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80th NBR Awards

January 14, 2009

The 80th National Board of Review Awards, honoring the best in film for 2008, were given on 12 January 2009.

Best Film:
- Slumdog Millionaire (Academy Award for Best Picture)
Best Foreign Language Film:
- Mongol, Mongolia
Best Animated Feature:
- Wall-E
Best Documentary Feature:
- Man on Wire
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
Breakthrough Male Performances:
- Dev Patel - Slumdog Millionaire
Breakthrough Female Performances:
- Viola Davis - Doubt
Best Cast:
- Doubt
Best Director:
- David Fincher - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Best Directorial Debut:
- Courtney Hunt - Frozen River
Best Screenplay - Adapted:
- Slumdog Millionaire - Simon Beaufoy
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Eric Roth
Best Screenplay - Original (tie):
- Gran Torino - Nick Schenk
Freedom of Expression Award (tie):
- Trumbo
Spotlight Award:
- Melissa Leo and Richard Jenkins
William K. Everson Award for Film History:
- Molly Haskell and Andrew Sarris

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 The '''80th [[National Board of Review of Motion Pictures|National Board of Review Awards]]''', honoring the best in [[film]] for [[2008 in film|2008]], were given on 12 January 2009.
 ==Top 10 Films==
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 *''[[Burn After Reading]]''
 *''[[Changeling (film)|Changeling]]''