1969 National Board of Review – Top Ten Films Winner
![2001: A Space Odyssey](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/2001-a-space-odyssey-stanley-kubrick-image.jpg)
2001: A Space Odyssey
After discovering a mysterious artifact buried beneath the Lunar surface, mankind sets off on a quest to find its origins with help from intelligent supercomputer H.A.L. 9000.
![Charly](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/charly-ralph-nelson-image.jpg)
Charly
An intellectually disabled man undergoes an experiment that gives him the intelligence of a genius.
![Oliver!](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/oliver-carol-reed-image.jpg)
Oliver!
After being sold to a mortician, young orphan Oliver Twist runs away and meets a group of boys trained to be pickpockets by an elderly mentor.
![Planet of the Apes](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/planet-of-the-apes-franklin-j.-schaffner-image.jpg)
Planet of the Apes
An astronaut crew crash-lands on a planet in the distant future where intelligent talking apes are the dominant species, and humans are the oppressed and enslaved.
![Rachel, Rachel](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/rachel-rachel-paul-newman-image.jpg)
Rachel, Rachel
Rachel is a 35 year old school teacher who has no man in her life and lives with her mother. When a man from the big city returns and asks her out, she begins to have to make decisions about her life and where she wants it to go.
![Romeo and Juliet](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/romeo-and-juliet-franco-zeffirelli-image.jpg)
Romeo and Juliet
When two young members of feuding families meet, forbidden love ensues.
![The Lion in Winter](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-lion-in-winter-image.jpg)
The Lion in Winter
1183 A.D.: King Henry II’s three sons all want to inherit the throne, but he won’t commit to a choice. They and his wife variously plot to force him.
![The Shoes of the Fisherman](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-shoes-of-the-fisherman-michael-anderson-image.jpg)
The Shoes of the Fisherman
Ukrainian Archbishop Kiril Lakota is set free after twenty years as a political prisoner in Siberia. He is brought to Rome by Father David Telemond, a troubled young priest who befriends …
![The Subject Was Roses](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-subject-was-roses-ulu-grosbard-image.jpg)
The Subject Was Roses
A young man returning home from World War II finds himself caught up in his parents’ turbulent relationship.
![Yellow Submarine](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/yellow-submarine-george-dunning-image.jpg)
Yellow Submarine
The Beatles agree to accompany Captain Fred (Lance Percival) in his Yellow Submarine and go to Pepperland to free it from the music hating Blue Meanies.