2008 National Board of Review Awards

2008 National Board of Review Awards

Best Film
"Slumdog Millionai re"

Top Ten Films
(Listed Alphabetically)
11. "Burn After Reading"
12. "Changeling"
13. "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
14. "The Dark Knight"
15. "Def iance"
16. "Frost/Nixon"
17. "Gran Torino"
18. "Milk"
19. "Wall-E"
10. "The Wrestler"

Best Foreign Language Film
"Mongol"
(Kazakhstan /Russia/Mongolia/Germany)

Top Foreign Films
1. "The Edge of Heaven"
2. "Let The Right One In"
3. "Roman De Gare"
4. "A Secret"
5. "Waltz with Bashir"

Best Documentary
"Man on Wire"

Top Five Documentaries
1. "American Teen"
2. "The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)"
3. "Dear Zachary"
4. "Encounters at The End of The World"< br />5. "Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired"

Top Ten Independent Films
(Listed Alphabetically)
11. "Frozen River"
12. "In Bruges"
13. "In Search of a Midnight Kiss"
14. "Mr. Foe"
15. "Rachel Getting Married"
16. "Snow Angels"
17. "Son of Rambow"
18. "Wendy and Lucy"
19. "Vicky Cristina Barcelona"
10. "The Visitor"

Best Actor
Clint Eastwood
"Gran Torino"

Best Actress
Anne Hathaway
"Rachel Getting Married"

Best Supporting Actor
Josh Brolin
"Milk"

Best Supp orting Actress
Penelope Cruz
"Vicky Cristina Barcelona"

Best Acting By An Ensemble
"Doubt"
Meryl Streep
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Amy Adams
Viola Davis

Breakthrough Performance Actor
Dev Patel
"Slumdog Millionaire"

Breakthrough Performance Actress
Viola Davis
"Doubt"

Spotlight Performance AwardMelissa Leo
"Frozen River"

Richard Jenkins
"The Visitor"

Best Director
David Fincher
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"

Best Directorial Debut
Courtney H unt
"Frozen River"

Best Adapted Screenplay
Simon Beaufoy
"Slumdog Millionaire"

Eric Roth
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"

Best Original Screen play
Nick Schenk
"Gran Torino"

Best Animated Feature
"Wall-E"

William K. Everson Award for Film History
Molly Haskell and Andrew Sarris

The BVLGARI Award for NBR Freedom of Expression
"Trumbo"

~Cheers