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The 45th National Board of Review Awards were announced on December 24, 1973.

1. The Sting
2. Paper Moon
3. Bang the Drum Slowly
4. Serpico
5. O Lucky Man!
6. The Last American Hero
7. The Hireling
8. The Day of the Dolphin
9. The Way We Were
10. The Homecoming

1. Cries and Whispers
2. Day for Night
3. The New Land
4. The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
5. Alfredo, Alfredo
6. Trafic

• Best Film:
  • The Sting
• Best Foreign Film:
  • Cries and Whispers
• Best Actor:
  • Al Pacino — Serpico
  • Robert Ryan — The Iceman Cometh
• Best Actress:
  • Liv Ullmann — The New Land
• Best Supporting Actor:
  • John Houseman — The Paper Chase
• Best Supporting Actress:
  • Sylvia Sidney — Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams
• Best Director:
  • Ingmar Bergman — Cries and Whispers

National Board of Review of Motion Pictures :: Awards for 1973