National Board of Review Awards 1939

The 11th National Board of Review Awards were announced on 24 December 1939.^[1]

11th National Board of Review Awards

December 24, 1939

Best American Films

1. Confessions of a Nazi Spy
2. Wuthering Heights
3. Stagecoach
4. Ninotchka
5. Young Mr. Lincoln
6. Crisis
7. Goodbye, Mr. Chips
8. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
9. The Roaring Twenties
10. U-Boat 29

Top Foreign Films

1. Port of Shadows
2. Harvest
3. Alexander Nevsky
4. The End of the Day
5. Robert Koch

Winners

• Best American Film: Confessions of a Nazi Spy
• Best Foreign Film: Le quai des brumes (Port of Shadows), France
• Best Acting:
  • James Cagney - The Roaring Twenties
  • Bette Davis - Dark Victory and The Old Maid
  • Geraldine Fitzgerald - Dark Victory and Wuthering Heights
  • Henry Fonda - Young Mr. Lincoln
  • Jean Gabin - Le quai des brumes (Port of Shadows)
  • Greta Garbo - Ninotchka
  • Francis Lederer - Confessions of a Nazi Spy
  • Paul Lukas - Confessions of a Nazi Spy
  • Thomas Mitchell - Stagecoach
  • Laurence Olivier - Wuthering Heights
  • Flora Robson - We Are Not Alone
  • Michel Simon - Le quai des brumes (Port of Shadows) and The End of the Day^[2]