The 33rd National Board of Review Awards were announced on December 19, 1961.


== Top Ten Films ==
Question 7
The Hustler
West Side Story
The Innocents
Hoodlum Priest
Summer and Smoke
The Young Doctors
Judgment at Nuremberg
One, Two, Three
Fanny


== Top Foreign Films ==
The Bridge
La Dolce Vita
Two Women
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
A Summer to Remember


== Winners ==
Best Film: Question 7
Best Foreign Film: The Bridge
Best Actor: Albert Finney (Saturday Night and Sunday Morning)
Best Actress: Geraldine Page (Summer and Smoke)
Best Supporting Actor: Jackie Gleason (The Hustler)
Best Supporting Actress: Ruby Dee (A Raisin in the Sun)
Best Director: Jack Clayton (The Innocents)


== External links ==
National Board of Review of Motion Pictures :: Awards for 1961