National Board of Review Awards 2008

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 ==Winners==

Best Film: • Slumdog Millionaire 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: • 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 Animated Feature: • WALL-E Best Foreign Language Film: • Mongol, Mongolia Best Documentary Feature: • Man on Wire Best Cast: • Doubt Breakthrough Male Performances: • Dev Patel – Slumdog Millionaire Breakthrough Female Performances: • Viola Davis – Doubt Best Directorial Debut: • Courtney Hunt – Frozen River 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 ==Notes==