Awards for 2008: 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