National Board of Review Awards 1981

1. Chariots of Fire, Reds
2. Atlantic City
3. Stevie
4. Gallipoli
5. On Golden Pond
6. Prince of the City
7. Raiders of the Lost Ark
8. Heartland
9. Ticket to Heaven
10. Breaker Morant

1. A Few Days from the Life of I. I. Oblomov
2. The Boat Is Full
3. The Last Metro
4. Kontrakt
5. Pixote

• Best Film: Chariots of Fire, Reds
• Best Foreign Film: A Few Days from the Life of I. I. Oblomov
• Best Actor: Henry Fonda (On Golden Pond)
• Best Actress: Glenda Jackson (Stevie)
• Best Supporting Actor: Jack Nicholson (Reds)
• Best Supporting Actress: Mona Washbourne (Stevie)
• Best Director: Warren Beatty (Reds)
• Career Achievement Award: James Cagney
• Special Award: Blanche Sweet for her leadership of the National Board of Review; Kevin Brownlow, for the restoration of Napoléon

National Board of Review of Motion Pictures :: Awards for 1981