NEW YORK — “Top Gun: Maverick,” the biggest box-office hit of 2022, has been named the best film of the year by the National Board of Review.
Although the National Board of Review, a long-standing organization made up of film actors and academics, has no overlap or relationship with other award organizations, the victory has increased the tailwinds of the award season for “Top Gun: Maverick” not only $ 1.5. Billions of dollars worldwide but a legitimate Academy Award contender. On Thursday, the Producers Guild Awards also announced that “Top Gun” star Tom Cruise will receive the David O. Selznick Achievement Award.
The National Screening Board, which announced its selection on Thursday, also awarded the best film award to Claudio Miranda for the “Top Gun” sequel.
Steven Spielberg won the best director award for his biographical family portrait, “The Fabelmans.” Gabriel LaBelle, who was the fictional actor for the young Spielberg, also won for breakthrough performance.
“Banshees of Inisherin” came immediately with the most wins from the committee. Its two stars, Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson, received acting honors for their performances as Irish friends who suddenly fall ill. Writer-director Martin McDonagh won Best Original Screenplay.
Michelle Yeoh took home Best Actress for her commendable performance in Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert’s “Everything Everywhere All at Once.” Best Supporting Actress went to Janelle Monáe for Rian Johnson’s “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery.”
Danielle Deadwyler, who played Mamie Till-Mobley in Chinonye Chukwu’s historical drama “Till,” also won for breakthrough performance. Scottish filmmaker Charlotte Wells, whose debut film “Aftersun” was one of the most critically acclaimed films of the year, won best directorial debut.
“Women Talking” by Sarah Polley won the best award. The actors of the film, about a conversation between a group of Mennonite women who were sexually assaulted by the men of their village, including Rooney Mara, Claire Foy, Jessie Buckley, Judith Ivey, Ben Whishaw.
Other awards include “Marcel the Shell With Shoes On” for Best Animated Feature; Lukas Dhont’s gentle tale “Closed” for Best International Feature; and “Sr.,” Robert Downey Jr. of tribute to his father’s film, for the best documentary.
The NBR Awards will be presented at a non-televised event on January 8. Last year, the group presented the best film award to Paul Thomas Anderson’s “Licorice Pizza.”
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