1952 National Board of Review – Top Ten Films Winner
![5 Fingers](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/5-fingers-joseph-l.-mankiewicz-image.jpg)
5 Fingers
During WWII the valet to the British Ambassador to Ankara sells British secrets to the Germans while trying to romance a refugee Polish countess.
![Above and Beyond](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/above-and-beyond-melvin-frank-norman-panama-image.jpg)
Above and Beyond
Col. Paul Tibbetts piloted the plane that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima in World War 2.
![High Noon](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/high-noon-fred-zinnemann-image.jpg)
High Noon
A town Marshal, despite the disagreements of his newlywed bride and the townspeople around him, must face a gang of deadly killers alone at high noon when the gang leader, an outlaw he sent up years ago, arrives on the noon train.
![Limelight](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/limelight-charles-chaplin-image.jpg)
Limelight
A fading comedian and a suicidally despondent ballet dancer must look to each other to find purpose and hope in their lives.
![My Son John](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/my-son-john-leo-mccarey-image.jpg)
My Son John
The Jeffersons are the ideal picture-perfect all-American family in a small town, but their eldest son John returns home after a long absence spouting views that cause them to worry he may be a Communist.
![Singin' in the Rain](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/singin-in-the-rain-stanley-donen-gene-kelly-image.jpg)
Singin’ in the Rain
A silent film production company and cast make a difficult transition to sound.
![The Bad and the Beautiful](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-bad-and-the-beautiful-vincente-minnelli-image.jpg)
The Bad and the Beautiful
An unscrupulous movie producer uses an actress, a director and a writer to achieve success.
![The Quiet Man](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-quiet-man-john-ford-image.jpg)
The Quiet Man
A retired American boxer returns to the village of his birth in Ireland, where he finds love.
![The Snows of Kilimanjaro](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-snows-of-kilimanjaro-henry-king-roy-ward-baker-image.jpg)
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
Writer Harry Street reflects on his life as he lies dying from an infection while on safari in the shadow of Mount Kilamanjaro.
![The Thief](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-thief-russell-rouse-image.jpg)
The Thief
A chance accident causes a nuclear physicist selling top secret material to the Russians to fall under FBI scrutiny and go on the run.