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National Board of Review Award for Best Film

{{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.{{cite web |url=http://www.nationalboardofreview.org/award-names/best-film/ |title=Best Film Archives – National Board of Review |publisher=National Board of Review |access-date=February 2, 2015}}

Winners

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=1930s=

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style="text-align:center;" | 1932I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang ‡Mervyn LeRoy
style="text-align:center;" | 1933Topaze §Harry d'Abbadie d'Arrast
style="text-align:center;" | 1934It Happened One Night †Frank Capra
style="text-align:center;" | 1935The Informer ‡John Ford
style="text-align:center;" | 1936Mr. Deeds Goes to Town ‡Frank Capra
style="text-align:center;" | 1937Night Must Fall §Richard Thorpe
style="text-align:center;" | 1938The Citadel ‡King Vidor
style="text-align:center;" | 1939Confessions of a Nazi Spy §Anatole Litvak

=1940s=

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style="text-align:center;" | 1940The Grapes of Wrath ‡John Ford
style="text-align:center;" | 1941Citizen Kane ‡Orson Welles
style="text-align:center;" | 1942In Which We Serve ‡Noël Coward and David Lean
style="text-align:center;" | 1943The Ox-Bow Incident ‡William A. Wellman
style="text-align:center;" | 1944None But the Lonely Heart §Clifford Odets
style="text-align:center;" | 1945The True Glory §Carol Reed
style="text-align:center;" | 1946Henry V ‡Laurence Olivier
style="text-align:center;" | 1947Monsieur Verdoux §Charlie Chaplin
style="text-align:center;" | 1948PaisanRoberto Rossellini
style="text-align:center;" | 1949Bicycle ThievesVittorio De Sica

=1950s=

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style="text-align:center;" | 1950Sunset Boulevard ‡Billy Wilder
style="text-align:center;" | 1951A Place in the Sun ‡George Stevens
style="text-align:center;" | 1952The Quiet Man ‡John Ford
style="text-align:center;" | 1953Julius Caesar ‡Joseph L. Mankiewicz
style="text-align:center;" | 1954On the Waterfront †Elia Kazan
style="text-align:center;" | 1955Marty †Delbert Mann
style="text-align:center;" | 1956Around the World in 80 Days †Michael Anderson
style="text-align:center;" | 1957The Bridge on the River Kwai †David Lean
style="text-align:center;" | 1958The Old Man and the Sea §John Sturges
style="text-align:center;" | 1959The Nun's Story ‡Fred Zinnemann

=1960s=

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style="text-align:center;" | 1960Sons and Lovers ‡Jack Cardiff
style="text-align:center;" | 1961Question 7 §Stuart Rosenberg
style="text-align:center;" | 1962The Longest Day ‡Ken Annakin, Andrew Marton, Gerd Oswald, and Bernhard Wicki
style="text-align:center;" | 1963Tom Jones †Tony Richardson
style="text-align:center;" | 1964Becket ‡Peter Glenville
style="text-align:center;" | 1965The Eleanor Roosevelt Story §Rick Kaplan
style="text-align:center;" | 1966A Man for All Seasons †Fred Zinnemann
style="text-align:center;" | 1967Far from the Madding Crowd §John Schlesinger
style="text-align:center;" | 1968The Shoes of the Fisherman §Michael Anderson
style="text-align:center;" | 1969They Shoot Horses, Don't They? §Sydney Pollack

=1970s=

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style="text-align:center;" | 1970Patton †Franklin J. Schaffner
style="text-align:center;" | 1971Macbeth §Roman Polanski
style="text-align:center;" | 1972Cabaret ‡Bob Fosse
style="text-align:center;" | 1973The Sting †George Roy Hill
style="text-align:center;" | 1974The Conversation ‡Francis Ford Coppola
rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | 1975Barry Lyndon ‡Stanley Kubrick
Nashville ‡Robert Altman
style="text-align:center;" | 1976All the President's Men ‡Alan J. Pakula
style="text-align:center;" | 1977The Turning Point ‡Herbert Ross
style="text-align:center;" | 1978Days of Heaven §Terrence Malick
style="text-align:center;" | 1979Manhattan §Woody Allen

=1980s=

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style="text-align:center;" | 1980Ordinary People †Robert Redford
rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | 1981Chariots of Fire †Hugh Hudson
Reds ‡Warren Beatty
style="text-align:center;" | 1982Gandhi †Richard Attenborough
rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | 1983Betrayal §David Jones
Terms of Endearment †James L. Brooks
style="text-align:center;" | 1984A Passage to India ‡David Lean
style="text-align:center;" | 1985The Color Purple ‡Steven Spielberg
style="text-align:center;" | 1986A Room with a View ‡James Ivory
style="text-align:center;" | 1987Empire of the Sun §Steven Spielberg
style="text-align:center;" | 1988Mississippi Burning ‡Alan Parker
style="text-align:center;" | 1989Driving Miss Daisy †Bruce Beresford

