# National Board of Review de Melhor Diretor

O National Board of Review de Melhor Diretor é um dos prêmios de filmes anuais estabelecidos pela National Board of Review.

## Vencedores

* † = indica o vencedor do Oscar de Melhor Diretor.
* ‡ = indica o nomeado/indicado ao Oscar de Melhor Diretor.
* § = não indicado ao Oscar de Melhor Diretor

### Década de 1940

| Ano | Vencedor | Filme |
| 1945 | Jean Renoir ‡ | The Southerner |
| 1946 | William Wyler † | The Best Years of Our Lives |
| 1947 | Elia Kazan | Boomerang! § |
| 1947 | Elia Kazan | Gentleman's Agreement † |
| 1948 | Roberto Rossellini § | Paisan (Paisà) |
| 1949 | Vittorio De Sica § | Bicycle Thieves (Ladri di biciclette) |

### Década de 1950

| Ano | Vencedor | Filme |
| 1950 | John Huston ‡ | The Asphalt Jungle |
| 1951 | Akira Kurosawa § | Rashōmon |
| 1952 | David Lean § | The Sound Barrier |
| 1953 | George Stevens ‡ | Shane |
| 1954 | Renato Castellani § | Romeo and Juliet |
| 1955 | William Wyler | The Desperate Hours |
| 1956 | John Huston § | Moby Dick |
| 1957 | David Lean † | The Bridge on the River Kwai |
| 1958 | John Ford § | The Last Hurrah |
| 1959 | Fred Zinnemann ‡ | The Nun's Story |

### Década de 1960

| Ano | Vencedor | Filme |
| 1960 | Jack Cardiff ‡ | Sons and Lovers |
| 1961 | Jack Clayton § | The Innocents |
| 1962 | David Lean † | Lawrence of Arabia |
| 1963 | Tony Richardson † | Tom Jones |
| 1964 | Desmond Davis § | Girl with Green Eyes |
| 1965 | John Schlesinger ‡ | Darling |
| 1966 | Fred Zinnemann † | A Man for All Seasons |
| 1967 | Richard Brooks ‡ | In Cold Blood |
| 1968 | Franco Zeffirelli ‡ | Romeo and Juliet |
| 1969 | Alfred Hitchcock § | Topaz |

### Década de 1970

| Ano | Vencedor | Filme |
| 1970 | François Truffaut § | The Wild Child (L'enfant sauvage) |
| 1971 | Ken Russell | The Boy Friend § |
| 1971 | Ken Russell | The Devils § |
| 1972 | Bob Fosse † | Cabaret |
| 1973 | Ingmar Bergman ‡ | Cries and Whispers |
| 1974 | Francis Ford Coppola § | The Conversation |
| 1975 | Robert Altman ‡ | Nashville |
| 1975 | Stanley Kubrick ‡ | Barry Lyndon |
| 1976 | Alan J. Pakula ‡ | All the President's Men |
| 1977 | Luis Buñuel § | That Obscure Object of Desire (Cet obscur objet du désir) |
| 1978 | Ingmar Bergman § | Autumn Sonata |
| 1979 | John Schlesinger § | Yanks |

### Década de 1980

| Ano | Vencedor | Filme |
| 1980 | Robert Redford † | Ordinary People |
| 1981 | Warren Beatty † | Reds |
| 1982 | Sidney Lumet ‡ | The Verdict |
| 1983 | James L. Brooks † | Terms of Endearment |
| 1984 | David Lean ‡ | A Passage to India |
| 1985 | Akira Kurosawa ‡ | Ran |
| 1986 | Woody Allen ‡ | Hannah and Her Sisters |
| 1987 | Steven Spielberg § | Empire of the Sun |
| 1988 | Alan Parker ‡ | Mississippi Burning |
| 1989 | Kenneth Branagh ‡ | Henry V |

### Década de 1990

| Ano | Vencedor | Filme |
| 1990 | Kevin Costner † | Dances with Wolves |
| 1991 | Jonathan Demme † | The Silence of the Lambs |
| 1992 | James Ivory ‡ | Howards End |
| 1993 | Martin Scorsese § | The Age of Innocence |
| 1994 | Quentin Tarantino ‡ | Pulp Fiction |
| 1995 | Ang Lee § | Sense and Sensibility |
| 1996 | Joel Coen ‡ | Fargo |
| 1997 | Curtis Hanson ‡ | L.A. Confidential |
| 1998 | Shekhar Kapur § | Elizabeth |
| 1999 | Anthony Minghella § | The Talented Mr. Ripley |

### Década de 2000

| Ano | Vencedor | Filme |
| 2000 | Steven Soderbergh | Erin Brockovich ‡ |
| 2000 | Steven Soderbergh | Traffic † |
| 2001 | Todd Field § | In the Bedroom |
| 2002 | Phillip Noyce | The Quiet American § |
| 2002 | Phillip Noyce | Rabbit-Proof Fence § |
| 2003 | Edward Zwick § | The Last Samurai |
| 2004 | Michael Mann § | Collateral |
| 2005 | Ang Lee † | Brokeback Mountain |
| 2006 | Martin Scorsese † | The Departed |
| 2007 | Tim Burton § | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street |
| 2008 | David Fincher ‡ | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button |
| 2009 | Clint Eastwood § | Invictus |

### Década de 2010

| Ano | Vencedor | Filme |
| 2010 | David Fincher ‡ | The Social Network |
| 2011 | Martin Scorsese ‡ | Hugo |
| 2012 | Kathryn Bigelow § | Zero Dark Thirty |
| 2013 | Spike Jonze § | Her |
| 2014 | Clint Eastwood § | American Sniper |
| 2015 | Ridley Scott § | The Martian |
| 2016 | Barry Jenkins ‡ | Moonlight |
| 2017 | Greta Gerwig ‡ | Lady Bird |
| 2018 | Bradley Cooper | A Star Is Born |