National Board of Review Awards 2009

The 81st National Board of Review Awards, honoring the best in film for 2009, are given on January 12, 2010.

81st NBR Awards

January 12, 2010

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Best Film: Up in the Air

Top Films

• Up in the Air[1]
• (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

Top Foreign Films

• The Maid
• Revanche
• The Song of Sparrows
• Three Monkeys
• The White Ribbon

Top Documentaries

• 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

Winners

• Best Film:
  • Up in the Air
• Best Foreign Language Film:
  • A Prophet, France
• Best Animated Feature:
  • Up
• Best Documentary Feature:
  • The Cove
• 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
• Breakthrough Male Performances:
  • Jeremy Renner - The Hurt Locker
• Breakthrough Female Performances:
  • Gabourey Sidibe - Precious
• Best Ensemble Cast:
  • It's Complicated
• Best Director:
  • Clint Eastwood - Invictus
• Best Directorial Debut (tie):
  • Duncan Jones - Moon
  • Oren Moverman - The Messenger
  • Marc Webb - (500) Days of Summer
• Best Screenplay - Adapted:
  • Up in the Air - Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner
• Best Screenplay - Original:
  • A Serious Man - Joel and Ethan Coen
• Freedom of Expression Award (tie):
  • Burma VJ: Reporting From A Closed Country
  • Invictus
  • The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers
• Special Filmmaking Achievement Award:
  • Wes Anderson - Fantastic Mr. Fox
• William K. Everson Award for Film History:
  • Jean Picker Firstenberg

External links

1. The NBR names its Best Film and then lists the remaining ten runners-up in alphabetical order.