National Board of Review Awards 1939
The 11th National Board of Review Awards were announced on 24 December 1939.- 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
- Port of Shadows
- Harvest
- Alexander Nevsky
- The End of the Day
- Robert Koch
Winners
- Best American Film: Confessions of a Nazi Spy
- Best Foreign Film: Le quai des brumes , 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
- *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 and ''The End of the Day