2008 New York Film Critics Circle Awards

The 74th New York Film Critics Circle Awards, honoring the best in film for 2008, were announced on 10 December 2008 and presented on 5 January 2009.^[1][2][3]

74th NYFCC Awards

January 5, 2009

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Best Picture:
Milk

Winners

Mike Leigh, Best Director winner

Sean Penn, Best Actor winner

Sally Hawkins, Best Actress winner

Josh Brolin, Best Supporting Actor winner

Penélope Cruz, Best Supporting Actress winner

Best Actor

1. Sean Penn – Milk
2. Mickey Rourke – The Wrestler
3. Clint Eastwood – Gran Torino

Best Actress

1. Sally Hawkins – Happy-Go-Lucky
2. Melissa Leo – Frozen River
3. Anne Hathaway – Rachel Getting Married
3. Kate Winslet – Revolutionary Road

Best Animated Film

1. WALL-E
2. Waltz with Bashir (Vals Im Bashir)

Best Cinematography

1. Anthony Dod Mantle – Slumdog Millionaire
2. Claudio Miranda – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
3. Wally Pfister – The Dark Knight

Best Director

1. Mike Leigh – Happy-Go-Lucky
2. Danny Boyle – Slumdog Millionaire
3. David Fincher – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Best Film

1. Milk
2. Rachel Getting Married
3. Happy-Go-Lucky
3. Slumdog Millionaire

Best First Film

1. Courtney Hunt – Frozen River
2. Lance Hammer – Ballast
3. Joachim Trier – Reprise

Best Foreign Language Film

1. 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (4 luni, 3 saptamani si 2 zile) • Romania
2. A Christmas Tale (Un conte de Noël) • France
3. The Class (Entre les murs) • France

Best Non-Fiction Film

1. Man on Wire
2. Waltz with Bashir (Vals Im Bashir)
3. Trouble the Water

Best Screenplay

1. Jenny Lumet – Rachel Getting Married
2. Mike Leigh – Happy-Go-Lucky
3. Robert D. Siegel – The Wrestler

Best Supporting Actor

1. Josh Brolin – Milk
2. Heath Ledger – The Dark Knight
3. Robert Downey Jr. – Tropic Thunder

Best Supporting Actress

1. Penélope Cruz – Vicky Cristina Barcelona
2. Viola Davis – Doubt
3. Rosemarie DeWitt – Rachel Getting Married
3. Debra Winger – Rachel Getting Married