Yesterday on the Next Best Picture Podcast, we announced the nominations for the 2008 NBP Film Community Awards, representing the best in film for 2008, voted on by all of you, the fans of Next Best Picture! The complete list of nominations is listed below, along with the link that will take you to the form to cast your ballot for the winners. Voting officially begins now and will run until August 26th, 2026. The winners will be announced on August 27th, 2026, on the Next Best Picture Podcast. We have one more throwback review coming for “Slumdog Millionaire,” so please subscribe to the Next Best Picture Podcast so you can listen to our thoughts on this Best Picture winner when it goes up! Congratulations on your nominations and happy voting!

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BEST PICTURE
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Doubt
In Bruges
Milk
Rachel Getting Married
Slumdog Millionaire
Tropic Thunder
The Wrestler
WALL-E

BEST DIRECTOR
Danny Boyle – Slumdog Millionaire
David Fincher – The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
Christopher Nolan – The Dark Knight
Gus Van Sant – Milk
Andrew Stanton – WALL-E

BEST ANIMATED FILM
Bolt
Horton Hears A Who!
Kung Fu Panda
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
Speed Racer
Taken
Wanted

BEST COMEDY FILM
Burn After Reading
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
In Bruges
Pineapple Express
Tropic Thunder

BEST HORROR/SCI-FI FILM
Cloverfield
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Let The Right One In
The Strangers
WALL-E

BEST OVERLOOKED FILM
Gran Torino
Hunger
Nick And Norah’s Infinite Playlist
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
Richard Jenkins – The Visitor
Frank Langella – Frost/Nixon
Sean Penn – Milk
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
Philip Seymour Hoffman – Doubt
Heath Ledger – The Dark Knight
Brad Pitt – Burn After Reading

BEST ENSEMBLE
Burn After Reading
The Dark Knight
Doubt
Milk
Slumdog Millionaire

BEST BREAKOUT PERFORMANCE
Viola Davis – Doubt
Sally Hawkins – Happy-Go-Lucky
Dev Patel – Slumdog Millionaire
Freida Pinto – Slumdog Millionaire
Michael Shannon – Revolutionary Road

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
Elle Fanning – The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
Kåre Hedebrant – Let The Right One In
David Kross – The Reader
Lina Leandersson – Let The Right One In
Kristen Stewart – Twilight

BEST DEBUT DIRECTOR
Courtney Hunt – Frozen River
Charlie Kaufman – Synecdoche, New York
Phyllida Lloyd – Mamma Mia!
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
Burn After Reading
In Bruges
Milk
Synecdoche, New York
WALL-E

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Changeling
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Revolutionary Road
Slumdog Millionaire

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Australia
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
The Duchess
Revolutionary Road

BEST FILM EDITING
The Dark Knight
In Bruges
Frost/Nixon
Slumdog Millionaire
WALL-E

BEST MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Synecdoche, New York
Tropic Thunder

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Changeling
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Revolutionary Road
Speed Racer

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Milk
Slumdog Millionaire
WALL-E

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
Quantum Of Solace – “Another Way to Die”
Slumdog Millionaire – “Jai Ho”
Slumdog Millionaire – “O Saya”
WALL-E – “Down To Earth”
The Wrestler – “The Wrestler”

BEST SOUND EDITING
Cloverfield
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
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Iron Man

NOMINATION TALLY
The Dark Knight – 15
Slumdog Millionaire – 12
WALL-E – 12
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button – 11
Doubt – 8
Milk – 7
In Bruges – 6
Revolutionary Road – 5
Burn After Reading – 4
Iron Man – 4
Let The Right One In – 4
Synecdoche, New York – 4
Tropic Thunder – 4
The Wrestler – 4
Changeling – 3
Cloverfield – 3
Frost/Nixon – 3
Hellboy II: The Golden Army – 3
Rachel Getting Married – 3
Speed Racer – 3
Waltz With Bashir – 3
Bolt – 2
Forgetting Sarah Marshall – 2
Happy-Go-Lucky – 2
Hunger – 2
Kung Fu Panda – 2