National Board of Review Names 'The Post' Best Film of 2017, Gives Tom Hanks and Meryl Streep Top Acting Honors

The National Board of Review has announced its annual slate of awards honorees, and leading the pack is "The Post."

The film, the latest star-studded historical drama from Steven Spielberg, received NBR's top honor for 2017, with the organization naming it the best film of the year. "The Post" also received accolades for its Hollywood heavyweight stars, Tom Hanks and Meryl Streep, who took home NBR's best actor and best actress trophies for their roles as Washington Post editor Bed Bradlee and publisher Katharine Graham, respectively.

As is customary for NBR, the organization also released a list of its top 10 runner-up flicks of the year, which often includes a more eclectic (read: more audience-friendly) lineup than other award groups. That slate featured the latest excellent, pop culture-friendly flick from Edgar Wright; the headline-making horror satire from Jordan Peele (who also took home best directorial debut), and the record-breaking debut of director Greta Gerwig (who nabbed best director).

Here's the NBR top 10, in alphabetical order, for 2017:

Baby Driver
Call Me By Your Name
The Disaster Artist
Downsizing
Dunkirk
The Florida Project
Get Out
Lady Bird
Logan
Phantom Thread

The full list of winners is below. The National Board of Review will award its prizes during a ceremony in New York City on January 9.

Best Film: The Post

Best Director: Greta Gerwig, Lady Bird

Best Actor: Tom Hanks, The Post

Best Actress: Meryl Streep, The Post

Best Supporting Actor: Willem Dafoe, The Florida Project

Best Supporting Actress: Laurie Metcalf, Lady Bird

Best Original Screenplay: Paul Thomas Anderson, Phantom Thread

Best Adapted Screenplay: Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber, The Disaster Artist

Best Animated Feature: Coco

Breakthrough Performance: Timothée Chalamet, Call Me By Your Name

Best Directorial Debut: Jordan Peele, Get Out

Best Foreign Language Film: Foxtrot

Best Documentary: Jane

Best Ensemble: Get Out

Spotlight Award: Wonder Woman, Patty Jenkins and Gal Gadot

NBR Freedom of Expression Award: First They Killed My Father

NBR Freedom of Expression Award: Let It Fall: Los Angeles 1982-1992

Top 10 Independent Films:
Beatriz at Dinner
Brigsby Bear
A Ghost Story
Lady Macbeth
Logan Lucky
Loving Vincent
Menashe
Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer
Patti Cake$
Wind River

Top 5 Foreign Language Films:
A Fantastic Woman
Frantz
Loveless
Summer 1993
The Square

Top 5 Documentaries:
Abacus: Small Enough to Jail
Brimstone & Glory
Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars
Faces Places
Hell On Earth: The Fall of Syria and the Rise of ISIS

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