# Kicking off Awards Season (2008/9)

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**The National Board of Review**

Awards for 2008:

Best Film  
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE

Top Ten Films  
(In alphabetical order)  
BURN AFTER READING  
CHANGELING  
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON  
THE DARK KNIGHT  
DEFIANCE  
FROST/NIXON  
GRAN TORINO  
MILK  
WALL-E  
THE WRESTLER

Best Foreign Language Film  
MONGOL

Top Five Foreign Films  
(In alphabetical order)  
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  
(In alphabetical order)  
AMERICAN TEEN  
THE BETRAYAL (NERAKHOON)  
DEAR ZACHARY  
ENCOUNTERS AT THE END OF THE WORLD  
ROMAN POLANSKI: WANTED AND DESIRED

Top Independent Films  
(In alphabetical order)  
FROZEN RIVER  
IN BRUGES  
IN SEARCH OF A MIDNIGHT KISS  
MR. FOE  
RACHEL GETTING MARRIED  
SNOW ANGELS  
SON OF RAMBOW  
WENDY AND LUCY  
VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA  
THE VISITOR

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

Breakthrough Performance by an Actor  
DEV PATEL, Slumdog Millionaire

Breakthrough Performance by an Actress  
VIOLA DAVIS, Doubt

Best Director  
DAVID FINCHER, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Best Directorial Debut  
COURTNEY HUNT, Frozen River

Best Adapted Screenplay  
SIMON BEAUFOY, Slumdog Millionaire and ERIC ROTH, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Spotlight Award  
MELISSA LEO, Frozen River and RICHARD JENKINS, The Visitor

Best Original Screenplay  
NICK SCHENK, Gran Torino

Best Animated Feature  
WALL-E

William K. Everson Award For Film History  
MOLLY HASKELL and ANDREW SARRIS

The BVLGARI Award for NBR Freedom of Expression  
TRUMBO