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{{Short description|Annual film award}}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.WEB,weblink Best Film Archives – National Board of Review, National Board of Review, February 2, 2015,

Winners

• † = 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

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1930s{| class"wikitable" width"95%" cellpadding"5"

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1932	I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang ‡	Mervyn LeRoy

1933	'Topaze (1933 American film)	' § >| Harry d'Abbadie d'Arrast

1934	It Happened One Night â€	Frank Capra

1935	'The Informer (1935 film)	' ‡ >| John Ford

1936	Mr. Deeds Goes to Town ‡	Frank Capra

1937	'Night Must Fall (1937 film)	' § >| Richard Thorpe

1938	'The Citadel (1938 film)	' ‡ >| King Vidor

1939	Confessions of a Nazi Spy §	Anatole Litvak

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1940s{| class"wikitable" width"95%" cellpadding"5"

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1940	'The Grapes of Wrath (film)	' ‡ >| 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 (film)	' § >| Clifford Odets

1945	The True Glory §	Carol Reed

1946	'Henry V (1944 film)	' ‡ >| Laurence Olivier

1947	Monsieur Verdoux §	Charlie Chaplin

1948	''Paisan	Paisan (Paisà)'' >| Roberto Rossellini

1949	''Bicycle Thieves	Bicycle Thieves (Ladri di biciclette)'' >| Vittorio De Sica

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1950s{| class"wikitable" width"95%" cellpadding"5"

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1950	'Sunset Boulevard (film)	' ‡ >| Billy Wilder

1951	'A Place in the Sun (1951 film)	' ‡ >| George Stevens

1952	The Quiet Man ‡	John Ford

1953	'Julius Caesar (1953 film)	' ‡ >| Joseph L. Mankiewicz

1954	On the Waterfront â€	Elia Kazan

1955	'Marty (film)	' † >| Delbert Mann

1956	'Around the World in 80 Days (1956 film)	' † >	Michael Anderson (director)>Michael Anderson

1957	The Bridge on the River Kwai â€	David Lean

1958	'The Old Man and the Sea (1958 film)	' § >| John Sturges

1959	'The Nun's Story (film)	' ‡ >| Fred Zinnemann

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1960s{| class"wikitable" width"95%" cellpadding"5"

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1960	'Sons and Lovers (film)	' ‡ >| Jack Cardiff

1961	Question 7 §	Stuart Rosenberg

1962	'The Longest Day (film)	' ‡ >| Ken Annakin, Andrew Marton, Gerd Oswald, and Bernhard Wicki

1963	'Tom Jones (1963 film)	' † >| Tony Richardson

1964	'Becket (1964 film)	' ‡ >| Peter Glenville

1965	The Eleanor Roosevelt Story §	Rick Kaplan

1966	'A Man for All Seasons (1966 film)	' † >| Fred Zinnemann

1967	'Far from the Madding Crowd (1967 film)	' § >| John Schlesinger

1968	'The Shoes of the Fisherman (movie)	' § >	Michael Anderson (director)>Michael Anderson

1969	'They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (film)	' § >| Sydney Pollack

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1970	'Patton (film)	' † >| Franklin J. Schaffner

1971	'Macbeth (1971 film)	' § >| Roman Polanski

1972	'Cabaret (1972 film)	' ‡ >| Bob Fosse

1973	The Sting â€	George Roy Hill

1974	The Conversation ‡	Francis Ford Coppola

1975	Barry Lyndon ‡	Stanley Kubrick

Nashville (film)>Nashville ‡	Robert Altman

1976	'All the President's Men (film)	' ‡ >| Alan J. Pakula

1977	'The Turning Point (1977 film)	' ‡ >| Herbert Ross

1978	Days of Heaven §	Terrence Malick

1979	'Manhattan (1979 film)	' § >| Woody Allen

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1980	Ordinary People â€	Robert Redford

