One of the oldest awards bodies out there, the National Board of Review is the first critics group every year to post their choices for the best of the year. Here’s what they had to say about this year’s films:

Awards Tallies

(4) The Social Network
(1) Animal Kingdom, Another Year, Buried, Conviction, Fair Game, The Fighter, Howl, Of Gods and Men, Restrepo, Somewhere

The Awards

Best Picture

The Social Network

Best Animated Film

Toy Story 3

Best Director

David Fincher – The Social Network

Best Actor

Jesse Eisenberg – The Social Network

Best Actress

Lesley Manville – Another Year

Best Supporting Actor

Christian Bale – The Fighter

Best Supporting Actress

Jacki Weaver – Animal Kingdom

Best Original Screenplay

Buried

Best Adapted Screenplay

The Social Network

Best Production Design

Shutter Island

Best Foreign Film

Of Gods and Men

Best Documentary

Waiting for “Superman”

Best Ensemble

The Town

Best Breakthrough Performance

Jennifer Lawrence – Winter’s Bone

Best Directorial Debut

Sebastian Junger, Tim Hetherington – Restrepo

Best Special Filmmaking Achievement

Sofia Coppola – Somewhere

Freedom of Expression

Fair Game, Conviction, Howl

Top Films of 2010

• Another Year
• The Fighter
• Hereafter
• Inception
• The King’s Speech
• Shutter Island
• The Social Network
• The Town
• Toy Story 3
• True Grit
• Winter’s Bone

Top Independent Films of 2010

• Animal Knigdom
• Buried
• Fish Tank
• The Ghost Writer
• Greenberg
• Let Me In
• Monsters
• Please Give
• Somewhere
• Youth in Revolt

Top Foreign Films

• I Am Love
• Incendies
• Life, Above All
• Of Gods and Men
• Soul Kitchen
• White Material

Top Documentaries

• A Film Unfinished
• Inside Job
• Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work
• Restrepo
• The Tillman Story
• Waiting for “Superman”