National Board of Review

1956 National Board of Review - Best Foreign Language Films WinnerLa stradaA care-free girl is sold to a traveling entertainer, consequently enduring physical and emotional pain along the way.AmazonRichard IIIShakespeare's powerful tale of the wicked deformed King and his conquests, both on the battlefield and in the boudoir.AmazonRififiFour men plan a technically perfect crime, but the human element intervenes...AmazonThe Silent WorldThis pioneering nature documentary investigates aquatic habitats in various locations around the world. It doesn't shy away from the brutality present in the natural world, but it also ...AmazonThe Silent WorldThis pioneering nature documentary investigates aquatic habitats in various locations around the world. It doesn't shy away from the brutality present ...

1955 National Board of Review - Best Foreign Language Films WinnerDiaboliqueThe wife and mistress of a loathed school principal hatch a plan to murder him while having the perfect alibi. They carry out the plan...but then his body disappears.AmazonThe Divided HeartA three-year-old orphan is adopted by a German couple shortly after World War II. On his tenth birthday, he is told that his mother, a Yugoslav refugee, is alive and wants him back. The ...AmazonThe End of the AffairIn wartorn London Maurice Bendrix falls in love with neighbor Sarah Miles. They begin an illicit romance behind Sarah's husband's back. While war does not last forever, neither does love in...AmazonThe Great AdventureA vixen mother invades a chicken coop to provide food for her cubs. She continues to raid the coop unt...

1954 National Board of Review - Best Foreign Language Films WinnerBeauties of the NightA young composer has vivid dreams of the past that reflect, yet conflict with his waking life.AmazonBread, Love and DreamsWhen a veteran marshal is sent to a small town, he quickly falls for two women: a midwife and an earthy young woman nicknamed "Frisky".AmazonDiary of a Country PriestA young priest taking over the parish at Ambricourt tries to fulfill his duties even as he fights a mysterious stomach ailment.AmazonGate of HellA samurai pursues a married lady-in-waiting.AmazonGenevieveIt's time for the annual London to Brighton antique car rally, and Alan McKim and Ambrose Claverhouse are not going to let their friendship stop them from trying to humiliate each other. ...AmazonMonsieur Hulot's HolidayM...

1953 National Board of Review - Best Foreign Language Films WinnerA Queen Is CrownedA lavish documentary film of Queen Elizabeth II's Coronation in 1953.AmazonA Queen Is CrownedA lavish documentary film of Queen Elizabeth II's Coronation in 1953.AmazonMoulin RougeFictional account of French artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.AmazonThe Conquest of EverestDocumentary that covers the famous and successful expedition of the Everest conquest by Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary, the first climbers to reach its peak.AmazonThe Forbidden ChristBack in his village, former war prisoner Bruno Baldi is dead set on avenging his brother who has been shot by a German firing squad after being given away by a villager. But nobody wants to...AmazonThe Little World of Don CamilloA determined priest and a Commu...

1952 National Board of Review - Best Foreign Language Films WinnerBeauty and the DevilThe Faust story retold, with an aged alchemist accepting the gift of renewed youth from the devilish Mephistopheles.AmazonForbidden GamesA young French girl orphaned in a Nazi air attack is befriended by the son of a poor farmer, and together they try to come to terms with the realities of death.AmazonIvory HunterA true story about an Englishman working as a game warden in Kenya who is disgusted by the ongoing destruction of African wildlife, and decides to create a national park to protect them. He...AmazonThe Man in the White SuitAn altruistic chemist invents a fabric which resists wear and stain as a boon to humanity, but big business and labor realize it must be suppressed for economic reasons.AmazonT...

1951 National Board of Review - Best Foreign Language Films WinnerKon-TikiA documentary about the Kon-Tiki expedition of the Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl.AmazonMiracle in MilanAn open hearted and unrelentingly energetic orphan struggles to make the best out of his life on the streets of Milan.AmazonRashomonThe rape of a bride and the murder of her samurai husband are recalled from the perspectives of a bandit, the bride, the samurai's ghost and a woodcutter.AmazonRashomonThe rape of a bride and the murder of her samurai husband are recalled from the perspectives of a bandit, the bride, the samurai's ghost and a woodcutter.AmazonThe Browning VersionForced to retire from an English public school, an unpopular professor must confront his failure as a teacher and husband.AmazonThe RiverTh...

1950 National Board of Review - Best Foreign Language Films WinnerKind Hearts and CoronetsA distant poor relative of the Duke of D'Ascoyne plots to inherit the title by murdering the eight other heirs who stand ahead of him in the line of succession.AmazonParis mil neuf centDocumentary limning the life of Paris and its citizens during "La Belle Epoque," the years between 1900 and 1914. Beginning with the Paris Exposition of 1900 and the completion of the ...AmazonThe Third ManPulp novelist Holly Martins travels to shadowy, postwar Vienna, only to find himself investigating the mysterious death of an old friend, Harry Lime.AmazonThe Titan: Story of MichelangeloThe life and works of the great artist Michelangelo Buonarroti are shown against the historical background of his time. It begins wi...

1946 National Board of Review - Best Foreign Language Films WinnerRome, Open CityDuring 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

1941 National Board of Review - Best Foreign Language Films WinnerPépé le MokoA wanted gangster is both king and prisoner of the Casbah. He is protected from arrest by his friends, but is torn by his desire for freedom outside. A visiting Parisian beauty may just tempt his fate.Amazon

1940 National Board of Review - Best Foreign Language Films WinnerThe Baker's WifeA small village rejoices at the arrival of a new baker. But when his young wife runs off with another man, he is unable to keep baking and the village is thrown into disarray.Amazon