The 2008 NBP Film Community Award winners have been announced and now, as heard on the latest podcast, the Next Best Picture staff have revealed our winners for the 2008 NBP Film Awards, thus bringing an official end to our 2008 retrospective. Please check out our past reviews for “Frost/Nixon,” “Doubt,” “Changeling,” “Revolutionary Road,” “WALL-E, “Milk,” “The Dark Knight,” “The Reader,” “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” and “Slumdog Millionaire.” We appreciate your support throughout these last couple of months. Thank you!
If you’re curious to see how your winners aligned with ours, please check out the complete list of 2008 NBP Film Award winners below!
BEST PICTURE
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Doubt
In Bruges
Milk
Rachel Getting Married
Slumdog Millionaire
Synecdoche, New York
Tropic Thunder
WALL-E
BEST DIRECTOR
Danny Boyle – Slumdog Millionaire
Jonathan Demme – Rachel Getting Married
David Fincher – The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
Christopher Nolan – The Dark Knight
Andrew Stanton – WALL-E
BEST ANIMATED FILM
Bolt
Kung Fu Panda
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
WALL-E
Waltz With Bashir
BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM
Dear Zachary: A Letter To A Son About His Father
Encounters At The End Of The World
Man On Wire
Trouble The Water
Waltz With Bashir
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
The Class
Departures
Let The Right One In
Revanche
Waltz With Bashir
BEST ACTION FILM
The Dark Knight
Iron Man
Quantum Of Solace
Taken
Wanted
BEST COMEDY FILM
Burn After Reading
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
In Bruges
Step Brothers
Tropic Thunder
BEST HORROR/SCI-FI FILM
Cloverfield
Let The Right One In
Speed Racer
The Strangers
WALL-E
BEST OVERLOOKED FILM
The Fall
Mamma Mia!
Medicine for Melancholy
Synecdoche, New York
Wendy And Lucy
BEST ACTRESS
Anne Hathaway – Rachel Getting Married
Sally Hawkins – Happy-Go-Lucky
Angelina Jolie – Changeling
Meryl Streep – Doubt
Kate Winslet – Revolutionary Road
BEST ACTOR
Colin Farrell – In Bruges
Philip Seymour Hoffman – Synecdoche, New York
Sean Penn – Milk
Brad Pitt – The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
Mickey Rourke – The Wrestler
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Adams – Doubt
Penélope Cruz – Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Viola Davis – Doubt
Rosemarie DeWitt – Rachel Getting Married
Marisa Tomei – The Wrestler
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Josh Brolin – Milk
Robert Downey Jr. – Tropic Thunder
Ralph Fiennes – In Bruges
Philip Seymour Hoffman – Doubt
Heath Ledger – The Dark Knight
BEST ENSEMBLE
Burn After Reading
Doubt
Mamma Mia!
Rachel Getting Married
Tropic Thunder
BEST BREAKOUT PERFORMANCE
Viola Davis – Doubt
Sally Hawkins – Happy-Go-Lucky
Dev Patel – Slumdog Millionaire
Freida Pinto – Slumdog Millionaire
Robert Pattinson – Twilight
BEST VOICE PERFORMANCE
Jack Black – Kung Fu Panda
Ben Burtt – WALL-E
Dustin Hoffman – Kung Fu Panda
Elissa Knight – WALL-E
John Travolta – Bolt
BEST YOUTH PERFORMANCE
Dakota Fanning – The Secret Life Of Bees
Kåre Hedebrant – Let The Right One In
David Kross – The Reader
Lina Leandersson – Let The Right One In
Catinca Untaru – The Fall
BEST DEBUT DIRECTOR
Barry Jenkins – Medicine For Melancholy
Charlie Kaufman – Synecdoche, New York
Martin McDonagh – In Bruges
Steve McQueen – Hunger
Nicholas Stoller – Forgetting Sarah Marshall
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Doubt
Frost/Nixon
Slumdog Millionaire
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Happy-Go-Lucky
In Bruges
Rachel Getting Married
Synecdoche, New York
WALL-E
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
The Fall
Let The Right One In
Slumdog Millionaire
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Australia
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Milk
Revolutionary Road
BEST FILM EDITING
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Frost/Nixon
Milk
Slumdog Millionaire
BEST MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
The Fall
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Synecdoche, New York
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
The Fall
Synecdoche, New York
WALL-E
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Milk
Slumdog Millionaire
WALL-E
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
Slumdog Millionaire – “Jai Ho”
Slumdog Millionaire – “O Saya”
Synecdoche, New York – “Little Person”
WALL-E – “Down To Earth”
The Wrestler – “The Wrestler”
BEST SOUND EDITING
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Iron Man
Speed Racer
WALL-E
BEST SOUND MIXING
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Iron Man
Slumdog Millionaire
WALL-E
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Cloverfield
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Iron Man
Speed Racer
WIN TALLY
The Dark Knight – 8
WALL-E – 7
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button – 3
In Bruges – 2
Let The Right One In – 2
Rachel Getting Married – 2
Doubt – 1
Man On Wire – 1
Milk – 1
Slumdog Millionaire – 1
Synecdoche, New York – 1
Vicky Cristina Barcelona – 1
