Penghargaan National Board of Review ke-31 diumumkan pada akhir Desember 1959.

1. The Nun's Story
2. Ben-Hur
3. Anatomy of a Murder
4. The Diary of Anne Frank
5. Middle of the Night
6. The Man Who Understood Women
7. Some Like It Hot
8. Suddenly, Last Summer
9. On the Beach
10. North by Northwest

1. Wild Strawberries
2. Room at the Top
3. Aparajito
4. The Roof
5. Look Back in Anger

• National Board of Review of Motion Pictures:: Awards for 1959