National Board of Review: Top Ten Films


The following is a list of the Top 10 Films chosen annually by the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures, beginning in 1929.

History

From 1930 until 2018, the NBR chose 74 films that would go on to win the Academy Award for Best Picture as Best Film. That streak was broken in 2019 when South Korean film Parasite won Best Picture at the 92nd Academy Awards. Twenty-four of these times, the film selected was number one on the NBR's list for that year.

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2022:Top Gun: MaverickAftersun Avatar: The Way of WaterThe Banshees of InisherinEverything Everywhere All at OnceThe FabelmansGlass Onion: A Knives Out MysteryRRRTillThe Woman KingWomen Talking
2023:Killers of the Flower MoonBarbieThe Boy and the HeronFerrariThe HoldoversThe Iron ClawMaestroOppenheimerPast LivesPoor Things
2024:WickedAnoraBabygirlA Complete UnknownConclaveFuriosa: A Mad Max SagaGladiator IIJuror #2QueerA Real PainSing Sing
2025:One Battle After AnotherAvatar: Fire and AshF1FrankensteinJay KellyMarty SupremeRental FamilySinnersTrain DreamsWake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery