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2009  80th Annual National Board of Review Awards
Picture: Up in the Air 
An Education 
500 Days of Summer 
The Hurt Locker 
Inglorious Basterds 
Invictus 
The Messenger 
A Serious Man 
Star Trek 
Up 
Where the Wild Things Are 
 
Foreign Film: A Prophet 
The Maid 
Revanche 
Song of Sparrows 
Three Monkeys 
The White Ribbon 
 
Best Director: Clint Eastwood, Invictus 
 Best Actor: (TIE) Morgan Freeman, Invictus & George Clooney, Up in the Air 
 Best Actress: Carey Mulligan, An Education 
 Best Supporting Actor: Woody Harrelson, The Messenger 
 Best Supporting Actress: Anna Kendrick, Up in the Air 
 Best Original Screenplay: Joel & Ethan Coen, A Serious Man 
 Best Adapted Screenplay: Jason Reitman & Sheldon Turner, Up in the Air
  
 Best Ensemble Cast: It's Complicated  
 Breakthrough Performance: Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker & Gabourey Sidibe, Precious 
 Special Filmmaking Achievement: Wes Anderson, The Fantastic Mr. Fox 
 Best Documentary: The Cove 
 Best Animated Feature: Up 
  
 Freedom of Expression: Burma VJ: Reporting from a Closed Country, Invictus, The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellseberg and the Pentagon Papers
  
 Top Independent Films: Amreeka, District 9, Goodbye Solo, Humpday, In the Loop, Julia, Me & Orson Welles, Moon, Sugar, Two Lovers
 
 
  
2008  79th Annual National Board of Review Awards
 
Picture: Slumdog Millionaire 
Burn After Reading 
Changeling 
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button 
The Dark Knight 
Defiance 
Frost/Nixon 
Gran Torino 
Milk 
Wall-E 
The Wrestler 
 
Foreign Film: Mongol 
Edge of Heaven 
Let the Right One In 
Roman de Guerre 
A Secret 
Waltz With Bashir 
 
Best Director: David Fincher, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button  
 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 Original Screenplay: Nick Schenk, Gran Torino  
 Best Adapted Screenplay: Simon Beaufoy, Slumdog Millionaire and Eric Roth, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button 
  
 Best Ensemble Cast: Doubt  
 Breakthrough Performances: Dev Platel, Slumdog Millionaire & Viola Davis, Doubt 
 Best Directorial Debut: Courtney Hunt, Frozen River 
 Spotlight Award: Melissa Leo, Frozen River and Richard Jenkins, The Visitor 
 Best Documentary: Man On Wire  
 Best Animated Feature: Wall-E 
  
 Freedom of Expression: Trumbo 
 Top Independent Films: 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
 
 
  
2007  78th Annual National Board of Review Awards
 
Picture: No Country for Old Men 
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford 
Atonement 
The Bourne Ultimatum 
The Bucket List 
Into The Wild 
Juno 
The Kite Runner 
Lars and the Real Girl 
Michael Clayton 
Sweeney Todd 
 
Foreign Film: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly 
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days 
The Band's Visit 
The Counterfeiters 
La Vie en Rose 
Lust, Caution  
 
Best Director: Tim Burton, Sweeney Todd 
Best Actor: George Clooney, Michael Clayton 
Best Actress: Julie Christie, Away From Her 
Best Supporting Actor: Casey Affleck, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford 
Best Supporting Actress: Amy Ryan, Gone Baby Gone 
Best Original Screenplay (tie): Diablo Cody, Juno and Nancy Oliver, Lars and the Real Girl 
Best Adapted Screenplay: Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, No Country For Old Men
  
 Best Ensemble Cast: No Country For Old Men 
 Breakthrough Performances: Emile Hirsch, Into The Wild & Ellen Page, Juno 
 Best Directorial Debut: Ben Affleck, Gone Baby Gone 
 Best Documentary: Body of War 
 Best Animated Feature: Ratatouille
  
 Freedom of Expression: The Great Debaters and Persepolis 
 Top Independent Films: Away From Her, Great World of Sound, Honeydripper, In The Valley of Elah, A Mighty Heart, The Namesake, Once, The Savages, Starting Out in the Evening, Waitress
 
