National Board of Review Awards 2008
2008 National Board of Review Awards
2008 National Board of Review Award winners: December 4, 2008
Best Film: Slumdog Millionaire
Top Ten Films (in alphabetical order):
Burn After Reading
Changeling
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Defiance
Frost/Nixon
Gran Torino
Milk
WALL-E
The Wrestler
Best Foreign Language Film: Mongol
Top Five Foreign Films (in alphabetical order):
The Edge of Heaven
Let the Right One In
Roman de Gare
A Secret
Waltz with Bashir
Best Documentary: Man on Wire
Top Five Documentaries (in alphabetical order):
American Teen
The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)
Dear Zachary
Encounters at the End of the World
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
Top 10 Independent Films of the Year:
Frozen River
In Bruges
In Search of a Midnight Kiss
Mr. Foe
Rachel Getting Married
Snow Angels
Son of Rambow
Wendy and Lucy
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
The Visitor
Best Animated Feature: Wall-E
Best Director: David Fincher, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Best Actor: Clint Eastwood, Gran Torino
Best Actress: Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married
Best Supporting Actor: Josh Brolin, Milk
Best Supporting Actress: Penélope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Best Ensemble Cast: Doubt
Best Original Screenplay: Nick Schenk, Gran Torino
Best Adapted Screenplay (tie): Simon Beaufoy, Slumdog Millionaire, and Eric Roth, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Best Breakthrough Performance by an Actor: Dev Patel, Slumdog Millionaire
Best Breakthrough Performance by an Actress: Viola Davis, Doubt
Best Directorial Debut: Courtney Hunt, Frozen River
Spotlight Award (tie): Melissa Leo, Frozen River, and Richard Jenkins, The Visitor
The BVLGARI Award for NBR Freedom of Expression: Trumbo
William K. Everson Award For Film History: Molly Haskell and Andrew Sarris
National Board of Review Awards: 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Film Awards: 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
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