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31st National Board of Review Awards
Late December, 1959
The 31st National Board of Review Awards were announced in late December, 1959.
Top Ten Films
- The Nun's Story
- Ben-Hur
- Anatomy of a Murder
- The Diary of Anne Frank
- Middle of the Night
- The Man Who Understood Women
- Some Like It Hot
- Suddenly, Last Summer
- On the Beach
- North by Northwest
Top Foreign Films
Winners
- Best Film: The Nun's Story
- Best Foreign Film: Wild Strawberries
- Best Actor: Victor Sjöström (Wild Strawberries)
- Best Actress: Simone Signoret (Room at the Top)
- Best Supporting Actor: Hugh Griffith (Ben-Hur)
- Best Supporting Actress: Edith Evans (The Nun's Story)
- Best Director: Fred Zinnemann (The Nun's Story)
- Special Citation: Ingmar Bergman; Andrew Marton, Yakima Canutt (Ben-Hur, for directing the chariot race)