The 51st National Board of Review Awards were announced on December 12, 1979, and given on February 20, 1980.

Top Ten Films

  1. Manhattan
  2. Yanks
  3. The Europeans
  4. The China Syndrome
  5. Breaking Away
  6. Apocalypse Now
  7. Being There
  8. Time After Time
  9. North Dallas Forty
  10. Kramer vs. Kramer

Top Foreign Films

  1. La Cage aux Folles
  2. The Tree of Wooden Clogs
  3. The Marriage of Maria Braun
  4. Nosferatu the Vampyre
  5. Peppermint Soda

Winners

  • Best Film:
    • Manhattan
  • Best Foreign Film:
    • La Cage aux Folles
  • Best Actor:
    • Peter Sellers - Being There
  • Best Actress:
    • Sally Field - Norma Rae
  • Best Supporting Actor:
    • Paul Dooley - Breaking Away
  • Best Supporting Actress:
    • Meryl Streep - Manhattan, The Seduction of Joe Tynan, Kramer vs. Kramer
  • Best Director:
    • John Schlesinger - Yanks
  • Career Achievement Award:
    • Myrna Loy

References

External links

National Board of Review of Motion Pictures :: Awards for 1979


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