National Board of Review

BEST PICTURE
Slumdog Millionaire

Top Ten Films of 2008:
Burn After Reading
Changeling
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Defiance
Frost/Nixon
Gran Torino
Milk
WALL-E
The Wrestler

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
Penelope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST
Doubt

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Gran Torino- Nick Schenk

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button- Eric Roth
and
Slumdog Millionaire- Simon Beaufoy

BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCES
Dev Patel, Slumdog Millionaire (male)
Viola Davis, Doubt (female)

BEST DIRECTORIAL DEBUT
Courtney Hunt, Frozen River

SPOTLIGHT AWARD
Richard Jenkins, The Visitor
Melissa Leo, Frozen River

BEST ANIMATED FILM
WALL-E

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Mongol

Top Five Foreign Films of 2008:
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 of 2008:
American Teen
The Betrayal
Dear Zachary
Encounters at the End of the World
Roman Polanski: Wanted & Desired

Top 10 Independent Films of 2008:
Frozen River
In Bruges
In Search of a Midnight Kiss
Mr. Foe
Rachel Getting Married
Snow Angels
Son of Rambow
Wendy & Lucy
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
The Visitor

LET THE GAMES BEGIN!