The 42nd National Board of Review Awards were announced on January 3, 1971.

Top Ten Films[edit]

1. Patton
2. Kes
3. Women in Love
4. Five Easy Pieces
5. Ryan's Daughter
6. I Never Sang for My Father
7. Diary of a Mad Housewife
8. Love Story
9. The Virgin and the Gypsy
10. Tora! Tora! Tora!

Top Foreign Films[edit]

1. The Wild Child
2. My Night at Maud's
3. The Passion of Anna
4. The Confession
5. This Man Must Die

Winners[edit]

• Best Film:
  • Patton
• Best Foreign Film:
  • The Wild Child
• Best Actor:
  • George C. Scott - Patton
• Best Actress:
  • Glenda Jackson - Women in Love
• Best Supporting Actor:
  • Frank Langella - Diary of a Mad Housewife, The Twelve Chairs
• Best Supporting Actress:
  • Karen Black - Five Easy Pieces
• Best Director:
  • François Truffaut - The Wild Child

External links[edit]

National Board of Review of Motion Pictures :: Awards for 1970