83rd NBR Awards Best Film: Hugo The 83rd National Board of Review Awards, honoring the best in film for 2011. Top 10 Films Films listed alphabetically except top, which is ranked as Best Film of the Year: Hugo The Artist The Descendants Drive The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 The Ides of March J. Edgar The Tree of Life War Horse Top Foreign Films 13 Assassins Elite Squad: The Enemy Within Footnote Le Havre Point Blank Top Documentaries Born to Be Wild Buck George Harrison: Living in the Material World Project Nim Senna Top Independent Films 50/50 Another Earth Beginners A Better Life Cedar Rapids Margin Call Shame Take Shelter We Need To Talk About Kevin Win Win Winners Best Film: Hugo Best Director: Martin Scorsese, Hugo Best Actor: George Clooney, The Descendants Best Actress: Tilda Swinton, We Need to Talk About Kevin Best Supporting Actor: Christopher Plummer, Beginners Best Supporting Actress: Shailene Woodley, The Descendants Best Foreign Film: A Separation Best Documentary: Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory Best Animated Feature: Rango Best Ensemble Cast: The Help Breakthrough Performance: Felicity Jones, Like Crazy Rooney Mara, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Spotlight Award: Michael Fassbender, A Dangerous Method, Jane Eyre, Shame, X-Men: First Class Spotlight Award for Best Directorial Debut: J. C. Chandor, Margin Call Best Original Screenplay: Will Reiser, 50/50 Best Adapted Screenplay: Nat Faxon & Alexander Payne & Jim Rash, The Descendants Special Filmmaking Achievement Award: The Harry Potter franchise, for "a distinguished translation from Book to Film" NBR Freedom of Expression: Crime After Crime Pariah National Board of Review Awards 2011 film awards 2011 in American cinema