NBR Freedom of Expression

Freedom of Expression Award is an annual award given by the National Board of Review since 1995.

1990s

 * 1995: Zhang Yimou
 * 1996: The People vs. Larry Flynt
 * 1997: Red Corner
 * 1998: Bernardo Bertolucci
 * 1999: The Insider

2000s

 * 2000: Bamboozled, Before Night Falls,  The Circle,  Kadosh,  Quills,  Sound and Fury,  A Time for Drunken Horses, The Visit
 * 2001: Baran, Jung in the Land of the Mujaheddin, Kandahar
 * 2002: Ararat, Bloody Sunday,  The Grey Zone,  Rabbit-Proof Fence
 * 2003: Capturing the Friedmans, Dirty Pretty Things,  The Magdalene Sisters,  September 11
 * 2004: Fahrenheit 9/11, The Passion of the Christ, Conspiracy of Silence
 * 2005: Innocent Voices, The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till
 * 2006: Water, World Trade Center
 * 2007: The Great Debaters, Persepolis
 * 2008: Trumbo
 * 2009: Burma VJ, Invictus, The Most Dangerous Man in America

2010s

 * 2010: Fair Game, Conviction, Howl
 * 2011: Crime After Crime, Pariah
 * 2012: The Central Park Five, Promised Land
 * 2013: Wadjda
 * 2014: Rosewater, Selma
 * 2015: Beasts of No Nation, Mustang
 * 2016: Cameraperson
 * 2017: First They Killed My Father, Let It Fall: Los Angeles 1982–1992
 * 2018: 22 July, On Her Shoulders
 * 2019: For Sama, Just Mercy

2020s

 * 2020: One Night in Miami
 * 2021: Flee
 * 2022: All the Beauty and the Bloodshed, Argentina, 1985
 * 2023: No film was selected