The42nd National Board of Review Awards were announced on January 3, 1971.^[1]

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

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

• Best Film:
  • Patton^[2]
• Best Foreign Film:
  • The Wild Child
• Best Actor:
  • George C. Scott -Patton^[2]
• Best Actress:
  • Glenda Jackson -Women in Love^[2]
• Best Supporting Actor:
  • Frank Langella -Diary of a Mad Housewife,The Twelve Chairs^[2]
• Best Supporting Actress:
  • Karen Black -Five Easy Pieces^[2]
• Best Director:
  • François Truffaut -The Wild Child

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

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