The 24th National Board of Review Awards were announced on December 29, 1952.

1. The Quiet Man
2. High Noon
3. Limelight
4. 5 Fingers
5. The Snows of Kilimanjaro
6. The Thief
7. The Bad and the Beautiful
8. Singin' in the Rain
9. Above and Beyond
10. My Son John

1. Breaking the Sound Barrier
2. The Man in the White Suit
3. Forbidden Games
4. Beauty and the Devil
5. Ivory Hunter

• Best Film: The Quiet Man
• Best Foreign Film: Breaking the Sound Barrier
• Best Actor: Ralph Richardson (Breaking the Sound Barrier)
• Best Actress: Shirley Booth (Come Back, Little Sheba)
• Best Director: David Lean (Breaking the Sound Barrier)

• National Board of Review of Motion Pictures :: Awards for 1952