 
  
2006  77th Annual National Board of Review Awards
 
Picture: Letters from Iwo Jima 
Babel 
Blood Diamond 
The Departed 
The Devil Wears Prada 
Flags of Our Fathers 
The History Boys 
Little Miss Sunshine 
Notes on a Scandal 
The Painted Veil 
 
Foreign Film: Volver  
Curse Of The Golden Flower 
Days of Glory 
Pan's Labyrinth 
Water  
 
Best Director: Martin Scorsese, The Departed 
Best Actor: Forest Whitacker, The Last King of Scotland 
Best Actress: Helen Mirren, The Queen 
Best Supporting Actor: Djimon Hounsou, Blood Diamond 
Best Supporting Actress: Catherine O'Hara, For Your Consideration 
Best Adapted Screenplay: The Painted Veil, Ron Nyswaner 
Best Original Screenplay: Stranger Than Fiction, Zach Helm
  
 Best Ensemble: The Departed 
 Breakthrough Performances: Ryan Gosling (Half Nelson), Jennifer Hudson (Dreamgirls) and Rinko Kikuchi (Babel) 
 
Best Directorial Debut: Jason Reitman, Thank You For Smoking 
 Best Animated Feature: Cars 
 Best Documentary: An Inconvenient Truth
  
 Freedom of Expression : Water & World Trade Center 
 Special Mention for Excellence in Filmmaking: Akeelah and the Bee, Bobby, Catch a Fire, Copying Beethoven, A Guide to Recognizing your Saints, Half Nelson, The Illusionist, Lonesome Jim, Sherrybaby, 10 Items or Less, Thank You For Smoking
 
 
  
2005  76th Annual National Board of Review Awards
  
Picture: Good Night and Good Luck 
Brokeback Mountain 
Capote 
Crash 
History of Violence 
Match Point 
Memoirs of a Geisha 
Munich 
Syriana 
Walk the Line
  
Foreign Film: Paradise Now  
2046 
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress 
Downfall 
Walk on Water 
  
Best Director: Ang Lee, Brokeback Mountain 
Best Actor: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Capote 
Best Actress: Felicity Huffman, Transamerica 
Best Supporting Actor: Jake Gyllenhaal, Brokeback Mountain 
Best Supporting Actress: Gong Li, Memoirs of a Geisha 
Best Adapted Screenplay: Syriana, Stephen Gaghan 
Best Original Screenplay: The Squid and the Whale, Noah Baumbach
  
 Best Ensemble: Mrs. Henderson Presents 
 Breakthrough Performances: Terrence Howard (Crash, Get Rich or Die Tryin', Hustle & Flow) & Q'Orianka Kilcher (The New World) 
 Best Directorial Debut: Julian Fellowes, Separate Lies
 
 Best Animated Feature: Tim Burton's Corpse Bride 
 Best Documentary: March of the Penguins
  
 Freedom of Expression Award: Innocent Voices & The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till 
 Special Mention for Excellence in Filmmaking: Breakfast on Pluto, Cape of Good Hope, The Dying Gaul, Everything Is Illuminated, Hustle & Flow, Junebug, Layer Cake, Lord of War, Nine Lives, The Thing About My Folks, The Upside of Anger
 
 
  
2004  75th Annual National Board of Review Awards
 
NBR's Top 10 Movies for 2004 
1. Finding Neverland 
2. The Aviator 
3. Closer 
4. Million Dollar Baby 
5. Sideways 
6. Kinsey 
7. Vera Drake 
8. Ray 
9. Collateral 
10. Hotel Rwanda
 
Top 5 Foreign Movies 
1. The Sea Inside 
2.  Bad Education 
3.  Maria Full of Grace 
4.  Les Choristes 
5.  The Motorcycle Diaries
 
 
Best Director: Michael Mann, Collateral 
Best Actor: Jamie Fox, Ray 
Best Actress: Annette Bening, Being Julia 
Best Supporting Actor: Thomas Haden Church, Sideways 
Best Supporting Actress: Laura Linney, Kinsey 
Best Adapted Screenplay: Sideways, Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor 
Best Original Screenplay: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Charlie Kaufman 
 
 Production Design: House of Flying Daggers, Tingxiao Huo 
 Film Music Composition: Finding Neverland, Jan A. P. Kaczmarek 
 Best Ensemble: Closer 
 Breakthrough Performances: Topher Grace (In Good Company and P.S.) & Emmy Rossum (The Phantom of the Opera) 
 Best Directorial Debut: Zach Braff, Garden State 
 Best Documentary: Born into Brothels 
 Best Animated Feature: The Incredibles
  
 Freedom of Expression:  Fahrenheit 9/11, The Passion of the Christ, Conspiracy of Silence 
 Special Mention for Excellence in Filmmaking: The Assassination of Richard Nixon, Before Sunset, The Door in the Floor, Enduring Love, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Facing Windows, Garden State, A Home at the End of the World, Imaginary Heroes, Since Otar Left, Stage Beauty, Undertow, The Woodsman 
 
 
  
2003  74th Annual National Board of Review Awards
 NBR's Top 10 Movies for 2003 
1. Mystic River 
2. The Last Samurai 
3. The Station Agent 
4. 21 Grams 
5. House of Sand and Fog 
6. Lost in Translation 
7. Cold Mountain 
8. In America 
9. Seabiscuit 
10. Master and Commander
 Top 5 Foreign Movies 
1. Barbarian Invasions 
2. Best of Youth  
3. Monsieur Ibrahim 
4. Autumn Spring 
5. Man on the Train 
 
Best Director: Edward Zwick, The Last Samurai 
Best Actor: Sean Penn, Mystic River and 21 Grams 
Best Actress: Diane Keaton, Something's Gotta Give 
Best Supporting Actor: Alec Baldwin, The Cooler 
Best Supporting Actress: Patricia Clarkson, Pieces of April and The Station Agent 
Best Adapted Screenplay: Cold Mountain, Anthony Minghella 
Best Original Screenplay: In America, Jim Sheridan, Naomi Sheridan and Kirsten Sheridan
  
 Best Ensemble: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 
 Breakthrough Performances: Paul Giamatti (American Splendor) & Charlize Theron (Monster) 
 Outstanding Directorial Debut: Vadim Perelman, House of Sand and Fog 
 Best Animated Feature: Finding Nemo 
 Best Documentary: The Fog of War
  
 Freedom of Expression:  Capturing the Friedmans, Dirty Pretty Things, The Magdalene Sisters, September 11 
 Special Mention for Excellence in Filmmaking: American Splendor, Bend It Like Beckham, The Cooler, Dirty Pretty Things, Girl With A Pearl Earring, Pieces of April, The Secret Lives of Dentists, Shattered Glass, The Statement, Thirteen, Whale Rider
 
 
  
2002  73rd Annual National Board of Review Awards
 NBR's Top 10 Movies for 2002 
1. The Hours 
2. Chicago 
3. Gangs of New York 
4. The Quiet American 
5. Adaptation 
6. Rabbit-Proof Fence 
7. The Pianist 
8. Far From Heaven 
9. Thirteen Conversations About One Thing 
10. Frida
 Top 5 Foreign Movies 
1. Talk to Her 
2. Y Tu Mama Tambien  
3. 8 Women 
4. City of God  
5. El Crimen del Padre Amaro 
 
Best Director: Phillip Noyce, The Quiet American and Rabbit- Proof Fence  
Best Actor: Campbell Scott, Roger Dodger  
Best Actress: Julianne Moore, Far From Heaven  
Best Supporting Actor: Chris Cooper, Adaptation  
Best Supporting Actress: Kathy Bates, About Schmidt  
Screenwriter of the Year: Charlie Kaufman, Adaptation, Confessions 
          of a Dangerous Mind, Human Nature 
  Best Ensemble: Nicholas Nickleby  
 Breakthrough Performances: Derek Luke (Antwone Fisher) & Maggie Gyllenhaal (Secretary) 
 Outstanding Directorial Debut: Rob Marshall, Chicago 
 Best Documentary: Bowling for Columbine  
 Best Animated Feature: Miyazaki's Spirited Away 
  
