Top Gun: Maverick named Best Film by National Board of Review

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https://nationalboardofreview.org/award-years/2022/

[Bradley 59,202]

In 2018, Gaga won Best Actress, Bradley Best Director, and Sam Eliot Best Supporting Actor. A Star Is Born was also featured as part of the top 10 films.

[Meat 18,962]

It’s also named one of the ten best movies of the year by the American Film Institute

[Bradley 59,202]

1 minute ago, Meat said:

It’s also named one of the ten best movies of the year by the American Film Institute

Hold my Oscar, everything will be okay. I heard from the heavens that clouds will be ghey. 

[Gaby15 13,698]

Top Gun: Maverick won Best Cinematography too.

[Gaby15 13,698]

I think Top Gun: Maverick is definitely an Oscar contender for Best Picture, but I still don't think it has a realistic chance of winning. But I'm sure it will win some technical award, and I hope Best Song too. 

[pachinko 10,450]

It really is the best movie 

[Anderson123 38,670]

It’s a great movie but I don’t think it’s the type of winning Best Picture. This is like Ford vs Ferrari. 

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1 hour ago, Gaby15 said:

I think Top Gun: Maverick is definitely an Oscar contender for Best Picture, but I still don't think it has a realistic chance of winning. But I'm sure it will win some technical award, and I hope Best Song too. 

It definitely does have a chance.  Best picture uses a preferential ballot.  In most categories people just vote for the winner and whoever gets the most votes wins.  However, with best picture voters rank their options.  Whatever movie they want to win goes in their number one spot, second choice, and so on.  When the votes are counted, they eliminate the movie with the least amount of first place votes and go to the second choice on that ballot.  This is repeated until a film has over 50% of the votes.  Top Gun has a good chance of being a solid middle of the ballot option, which is literally how CODA won last year (feel good movie everyone liked, and other nominees were divided).

[androiduser 7,438]

with 10 nominees in the Best Picture category at the Oscars, it's likely to get a nomination for Best Picture, but without any real chances of taking the trophy.

National Board of Review has a more commercial taste in movies and their winner rarely wins Best Picture at the Oscars, but is almost always nominated.