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2019 National Board of Review – Best Film
![The Irishman](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-irishman-martin-scorsese-image.jpg)
The Irishman
2018 National Board of Review – Best Film
![Green Book](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/green-book-peter-farrelly-image.jpg)
Green Book
2017 National Board of Review – Best Film
![The Post](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-post-steven-spielberg-image.jpg)
The Post
2016 National Board of Review – Best Film
![Manchester by the Sea](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/manchester-by-the-sea-kenneth-lonergan-image.jpg)
Manchester by the Sea
2015 National Board of Review – Best Film
![Mad Max: Fury Road](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/mad-max-fury-road-george-miller-image.jpg)
Mad Max: Fury Road
2014 National Board of Review – Best Film
![A Most Violent Year](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/a-most-violent-year-j.c.-chandor-image.jpg)
A Most Violent Year
2013 National Board of Review – Best Film
![Her](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/her-spike-jonze-image.jpg)
Her
2012 National Board of Review – Best Film
![Zero Dark Thirty](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/zero-dark-thirty-kathryn-bigelow-image.jpg)
Zero Dark Thirty
2011 National Board of Review – Best Film
![Hugo](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/hugo-martin-scorsese-image.jpg)
Hugo
2010 National Board of Review – Best Film
![The Social Network](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-social-network-david-fincher-image.jpg)
The Social Network
2009 National Board of Review – Best Film
![Up in the Air](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/up-in-the-air-jason-reitman-image.jpg)
Up in the Air
2008 National Board of Review – Best Film
![Slumdog Millionaire](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/slumdog-millionaire-danny-boyle-loveleen-tandanco-director-image.jpg)
Slumdog Millionaire
2007 National Board of Review – Best Film
![No Country for Old Men](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/no-country-for-old-men-ethan-coen-joel-coen-image.jpg)
No Country for Old Men
2006 National Board of Review – Best Film
![Letters from Iwo Jima](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/letters-from-iwo-jima-clint-eastwood-image.jpg)
Letters from Iwo Jima
2005 National Board of Review – Best Film
![Good Night, and Good Luck.](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/good-night-and-good-luck.-george-clooney-image.jpg)
Good Night, and Good Luck.
2004 National Board of Review – Best Film
![Finding Neverland](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/finding-neverland-marc-forster-image.jpg)
Finding Neverland
2003 National Board of Review – Best Film
![Mystic River](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/mystic-river-clint-eastwood-image.jpg)
Mystic River
2002 National Board of Review – Best Film
![The Hours](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-hours-stephen-daldry-image.jpg)
The Hours
2001 National Board of Review – Best Film
![Moulin Rouge!](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/moulin-rouge-image.jpg)
Moulin Rouge!
2000 National Board of Review – Best Film
![Quills](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/quills-philip-kaufman-image.jpg)
Quills
1999 National Board of Review – Best Film
![American Beauty](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/american-beauty-sam-mendes-image.jpg)
American Beauty
1998 National Board of Review – Best Film
![Gods and Monsters](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/gods-and-monsters-image.jpg)
Gods and Monsters
1997 National Board of Review – Best Film
![L.A. Confidential](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/l.a.-confidential-curtis-hanson-image.jpg)
L.A. Confidential
1996 National Board of Review – Best Film
![Shine](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/shine-scott-hicks-image.jpg)
Shine
1995 National Board of Review – Best Film
![Sense and Sensibility](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/sense-and-sensibility-image.jpg)
Sense and Sensibility
1994 National Board of Review – Best Film
![Forrest Gump](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/forrest-gump-robert-zemeckis-image.jpg)
Forrest Gump
1993 National Board of Review – Best Film
![Schindler's List](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/schindlers-list-steven-spielberg-image.jpg)
Schindler’s List
1992 National Board of Review – Best Film
![Howards End](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/howards-end-james-ivory-image.jpg)
Howards End
1991 National Board of Review – Best Film
![The Silence of the Lambs](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-silence-of-the-lambs-jonathan-demme-image.jpg)
The Silence of the Lambs
1990 National Board of Review – Best Film
