National Board of Review Awards 2021

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

• Licorice Pizza
  • Belfast
  • Don't Look Up
  • Dune
  • King Richard
  • The Last Duel
  • Nightmare Alley
  • Red Rocket
  • The Tragedy of Macbeth
  • West Side Story

• A Hero[4]
  • Benedetta
  • Lamb
  • Lingui, The Sacred Bonds
  • Titane
  • The Worst Person in the World

• Summer of Soul (...Or When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)[5]
  • Ascension
  • Attica
  • Flee
  • The Rescue
  • Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain

• The Card Counter
• C'mon C'mon
• CODA
• The Green Knight
• Holler
• Jockey
• Old Henry
• Pig
• Shiva Baby
• The Souvenir Part II

Best Film:

• Licorice Pizza

Best Director:

• Paul Thomas Anderson – Licorice Pizza

Best Actor:

• Will Smith – King Richard

Best Actress:

• Rachel Zegler – West Side Story

Best Supporting Actor:

• Ciarán Hinds – Belfast

Best Supporting Actress:

• Aunjanue Ellis – King Richard

Best Original Screenplay:

• Asghar Farhadi – A Hero

Best Adapted Screenplay:

• Joel Coen – The Tragedy of Macbeth

Best Animated Feature:

• Encanto

Breakthrough Performance:

• Alana Haim and Cooper Hoffman – Licorice Pizza

Best Directorial Debut:

• Michael Sarnoski – Pig

Best Foreign Language Film:

• A Hero

Best Documentary:

• Summer of Soul (...Or When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

Best Ensemble:

• The Harder They Fall

NBR Freedom of Expression:

• Flee

Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography:

• Bruno Delbonnel – The Tragedy of Macbeth