Best Actress

1978 National Board of Review - Best Actress WinnerAutumn SonataIngrid BergmanA married daughter who longs for her mother's love is visited by the latter, a successful concert pianist.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

1937 National Board of Review - Best Actress WinnerCamilleGreta GarboA Parisian courtesan must choose between the young man who loves her and the callous baron who wants her, even as her own health begins to fail.AmazonConquestMaria OuspenskayaA Polish countess becomes Napoleon Bonaparte's mistress at the urging of Polish leaders, who feel she could influence him to make Poland independent.AmazonDie ewige MaskeMathias WiemanAmazonNight Must FallMay WhittyWhen a rich but cantankerous dowager on an isolated estates hires an engaging handyman, her niece/companion becomes suspicious of his motives.AmazonThe Good EarthLuise RainerAlthough married Chinese farmers Wang and O-Lan initially experience success, their lives are complicated by declining fortunes and lean times, as well as the arrival ...

1938 National Board of Review - Best Actress WinnerThree ComradesMargaret SullavanA love story centered around the lives of three young German soldiers in the years following World War I. Their close friendship is strengthened by their shared love for the same woman who ...Amazon

1939 National Board of Review - Best Actress WinnerDark VictoryBette DavisA young socialite is diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor, and must decide whether or not she'll meet her final days with dignity.AmazonDark VictoryGeraldine FitzgeraldA young socialite is diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor, and must decide whether or not she'll meet her final days with dignity.AmazonNinotchkaGreta GarboA stern Russian woman sent to Paris on official business finds herself attracted to a man who represents everything she is supposed to detest.AmazonPort of ShadowsJean GabinA military deserter finds love and trouble (and a small dog) in a smoky French port city.Amazon

1940 National Board of Review - Best Actress WinnerGone with the WindVivien LeighA manipulative woman and a roguish man conduct a turbulent romance during the American Civil War and Reconstruction periods.AmazonOf Mice and MenBetty FieldTwo itinerant migrant workers, one mentally disabled and the other his carer, take jobs as ranch hands during the Great Depression to fulfill their shared dream of owning their own ranch.AmazonOur TownMartha ScottChange comes slowly to a small New Hampshire town in the early 20th century. People grow up, get married, live, and die. Milk and the newspaper get delivered every morning, and nobody locks...AmazonPride and PrejudiceGreer GarsonMr. and Mrs. Bennet have five unmarried daughters, and Mrs. Bennet is especially eager to find suitable husbands for them...

1941 National Board of Review - Best Actress WinnerHigh SierraIda LupinoAfter being released from prison, notorious thief Roy Earle is hired by his old boss to help a group of inexperienced criminals plan and carry out the robbery of a California resort.AmazonHow Green Was My ValleySara AllgoodAt the turn of the century in a Welsh mining village, the Morgans, he stern, she gentle, raise coal-mining sons and hope their youngest will find a better life.AmazonKitty FoyleGinger RogersA hard-working, white-collar girl from a middle-class family meets and falls in love with a young socialite, but she soon clashes with his family.AmazonLadies in RetirementIsobel ElsomThe housekeeper to a retired actress tries at the same time to look after her own two emotionally disturbed sisters, with dramatic ...

1942 National Board of Review - Best Actress Winner49th ParallelGlynis JohnsA World War II U-boat crew are stranded in northern Canada. To avoid internment, they must make their way to the border and get into the still-neutral U.S.AmazonIn This Our LifeHattie McDanielThe day before her wedding, a pampered young woman absconds with her sister's husband; in retaliation, her sister begins seeing the woman's former fiancé.AmazonJourney for MargaretMargaret O'BrienAn American newspaperman and his wife, caught in the London blitz, lose their unborn child in an air raid. Outraged, they visit a shelter for homeless children where they fall in love with ...AmazonKings RowAnn SheridanThe dark side and hypocrisy of provincial American life is seen through the eyes of five children as they grow to adu...

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

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...