The 47th National Board of Review Awards were announced on December 23, 1975.

1. Nashville, Barry Lyndon
2. Conduct Unbecoming
3. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
4. Lies My Father Told Me
5. Dog Day Afternoon
6. The Day of the Locust
7. The Passenger
8. Hearts of the West
9. Farewell, My Lovely
10. Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore

1. The Story of Adele H.
2. A Brief Vacation
3. Special Section
4. Stavisky
5. Swept Away by an Unusual Destiny in the Blue Sea of August

• Best Picture (tie):
  • Barry Lyndon
  • Nashville
• Best Foreign Film:
  • The Story of Adele H.
• Best Actor:
  • Jack Nicholson - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
• Best Actress:
  • Isabelle Adjani - The Story of Adele H.
• Best Supporting Actor:
  • Charles Durning - Dog Day Afternoon
• Best Supporting Actress:
  • Ronee Blakley - Nashville
• Best Director:
  • Robert Altman - Nashville
  • Stanley Kubrick - Barry Lyndon
• Special Citation:
  • Ingmar Bergman, for outstanding translation of opera to screen, The Magic Flute

• National Board of Review of Motion Pictures :: Awards for 1975