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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
- (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:
Best Director:
Best Actor (tie):
Best Actress:
Best Supporting Actor:
Best Supporting Actress:
Best Screenplay – Original:
Best Screenplay – Adapted:
Best Animated Feature:
Best Foreign Language Film:
Best Documentary Feature:
Best Ensemble Cast:
Breakthrough Male Performances:
Breakthrough Female Performances:
Best Directorial Debut (tie):
Special Filmmaking Achievement Award:
William K. Everson Award for Film History:
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
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
References
- The NBR names its Best Film and then lists the remaining ten runners-up in alphabetical order.