National Board of Review

2003 National Board of Review - Top Documentaries WinnerCapturing the FriedmansDocumentary on the Friedmans, a seemingly typical, upper-middle-class Jewish family whose world is instantly transformed when the father and his youngest son are arrested and charged with shocking and horrible crimes.AmazonMy ArchitectDirector Nathaniel Kahn searches to understand his father, noted architect Louis Kahn, who died bankrupt and alone in 1974.AmazonSpellboundSpellbound follows eight teenagers on their quest to win the 1999 National Spelling Bee.AmazonThe Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamaraThe story of America as seen through the eyes of the former Secretary of Defense under President John F. Kennedy and President Lyndon Baines Johnson, Robert McNamara.AmazonThe Fog of War:...

2002 National Board of Review - Top Documentaries WinnerBowling for ColumbineFilmmaker Michael Moore explores the roots of America's predilection for gun violence.Amazon

2001 National Board of Review - Top Documentaries WinnerThe EnduranceA retelling of Sir Ernest Shackleton 's ill-fated expedition to Antarctica in 1914-1916, featuring new footage of the actual locations and interviews with surviving relatives of key ...Amazon

2000 National Board of Review - Top Documentaries WinnerThe Life and Times of Hank GreenbergThe life and career of Hank Greenberg, the first major Jewish baseball star in the Major Leagues.Amazon

1999 National Board of Review - Top Documentaries WinnerBuena Vista Social ClubAging Cuban musicians whose talents had been virtually forgotten following Castro's takeover of Cuba, are brought out of retirement by Ry Cooder, who travelled to Havana in order to bring the musicians together, resulting in triumphant performances of extrAmazon

1998 National Board of Review - Top Documentaries WinnerWild Man BluesAcademy Award-winner Barbara Kopple directs this documentary portrait of Academy Award and Golden Globe-winner Woody Allen, seen traveling with friends and fellow musicians during their New...Amazon

1997 National Board of Review - Top Documentaries WinnerFast, Cheap & Out of ControlAn exploration of the careers of four unrelated professionals: a lion tamer, a robotics expert, a topiary gardener, and a naked mole rat specialist.Amazon

1996 National Board of Review - Top Documentaries WinnerParadise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood HillsJoe BerlingerA horrific triple child murder leads to an indictment and trial of three nonconformist boys based on questionable evidence.Amazon

1995 National Board of Review - Top Documentaries WinnerCrumbAn intimate portrait of controversial cartoonist Robert Crumb and his traumatized family.Amazon

1994 National Board of Review - Top Documentaries WinnerHoop DreamsA film following the lives of two inner-city Chicago boys who struggle to become college basketball players on the road to going professional.Amazon