Η Αμερικανική Ένωση Κριτικών (National Board Of Review) ανακοίνωσε τα βραβεία της για το 2011, κάτι που κάνει από το 1945 κάθε χρόνο. Οι νικητές αναλυτικά:

Best Actor:
George Clooney - "The Descendants"

Best Actress:
Tilda Swinton - "We Need to Talk About Kevin"

Best Adapted Screenplay:
Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon & Jim Rash - "The Descendants"

Best Animated Feature:
Rango

Best Director:
Martin Scorsese - "Hugo"

Best Documentary:
Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory

Best Ensemble:
The Help

Best Film:
Hugo

Best Foreign Language Film:
A Separation

Best Original Screenplay:
Will Reiser - "50/50"

Best Supporting Actor:
Christopher Plummer - "Beginners"

Best Supporting Actress:
Shailene Woodley - "The Descendants"

Breakthrough Performance:
Felicity Jones - "Like Crazy"

Breakthrough Performance:
Rooney Mara - "The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo"

Debut Director:
J.C. Chandor - "Margin Call"

NBR Freedom Οf Expression:
Crime After Crime

NBR Freedom Of Expression:
Pariah

Special Achievement Ιn Filmmaking:
"The Harry Potter Franchise" - A Distinguished Translation From Book To Film

Spotlight Award:
Michael Fassbender ("A Dangerous Method", "Jane Eyre", "Shame", "X-Men: First Class")

Top 10 Independent Films:
50/50
Another Earth
Beginners
A Better Life
Cedar Rapids
Margin Call
Shame
Take Shelter
We Need To Talk About Kevin
Win Win

Top 5 Documentaries:
Born to be Wild
Buck
George Harrison: Living in the Material World
Project Nim
Senna

Top 5 Foreign Language Films:
13 Assassins
Elite Squad: The Enemy Within
Footnote
Le Havre
Point Blank

Top Films:
The Artist
The Descendants
Drive
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 2
The Ides Of March
J. Edgar
The Tree Of Life
War Horse