2008 National Board of Review Awards
Updated September 9, 2022 |
Infoplease Staff
The National Board of Review includes teachers, actors, writers and movie-production workers. The organization publishes the magazine Films in Review. Find out which movies and artists were awarded top honors in film—including best picture, best actor and actress, and best director—for 2008.
| Best Picture: | Slumdog Millionaire |
| Best Foreign Language Film: | Mongol |
| 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 |
| Breakthrough Performance by an Actor | Dev Patel, Slumdog Millionaire |
| Breakthrough Performance by an Actress: | Viola Davis, Doubt |
| Best Director: | David Fincher, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button |
| Best Directorial Debut: | Courtney Hunt, Frozen River |
| Best Original Screenplay: | Nick Schenk, Gran Torino |
| Best Adapted Screenplay: | Simon Beaufoy, Slumdog Millionaire and Eric Roth, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button |
| Best Documentary: | Man on Wire |
| Best Animated Feature: | WALL-E |
| William K. Everson Award for Film History: | Molly Haskell and Andrew Sarris |
| The BVLGARI Award for NBR Freedom of Expression: | TRUMBO |
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