National Board of Review Awards

The National Board of Review Awards are film awards, awarded annually by the National Board of Review (NBR), in New York, in the United States since 1929. The event aims to reward the most outstanding films and filmmakers of the year.

Each year a select group of New York professional and academic filmmakers select the best studio, independent, foreign language, animated and documentary films.

The award ceremony is usually held early the following year.

Full List of the American Film Critics Association Awards (1930 to 2025)

The Asociation

The National Board of Review (NBR) is an organization founded in 1909 by Professor Charles Sprague Smith, called at that time the "New York Film Censorship Board" to make recommendations to the mayor's office on controversial films, since in the The previous year, Mayor George B. McClellan Jr., had revoked all movie licenses in the city pending inspection of the movies and Theaters.

In 1930, the North American Film Critics Association (NBR) became the first organization to choose the top 10 English-language films and the best foreign films of the year.

In 1936, it was explained that the National Board was opposed to legal censorship and considered, as a constructive method, the method of selecting the best films, publishing descriptive and ranked lists of them, and building audiences through the work of community groups.

Statistics of the Awards of the Association of North American Critics

Below we present updated reports and statistics of the National Board of Review Awards, taking into account the editions carried out from the year 1930 to 2025.

Which director has won the most National Board of Review Awards?

The directors who have won the National Board of Review Award for Best Director the most times between 1930 and 2025 are: Martin Scorsese (4 awards), David Lean (4 awards) and David Fincher (2 awards).

Director	Awards
Martin Scorsese	4
David Lean	4
David Fincher	2
Steven Spielberg	2
Clint Eastwood	2
Quentin Tarantino	2
Ang Lee	2
Akira Kurosawa	2
John Huston	2
Ingmar Bergman	2

Which actor has won the most National Board of Review Awards?

The actors who have won the National Board of Review Award the most times between 1930 and 2025 are: Jack Nicholson (5 awards), George Clooney (3 awards) and Gene Hackman (3 awards).

Actor	Awards
Jack Nicholson	5
George Clooney	3
Gene Hackman	3
Leonardo DiCaprio	2
Philip Seymour Hoffman	2
Casey Affleck	2
Tom Hanks	2
Al Pacino	2
Anthony Hopkins	2
Edward Norton	2

Which actress has won the most National Board of Review Awards?

The actresses who have won the National Board of Review Award the most times between [%yearini-63%] and [%yearend-63%] are: Meryl Streep (3 awards), Julianne Moore (3 awards) and Emma Thompson (3 awards).

Actress	Awards
Meryl Streep	3
Julianne Moore	3
Emma Thompson	3
Liv Ullmann	3
Edith Evans	3
Angela Lansbury	2
Jessica Chastain	2
Kathy Bates	2
Carey Mulligan	2
Winona Ryder	2

Which countries have won the most National Board of Review Awards for Best Foreign Film?