The National Board of Review Award for Best Acting by an Ensemble (or National Board of Review Award for Best Cast / National Board of Review Award for Best Ensemble Cast) is an annual film award given (since 1994) by the National Board of Review.
Winners
1990s 1994: Prêt-à-Porter Katarzyna Figura, Anouk Aimée, Marcello Mastroianni, Sophia Loren, Kim Basinger, Stephen Rea, Lauren Bacall, Julia Roberts, Tim Robbins, Lili Taylor, Tracey Ullman, and Sally Kellerman
1995: The Usual Suspects Kevin Spacey, Gabriel Byrne, Stephen Baldwin, Benicio del Toro, Kevin Pollak, Chazz Palminteri, and Pete Postlethwaite
1996: The First Wives Club Bette Midler, Goldie Hawn, Diane Keaton, Maggie Smith, Dan Hedaya, Sarah Jessica Parker, Stockard Channing, Victor Garber, Stephen Collins, Elizabeth Berkley, Marcia Gay Harden, Bronson Pinchot, Jennifer Dundas, Eileen Heckart, Philip Bosco, Rob Reiner, James Naughton, Ari Greenberg, and Aida Linares
1997: The Sweet Hereafter Ian Holm, Caerthan Banks, Sarah Polley, Tom McCamus, Gabrielle Rose, Alberta Watson, Maury Chaykin, and Stephanie Morgenstern
1998: Happiness Jane Adams, Jon Lovitz, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Dylan Baker, Lara Flynn Boyle, Justin Elvin, Cynthia Stevenson, Lila Glantzman-Leib, Gerry Becker, Rufus Read, Louise Lasser, Ben Gazzara, Camryn Manheim, Arthur J. Nascarella, Molly Shannon, Ann Harada, and Douglas McGrath
1999: Magnolia Tom Cruise, Pat Healy, Julianne Moore, Genevieve Zweig, Mark Flannagan, William H. Macy, Neil Flynn, Philip Seymour Hoffman, and Rod McLachlan
2000s 2000: State and Main Alec Baldwin, Charles Durning, Jim Frangione, Clark Gregg, Vincent Guastaferro, Michael Higgins, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ricky Jay, Jonathan Katz, Linda Kimbrough, Jordan Lage, Morris Lamore, Patti LuPone, William H. Macy, Michael James O'Boyle, Sarah Jessica Parker, David Paymer, Rebecca Pidgeon, Charlotte Potok, Lionel Mark Smith, Allen Soule, and Julia Stiles
2001: Last Orders Michael Caine, Bob Hoskins, Tom Courtenay, David Hemmings, Ray Winstone, and Helen Mirren
2002: Nicholas Nickleby Jamie Bell, Jim Broadbent, Tom Courtenay, Alan Cumming, Edward Fox, Romola Garai, Christopher Plummer, Anne Hathaway, Barry Humphries, Charlie Hunnam, Nathan Lane, Timothy Spall, and Juliet Stevenson
2003: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Sean Astin, Sean Bean, Cate Blanchett, Orlando Bloom, Billy Boyd, Bernard Hill, Ian Holm, Ian McKellen, Dominic Monaghan, Viggo Mortensen, John Noble, Miranda Otto, John Rhys-Davies, Andy Serkis, Liv Tyler, Karl Urban, Hugo Weaving, David Wenham, and Elijah Wood
2004: Closer Jude Law, Clive Owen, Natalie Portman, and Julia Roberts
2005: Mrs Henderson Presents Judi Dench, Bob Hoskins, Will Young, Christopher Guest, Kelly Reilly, and Thelma Barlow
2006: The Departed Anthony Anderson, James Badge Dale, Alec Baldwin, Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Martin Sheen, Ray Winstone, Vera Farmiga, and Mark Wahlberg
2007: No Country for Old Men Josh Brolin, Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem, Kelly Macdonald, and Woody Harrelson
2008: Doubt Amy Adams, Viola Davis, Philip Seymour Hoffman, and Meryl Streep
2009: It's Complicated Alec Baldwin, Steve Martin, Meryl Streep, and Lake Bell
2010s 2010: The Town Ben Affleck, Chris Cooper, Rebecca Hall, Jon Hamm, Blake Lively, Pete Postlethwaite, and Jeremy Renner
2011: The Help Emma Stone, Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer, Bryce Dallas Howard, Allison Janney, Jessica Chastain, Chris Lowell, Mike Vogel, and Sissy Spacek
2012: Les Misérables Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway, Amanda Seyfried, Eddie Redmayne, Samantha Barks, Helena Bonham Carter, Sacha Baron Cohen, Aaron Tveit, Colm Wilkinson, and Frances Ruffelle
2013: Prisoners Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal, Maria Bello, Viola Davis, Terence Howard, Melissa Leo, Paul Dano, and Dylan MinnetteNational Board of Review Awards Announced|Hollywood Reporter
2014: Fury Brad Pitt, Logan Lerman, Shia LaBeouf, Michael Peña, Jon Bernthal, Jason Isaacs, Scott Eastwood, Xavier Samuel, Brad William Henke, Anamaria Marinca, and Alicia von Rittberg
2015: The Big Short Christian Bale, Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, Melissa Leo, Hamish Linklater, John Magaro, Brad Pitt, Rafe Spall, Jeremy Strong, Marisa Tomei, and Finn Wittrock
2016: Hidden Figures Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monáe, Kevin Costner, Kirsten Dunst, and Jim Parsons
2017: Get Out Caleb Landry Jones, Daniel Kaluuya, Catherine Keener, Stephen Root, Lakeith Stanfield, Bradley Whitford, Allison Williams, Lil Rel Howery, and Betty GabrielNational Board of Review Announces 2017 Award Winners < < Rotten Tomatoes
2018: Crazy Rich Asians Awkwafina, Gemma Chan, Henry Golding, Ken Jeong, Lisa Lu, Harry Shum, Jr., Constance Wu, and Michelle YeohNational Board of Review 2018 Award Winners: List in Full|Hollywood Reporter
2019: Knives Out Ana de Armas, Toni Collette, Daniel Craig, Jamie Lee Curtis, Chris Evans, Don Johnson, Katherine Langford, Jaeden Martell, Christopher Plummer, Michael Shannon, and Lakeith StanfieldNational Board of Review Names "The Irishmen" the Year's Best Film – Yahoo Entertainment
2020s 2020: Da 5 Bloods Chadwick Boseman, Paul Walter Hauser, Norm Lewis, Delroy Lindo, Jonathan Majors, Jasper Pääkkönen, Clarke Peters, Jean Reno, Mélanie Thierry, and Isiah Whitlock, Jr.Spike Lee's 'Da 5 Bloods' Named Best Film Of 2020 By National Board of Review — Deadline 2021: The Harder They Fall Jonathan Majors, Idris Elba, Zazie Beetz, Regina King, Delroy Lindo, Lakeith Stanfield, RJ Cyler, Danielle Deadwyler 2022: Women Talking Rooney Mara, Claire Foy, Jessie Buckley, Judith Ivey, Ben Whishaw and Frances McDormand 2023: The Iron Claw Zac Efron, Jeremy Allen White, Harris Dickinson, Maura Tierney, Holt McCallany and Lily James 2024: Conclave Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci, Isabella Rossellini, John Lithgow, Lucian Msamati, and Sergio Castellitto
See also Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Acting Ensemble Independent Spirit Robert Altman Award Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
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