The National Board of Review announced its winners for the past year in film.
The Winners:
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):
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 10 Independent Films of the Year:
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 Animated Feature:
Wall-E
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:
Penelope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Best Ensemble Cast:
Doubt
Best Original Screenplay:
Nick Schenk, Gran Torino
Best Adapted Screenplay (tie):
Simon Beaufoy, Slumdog Millionaire, and Eric Roth, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Best Breakthrough Performance by an Actor: Dev Patel, Slumdog Millionaire
Best Breakthrough Performance by an Actress:
Viola Davis, Doubt
Best Directorial Debut:
Courtney Hunt, Frozen River
Spotlight Award (tie):
Melissa Leo, Frozen River, and Richard Jenkins, The Visitor
The BVLGARI Award for NBR Freedom of Expression:
Trumbo
William K. Everson Award For Film History:
Molly Haskell and Andrew Sarris
