National Board of Review

1977 National Board of Review - Best Foreign Language Films WinnerA Special DayTwo neighbors, a persecuted journalist and a resigned housewife, meet during Hitler's visit to Italy in May 1938.AmazonCría cuervosIn the twilight of Francisco Franco's dictatorship, an eight-year-old orphan and her two sisters find shelter in the house of their stern aunt, trying their best to acclimatise to a new reality. Will they summon up the courage to grow up?AmazonThat Obscure Object of DesireRecounted in flashback are the romantic perils of Mathieu, a middle-aged French sophisticate as he falls for his nineteen year-old former chambermaid Conchita.AmazonThat Obscure Object of DesireRecounted in flashback are the romantic perils of Mathieu, a middle-aged French sophisticate as he falls for his nineteen y...

1976 National Board of Review - Best Foreign Language Films WinnerCousin cousineTwo distant cousins meet at a wedding banquet for an elderly couple. Over time, a close friendship develops between them, but their spouses begin to think that they are more than just friends.AmazonFace to FaceA married couple of psychiatrists has their relationship tested when one suffers a mental breakdown.AmazonSmall ChangeIn the town of Thiers, summer of 1976, teachers and parents give their children skills, love, and attention. A teacher has his first child, a single mother hopes to meet Mr. Right, another ...AmazonThe Clockmaker of St. PaulA Watchmaker finds out one day that his son has become a murderer. He tries to understand for whom and why.AmazonThe Marquise of OA German Marquise has to deal with a p...

1975 National Board of Review - Best Foreign Language Films WinnerA Brief VacationA women lives a miserable life in the basement of her Milan apartment, with her boring inlaws and three children (boys). Her husband has been injured. Her bleak life takes an unexpected ...AmazonSpecial SectionIn occupied France during the WWII, a German officer is murdered. The collaborationist Vichy government decides to pin the murder on six petty criminals. Loyal judges are called in to convict them as quickly as possible.AmazonStavisky...Irrestisible charm and talent help Serge Alexandre alias Stavisky, small-time swindler, to make friends with even the most influential members of the French industrial and political elite ...AmazonSwept AwayA trip into the Mediterranean sea becomes a trip into the discov...

1974 National Board of Review - Best Foreign Language Films WinnerAmarcordA series of comedic and nostalgic vignettes set in a 1930s Italian coastal town.AmazonAmarcordA series of comedic and nostalgic vignettes set in a 1930s Italian coastal town.AmazonLacombe, LucienIn 1944, an 18-year old boy from small-town France, collaborates with the Nazi-regime and subsequently falls in love with a Jewish girl.AmazonScenes from a MarriageTen years within the marriage of Marianne and Johan.AmazonThe PedestrianWhen a German businessman causes a car accident with deadly consequences, the papers start digging into his past to find scandals. What they find causes him to reevaluate his own past during WW2 when he was in Greece.AmazonThe Phantom of LibertyA series of surreal sequences that critique morali...

1973 National Board of Review - Best Foreign Language Films WinnerAlfredo, AlfredoAlfredo, a timid young Italian, lusts after and woos the beautiful Maria Rosa. But when he manages to marry her, he discovers life is not nearly so blissful as he expected.AmazonCries & WhispersWhen a woman dying of cancer in early twentieth-century Sweden is visited by her two sisters, long-repressed feelings between the siblings rise to the surface.AmazonCries & WhispersWhen a woman dying of cancer in early twentieth-century Sweden is visited by her two sisters, long-repressed feelings between the siblings rise to the surface.AmazonDay for NightA committed film director struggles to complete his movie while coping with a myriad of crises, personal and professional, among the cast and crew.AmazonThe New Land...

1972 National Board of Review - Best Foreign Language Films WinnerBed & BoardAntoine Doinel works dying flowers in the courtyard outside his apartment. He is married to Christine, who is pregnant. He has an affair with a Japanese woman, jeopardising his marriage.AmazonChloe in the AfternoonThough he has an adoring wife, a bourgeois man is still tempted to pursue other women.AmazonClaire's KneeOn lakeside summer holiday, a conflicted older man is dared to have a flirt with two beautiful teenage stepsisters despite his betrothal to a diplomat's daughter and the fact that the girls have boyfriends.AmazonClaire's KneeOn lakeside summer holiday, a conflicted older man is dared to have a flirt with two beautiful teenage stepsisters despite his betrothal to a diplomat's daughter and the fact that...

1971 National Board of Review - Best Foreign Language Films WinnerMy Night at Maud'sThe rigid principles of a devout Catholic man are challenged during a one-night stay with Maud, a divorced woman with an outsize personality.AmazonThe ConfessionAnton Ludvik, aka Gerard, is vice-minister of Foreign Affairs of Czechoslovakia. He realizes he is watched and followed. One day, he is arrested and put into jail, in solitary confinement. ...AmazonThe Passion of AnnaA recently divorced man meets an emotionally devastated widow and they begin a love affair.AmazonThe Wild ChildIn a French forest in 1798, a child is found who cannot walk, speak, read or write. A doctor becomes interested in the child and patiently attempts to civilize him.AmazonThe Wild ChildIn a French forest in 1798, a child is foun...

1970 National Board of Review - Best Foreign Language Films WinnerAdalen 31During a strike strike-breakers are being transported to Lunde, where they are assaulted by the strikers. The military are sent in. On the 14th May 1931 there is a confrontation between ...AmazonShameIn the midst of a civil war, former violinists Jan and Eva Rosenberg, who have a tempestuous marriage, run a farm on a rural island. In spite of their best efforts to escape their homeland, the war impinges on every aspect of their lives.AmazonShameIn the midst of a civil war, former violinists Jan and Eva Rosenberg, who have a tempestuous marriage, run a farm on a rural island. In spite of their best efforts to escape their homeland, the war impinges on every aspect of their lives.AmazonStolen KissesAfter being dischar...

1969 National Board of Review - Best Foreign Language Films WinnerHagbard and SigneThe story, based on an ancient legend, concerns Hagbard (Oleg Vidov), the son of a slain Norse king. Seeking revenge against the rival clan responsible for the killing, Hagbard calms down ...AmazonHungerIn 1890, Pontus, the starving writer, wanders the streets of Christiania, in search of love and a chance to get his work published. All he meets is defeat and suffering while his sense of ...AmazonThe Bride Wore BlackJulie Kohler is prevented from suicide by her mother. She leaves the town. She will track down, charm and kill five men who do not know her. What is her goal? What is her purpose?AmazonThe Two of UsIn Nazi-occupied France, a Jewish child is sent away from his family and conceals his religious aff...

1968 National Board of Review - Best Foreign Language Films WinnerAfrica: Blood and GutsThe cruel acts of animal poaching and violence, executions, and tribal slaughtering, all taking place on the African continent.AmazonElvira MadiganThe Danish tightrope dancer Elvira Madigan meets Lieutenant Sixten Sparre, a Swedish officer who is married and has two children. They both decide to run away.AmazonElvira MadiganThe Danish tightrope dancer Elvira Madigan meets Lieutenant Sixten Sparre, a Swedish officer who is married and has two children. They both decide to run away.AmazonPersonaA nurse is put in charge of a mute actress and finds that their personae are melding together.AmazonThe Great St. Trinian's Train RobberyThe all-girl school foil an attempt by train robbers to recover two and a hal...