National Board of Review Award for Best Film
Year Winner Director ( s )
1932 I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang ‡ Mervyn LeRoy
1933 Topaze § Harry d'Abbadie d'Arrast
1934 It Happened One Night † Frank Capra
1935 The Informer ‡ John Ford
1936 Mr . Deeds Goes to Town ‡ Frank Capra
1937 Night Must Fall § Richard Thorpe
1938 The Citadel ‡ King Vidor
1939 Confessions of a Nazi Spy § Anatole Litvak
Winners -- 1930s
The National Board of Review Award for Best Film is one of the annual awards given (since 1932) by the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures.