Film Awards

1994 National Board of Review - Best Actress WinnerTom & VivMiranda RichardsonIn 1915, T.S. (Tom) Eliot and Vivienne Haigh-Wood elope, but her longstanding gynecological and emotional problems disrupt their planned honeymoon. Her father is angry because Tom's poetry ...Amazon

1993 National Board of Review - Best Actress WinnerThe PianoHolly HunterIn the mid-19th century, a mute woman is sent to New Zealand along with her young daughter and prized piano for an arranged marriage to a wealthy landowner, but is soon lusted after by a local worker on the plantation.Amazon

1992 National Board of Review - Best Actress WinnerHowards EndEmma ThompsonA businessman thwarts his wife's bequest of an estate to another woman.Amazon

1991 National Board of Review - Best Actress WinnerThelma & LouiseSusan SarandonTwo best friends set out on an adventure, but it soon turns around to a terrifying escape from being hunted by the police, as these two girls escape for the crimes they committed.AmazonThelma & LouiseGeena DavisTwo best friends set out on an adventure, but it soon turns around to a terrifying escape from being hunted by the police, as these two girls escape for the crimes they committed.Amazon

1990 National Board of Review - Best Actress WinnerAliceMia FarrowA spoiled Manhattan housewife re-evaluates her life after visiting a Chinatown healer.Amazon

1989 National Board of Review - Best Actress WinnerThe Fabulous Baker BoysMichelle PfeifferThe lives of two struggling musicians, who happen to be brothers, inevitably change when they team up with a beautiful, up-and-coming singer.Amazon

1988 National Board of Review - Best Actress WinnerThe AccusedJodie FosterAfter a young woman suffers a brutal gang rape in a bar one night, a prosecutor assists in bringing the perpetrators to justice, including the ones who encouraged and cheered on the attack.Amazon

1987 National Board of Review - Best Actress WinnerBroadcast NewsHolly HunterTake two rival television reporters: one handsome, one talented, both male. Add one Producer, female. Mix well, and watch the sparks fly.AmazonThe Whales of AugustLillian GishTwo aged sisters reflect on life and the past during a late summer day in Maine.Amazon

1986 National Board of Review - Best Actress WinnerPeggy Sue Got MarriedKathleen TurnerPeggy Sue faints at a high school reunion. When she wakes up, she finds herself in her own past, just before she finished school.Amazon

1985 National Board of Review - Best Actress WinnerThe Color PurpleWhoopi GoldbergA black Southern woman struggles to find her identity after suffering abuse from her father and others over four decades.Amazon