1981	Chariots of Fire â€	Hugh Hudson

Reds (film)>Reds ‡	Warren Beatty

1982	'Gandhi (film)	' † >| Richard Attenborough

1983	'Betrayal (1983 film)	' § >	David Jones (director)>David Jones

Terms of Endearment † >| James L. Brooks

1984	'A Passage to India (film)	' ‡ >| David Lean

1985	'The Color Purple (1985 film)	' ‡ >| Steven Spielberg

1986	'A Room with a View (1985 film)	' ‡ >| James Ivory

1987	'Empire of the Sun (film)	' § >| Steven Spielberg

1988	Mississippi Burning ‡	Alan Parker

1989	Driving Miss Daisy â€	Bruce Beresford

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1990	Dances with Wolves â€	Kevin Costner

1991	'The Silence of the Lambs (film)	' † >| Jonathan Demme

1992	'Howards End (film)	' ‡ >| James Ivory

1993	Schindler's List â€	Steven Spielberg

1994	Forrest Gump â€	Robert Zemeckis

Pulp Fiction ‡ >| Quentin Tarantino

1995	'Sense and Sensibility (film)	' ‡ >| Ang Lee

1996	'Shine (film)	' ‡ >	Scott Hicks (director)>Scott Hicks

1997	'L.A. Confidential (film)	' ‡ >| Curtis Hanson

1998	'Gods and Monsters (film)	' § >| Bill Condon

1999	'American Beauty (1999 film)	' † >| Sam Mendes

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2000s{| class"wikitable" width"95%" cellpadding"5"

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2000	'Quills (film)	' § >| Philip Kaufman

2001	Moulin Rouge! ‡	Baz Luhrmann

2002	'The Hours (film)	' ‡ >| Stephen Daldry

2003	'Mystic River (film)	' ‡ >| Clint Eastwood

2004	'Finding Neverland (film)	' ‡ >| Marc Forster

2005	Good Night, and Good Luck. ‡	George Clooney

2006	Letters from Iwo Jima ‡	Clint Eastwood

2007	No Country for Old Men â€	Joel Coen and Ethan Coen

2008	Slumdog Millionaire â€	Danny Boyle

2009	'Up in the Air (2009 film)	' ‡ >| Jason Reitman

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2010s{| class"wikitable" width"95%" cellpadding"5"

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2010	The Social Network ‡	David Fincher

2011	'Hugo (film)	' ‡ >| Martin Scorsese

2012	Zero Dark Thirty ‡	Kathryn Bigelow

2013	'Her (film)	' ‡ >| Spike Jonze

2014	A Most Violent Year §	J. C. Chandor

2015	(Mad Max: Fury Road) ‡	George Miller

2016	'Manchester by the Sea (film)	' ‡ >| Kenneth Lonergan

2017	'The Post (film)	' ‡ >| Steven Spielberg

2018	'Green Book (film)	' † >| Peter FarrellyNational Board of Review Names 'Green Book' Best Film of 2018 - Variety

2019	The Irishman ‡	Martin ScorseseNational Board of Review 2019 Winners|IndieWire

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2020s{| class"wikitable" width"95%" cellpadding"5"

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2020	Da 5 Bloods2021 National Board of Review Winners and Analysis - Variety §	Spike Lee

2021	Licorice Pizza ‡ 'Licorice Pizza' Wins Best Pictures At National Board Of Review — Deadline	Paul Thomas Anderson

2022	(Top Gun: Maverick) ‡ Top Gun: Maverick Named Best Movie of 2022 by National Board of Review - The Hollywood Reporter	Joseph Kosinski

2023	'Killers of the Flower Moon (film)	' ‡ National Board of Review Names ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Best Film of 2023 >| Martin Scorsese

Multiple winners (3 or more)

• Steven Spielberg-4
• John Ford-3
• David Lean-3 (one as co-director)
• Martin Scorsese-3

References

{{reflist}}{{National Board of Review Award for Best Film}}{{NBR Awards Chron}}