The National Board of Review Award for Best Film is one of the annual awards given (since 1932) by the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures.[1] ## Contents * 1 Winners * 1.1 1930s * 1.2 1940s * 1.3 1950s * 1.4 1960s * 1.5 1970s * 1.6 1980s * 1.7 1990s * 1.8 2000s * 1.9 2010s * 1.10 2020s * 2 Multiple winners (3 or more) * 3 References ## Winners[edit] * † = Winner of the Academy Award for Best Picture * ‡ = Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture * § = Not nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture ### 1930s[edit] Year | Winner | Director(s) | | 1932 | I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang ‡ | Mervyn LeRoy 1933 | Topaze § | Harry d'Abbadie d'Arrast 1934 | It Happened One Night † | Frank Capra 1935 | The Informer ‡ | John Ford 1936 | Mr. Deeds Goes to Town ‡ | Frank Capra 1937 | Night Must Fall § | Richard Thorpe 1938 | The Citadel ‡ | King Vidor 1939 | Confessions of a Nazi Spy § | Anatole Litvak ### 1940s[edit] Year | Winner | Director(s) | | 1940 | The Grapes of Wrath ‡ | John Ford 1941 | Citizen Kane ‡ | Orson Welles 1942 | In Which We Serve ‡ | Noël Coward and David Lean 1943 | The Ox-Bow Incident ‡ | William A. Wellman 1944 | None But the Lonely Heart § | Clifford Odets 1945 | The True Glory § | Carol Reed 1946 | Henry V ‡ | Laurence Olivier 1947 | Monsieur Verdoux § | Charlie Chaplin 1948 | Paisan (Paisà) | Roberto Rossellini 1949 | Bicycle Thieves (Ladri di biciclette) | Vittorio De Sica ### 1950s[edit] Year | Winner | Director(s) | | 1950 | Sunset Boulevard ‡ | Billy Wilder 1951 | A Place in the Sun ‡ | George Stevens 1952 | The Quiet Man ‡ | John Ford 1953 | Julius Caesar ‡ | Joseph L. Mankiewicz 1954 | On the Waterfront † | Elia Kazan 1955 | Marty † | Delbert Mann 1956 | Around the World in 80 Days † | Michael Anderson 1957 | The Bridge on the River Kwai † | David Lean 1958 | The Old Man and the Sea § | John Sturges 1959 | The Nun's Story ‡ | Fred Zinnemann ### 1960s[edit] Year | Winner | Director(s) | | 1960 | Sons and Lovers ‡ | Jack Cardiff 1961 | Question 7 § | Stuart Rosenberg 1962 | The Longest Day ‡ | Ken Annakin, Andrew Marton, Gerd Oswald, and Bernhard Wicki 1963 | Tom Jones † | Tony Richardson 1964 | Becket ‡ | Peter Glenville 1965 | The Eleanor Roosevelt Story § | Rick Kaplan 1966 | A Man for All Seasons † | Fred Zinnemann 1967 | Far from the Madding Crowd § | John Schlesinger 1968 | The Shoes of the Fisherman § | Michael Anderson 1969 | They Shoot Horses, Don't They? § | Sydney Pollack ### 1970s[edit] Year | Winner | Director(s) | | 1970 | Patton † | Franklin J. Schaffner 1971 | Macbeth § | Roman Polanski 1972 | Cabaret ‡ | Bob Fosse 1973 | The Sting † | George Roy Hill 1974 | The Conversation ‡ | Francis Ford Coppola 1975 | Barry Lyndon ‡ | Stanley Kubrick Nashville ‡ | Robert Altman 1976 | All the President's Men ‡ | Alan J. Pakula 1977 | The Turning Point ‡ | Herbert Ross 1978 | Days of Heaven § | Terrence Malick 1979 | Manhattan § | Woody Allen ### 1980s[edit] Year | Winner | Director(s) | | 1980 | Ordinary People † | Robert Redford 1981 | Chariots of Fire † | Hugh Hudson Reds ‡ | Warren Beatty 1982 | Gandhi † | Richard Attenborough 1983 | Betrayal § | David Jones Terms of Endearment † | James L. Brooks 1984 | A Passage to India ‡ | David Lean 1985 | The Color Purple ‡ | Steven Spielberg 1986 | A Room with a View ‡ | James Ivory 1987 | Empire of the Sun § | Steven Spielberg 1988 | Mississippi Burning ‡ | Alan Parker 1989 | Driving Miss Daisy † | Bruce Beresford ### 1990s[edit] Year | Winner | Director(s) | | 1990 | Dances with Wolves † | Kevin Costner 1991 | The Silence of the Lambs † | Jonathan Demme 1992 | Howards End ‡ | James Ivory 1993 | Schindler's List † | Steven Spielberg 1994 | Forrest Gump † | Robert Zemeckis Pulp Fiction ‡ | Quentin Tarantino 1995 | Sense and Sensibility ‡ | Ang Lee 1996 | Shine ‡ | Scott Hicks 1997 | L.A. Confidential ‡ | Curtis Hanson 1998 | Gods and Monsters § | Bill Condon 1999 | American Beauty † | Sam Mendes ### 2000s[edit] Year | Winner | Director(s) | | 2000 | Quills § | Philip Kaufman 2001 | Moulin Rouge! ‡ | Baz Luhrmann 2002 | The Hours ‡ | Stephen Daldry 2003 | Mystic River ‡ | Clint Eastwood 2004 | Finding Neverland ‡ | Marc Forster 2005 | Good Night, and Good Luck. ‡ | George Clooney 2006 | Letters from Iwo Jima ‡ | Clint Eastwood 2007 | No Country for Old Men † | Joel Coen and Ethan Coen 2008 | Slumdog Millionaire † | Danny Boyle 2009 | Up in the Air ‡ | Jason Reitman ### 2010s[edit] Year | Winner | Director(s) | | 2010 | The Social Network ‡ | David Fincher 2011 | Hugo ‡ | Martin Scorsese 2012 | Zero Dark Thirty ‡ | Kathryn Bigelow 2013 | Her ‡ | Spike Jonze 2014 | A Most Violent Year § | J. C. Chandor 2015 | Mad Max: Fury Road ‡ | George Miller 2016 | Manchester by the Sea ‡ | Kenneth Lonergan 2017 | The Post ‡ | Steven Spielberg 2018 | Green Book † | Peter Farrelly[2] 2019 | The Irishman ‡ | Martin Scorsese[3] ### 2020s[edit] Year | Winner | Director(s) | | 2020 | Da 5 Bloods[4] § | Spike Lee 2021 | Licorice Pizza ‡ [5] | Paul Thomas Anderson ## Multiple winners (3 or more)[edit] * Steven Spielberg-4 * John Ford-3 * David Lean-3 (one as co-director) ## References[edit] 1. ^ "Best Film Archives – National Board of Review". National Board of Review. Retrieved February 2, 2015. 2. ^ National Board of Review Names 'Green Book' Best Film of 2018 - Variety 3. ^ National Board of Review 2019 Winners|IndieWire 4. ^ 2021 National Board of Review Winners and Analysis - Variety 5. ^ 'Licorice Pizza' Wins Best Pictures At National Board Of Review — Deadline * v * t * e National Board of Review Award for Best Film * I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932) * Topaze (1933) * It Happened One Night (1934) * The Informer (1935) * Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936) * Night Must Fall (1937) * The Citadel (1938) * Confessions of a Nazi Spy (1939) * The Grapes of Wrath (1940) * Citizen Kane (1941) * In Which We Serve (1942) * The Ox-Bow Incident (1943) * None But the Lonely Heart (1944) * The True Glory (1945) * Henry V (1946) * Monsieur Verdoux (1947) * Paisan (1948) * Bicycle Thieves (1949) * Sunset Boulevard (1950) * A Place in the Sun (1951) * The Quiet Man (1952) * Julius Caesar (1953) * On the Waterfront (1954) * Marty (1955) * Around the World in 80 Days (1956) * The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) * The Old Man and the Sea (1958) * The Nun's Story (1959) * Sons and Lovers (1960) * Question 7 (1961) * The Longest Day (1962) * Tom Jones (1963) * Becket (1964) * The Eleanor Roosevelt Story (1965) * A Man for All Seasons (1966) * Far from the Madding Crowd (1967) * The Shoes of the Fisherman (1968) * They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969) * Patton (1970) * Macbeth (1971) * Cabaret (1972) * The Sting (1973) * The Conversation (1974) * Barry Lyndon / Nashville (1975) * All the President's Men (1976) * The Turning Point (1977) * Days of Heaven (1978) * Manhattan (1979) * Ordinary People (1980) * Chariots of Fire / Reds (1981) * Gandhi (1982) * Betrayal / Terms of Endearment (1983) * A Passage to India (1984) * The Color Purple (1985) * A Room with a View (1986) * Empire of the Sun (1987) * Mississippi Burning (1988) * Driving Miss Daisy (1989) * Dances with Wolves (1990) * The Silence of the Lambs (1991) * Howards End (1992) * Schindler's List (1993) * Forrest Gump / Pulp Fiction (1994) * Sense and Sensibility (1995) * Shine (1996) * L.A. Confidential (1997) * Gods and Monsters (1998) * American Beauty (1999) * Quills (2000) * Moulin Rouge! (2001) * The Hours (2002) * Mystic River (2003) * Finding Neverland (2004) * Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) * Letters from Iwo Jima (2006) * No Country for Old Men (2007) * Slumdog Millionaire (2008) * Up in the Air (2009) * The Social Network (2010) * Hugo (2011) * Zero Dark Thirty (2012) * Her (2013) * A Most Violent Year (2014) * Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) * Manchester by the Sea (2016) * The Post (2017) * Green Book (2018) * The Irishman (2019) * Da 5 Bloods (2020) * Licorice Pizza (2021) * v * t * e National Board of Review Current awards| * Actor * Actress * Breakthrough Performance * Animated Film * Cast (Acting Ensemble) * Director * Film (Top Ten Films) (Top 10 Independent Films) * Foreign Language Film (Top Five Foreign Language Films) * Supporting Actor * Supporting Actress * Documentary Film * Screenplay – Adapted * Screenplay – Original * Directorial Debut * Freedom of Expression Film year| * 1929 * 1930 * 1931 * 1932 * 1933 * 1934 * 1935 * 1936 * 1937 * 1938 * 1939 * 1940 * 1941 * 1942 * 1943 * 1944 * 1945 * 1946 * 1947 * 1948 * 1949 * 1950 * 1951 * 1952 * 1953 * 1954 * 1955 * 1956 * 1957 * 1958 * 1959 * 1960 * 1961 * 1962 * 1963 * 1964 * 1965 * 1966 * 1967 * 1968 * 1969 * 1970 * 1971 * 1972 * 1973 * 1974 * 1975 * 1976 * 1977 * 1978 * 1979 * 1980 * 1981 * 1982 * 1983 * 1984 * 1985 * 1986 * 1987 * 1988 * 1989 * 1990 * 1991 * 1992 * 1993 * 1994 * 1995 * 1996 * 1997 * 1998 * 1999 * 2000 * 2001 * 2002 * 2003 * 2004 * 2005 * 2006 * 2007 * 2008 * 2009 * 2010 * 2011 * 2012 * 2013 * 2014 * 2015 * 2016 * 2017 * 2018 * 2019 * 2020 * 2021 *[v]: View this template *[t]: Discuss this template *[e]: Edit this template