National Board of Review Awards 1939
# National Board of Review Awards 1939

11th National Board of Review Awards

December 24, 1939

The 11th National Board of Review Awards were announced on 24 December 1939.

## Best American Films

* Confessions of a Nazi Spy
* Wuthering Heights
* Stagecoach
* Ninotchka
* Young Mr. Lincoln
* Crisis
* Goodbye, Mr. Chips
* Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
* The Roaring Twenties
* U-Boat 29

## Top Foreign Films

* Port of Shadows
* Harvest
* Alexander Nevsky
* The End of the Day
* Robert Koch

## Winners

* Best American Film: Confessions of a Nazi Spy
* Best Foreign Film: Le quai des brumes (Port of Shadows), France
* Best Acting:
   * James Cagney - The Roaring Twenties
   * Bette Davis - Dark Victory and The Old Maid
   * Geraldine Fitzgerald - Dark Victory and Wuthering Heights
   * Henry Fonda - Young Mr. Lincoln
   * Jean Gabin - Le quai des brumes (Port of Shadows)
   * Greta Garbo - Ninotchka
   * Francis Lederer - Confessions of a Nazi Spy
   * Paul Lukas - Confessions of a Nazi Spy
   * Thomas Mitchell - Stagecoach
   * Laurence Olivier - Wuthering Heights
   * Flora Robson - We Are Not Alone
   * Michel Simon - Le quai des brumes (Port of Shadows) and The End of the Day
