Film Awards

1953 National Board of Review - Best Actress WinnerYoung BessJean SimmonsThe early life of Elizabeth I, from her childhood until her accession to the throne of England in 1558.Amazon

1952 National Board of Review - Best Actress WinnerCome Back, Little ShebaShirley BoothAn emotionally remote recovering alcoholic and his dowdy, unambitious wife face a personal crisis when they take in an attractive lodger.Amazon

1951 National Board of Review - Best Actress WinnerAce in the HoleJan SterlingA frustrated former big-city journalist now stuck working for an Albuquerque newspaper exploits a story about a man trapped in a cave to rekindle his career, but the situation quickly escalates into an out-of-control circus.Amazon

1950 National Board of Review - Best Actress WinnerSunset Blvd.Gloria SwansonA screenwriter develops a dangerous relationship with a faded film star determined to make a triumphant return.Amazon

1948 National Board of Review - Best Actress WinnerThe Snake PitOlivia de HavillandA detailed chronicle of a woman during her stay in a mental institution.Amazon

1947 National Board of Review - Best Actress WinnerThis Happy BreedCelia JohnsonNoël Coward's attempt to show how the ordinary people lived between the wars. Just after World War I, the Gibbons family moves to a nice house in the suburbs. An ordinary sort of life is ...Amazon

1946 National Board of Review - Best Actress WinnerRome, Open CityAnna MagnaniDuring the Nazi occupation of Rome in 1944, the Resistance leader, Giorgio Manfredi, is chased by the Nazis as he seeks refuge and a way to escape.Amazon

1945 National Board of Review - Best Actress WinnerMildred PierceJoan CrawfordA hard-working mother inches towards disaster as she divorces her husband and starts a successful restaurant business to support her spoiled daughter.Amazon

1944 National Board of Review - Best Actress WinnerMeet Me in St. LouisMargaret O'BrienIn the year leading up to the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair, the four Smith daughters learn lessons of life and love, even as they prepare for a reluctant move to New York.AmazonNone But the Lonely HeartEthel BarrymoreWhen an itinerant reluctantly returns home to help his sickly mother run her shop, they are both tempted to turn to crime to help make ends meet.AmazonNone But the Lonely HeartJune DuprezWhen an itinerant reluctantly returns home to help his sickly mother run her shop, they are both tempted to turn to crime to help make ends meet.AmazonThe Miracle of Morgan's CreekBetty HuttonAfter an all-night send-off party for the troops, a small-town girl wakes up to find herself married and pregnant, but...

1943 National Board of Review - Best Actress WinnerFor Whom the Bell TollsKatina PaxinouDuring the Spanish Civil War, an American allied with the Republicans finds romance during a desperate mission to blow up a strategically important bridge.AmazonHoly MatrimonyGracie FieldsFrom Arnold Bennett's novel "Buried Alive". An artist returning from years abroad takes the identity of his dead valet to escape the attentions of the press.AmazonShadow of a DoubtTeresa WrightA young woman discovers her visiting uncle may not be the man he seems to be.Amazon