![Dances with Wolves](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/dances-with-wolves-kevin-costner-image.jpg)
Dances with Wolves
1989 National Board of Review – Best Film
![Driving Miss Daisy](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/driving-miss-daisy-bruce-beresford-image.jpg)
Driving Miss Daisy
1988 National Board of Review – Best Film
![Mississippi Burning](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/mississippi-burning-image.jpg)
Mississippi Burning
1987 National Board of Review – Best Film
![Empire of the Sun](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/empire-of-the-sun-steven-spielberg-image.jpg)
Empire of the Sun
1986 National Board of Review – Best Film
![A Room with a View](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/a-room-with-a-view-james-ivory-image.jpg)
A Room with a View
1985 National Board of Review – Best Film
![The Color Purple](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-color-purple-steven-spielberg-image.jpg)
The Color Purple
1984 National Board of Review – Best Film
![A Passage to India](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/a-passage-to-india-image.jpg)
A Passage to India
1983 National Board of Review – Best Film
![Betrayal](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/betrayal-image.jpg)
Betrayal
1982 National Board of Review – Best Film
![Gandhi](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/gandhi-richard-attenborough-image.jpg)
Gandhi
1981 National Board of Review – Best Film
![Chariots of Fire](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/chariots-of-fire-hugh-hudson-image.jpg)
Chariots of Fire
1980 National Board of Review – Best Film
![Ordinary People](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/ordinary-people-robert-redford-image.jpg)
Ordinary People
1979 National Board of Review – Best Film
![Manhattan](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/manhattan-woody-allen-image.jpg)
Manhattan
1978 National Board of Review – Best Film
![Days of Heaven](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/days-of-heaven-terrence-malick-image.jpg)
Days of Heaven
1977 National Board of Review – Best Film
![The Turning Point](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-turning-point-herbert-ross-image.jpg)
The Turning Point
1976 National Board of Review – Best Film
![All the President's Men](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/all-the-presidents-men-image.jpg)
All the President’s Men
1975 National Board of Review – Best Film
![Barry Lyndon](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/barry-lyndon-stanley-kubrick-image.jpg)
Barry Lyndon
1974 National Board of Review – Best Film
![The Conversation](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-conversation-francis-ford-coppola-image.jpg)
The Conversation
1973 National Board of Review – Best Film
![The Sting](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-sting-george-roy-hill-image.jpg)
The Sting
1972 National Board of Review – Best Film
![Macbeth](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/macbeth-roman-polanski-image.jpg)
Macbeth
1971 National Board of Review – Best Film
![Patton](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/patton-franklin-j.-schaffner-image.jpg)
Patton
1970 National Board of Review – Best Film
![They Shoot Horses, Don't They?](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/they-shoot-horses-dont-they-sydney-pollack-image.jpg)
They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?
1969 National Board of Review – Best Film
![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
1968 National Board of Review – Best Film
![Far from the Madding Crowd](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/far-from-the-madding-crowd-john-schlesinger-image.jpg)
Far from the Madding Crowd
1967 National Board of Review – Best Film
![A Man for All Seasons](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/a-man-for-all-seasons-fred-zinnemann-image.jpg)
A Man for All Seasons
1966 National Board of Review – Best Film
![The Eleanor Roosevelt Story](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-eleanor-roosevelt-story-richard-kaplan-image.jpg)
The Eleanor Roosevelt Story
1964 National Board of Review – Best Film
![Becket](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/becket-peter-glenville-image.jpg)
Becket
1963 National Board of Review – Best Film
![Tom Jones](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/tom-jones-tony-richardson-image.jpg)
Tom Jones
1962 National Board of Review – Best Film
![The Longest Day](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-longest-day-ken-annakin-andrew-marton-gerd-oswald-bernhard-wicki-darryl-f.-zanuck-image.jpg)
The Longest Day
1961 National Board of Review – Best Film
![Question 7](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/question-7-stuart-rosenberg-image.jpg)
Question 7
1960 National Board of Review – Best Film
![Sons and Lovers](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/sons-and-lovers-jack-cardiff-image.jpg)
