'Green Book' Film Tops National Board Of Review 2018 Winners List

Let the Oscars countdown begin! The awards circuit has officially commenced, with the National Board of Review revealing this year's winners list. Recipients of the NBR awards will be recognized on January 8, 2019 during a ceremonial gala held at Cipriani 42nd Street in New York.

Winners of the National Board of Review have proven to be a mixed-bag in terms of predicting how the following Oscars race will shape up. For example, NBR's top honor went to "A Most Violent Year" in 2014 and then the film went on to be completely snubbed months later by the Academy, noted THR. However, the National Board of Review was spot-on in following years when it awarded "The Post" (2017), "Manchester By The Sea"(2016) and "Mad Max: Fury Road" (2015) as top films, all of which went on to be big Oscar contenders in their respective years.

This season, NBR awarded best film to the buddy road-trip comedy "Green Book," which stars A-list talent Mahershala Ali and Viggo Mortensen. While Mortensen's work in the film also earned him a win for best actor, it is Lady Gaga nabbing the highly coveted best actress title that will have people buzzing in time for the Academy Awards to roll out their official nominations.

Check out the full list of the National Board of Review 2018 winners below:

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Best Film: "Green Book"

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Best Director: Bradley Cooper, "A Star Is Born"

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Best Actor: Viggo Mortensen, "Green Book"

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Best Actress: Lady Gaga, "A Star Is Born"

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Best Supporting Actor: Sam Elliott, "A Star Is Born"

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Best Supporting Actress: Regina King, "If Beale Street Could Talk"

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Best Original Screenplay: Paul Schrader, "First Reformed"

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Best Adapted Screenplay: Barry Jenkins, "If Beale Street Could Talk"

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Best Animated Feature: "Incredibles 2"

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Breakthrough Performance: Thomasin McKenzie, "Leave No Trace"

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Best Directorial Debut: Bo Burnham, "Eighth Grade"

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Best Foreign Language Film: "Cold War"

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Best Documentary: "RBG"

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Best Ensemble: "Crazy Rich Asians"

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William K. Everson Film History Award: "The Other Side of the Wind" and "They'll Love Me When I'm Dead"

NBR Freedom of Expression Award: "22 July"

NBR Freedom of Expression Award: "On Her Shoulders

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Top Films (in alphabetical order)

"The Ballad of Buster Scruggs"

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"Black Panther"

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"Can You Ever Forgive Me?"

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"Eighth Grade"

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"First Reformed"

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"If Beale Street Could Talk"

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"Mary Poppins Returns"

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"A Quiet Place"

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"Roma"

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"A Star Is Born"

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Top 5 foreign language films (in alphabetical order)

"Burning"
"Custody"
"The Guilty"
"Happy as Lazzaro"
"Shoplifters"

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Top 5 documentaries (in alphabetical order)

"Crime + Punishment"
"Free Solo"
"Minding the Gap"
"Three Identical Strangers"
"Won’t You Be My Neighbor?"

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Top 10 independent films (in alphabetical order)

"The Death of Stalin"
"Lean on Pete"
"Leave No Trace"
"Mid90s"
"The Old Man & the Gun"
"The Rider"
"Searching"
"Sorry to Bother You"
"We the Animals"
"You Were Never Really Here"

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Lead images (clockwise) by Universal; Warner Bros; Marvel; Walt Disney Studios