The 88th National Board of Review Awards, honoring the best in film for 2016, were announced on November 29, 2016.^[1]

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

Manchester by the Sea

• Arrival
• Hacksaw Ridge
• Hail, Caesar!
• Hell or High Water
• Hidden Figures
• La La Land
• Moonlight
• Patriots Day
• Silence
• Sully

Best Film:

• Manchester by the Sea

Best Director:

• Barry Jenkins – Moonlight

Best Actor:

• Casey Affleck – Manchester by the Sea

Best Actress:

• Amy Adams – Arrival

Best Supporting Actor:

• Jeff Bridges – Hell or High Water

Best Supporting Actress:

• Naomie Harris – Moonlight

Best Original Screenplay:

• Kenneth Lonergan – Manchester by the Sea

Best Adapted Screenplay:

• Jay Cocks and Martin Scorsese – Silence

Best Animated Feature:

• Kubo and the Two Strings

Best Foreign Language Film:

• The Salesman

Best Documentary:

• O.J.: Made in America

Best Ensemble:

• Hidden Figures

Breakthrough Male Performance:

• Lucas Hedges – Manchester by the Sea

Breakthrough Female Performance:

• Royalty Hightower – The Fits

Best Directorial Debut:

• Trey Edward Shults – Krisha

Spotlight Award:

• Creative collaboration of Peter Berg and Mark Wahlberg

NBR Freedom of Expression:

• Cameraperson

The Salesman

• Elle
• The Handmaiden
• Julieta
• Land of Mine
• Neruda

O.J.: Made in America

• De Palma
• The Eagle Huntress
• Gleason
• Life, Animated
• Miss Sharon Jones!

• 20th Century Women
• Captain Fantastic
• Creative Control
• Eye in the Sky
• The Fits
• Green Room
• Hello, My Name Is Doris
• Krisha
• Morris from America
• Sing Street