National Board of Review: Top Ten Independent Films
The following is a list of the Top 10 Independent Films chosen annually by the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures, beginning in 2006.
Lists
2000s
2006:- * 10 Items or Less
- * Akeelah and the Bee
- * Bobby
- * Catch a Fire
- * Copying Beethoven
- * A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints
- * Half Nelson
- * The Illusionist
- * Lonesome Jim
- * Sherrybaby
- * Thank You for Smoking2007:
- * Away from Her
- * Great World of Sound
- * Honeydripper
- * In the Valley of Elah
- * A Mighty Heart
- * The Namesake
- * Once
- * The Savages
- * Starting Out in the Evening
- * Waitress2008:
- * Frozen River
- * In Bruges
- * In Search of a Midnight Kiss
- * Mister Foe
- * Rachel Getting Married
- * Snow Angels
- * Son of Rambow
- * Wendy and Lucy
- * Vicky Cristina Barcelona
- * The Visitor2009:
- * Amreeka
- * District 9
- * Goodbye Solo
- * Humpday
- * In the Loop
- * Julia
- * Me and Orson Welles
- * Moon
- * Sugar
- * ''Two Lovers''
2010s
2010:- * Animal Kingdom
- * Buried
- * Fish Tank
- * The Ghost Writer
- * Greenberg
- * Let Me In
- * Monsters
- * Please Give
- * Somewhere
- * Youth in Revolt2011:
- * 50/50
- * Another Earth
- * Beginners
- * A Better Life
- * Cedar Rapids
- * Margin Call
- * Shame
- * Take Shelter
- * We Need To Talk About Kevin
- * Win Win2012:
- * Arbitrage
- * Bernie
- * Compliance
- * End of Watch
- * Hello I Must Be Going
- * Little Birds
- * Moonrise Kingdom
- * On the Road
- * Quartet
- * Sleepwalk with Me2013:
- * Ain't Them Bodies Saints
- * Dallas Buyers Club
- * In a World...
- * Mother of George
- * Much Ado About Nothing
- * Mud
- * The Place Beyond the Pines
- * Short Term 12
- * Sightseers
- * The Spectacular Now2014:
- * Blue Ruin
- * Locke
- * A Most Wanted Man
- * Mr. Turner
- * Obvious Child
- * The Skeleton Twins
- * Snowpiercer
- * Stand Clear of the Closing Doors
- * Starred Up
- * Still Alice2015:
- * '71
- * 45 Years
- * Cop Car
- * Ex Machina
- * Grandma
- * It Follows
- * James White
- * Mississippi Grind
- * Welcome to Me
- * While We’re Young2016:
- * 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 Street2017:
- * Beatriz at Dinner
- * Brigsby Bear
- * A Ghost Story
- * Lady Macbeth
- * Logan Lucky
- * Loving Vincent
- * Menashe
- * Norman
- * Patti Cake$
- * Wind River2018:
- * 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 Here2019:
- * The Farewell
- * Give Me Liberty
- * A Hidden Life
- * Judy
- * The Last Black Man in San Francisco
- * Midsommar
- * The Nightingale
- * The Peanut Butter Falcon
- * The Souvenir
- * ''Wild Rose''
2020s
2020:- * The Climb
- * Driveways
- * Farewell Amor
- * Miss Juneteenth
- * The Nest
- * Never Rarely Sometimes Always
- * The Outpost
- * Relic
- * Saint Frances
- * Wolfwalkers2021:
- * The Card Counter
- * C'mon C'mon
- * CODA
- * The Green Knight
- * Holler
- * Jockey
- * Old Henry
- * Pig
- * Shiva Baby
- * The Souvenir Part II2022:
- * Armageddon Time
- * Emily the Criminal
- * The Eternal Daughter
- * Funny Pages
- * The Inspection
- * Living
- * A Love Song
- * Nanny
- * To Leslie
- * The Wonder2023:
- * All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt
- * All of Us Strangers
- * BlackBerry
- * Earth Mama
- * Flora and Son
- * The Persian Version
- * Scrapper
- * Showing Up
- * Theater Camp
- * A Thousand and One2024:
- * Bird
- * A Different Man
- * Dìdi
- * Ghostlight
- * Good One
- * Hard Truths
- * His Three Daughters
- * Love Lies Bleeding
- * My Old Ass
- * Thelma
- 2025:
- * The Baltimorons
- * Bring Her Back
- * Father Mother Sister Brother
- * Friendship
- * Good Boy
- * If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
- * The Mastermind
- * Rebuilding
- * Sorry, Baby
- * ''Urchin''