
We said it was probably going to happen, and now it has. Everyone is falling in love with Danny Boyle's latest, and we can't blame em. Feel free to run over to our review section to read more about this and some of the other films on the list, or just feel free to ogle the list and get all grumpy because Transporter 3 didn't make the cut.
Best Film
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
Top Ten Films
(In alphabetical order)
BURN AFTER READING
CHANGELING
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
THE DARK KNIGHT
DEFIANCE
FROST/NIXON
GRAN TORINO
MILK
WALL-E
THE WRESTLER
Best Foreign Language Film
MONGOL
Top Five Foreign Films
THE EDGE OF HEAVEN
LET THE RIGHT ONE IN
ROMAN DE GARE
A SECRET
WALTZ WITH BASHIR
Best Documentary
MAN ON WIRE
Top Five Documentaries
AMERICAN TEEN
THE BETRAYAL (NERAKHOON)
DEAR ZACHARY
ENCOUNTERS AT THE END OF THE WORLD
ROMAN POLANSKI: WANTED AND DESIRED
Top Independent Films
(In alphabetical order)
FROZEN RIVER
IN BRUGES
IN SEARCH OF A MIDNIGHT KISS
MR. FOE
RACHEL GETTING MARRIED
SNOW ANGELS
SON OF RAMBOW
WENDY AND LUCY
VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA
THE VISITOR
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 Adapted Screenplay
SIMON BEAUFOY, Slumdog Millionaire and ERIC ROTH, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Spotlight Award
MELISSA LEO, Frozen River and RICHARD JENKINS, The Visitor
Best Original Screenplay
NICK SCHENK, Gran Torino
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