National Board of Review Awards 2009

Top Films

• Up in the Air
• Days of Summer
• An Education
• The Hurt Locker
• Inglourious Basterds
• 'Invictus'
• The Messenger
• A Serious Man
• Star Trek
• Up
• Where the Wild Things Are

  Top Foreign Films

• The Maid
• Revanche
• The Song of Sparrows
• Three Monkeys
• The White Ribbon

  Top Documentaries

• Burma VJ: Reporting From A Closed Country
• Crude
• Food, Inc.
• Good Hair

• Top Independent Films

• Amreeka
• District 9
• Goodbye Solo
• Humpday
• In the Loop
• Julia
• Me and Orson Welles
• Moon
• Sugar
• Two Lovers

  Winners

• Best Film:
• *Up in the Air
• Best Foreign Language Film:
• *A Prophet, France
• Best Animated Feature:
• *Up
• Best Documentary Feature:
• *The Cove
• Best Actor :
• *Morgan Freeman - Invictus
• *George Clooney - Up in the Air
• Best Actress:
• *Carey Mulligan - An Education
• Best Supporting Actor:
• *Woody Harrelson - The Messenger
• Best Supporting Actress:
• *Anna Kendrick - Up in the Air
• Breakthrough Male Performances:
• *Jeremy Renner - The Hurt Locker
• Breakthrough Female Performances:
• *Gabourey Sidibe - Precious
• Best Ensemble Cast:
• *It's Complicated
• Best Director:
• *Clint Eastwood - Invictus
• Best Directorial Debut :
• *Duncan Jones - Moon
• *Oren Moverman - The Messenger
• *Marc Webb - Days of Summer
• Best Screenplay - Adapted:
• *Up in the Air - Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner
• Best Screenplay - Original:
• *A Serious Man - Joel and Ethan Coen
• Freedom of Expression Award :
• *Burma VJ: Reporting From A Closed Country
• *Invictus
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• Special Filmmaking Achievement Award:
• *Wes Anderson - ''Fantastic Mr. Fox
• William K. Everson Award for Film History:
• *Jean Picker Firstenberg