The 30th National Board of Review Awards were announced in late December, 1958.

Top Ten Films

1. The Old Man and the Sea
2. Separate Tables
3. The Last Hurrah
4. The Long, Hot Summer
5. Windjammer
6. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
7. The Goddess
8. The Brothers Karamazov
9. Me and the Colonel
10. Gigi

Top Foreign Films

1. Pather Panchali
2. Rouge et noir
3. The Horse's Mouth
4. Mon Oncle
5. A Night to Remember

Winners

• Best Film: The Old Man and the Sea
• Best Foreign Film: Pather Panchali
• Best Actor: Spencer Tracy (The Old Man and the Sea, The Last Hurrah)
• Best Actress: Ingrid Bergman (The Inn of the Sixth Happiness)
• Best Supporting Actor: Albert Salmi (The Brothers Karamazov, The Bravados)
• Best Supporting Actress: Kay Walsh (The Horse's Mouth)
• Best Director: John Ford (The Last Hurrah)
• Special Citation: Robert Donat (The Inn of the Sixth Happiness)