National Board of Review Awards 2008

Top 10 Films

• Slumdog Millionaire
• Burn After Reading
• Changeling
• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• The Dark Knight
• Defiance
• Frost/Nixon
• Gran Torino
• Milk
• WALL-E
• The Wrestler

  Top Foreign Films

• The Edge of Heaven
• Let the Right One In
• Roman de Gare
• A Secret
• Waltz with Bashir

  Top Five Documentaries

• American Teen
• The Betrayal
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• Encounters at the End of the World
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  Top Independent Films

• Frozen River
• In Bruges
• In Search of a Midnight Kiss
• Hallam Foe
• Rachel Getting Married
• Snow Angels
• Son of Rambow
• Wendy and Lucy
• Vicky Cristina Barcelona
• The Visitor

  Winners

• Best Film:
• *Slumdog Millionaire
• Best Foreign Language Film:
• *Mongol, Mongolia
• Best Animated Feature:
• *Wall-E
• Best Documentary Feature:
• *Man on Wire
• 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
• Breakthrough Male Performances:
• *Dev Patel - Slumdog Millionaire
• Breakthrough Female Performances:
• *Viola Davis - Doubt
• Best Cast:
• *Doubt
• Best Director:
• *David Fincher - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• Best Directorial Debut:
• *Courtney Hunt - Frozen River
• Best Screenplay - Adapted:
• *Slumdog Millionaire - Simon Beaufoy
• *The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Eric Roth
• Best Screenplay - Original :
• *Gran Torino - Nick Schenk
• Freedom of Expression Award :
• *Trumbo
• Spotlight Award:
• *Melissa Leo and Richard Jenkins
• William K. Everson Award for Film History:
• *Molly Haskell and Andrew Sarris