LOS ANGELES, Nov 30 — The American organisation has crowned Steven Spielberg’s latest movie, about the Washington Post’s coverage of the Pentagon Papers, as its best film of 2017. Lady Bird, Phantom Threat, The Disaster Artist and Get Out were also among this year’s winners.

Things are looking good for Steven Spielberg and his latest movie The Post, one of the big favourites of the US movie industry awards season. Amid the build-up to potential Golden Globe or Oscar nominations, the National Board of Review has picked the movie as its Best Film of 2017, while also crowning its lead actors, Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks.

However, the veteran movie-maker didn’t bag the NBR’s prize for Best Director, which went to upcoming filmmaker Greta Gerwig for Lady Bird. Gerwig becomes the second female winner in the category since the creation of the National Board of Review, coming five years after Kathryn Bigelow’s win for Zero Dark Thirty. Bigelow also happens to be the only woman to have lifted the Best Director Oscar with her 2010 win for The Hurt Locker.

Other National Board of Review Award winners include the cast of Get Out, the screenplays of Phantom Thread and The Disaster Artist, and animated movie Coco.

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Dunkirk and Logan among top 10 movies of 2017

Alongside its awards, the National Board of Review also published its list of the top 10 movies of 2017. As well as The Post, Lady Bird and Jordan Peele’s Get Out, the list includes Dunkirk directed by Christopher Nolan, Logan by James Mangold, Downsizing by Alexander Payne, Call Me By Your Name by Luca Guadagnino, Baby Driver by Edgar Wright, The Disaster Artist by James Franco, Phantom Threat by Paul Thomas Anderson and The Florida Project by Sean S. Baker.

The National Board of Review Awards can’t be considered a reliable indicator of future Oscar wins. The last time that the two awards picked the same best picture was in 2008 with Slumdog Millionaire. In 2016, the National Board of Review picked Manchester by the Sea as its best film, whereas the Academy preferred Moonlight.

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Still, NBR winners are often among the Academy Awards’ nominees. At the last Oscars, the Academy nominated seven of the movies honoured by the National Board of Review.

National Board of Review Award winners 2017:

Best Film: The Post

Best Director: Greta Gerwig for Lady Bird

Best Actor: Tom Hanks for The Post

Best Actress: Meryl Streep for The Post

Best Supporting Actor: Willem Dafoe for The Florida Project

Best Supporting Actress: Laurie Metcalf for Lady Bird

Best Original Screenplay: Phantom Thread by Paul Thomas Anderson

Best Adapted Screenplay: The Disaster Artist by James Franco

Best Animated Feature: Coco

Breakthrough Performance: Timothée Chalamet for Call Me by Your Name

Best Foreign Language Film: Foxtrot by Samuel Maoz (Israel)

Best Cast Ensemble: Get Out

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