National Board of Review Awards 1959
# National Board of Review Awards 1959

31st National Board of Review Awards

Late December, 1959

The 31st National Board of Review Awards were announced in late December, 1959.

## Top Ten Films

* The Nun's Story
* Ben-Hur
* Anatomy of a Murder
* The Diary of Anne Frank
* Middle of the Night
* The Man Who Understood Women
* Some Like It Hot
* Suddenly, Last Summer
* On the Beach
* North by Northwest

## Top Foreign Films

* Wild Strawberries
* Room at the Top
* Aparajito
* The Roof
* Look Back in Anger

## Winners

* Best Film: The Nun's Story
* Best Foreign Film: Wild Strawberries
* Best Actor: Victor Sjöström (Wild Strawberries)
* Best Actress: Simone Signoret (Room at the Top)
* Best Supporting Actor: Hugh Griffith (Ben-Hur)
* Best Supporting Actress: Edith Evans (The Nun's Story)
* Best Director: Fred Zinnemann (The Nun's Story)
* Special Citation: Ingmar Bergman; Andrew Marton, Yakima Canutt (Ben-Hur, for directing the chariot race)