Sons and Lovers
1959 National Board of Review – Best Film
![The Nun's Story](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-nuns-story-fred-zinnemann-image.jpg)
The Nun’s Story
1958 National Board of Review – Best Film
![The Old Man and the Sea](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-old-man-and-the-sea-john-sturges-fred-zinnemann-image.jpg)
The Old Man and the Sea
1957 National Board of Review – Best Film
![The Bridge on the River Kwai](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-bridge-on-the-river-kwai-david-lean-image.jpg)
The Bridge on the River Kwai
1956 National Board of Review – Best Film
![Around the World in 80 Days](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/around-the-world-in-80-days-michael-anderson-john-farrow-image.jpg)
Around the World in 80 Days
1955 National Board of Review – Best Film
![Marty](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/marty-delbert-mann-image.jpg)
Marty
1954 National Board of Review – Best Film
![On the Waterfront](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/on-the-waterfront-elia-kazan-image.jpg)
On the Waterfront
1953 National Board of Review – Best Film
![Julius Caesar](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/julius-caesar-joseph-l.-mankiewicz-image.jpg)
Julius Caesar
1952 National Board of Review – Best Film
![The Quiet Man](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-quiet-man-john-ford-image.jpg)
The Quiet Man
1951 National Board of Review – Best Film
![A Place in the Sun](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/a-place-in-the-sun-george-stevens-image.jpg)
A Place in the Sun
1950 National Board of Review – Best Film
![Sunset Blvd.](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/sunset-blvd.-billy-wilder-image.jpg)
Sunset Blvd.
1949 National Board of Review – Best Film
![Bicycle Thieves](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/bicycle-thieves-vittorio-de-sica-image.jpg)
Bicycle Thieves
1948 National Board of Review – Best Film
![Paisan](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/paisan-roberto-rossellini-image.jpg)
Paisan
1947 National Board of Review – Best Film
![Monsieur Verdoux](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/monsieur-verdoux-charles-chaplin-image.jpg)
Monsieur Verdoux
1946 National Board of Review – Best Film
![Henry V](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/henry-v-laurence-olivier-image.jpg)
Henry V
1945 National Board of Review – Best Film
![The True Glory](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-true-glory-garson-kanin-carol-reed-image.jpg)
The True Glory
1944 National Board of Review – Best Film
![None But the Lonely Heart](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/none-but-the-lonely-heart-clifford-odets-image.jpg)
None But the Lonely Heart
1943 National Board of Review – Best Film
![The Ox-Bow Incident](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-ox-bow-incident-william-a.-wellman-image.jpg)
The Ox-Bow Incident
1942 National Board of Review – Best Film
![In Which We Serve](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/in-which-we-serve-noel-coward-david-lean-image.jpg)
In Which We Serve
1941 National Board of Review – Best Film
![Citizen Kane](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/citizen-kane-orson-welles-image.jpg)
Citizen Kane
1940 National Board of Review – Best Film
![The Grapes of Wrath](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-grapes-of-wrath-john-ford-image.jpg)
The Grapes of Wrath
1939 National Board of Review – Best Film
![Confessions of a Nazi Spy](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/confessions-of-a-nazi-spy-anatole-litvak-image.jpg)
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
1938 National Board of Review – Best Film
![The Citadel](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-citadel-king-vidor-image.jpg)
The Citadel
1937 National Board of Review – Best Film
![Night Must Fall](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/night-must-fall-richard-thorpe-image.jpg)
Night Must Fall
1936 National Board of Review – Best Film
![Mr. Deeds Goes to Town](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/mr.-deeds-goes-to-town-frank-capra-image.jpg)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
1935 National Board of Review – Best Film
![The Informer](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-informer-john-ford-image.jpg)
The Informer
1934 National Board of Review – Best Film
![It Happened One Night](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/it-happened-one-night-frank-capra-image.jpg)
It Happened One Night
1933 National Board of Review – Best Film
![Topaze](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/topaze-harry-dabbadie-darrast-image.jpg)
Topaze
1932 National Board of Review – Best Film
![I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/i-am-a-fugitive-from-a-chain-gang-mervyn-leroy-image.jpg)