Predict the National Board of Review

It’s all happening! The awards season is finally off. Next week, the National Board of Review will announce their winners and the films that they name will have an automatic head start. Does that mean they’ll be a close match with Oscar? Probably not. With five Best Pic contenders buried in their top ten, it was kind of easy. But with a ten by ten match-up, I predict it will be near impossible. I’m going to guess that the NBR matches Oscar about six out of the ten categories. Just a hunch. We also have the Globes, the Critics Choice and the AFI, not to mention the critics’ top ten lists. Click here to predict how the NBR will go. To check out the National Board of Review’s site, which shows how they voted last year (five foreign film runners-up, plus a foreign language winner), click here.

No doubt you will discover some films not on the list. You have two places to add those I neglected to add. But if you find that I have left off more than you can jot down, please email me and let me know. Otherwise, give it your best shot. We will have a couple of interesting prizes to choose from, to be announced later. And if you want to see deep background, check out this post on the NBR with past winners and nominees.