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National Board of Review, USA

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    NBR Award

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    Best Acting by an Ensemble

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Doubt

      7.5 (144K)
      Viola Davis
      Amy Adams
      Philip Seymour Hoffman
      Meryl Streep

    Best Actor

    • Clint Eastwood
      Winner
      • Clint Eastwood
      • Gran Torino

    Best Actress

    • Anne Hathaway
      Winner
      • Anne Hathaway
      • Rachel Getting Married

    Best Adapted Screenplay

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Slumdog Millionaire

      8.0 (903K)
      Simon Beaufoy
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

      7.8 (735K)
      Eric Roth

    Best Animated Feature

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      WALL·E

      8.4 (1.3M)

    Best Director

    • David Fincher
      Winner
      • David Fincher
      • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

    Best Directorial Debut

    • Courtney Hunt
      Winner
      • Courtney Hunt
      • Frozen River

    Best Documentary

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Man on Wire

      7.7 (61K)

    Best Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Slumdog Millionaire

      8.0 (903K)

    Best Foreign Language Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan

      7.2 (51K)
      Kazakhstan/Russia/Mongolia/Germany.

    Best Original Screenplay

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Gran Torino

      8.1 (852K)
      Nick Schenk

    Best Supporting Actor

    • Josh Brolin
      Winner
      • Josh Brolin
      • Milk

    Best Supporting Actress

    • Penélope Cruz
      Winner
      • Penélope Cruz
      • Vicky Cristina Barcelona

    Breakthrough Performance by an Actor

    • Dev Patel at an event for Chappie (2015)
      Winner
      • Dev Patel
      • Slumdog Millionaire

    Breakthrough Performance by an Actress

    • Viola Davis at an event for Suicide Squad (2016)
      Winner
      • Viola Davis
      • Doubt

    Student Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Kiddush Man

      6.8 (32)
      Yitz Brilliant

    Top Five Documentaries

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      American Teen

      6.4 (4.3K)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Betrayal

      7.0 (475)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father

      8.5 (45K)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Encounters at the End of the World

      7.7 (20K)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired

      7.2 (5.3K)

    Top Five Foreign Films

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Edge of Heaven

      7.7 (35K)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Let the Right One In

      7.8 (237K)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Roman de gare

      7.1 (2.7K)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      A Secret

      6.8 (3.4K)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Waltz with Bashir

      8.0 (62K)

    Top Independent Films

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Frozen River

      7.1 (27K)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      In Bruges

      7.9 (487K)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      In Search of a Midnight Kiss

      7.2 (8.5K)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Hallam Foe

      6.9 (13K)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Rachel Getting Married

      6.6 (53K)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Snow Angels

      6.8 (13K)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Son of Rambow

      7.0 (34K)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Wendy and Lucy

      7.1 (21K)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Vicky Cristina Barcelona

      7.1 (278K)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Visitor

      7.6 (46K)

    Top Ten Films

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Burn After Reading

      7.0 (371K)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Changeling

      7.7 (273K)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

      7.8 (735K)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Dark Knight

      9.1 (3.1M)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Defiance

      7.1 (160K)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Frost/Nixon

      7.6 (115K)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Gran Torino

      8.1 (852K)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Milk

      7.5 (185K)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      WALL·E

      8.4 (1.3M)
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Wrestler

      7.9 (329K)

    Freedom of Expression Award

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Trumbo

      7.4 (1.3K)

    Spotlight Award

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Frozen River

      7.1 (27K)
      Melissa Leo
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Visitor

      7.6 (46K)
      Richard Jenkins

    William K. Everson Film History Award

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    • Molly Haskell
      Andrew Sarris
      Winners
      • Molly Haskell
      • Andrew Sarris

    Student Grant

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    • Winner

      We Can Get Them for You Wholesale

      6.0 (12)
      James Arrabito(director)
    • Winner

      Morning, Day, Evening, Night... and Morning Again

      Lev Polyakov
    • Winner

      The 4th of July Parade

      Miranda Rhyne

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    Event date

    January 14, 2008

    Event location

    USA

    Event links

    • https://nationalboardofreview.org/

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