crosses paths with friends, enemies, family, and strangers on the last day of 2008.Amazon

2012 National Board of Review - Breakthrough Performance WinnerThe ImpossibleTom HollandThe story of a tourist family in Thailand caught in the destruction and chaotic aftermath of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.Amazon