80th National Board of Review Awards (2008)
Top 10 Films (Films listed alphabetically except top, which is ranked as Best Film of the Year):
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
Best Film:
Slumdog Millionaire
Best Director:
David Fincher - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Best Cast:
Doubt
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
Best Screenplay - Original:
Nick Schenk - Gran Torino
Best Screenplay - Adapted (tie):
Simon Beaufoy - Slumdog Millionaire
Eric Roth - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Best Foreign Language Film:
Mongol, Mongolia
Best Documentary Feature:
Man on Wire
Best Animated Feature:
WALL-E
Best Directorial Debut:
Courtney Hunt - Frozen River
Breakthrough Male Performances:
Dev Patel - Slumdog Millionaire
Breakthrough Female Performances:
Viola Davis - Doubt
Spotlight Award:
Melissa Leo - Frozen River
Richard Jenkins - The Visitor
William K. Everson Award for Film History:
Molly Haskell and Andrew Sarris
Freedom of Expression Award:
Trumbo
Top Foreign Films:
Mongol, Mongolia
The Edge of Heaven
Let the Right One In
Roman de Gare
A Secret
Waltz with Bashir
Top Documentaries:
Man on Wire
American Teen
The Betrayal - Nerakhoon
Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father
Encounters at the End of the World
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
Top Independent Films:
Frozen River
In Bruges
In Search of a Midnight Kiss
Hallam Foe
Rachel Getting Married
Snow Angels
Son of Rambow
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
The Visitor
Wendy and Lucy