1957 National Board of Review – Top Ten Films Winner
![12 Angry Men](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/12-angry-men-sidney-lumet-image.jpg)
12 Angry Men
A jury holdout attempts to prevent a miscarriage of justice by forcing his colleagues to reconsider the evidence.
![A Farewell to Arms](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/a-farewell-to-arms-charles-vidor-john-huston-image.jpg)
A Farewell to Arms
An English nurse and an American soldier on the Italian front during World War I fall in love, but the horrors surrounding them test their romance to the limit.
![A Hatful of Rain](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/a-hatful-of-rain-fred-zinnemann-image.jpg)
A Hatful of Rain
A Korean War veteran’s morphine addiction wreaks havoc upon his family.
![Albert Schweitzer](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/albert-schweitzer-jerome-hill-image.jpg)
Albert Schweitzer
This biographical drama/part-time documentary, narrative written by Dr. Albert Schweitzer and spoken by Fredric March, traces the life of Dr. Schweitzer (with actors playing the characters)…
![Funny Face](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/funny-face-stanley-donen-image.jpg)
Funny Face
An impromptu fashion shoot at a book store brings about a new fashion model discovery in the shop clerk.
![The Bachelor Party](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-bachelor-party-delbert-mann-image.jpg)
The Bachelor Party
Five office friends meet up for a night on the town to celebrate the forthcoming marriage of one of them. As the night wears on and the drink starts to tell, they become more confidential …
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The Bridge on the River Kwai
British POWs build a railway bridge across the river Kwai for their Japanese captors, oblivious of the Allies’ plans to destroy it.
![The Enemy Below](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-enemy-below-dick-powell-image.jpg)
The Enemy Below
During World War II, an American destroyer meets a German U-Boat. Both captains are experts, and so begins a deadly game of cat-and-mouse.
![The Rising of the Moon](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-rising-of-the-moon-john-ford-image.jpg)
The Rising of the Moon
Three vignettes of old Irish country life, based on a series of short stories. In “The Majesty of the Law,” a police officer must arrest a very old-fashioned, traditional fellow for assault…
![The Spirit of St. Louis](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-spirit-of-st.-louis-billy-wilder-image.jpg)
The Spirit of St. Louis
Charles ‘Slim’ Lindbergh struggles to finance and design an airplane that will make his New York to Paris flight the first solo transatlantic crossing.