title: National Board of Review Awards 1959
text: # National Board of Review Awards 1959
  
  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
  
  * Wild Strawberries
  * Room at the Top
  * Aparajito
  * The Roof
  * Look Back in Anger
  
  ## 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)
  