2006 National Board of Review Awards
Updated February 11, 2017 | Infoplease Staff

The National Board of Review includes teachers, actors, writers and movie-production workers. The organization publishes the magazine Films in Review. Find out which movies were given top honors in film?including Best Picture, Best Actor & Actress, and Best Director?for 2006.
Best Picture: | Letters from Iwo Jima |
Best Foreign Language Film: | Volver (Spain) |
Best Actor: | Forest Whitaker, The Last King of Scotland |
Best Actress: | Helen Mirren, The Queen |
Best Supporting Actor: | Djimon Hounsou, Blood Diamond |
Best Supporting Actress: | Catherine O'Hara, For Your Consideration |
Best Ensemble: | The Departed |
Breakthrough Performances: | Ryan Gosling, Half Nelson; Rinko Kikuchi, Babel; and Jennifer Hudson, Dreamgirls |
Best Director: | Martin Scorcese, The Departed |
Best Directorial Debut: | Jason Reitman, Thank You for Smoking |
Screenplay of the Year: | The Painted Veil (Best Adapted) and Stranger Than Fiction (Best Original) |
Best Documentary: | An Inconvenient Truth |
Best Animated Feature: | Cars |
Career Achievement Award: | Eli Wallach and Irwin Winkler |
Billy Wilder Award for Excellence in Directing: | Jonathan Demme |
William K. Everson Award for Film History: | Donald Krim |
Special Recognition of Films That Reflect Freedom of Expression: | Water and World Trade Center |
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