Spreading their awards across the gambit, Martin Scorsese’s Hugo was named best film by the National Board of Review. Scorsese was also chosen as Best Director. The Descendants managed three nominations including Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress and Best Adapted Screenplay. No one really loses here, but Hugo, Shailene Woodley and Tilda Swinton get strong boosts.

In addition to the nominees and/or winners listed below, this year, we’re giving you a quick background on each individual precursor including founding year, first awards year and a glimpse at how many predictions the group has gotten right in the last five years. This data can be found below.

Nomination Tallies

(3) The Descendants
(2) Hugo

The Nominations

Best Picture

Hugo

Best Animated Film

Rango

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 Original Screenplay

50/50

Best Adapted Screenplay

The Descendants

Best Foreign Film

A Separation

Best Documentary

Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory

Best Ensemble

The Help

Best Breakthrough Performance

Felicity Jones – Like Crazy
Rooney Mara – The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Best Directorial Debut

J.C. Chandor – Margin Call

Special Filmmaking Achievement

The Harry Potter Franchise – A Distinguished Translation from Book to Film

Freedom of Expression

Crime After Crime
Pariah

Spotlight Award

Michael Fassbender (A Dangerous Method / Jane Eyre / Shame / X-Men: First Class)

Top Films of 2011

• The Artist
• The Descendants
• Drive
• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
• Hugo
• The Ides of March
• J. Edgar
• Tree of Life
• War Horse

Top Independent Films of 2011

• 50/50
• Another Earth
• Beginners
• A Better Life
• Cedar Rapids
• Margin Call
• Shame
• Take Shelter
• We Need To Talk About Kevin
• Win Win

Top Foreign Films of 2011

• 13 Assassins
• Elite Squad: The Enemy Within
• Footnote
• Le Havre
• Point Blank
• A Separation

Top Documentaries of 2011

• Born to be Wild
• Buck
• George Harrison: Living in the Material World
• Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory
• Project Nim
• Senna

National Board of Review Data

Year Founded: December 24, 1908
First Awards: 1929 (83)

Precursor Accuracy

KEY:

• Winner won the corresponding Oscar
• Winner was nominated for the corresponding Oscar
• Winner was not nominated for a corresponding Oscar
• Total (2010-2009-2008-2007-2006)

Picture: 2 W / 5 N / 0 I
Animated Film: 4 W / 5 N / 0 I
Director: 1 W / 3 N / 2 I
Actor: 1 W / 4 N / 1 I
Actress: 1 W / 4 N / 1 I
Supporting Actor: 1 W / 5 N / 0 I
Supporting Actress: 1 W / 4 N / 1 I
Original Screenplay: 1 W / 3 N / 3 I
Adapted Screenplay: 3 W / 5 N / 1 I
Production Design (2010, 2009): 0 W / 1 N / 1 I
Foreign Film: 0 W / 1 N / 4 I
Documentary: 3 W / 3 N / 2 I
Top Films: 7 (7-6-4-4-4) N / 4 (4-5-7-7-6) I
Top Independent Films: 0 (0-1-0-0-0) N / 10 (10-9-10-10-11) I
Top Foreign Films: 1 (1-2-1-1-3) N / 5 (5-4-5-5-2) I
Top Documentaries: 2 (2-4-3-1-2) N / 4 (4-2-3-5-3) I