AceShowbiz - Martin Scorsese's Netflix gangster epic "The Irishman" has been named Best Movie of the Year by America's top critics.

The National Board of Review officials have also lauded Quentin Tarantino with Best Director honours for "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood", while Renee Zellweger has picked up another Best Actress gong for her turn as Judy Garland in the biopic "Judy.

Other big winners include Adam Sandler, who claimed the Best Actor prize for "Uncut Gems", and Brad Pitt and Kathy Bates, who scored the Best Supporting Actor and Actress awards.

The full list of winners is:

• Best Film: "The Irishman"
• Best Director: Quentin Tarantino - "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood"
• Best Actor: Adam Sandler - "Uncut Gems"
• Best Actress: Renee Zellweger - "Judy"
• Best Supporting Actor: Brad Pitt - "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood"
• Best Supporting Actress: Kathy Bates - "Richard Jewell"
• Best Original Screenplay: Josh Safdie, Benny Safdie & Ronald Bronstein - "Uncut Gems"
• Best Adapted Screenplay: Steven Zaillian - "The Irishman"
• Breakthrough Performance: Paul Walter Hauser - "Richard Jewell"
• Best Directorial Debut: Melina Matsoukas - "Queen & Slim"
• Best Animated Feature: "How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World"
• Best Foreign Language Film: "Parasite"
• Best Documentary: "Maiden"
• Best Ensemble: "Knives Out"
• Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography: Roger Deakins - "1917"
• NBR Icon Award: Martin Scorsese, Robert De Niro, Al Pacino
• NBR Freedom of Expression Award: "For Sama"
• NBR Freedom of Expression Award: "Just Mercy"

Top Films:

• "1917"
• "Dolemite is My Name"
• "Ford v Ferrari"
• "Jojo Rabbit"
• "Knives Out"
• "Marriage Story"
• "Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood"
• "Richard Jewell"
• "Uncut Gems"
• "Waves"

Top 5 Foreign Language Films:

• "Atlantics"
• "Invisible Life"
• "Pain and Glory"
• "Portrait of a Lady on Fire"
• "Transit"

Top 5 Documentaries:

• "American Factory"
• "Apollo 11"
• "The Black Godfather"
• "Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese"
• "Wrestle"

Top 10 Independent Films:

• "The Farewell"
• "Give Me Liberty"
• "A Hidden Life"
• "Judy"
• "The Last Black Man in San Francisco"
• "Midsommar"
• "The Nightingale"
• "The Peanut Butter Falcon"
• "The Souvenir"
• "Wild Rose"