71st National Board of Review Awards (1999)

Top 10 films:

	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

Top Foreign Films:

	1. All About My Mother
	2. Run Lola Run
	3. East/West
	4. Cabaret Balkan
	5. The Emperor and the Assassin

Best Picture:

American Beauty

Best Foreign Film:

All About My Mother

Best Director:

Anthony Minghella - The Talented Mr. Ripley

Best Acting by an Ensemble:

Magnolia

Best Actor:

Russell Crowe - The Insider

Best Actress:

Janet McTeer - Tumbleweeds

Best Supporting Actor:

Philip Seymour Hoffman - Magnolia, The Talented Mr. Ripley

Best Supporting Actress:

Julianne Moore - Magnolia, A Map of the World, An Ideal Husband

Best Screenplay:

	John Irving - The Cider House Rules
	Arthur Laurents - Career Achievement

Best Film made for Cable TV:

A Lesson Before Dying

Best Documentary:

Buena Vista Social Club

Outstanding Directorial Debut:

Kimberly Peirce - Boys Don't Cry

Breakthrough Performance - Male:

Wes Bentley - American Beauty

Breakthrough Performance - Female:

Hilary Swank - Boys Don't Cry

Career Achievement Award:

Clint Eastwood

Billy Wilder Award for Excellence in Directing:

John Frankenheimer

Special Filmmaking Achievement:

Tim Robbins - Cradle Will Rock

William K. Everson Award for Film History:

Jeanine Basinger, Silent Stars

International Freedom Award:

Joan Chen - Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl

Freedom of Expression:

Michael Mann - The Insider

Special Citation:

Barry Levinson - Outstanding Cinematic Series, The Baltimore Series

Special Recognition for Excellence in Filmmaking:

	A Map of the World
	A Walk on the Moon
	Election
	Go
	Limbo
	Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
	Man of the Century
	Stir of Echoes
	This Is My Father
	Twin Falls Idaho