National Board of Review's Top 10 Films of 1997

Updated September 14, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

The following tables list the top 10 films from 1997 to the present, according to the National Board of Review.

1. Burn After Reading
2. Changeling
3. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
4. The Dark Knight
5. Defiance
6. Frost/Nixon
7. Gran Torino
8. Milk
9. Wall-E
10. The Wrestler

2007

1. The Assassination of Jesse James
2. Atonement
3. The Bourne Ultimatum
4. The Bucket List
5. Into the Wild
6. Juno
7. The Kite Runner
8. Lars and the Real Girl
9. Michael Clayton
10. Sweeney Todd

2006

1. Letters from Iwo Jima
2. Babel
3. Blood Diamond
4. The Departed
5. The Devil Wears Prada
6. Flags Of Our Fathers
7. The History Boys
8. Little Miss Sunshine
9. Notes On A Scandal
10. The Painted Veil

2005

1. Good Night, And Good Luck
2. Brokeback Mountain
3. Capote
4. Crash
5. A History of Violence
6. Match Point
7. Memoirs of a Geisha
8. Munich
9. Syriana
10. Walk the Line

2004

1. Finding Neverland
2. The Aviator
3. Closer
4. Million Dollar Baby
5. Sideways
6. Kinsey
7. Vera Drake
8. Ray
9. Collatoral
10. Hotel Rwanda

2003

1. Mystic River
2. The Last Samurai
3. The Station Agent
4. 21 Grams
5. House of Sand and Fog
6. Lost in Translation
7. Cold Mountain
8. In America
9. Seabiscuit
10. Master and Commander

2002

1. The Hours
2. Chicago
3. Gangs of New York
4. The Quiet American
5. Adaptation
6. Rabbit-Proof Fence
7. The Pianist
8. Far From Heaven
9. 13 Conversations About One Thing
10. Frida

National Board of Review's Top 10 Films of 2001

1. Moulin Rouge
2. In the Bedroom
3. Ocean's 11
4. Memento
5. Monster's Ball
6. Black Hawk Down
7. The Man Who Wasn't There
8. A.I.: Artificial Intelligence
9. The Pledge
10. Mulholland Drive

National Board of Review's Top 10 Films of 2000

1. Quills
2. Traffic
3. Croupier
4. You Can Count on Me
5. Billy Elliot
6. Before Night Falls
7. Gladiator
8. Wonder Boys
9. Sunshine
10. Dancer in the Dark

National Board of Review's Top 10 Films of 1999

1. American Beauty
2. The Talented Mr. Ripley
3. Magnolia
4. The Insider
5. The Straight Story
6. Cradle Will Rock
7. Boys Don't Cry
8. Being John Malkovich
9. Tumbleweeds
10. Three Kings

National Board of Review's Top 10 Films of 1998

1. Gods and Monsters
2. Saving Private Ryan
3. Elizabeth
4. Happiness
5. Shakespeare in Love
6. The Butcher Boy
7. Lolita
8. The Thin Red Line
9. A Simple Plan
10. Dancing at Lughnasa

National Board of Review's Top 10 Films of 1997

1. L.A. Confidential
2. As Good As It Gets
3. The Wings of the Dove
4. Good Will Hunting
5. Titanic
6. The Sweet Hereafter
7. Boogie Nights
8. The Full Monty
9. The Rainmaker
10. Jackie Brown