Phoenix Film Critics Awards 2008

Best Picture: Slumdog Millionaire

Top Ten Films of 2008 (in alphabetical order):

• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• The Dark Knight
• Frost/Nixon
• In Bruges
• Milk
• The Reader
• Slumdog Millionaire
• The Visitor
• WALL-E
• The Wrestler

Best Foreign Language Film: Let the Right One In

Best Documentary: Man on Wire

Best Animated Film: Wall-E

Best Director: Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire

Best Performance by an Actor in a Lead Role: Sean Penn, Milk

Best Performance by an Actress in a Lead Role: Meryl Streep, Doubt

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role: Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role: Marisa Tomei, The Wrestler

Best Acting Ensemble: The cast of Milk

Best Screenplay written directly for the screen: In Bruges

Best Screenplay adapted from another medium: Slumdog Millionaire

Best Cinematography: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Best Film Editing: Slumdog Millionaire

Best Original Score: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Best Original Song: "The Wrestler" from The Wrestler

Best Production Design: The Dark Knight

Best Costume Design: The Duchess

Best Visual Effects: The Dark Knight

Best Stunts: The Dark Knight

Breakout on Camera: Dev Patel, Slumdog Millionaire

Breakout Behind the Camera: Martin McDonagh, In Bruges

Best Performance by a Youth – Male: Ayush Mahesh Khedekar, Slumdog Millionaire

Best Performance by a Youth – Female: Dakota Fanning, The Secret Life of Bees

Best Live Action Family Film: High School Musical 3: Senior Year

Overlooked Film: In Bruges

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