NBR names 'Iwo Jima' top film

December 07, 2006 Fact-based fiction ruled this year's National Board of Review selections as Clint Eastwood's Japan-centric World War II drama "Letters From Iwo Jima" took home best film of the year honors. Pedro Almodovar's "Volver" was named best foreign film, Davis Guggenheim's "An Inconvenient Truth" earned best documentary, John Lasseter and Joe Ranft's "Cars" won best animated film, and Martin Scorsese was named best director for "The Departed," which topped the list of winners with three awards, including a place on the top 10 best film list and a best ensemble cast award. The NBR's top 10 films, led by "Iwo Jima," are Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's "Babel," Edward Zwick's "Blood Diamond," "Departed," David Frankel's "The Devil Wears Prada," Eastwood's "Iwo Jima" companion film "Flags of Our Fathers," Nicholas Hytner's "The History Boys," Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris' "Little Miss Sunshine," Richard Eyre's "Notes on a Scandal" and John Curran's "The Painted Veil."

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