Penghargaan National Board of Review ke-33 diumumkan pada 19 Desember 1961.

1. Question 7
2. The Hustler
3. West Side Story
4. The Innocents
5. Hoodlum Priest
6. Summer and Smoke
7. The Young Doctors
8. Judgment at Nuremberg
9. One, Two, Three
10. Fanny

1. The Bridge
2. La Dolce Vita
3. Two Women
4. Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
5. A Summer to Remember

• National Board of Review of Motion Pictures:: Awards for 1961