The National Board of Review (NBR), one of the first groups to hand out movie awards, has announced its picks for the best films and performances of 2018 today, with top prizes going to "Green Book" and "A Star is Born."

"Green Book" was named Best Film and Viggo Mortensen won Best Actor.

Meanwhile, "A Star is Born" picked up three major awards:  Best Director (Bradley Cooper), Best Actress (Lady Gaga) and Best Supporting Actor (Sam Elliott).

Barry Jenkins' follow-up to "Moonlight," "If Beale Street Could Talk," scored wins for Best Supporting Actress (Regina King) and Best Adapted Screenplay.

NBR isn't seen as always an Oscar predictor: Last year, the group honored Steven Spielberg’s "The Post" with best film and Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks with Best Actress and Best Actor, respectively. Only the film and Streep were nominated at Oscar time.

Here's the full list of 2018 National Board of Review winners:

Best Film: "Green Book"
Best Director: Bradley Cooper, "A Star is Born"
Best Actor: Viggo Mortensen, "Green Book"
Best Actress: Lady Gaga, "A Star is Born"
Best Supporting Actor: Sam Elliott, "A Star is Born"
Best Supporting Actress: Regina King, "If Beale Street Could Talk"
Best Original Screenplay: Paul Schrader, "First Reformed"
Best Adapted Screenplay: Barry Jenkins, "If Beale Street Could Talk"
Best Animated Feature: "Incredibles 2"
Breakthrough Performance: Thomasin McKenzie, "Leave No Trace"
Best Directorial Debut: Bo Burnham, "Eighth Grade"
Best Foreign Language Film: "Cold War"
Best Documentary: "RBG"
Best Ensemble: "Crazy Rich Asians"
William K. Everson Film History Award: "The Other Side of the Wind" and "They'll Love Me When I'm Dead"
NBR Freedom of Expression Award: "22 July"
NBR Freedom of Expression Award: "On Her Shoulders"

Top Films (in alphabetical order)
"The Ballad of Buster Scruggs"
"Black Panther"
"Can You Ever Forgive Me?"
"Eighth Grade"
"First Reformed"
"If Beale Street Could Talk"
"Mary Poppins Returns"
"A Quiet Place"
"Roma"
"A Star Is Born"

Top 5 Foreign Language Films (in alphabetical order)
"Burning" (South Korea)
"Custody" (France)
"The Guilty" (Denmark)
"Happy as Lazzaro" (Italy)
"Shoplifters" (Japan)

Top 5 Documentaries (in alphabetical order)
"Crime + Punishment"
"Free Solo"
"Minding the Gap"
"Three Identical Strangers"
"Won't You Be My Neighbor?"

Top 10 Independent Films (in alphabetical order)
"The Death of Stalin"
"Lean on Pete"
"Leave No Trace"
"Mid90s"
"The Old Man & the Gun"
"The Rider"
"Searching"
"Sorry to Bother You"
"We the Animals"
"You Were Never Really Here"

[Via Indiewire]