11th National Board of Review Awards
December 24, 1939
The 11th National Board of Review Awards were announced on 24 December 1939.
Best American Films
- Confessions of a Nazi Spy
- Wuthering Heights
- Stagecoach
- Ninotchka
- Young Mr. Lincoln
- Crisis
- Goodbye, Mr. Chips
- Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
- The Roaring Twenties
- U-Boat 29
Top Foreign Films
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
Notes
- Tom O'Neill, Movie Awards.New York, Perigee, 2001, p.65