National Board of Review Awards 1940
# National Board of Review Awards 1940

12th National Board of Review Awards

December 22, 1940

The 12th National Board of Review Awards were announced on 22 December 1940.

## Best American Films

* The Grapes of Wrath
* The Great Dictator
* Of Mice and Men
* Our Town
* Fantasia
* The Long Voyage Home
* Foreign Correspondent
* The Biscuit Eater
* Gone with the Wind
* Rebecca

## Winners

* Best American Film: The Grapes of Wrath
* Best Foreign Film: La femme du boulanger (The Baker's Wife), France
* Best Documentary: The Fight for Life
* Best Acting:
   * Jane Bryan - We Are Not Alone
   * Charles Chaplin - The Great Dictator
   * Jane Darwell - The Grapes of Wrath
   * Betty Field - Of Mice and Men
   * Henry Fonda - The Grapes of Wrath and The Return of Frank James
   * Joan Fontaine - Rebecca
   * Greer Garson - Pride and Prejudice
   * William Holden - Our Town
   * Vivien Leigh - Gone with the Wind and Waterloo Bridge
   * Thomas Mitchell - The Long Voyage Home
   * Raimu - The Baker's Wife
   * Ralph Richardson - On the Night of the Fire
   * Flora Robson - We Are Not Alone
   * Ginger Rogers - Primrose Path
   * George Sanders - Rebecca
   * Martha Scott - Our Town
   * James Stewart - The Shop Around the Corner
   * Conrad Veidt - Escape
