National Board of Review Awards 1980

52nd National Board of Review Awards

January 26, 1981

The 52nd National Board of Review Awards were announced on December 18, 1980, and given on January 26, 1981.

Top Ten Films

1. Ordinary People
2. Raging Bull
3. Coal Miner's Daughter
4. Tess
5. Melvin and Howard
6. The Great Santini
7. The Elephant Man
8. The Stunt Man
9. My Bodyguard
10. Resurrection

Top Foreign Films

1. The Tin Drum
2. Kagemusha
3. Knife in the Head
4. From the Life of the Marionettes
5. Eboli

Winners

• Best Film: Ordinary People
• Best Foreign Film: The Tin Drum
• Best Actor: Robert De Niro (Raging Bull)
• Best Actress: Sissy Spacek (Coal Miner's Daughter)
• Best Supporting Actor: Joe Pesci (Raging Bull)
• Best Supporting Actress: Eva Le Gallienne (Resurrection)
• Best Director: Robert Redford (Ordinary People)
• Career Achievement Award: Gloria Swanson

External links

National Board of Review of Motion Pictures :: Awards for 1980