=1990s=

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style="text-align:center;" | 1990Dances with Wolves †Kevin Costner
style="text-align:center;" | 1991The Silence of the Lambs †Jonathan Demme
style="text-align:center;" | 1992Howards End ‡James Ivory
style="text-align:center;" | 1993Schindler's List †Steven Spielberg
rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | 1994Forrest Gump †Robert Zemeckis
Pulp Fiction ‡Quentin Tarantino
style="text-align:center;" | 1995Sense and Sensibility ‡Ang Lee
style="text-align:center;" | 1996Shine ‡Scott Hicks
style="text-align:center;" | 1997L.A. Confidential ‡Curtis Hanson
style="text-align:center;" | 1998Gods and Monsters §Bill Condon
style="text-align:center;" | 1999American Beauty †Sam Mendes

=2000s=

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style="text-align:center;" | 2000Quills §Philip Kaufman
style="text-align:center;" | 2001Moulin Rouge! ‡Baz Luhrmann
style="text-align:center;" | 2002The Hours ‡Stephen Daldry
style="text-align:center;" | 2003Mystic River ‡Clint Eastwood
style="text-align:center;" | 2004Finding Neverland ‡Marc Forster
style="text-align:center;" | 2005Good Night, and Good Luck. ‡George Clooney
style="text-align:center;" | 2006Letters from Iwo Jima ‡Clint Eastwood
style="text-align:center;" | 2007No Country for Old Men †Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
style="text-align:center;" | 2008Slumdog Millionaire †Danny Boyle
style="text-align:center;" | 2009Up in the Air ‡Jason Reitman

=2010s=

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style="text-align:center;" | 2010The Social Network ‡David Fincher
style="text-align:center;" | 2011Hugo ‡Martin Scorsese
style="text-align:center;" | 2012Zero Dark Thirty ‡Kathryn Bigelow
style="text-align:center;" | 2013Her ‡Spike Jonze
style="text-align:center;" | 2014A Most Violent Year §J. C. Chandor
style="text-align:center;" | 2015Mad Max: Fury Road ‡George Miller
style="text-align:center;" | 2016Manchester by the Sea ‡Kenneth Lonergan
style="text-align:center;" | 2017The Post ‡Steven Spielberg
style="text-align:center;" | 2018Green Book †Peter Farrelly[https://variety.com/2018/film/awards/national-board-of-review-names-green-book-best-film-of-2018-1203035378/ National Board of Review Names 'Green Book' Best Film of 2018 - Variety]
style="text-align:center;" | 2019The Irishman ‡Martin Scorsese[https://www.indiewire.com/2019/12/national-board-of-review-2019-winners-irishman-1202193897/ National Board of Review 2019 Winners|IndieWire]

=2020s=

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style="text-align:center;" | 2020Da 5 Bloods[https://variety.com/2021/film/news/2021-national-board-of-review-winners-da-5-bloods-1234892415/ 2021 National Board of Review Winners and Analysis - Variety] §Spike Lee
style="text-align:center;" | 2021Licorice Pizza ‡ [https://deadline.com/2021/12/national-board-of-review-names-paul-thomas-anderson-his-licorice-pizza-as-best-director-film-1234883672/ 'Licorice Pizza' Wins Best Pictures At National Board Of Review — Deadline]Paul Thomas Anderson
style="text-align:center;" | 2022Top Gun: Maverick ‡ [https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/top-gun-maverick-best-movie-2022-national-board-review-1235277963/ Top Gun: Maverick Named Best Movie of 2022 by National Board of Review - The Hollywood Reporter]Joseph Kosinski
style="text-align:center;" | 2023Killers of the Flower Moon ‡ [https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/2023-national-board-of-review-winners-list-1235714873/ National Board of Review Names ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Best Film of 2023]Martin Scorsese
style="text-align:center;" | 2024Wicked ‡ {{Cite web |last=Davis |first=Clayton |date=2024-12-04 |title=‘Wicked’ Named Best Picture by National Board of Review, Daniel Craig and Nicole Kidman Among Acting Winners |url=https://variety.com/2024/film/awards/national-board-of-review-winners-2024-wicked-1236225469/ |access-date=2024-12-04 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}

|Jon M. Chu

Multiple winners (3 or more)

References

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