| <<< 57th National Board of Review Awards (1985) >>> |
| Top 10 films: |
| 1. The Color Purple | |
| 2. Out of Africa | |
| 3. The Trip to Bountiful | |
| 4. Witness | |
| 5. Kiss of the Spider Woman | |
| 6. Prizzi's Honor | |
| 7. Back to the Future | |
| 8. The Shooting Party | |
| 9. Blood Simple | |
| 10. Dreamchild |
| Top Foreign Films: |
| 1. Ran | |
| 2. The Official Story | |
| 3. When Father Was Away on Business | |
| 4. La Chèvre | |
| 5. The Home and the World |
| Best Picture: |
| The Color Purple |
| Best Director: |
| Akira Kurosawa - Ran |
| Best Actor: |
| Raúl Juliá and William Hurt - Kiss of the Spider Woman |
| Best Actress: |
| Whoopi Goldberg - The Color Purple |
| Best Supporting Actor: |
| Klaus Maria Brandauer - Out of Africa |
| Best Supporting Actress: |
| Anjelica Huston - Prizzi's Honor |
| Best Foreign Language Film: |
| Ran |
| Career Achievement Award: |
| Orson Welles |