'Top Gun' Named Best Film By National Board Of Review • SketchFestNYC

NEW YORK — Top Gun: Maverick, the highest-grossing film of 2022, was named the best film of the year by the National Board of Review.

The win adds more than $1.5 billion to Top Gun: Maverick's awards season worldwide, though the National Board of Review, a longstanding film and science organization, has no affiliation or affiliations with any other awards bodies. it's also a legitimate Oscar contender. Also on Thursday, the Producers Guild Awards announced that Top Gun star Tom Cruise will receive the David O. Selznick Lifetime Achievement Award.

The National Board of Review, which announced its selection Thursday, also honored Claudio Miranda for Best Camera for the Top Gun sequel.

Steven Spielberg won Best Director for his autobiographical family portrait Fabelman. Gabriel Labelle, who played young Spielberg's fictional replacement, also won Best Performance.

Inisher's Banshees got the most kills on board. The two stars, Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson, won acting awards for their roles as tough Irish friends. Writer and director Martin McDonagh won for Best Original Screenplay.

Michelle Yeoh won Best Actress for her outstanding performance in Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert's Everything, Everywhere, All At Once.

Danielle Deadwyler, who plays Mamie Till-Mobley in Chinonye Chukwu's historical drama Till, was also honored for her outstanding performance. Scottish director Charlotte Wells, whose debut film After the Sun was one of the most popular films of the year, won the Best Debut Film award.

Sarah Polley's Women's Talk received the award for best ensemble. Rooney Mara, Claire Foy, Jessie Buckley, Judith Ivey and Ben Whishaw join the cast of the film, which tells the story of a group of Mennonite women who are sexually abused by the men of their village.

Other awards include Marcel the Shoemaker for Best Animated Feature Film; Close, the story of Lukas Dont's Venture nomination for Best International Film; and "The Elder," Robert Downey Jr.'s tribute to his director father for Best Documentary.

The NBR Awards will be presented on January 8th at a non-televised gala. Last year the group honored Paul Thomas Anderson's Licorice Pizza in the Best Picture category.