81st NBR Awards January 12, 2010
Best Film: Up in the Air
The 81st National Board of Review Awards, honoring the best in film for 2009, are given on January 12, 2010.
Top 10 Films Up in the AirThe NBR names its Best Film and then lists the remaining ten runners-up in alphabetical order. (500) Days of Summer An Education The Hurt Locker Inglourious Basterds Invictus The Messenger A Serious Man Star Trek Up Where the Wild Things Are
Winners Best Film: Up in the Air
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 Screenplay – Original: Joel and Ethan Coen – A Serious Man
Best Screenplay – Adapted: Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner – Up in the Air
Best Animated Feature: Up
Best Foreign Language Film: A Prophet, France
Best Documentary Feature: The Cove
Best Ensemble Cast: It's Complicated
Breakthrough Male Performances: Jeremy Renner – The Hurt Locker
Breakthrough Female Performances: Gabourey Sidibe – Precious
Best Directorial Debut (tie): Duncan Jones – Moon Oren Moverman – The Messenger Marc Webb – (500) Days of Summer
Special Filmmaking Achievement Award: Wes Anderson – Fantastic Mr. Fox
William K. Everson Award for Film History: Jean Picker Firstenberg
Freedom of Expression Award: Burma VJ: Reporting from a Closed Country Invictus The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers
Top Foreign Films A Prophet, FranceThe Maid Revanche The Song of Sparrows Three Monkeys The White Ribbon
Top Documentaries The Cove Burma VJ: Reporting from a Closed Country Crude Food, Inc. Good Hair The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers
Top Independent Films Amreeka District 9 Goodbye Solo Humpday In the Loop Julia Me and Orson Welles Moon Sugar Two Lovers
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