National Board of Review Award for Best Cast

The National Board of Review Award for Best Acting by an Ensemble is an annual film award (since 1994) given by the National Board of Review.

Winners

1990s

• 1994: Prêt-à-Porter

casting by Unknown

• 1995: The Usual Suspects

casting by Francine Maisler

• 1996: The First Wives Club

Bette Midler; Goldie Hawn; Diane Keaton; Maggie Smith; Dan Hedaya; Sarah Jessica Parker; Stockard Channing; Victor Garber; Stephen Collins; Elizabeth Berkley; Marcia Gay Harden; Bronson Pinchot; Jennifer Dundas; Eileen Heckart; Philip Bosco; Rob Reiner; James Naughton; Ari Greenberg and Aida Linares

• 1997: The Sweet Hereafter

Ian Holm; Caerthan Banks; Sarah Polley; Tom McCamus; Gabrielle Rose; Alberta Watson; Maury Chaykin and Stephanie Morgenstern

• 1998: Happiness

Jane Adams; Jon Lovitz; Philip Seymour Hoffman; Dylan Baker; Lara Flynn Boyle; Justin Elvin; Cynthia Stevenson; Lila Glantzman-Leib; Gerry Becker; Rufus Read; Louise Lasser; Ben Gazzara; Camryn Manheim; Arthur J. Nascarella; Molly Shannon; Ann Harada and Douglas McGrath

• 1999: Magnolia

Tom Cruise; Pat Healy; Julianne Moore; Genevieve Zweig; Mark Flannagan; William H. Macy; Neil Flynn; Philip Seymour Hoffman and Rod McLachlan

2000s

• 2000: State and Main

Alec Baldwin; Charles Durning; Jim Frangione; Clark Gregg; Vincent Guastaferro; Michael Higgins; Philip Seymour Hoffman; Ricky Jay; Jonathan Katz; Linda Kimbrough; Jordan Lage; Morris Lamore; Patti LuPone; William H. Macy; Michael James O'Boyle; Sarah Jessica Parker; David Paymer; Rebecca Pidgeon; Charlotte Potok; Lionel Mark Smith; Allen Soule and Julia Stiles

• 2001: Last Orders

Michael Caine; Bob Hoskins; Tom Courtenay; David Hemmings; Ray Winstone and Helen Mirren

• 2002: Nicholas Nickleby

Jamie Bell; Jim Broadbent; Tom Courtenay; Alan Cumming; Edward Fox; Romola Garai; Christopher Plummer; Anne Hathaway; Barry Humphries; Charlie Hunnam; Nathan Lane; Timothy Spall and Juliet Stevenson

• 2003: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Sean Astin; Sean Bean; Cate Blanchett; Orlando Bloom; Billy Boyd; Bernard Hill; Ian Holm; Ian McKellen; Dominic Monaghan; Viggo Mortensen; John Noble; Miranda Otto; John Rhys-Davies; Andy Serkis; Liv Tyler; Karl Urban; Hugo Weaving; David Wenham and Elijah Wood

• 2004: Closer

Jude Law, Clive Owen, Natalie Portman and Julia Roberts

• 2005: Mrs. Henderson Presents

Judi Dench; Bob Hoskins, Will Young, Christopher Guest, Kelly Reilly, Thelma Barlow

• 2006: The Departed

Anthony Anderson, James Badge Dale, Alec Baldwin, Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Martin Sheen, Ray Winstone, Vera Farmiga and Mark Wahlberg

• 2007: No Country for Old Men

Josh Brolin, Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem, Kelly MacDonald and Woody Harrelson.

• 2008: Doubt

Amy Adams, Viola Davis, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Meryl Streep

• 2009: It's Complicated

Alec Baldwin, Steve Martin, Meryl Streep and Lake Bell

2010s

• 2010: The Town

Ben Affleck, Chris Cooper, Rebecca Hall, Jon Hamm, Blake Lively, Pete Postlethwaite and Jeremy Renner

• 2011: The Help

Emma Stone, Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer, Bryce Dallas Howard, Allison Janney, Jessica Chastain, Mike Vogel and Sissy Spacek.

• 2012: Les Miserables

Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway, Amanda Seyfried, Eddie Redmayne, Samantha Barks, Helena Bonham Carter, Sacha Baron Cohen, Aaron Tveit, Colm Wilkinson, and Frances Ruffelle.