6 Best National Board of Review Best Film Winners

By Vlad Zakh · June 18, 2026

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The National Board of Review’s Best Film award, one of the earliest voices of each awards season, has recognized some of the year’s most ambitious and acclaimed films. In Green Book (2018): A bouncer is hired to drive a renowned Black pianist on a concert tour through the segregated Deep South. Equally memorable is 1917 (2019): Two young soldiers race against time to deliver a message that could save thousands of lives.

Killers of the Flower Moon (2023) 01

Killers of the Flower Moon (2023)

IMDb ★ 7.5

A series of murders targeting the oil-rich Osage Nation exposes a conspiracy reaching into one family's own home.

Women Talking (2022) 02

Women Talking (2022)

IMDb ★ 6.8

The women of an isolated religious colony secretly convene to decide how to respond to a horrifying pattern of abuse.

King Richard (2021) 03

King Richard (2021)

IMDb ★ 7.6

A determined father coaches his two daughters toward tennis stardom against overwhelming odds.

Da 5 Bloods (2020) 04

Da 5 Bloods (2020)

IMDb ★ 6.6

Four Black Vietnam veterans return to the country decades later to recover their fallen squad leader's remains and a buried fortune.

1917 (2019) 05

1917 (2019)

IMDb ★ 8.2

Two young soldiers race against time to deliver a message that could save thousands of lives.

Green Book (2018) 06

Green Book (2018)

IMDb ★ 8.2

A bouncer is hired to drive a renowned Black pianist on a concert tour through the segregated Deep South.

Vlad Zakh

Vlad Zakh

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