The 34th National Board of Review Awards were announced on December 21, 1962.

1. The Longest Day
2. Billy Budd
3. The Miracle Worker
4. Lawrence of Arabia
5. Long Day's Journey Into Night
6. Whistle Down the Wind
7. Requiem for a Heavyweight
8. A Taste of Honey
9. Birdman of Alcatraz
10. War Hunt

1. Sundays and Cybele
2. Barabbas
3. Divorce, Italian Style
4. The Naked Island
5. Through a Glass Darkly

• Best Film: The Longest Day
• Best Foreign Film: Sundays and Cybele
• Best Actor: Jason Robards (Long Day's Journey Into Night, Tender is the Night)
• Best Actress: Anne Bancroft (The Miracle Worker)
• Best Supporting Actor: Burgess Meredith (Advise and Consent)
• Best Supporting Actress: Angela Lansbury (The Manchurian Candidate, All Fall Down)
• Best Director: David Lean (Lawrence of Arabia)

• National Board of Review of Motion Pictures :: Awards for 1962