The 35th National Board of Review Awards were announced on December 22, 1963.

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1. Tom Jones
2. Lilies of the Field
3. All the Way Home
4. Hud
5. This Sporting Life
6. Lord of the Flies
7. The L-Shaped Room
8. The Great Escape
9. How the West Was Won
10. The Cardinal

1. 8½
2. The Four Days of Naples
3. Winter Light
4. The Leopard
5. Any Number Can Win

• Best Film: Tom Jones
• Best Foreign Film: 8½
• Best Actor: Rex Harrison (Cleopatra)
• Best Actress: Patricia Neal (Hud)
• Best Supporting Actor: Melvyn Douglas (Hud)
• Best Supporting Actress: Margaret Rutherford (The V.I.P.s)
• Best Director: Tony Richardson (Tom Jones)

• National Board of Review of Motion Pictures :: Awards for 1963