National Board of Review
Top Films
Burn After Reading
Changeling
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Defiance
Frost/Nixon
Gran Torino
Milk
Slumdog Millionaire (#1 Film)
Wall-E
The Wrestler

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 Christina
                                                                       Barcelona"

Best Ensemble Cast: Doubt
Best Original Screenplay: Gran Torino
Best Adapted Screenplay: The Curious Case of Benjamin
                                            Button
& Slumdog Millionaire (tie)
Best Animated Feature: Wall-E
Best Breakthrough Actor: Dev Patel "Slumdog Millionaire'
Best Breakthrough Actress: Viola Davis "Doubt"
Best Directorial Debut
Courtney Hunt "Frozen River"

Top Foreign Language Films

Edge of Heaven
Let the Right One In
Mongol (#1 Foreign Film)
Roman De Guerre
A Secret
Waltz With Bashir


Top Documentaries

American Teen
The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)
Dear Zachary
Encounters at the End of the World
Man on Wire (#1 Documentary)
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired


Top 10 Independent Films
Frozen River, In Bruges, In Search of a Midnight Kiss, Mr. Foe, Rachel Getting Married, Snow Angels, Son of Rambow, Wendy and Lucy, Vicky Christina Barcelona, The Visitor

Spotlight Award: Melisssa Leo "Frozen River" & Richard Jenkins "The Visitor"
William K. Everson Award for Film History
: Molly Haskell & Andrew Sarris
Freedom of Expression Awards
: Trumbo
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