 Freedom of Expression:  Ararat, Bloody Sunday, The Grey Zone, Rabbit-Proof Fence  
 Special Mention for Excellence in Filmmaking: Frailty, The Good Girl, The Guys, Heaven, Igby Goes Down, Max, Personal Velocity, Real Women Have Curves, Roger Dodger, Sunshine State, Tadpole, Tully
 
 
  
	2001  72nd Annual National Board of Review Awards
 Best Picture, ranked in
order of preference:
 1. Moulin Rouge  
2. In
The Bedroom  
3. Ocean’s
Eleven  
4. Memento  
5. Monster’s
Ball  
6. Black
Hawk Down  
7. The
Man Who Wasn’t There  
8. A.I. - Artificial
Intelligence 
9. The
Pledge  
10. Mulholland
Drive 
 
Top five foreign-language
films: 
1. Amores Perros 
2. Behind
The Sun 
3. Dark
Blue World 
4. No
Man’s Land 
5. Amelie
  
Best Director: Todd Field, In The Bedroom
 Best Actor: Billy Bob Thornton, The Man Who Wasn’t There; Monster’s Ball; Bandits
 
Best Actress: Halle Berry, Monster’s Ball 
Best Supporting Actor: Jim Broadbent, Moulin Rouge; Iris 
Best Supporting Actress: Cate Blanchett, The Man Who Cried; Shipping News; The Lord Of The Rings
 Best Screenplay: Rob Festinger & Todd Field, In The Bedroom
   Best Ensemble: Last Orders 
 Breakthrough Performances: Hayden Christenson (Life as a House) & Naomi Watts (Mulholland Drive) 
 Outstanding Directorial Debut: John Cameron Mitchell, Hedwig & The Angry Inch 
 Best Production Design: Grant Major, The Lord of the Rings 
  Best Documentary: The Endurance
  Best Animated Feature: Shrek
  
 Freedom of Expression: Baran, Jung (War) In The Land Of The Muhjaheddin,  Kandahar 
 
 Special Mention for Excellence In Filmmaking: The Anniversary Party, The Deep End, Diamond Men, Ghost World, Happy Accidents, Iris, Lantana, L.I.E., PiƱero, Sexy Beast 
 
  
  
2000  71th Annual National Board of Review Awards
  Top 10 Films of 2000
 
1. Quills
 
2. Traffic
 
3. Croupier 
 
4. You Can Count on Me
 
5. Billy Elliot
 
6. Before Night Falls
 
7. Gladiator
 
8. Wonder Boys
 
9. Sunshine
 
10. Dancer in the Dark
 
Foreign Films:  
1. Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
 
2. Butterfly
 
3. A Time For Drunken Horses
 
4. Malena
 
5. Girl On The Bridge
  
Best Director: Steven Soderbergh, Traffic and Erin Brockovich 
Best Actor: Javier Bardem, Before Night Falls 
Best Actress: Julia Roberts, Erin Brockovich 
Best Supporting Actor: Joaquin Phoenix, Gladiator, Quills, The Yards 
Best Supporting Actress: Lupe Ontiveros, Chuck and Buck 
Best Screenplay: Ted Tally, All the Pretty Horses
  
Best Ensemble: State And Main
 
Breakthrough Performances: Jamie Bell (Billy Elliott) & Michelle Rodriguez (Girlfight) 
Production Design: Arthur Max, Gladiator
 
Special Achievement: Kenneth Lonergan, You Can Count on Me 
Best Documentary: The Life And Times Of Hank Greenberg 
Best Animation: Chicken Run
  
Freedom of Expression: A Time for Drunken Horses, Bamboozled, Before Night Falls, The Circle, Kadosh, Quills, Sound and Fury, The Visit.
 
Excellence In Filmmaking: American Psycho, Best In Show, Chuck & Buck, Girlfight, Hamlet, Nurse Betty, Requiem For A Dream, Shower, Snatch!, Two Family House
 
 
 
 
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