New York Film Critics Awards 2008

2008 New York Film Critics Circle Awards

2008 New York Film Critics Circle Award winners: Dec. 10, 2008

Best Picture: Milk directed by Gus Van Sant

Runners-up: Rachel Getting Married; Happy-Go-Lucky and Slumdog Millionaire (tie)

Best Foreign Film: 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days directed by Cristian Mungiu

Runners-up: A Christmas Tale; The Class

Best First Film: Courtney Hunt, Frozen River

Runners-up: Ballast; Reprise

Best Documentary: Man on Wire directed by James Marsh

Runners-up: Waltz with Bashir; Trouble the Water

Best Animated Film: WALL-E directed by Andrew Stanton

Runner-up: Waltz with Bashir

Best Director: Mike Leigh, Happy-Go-Lucky

Runners-up: Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire; David Fincher, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Best Actor: Sean Penn, Milk

Runners-up: Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler; Clint Eastwood, Gran Torino

Best Actress: Sally Hawkins, Happy-Go-Lucky

Runners-up: Melissa Leo, Frozen River; Kate Winslet, Revolutionary Road, and Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married (tie)

Best Supporting Actor: Josh Brolin, Milk

Runners-up: Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight; Robert Downey Jr., Tropic Thunder; Eddie Marsan, Happy-Go-Lucky

Best Supporting Actress: Penélope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Runners-up: Viola Davis, Doubt; Rosemarie DeWitt and Debra Winger (tie), each for Rachel Getting Married

Best Screenplay: Jenny Lumet, Rachel Getting Married

Runners-up: Mike Leigh, Happy-Go-Lucky; Robert D. Siegel, The Wrestler

Best Cinematography: Anthony Dod Mantle, Slumdog Millionaire

Runners-up: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button; The Dark Knight