Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics

(Thanks to Todd Jorgenson)

Top Ten Films of 2008

1. SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
2. MILK
3. THE DARK KNIGHT
4. THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
5. THE WRESTLER
6. THE VISITOR
7. FROST/NIXON
8. DOUBT
9. WALL-E
10. HAPPY-GO-LUCKY

Best Film: SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE

Best Director: Danny Boyle, SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE.
runners-up: David Fincher, THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON; Christopher Nolan, THE DARK KNIGHT; Gus Van Sant, MILK; and Ron Howard, FROST/NIXON

Best Actor: Sean Penn, MILK
runners-up: Mickey Rourke, THE WRESTLER; Frank Langella for FROST/NIXON; Brad Pitt, THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON; and Richard Jenkins, THE VISITOR

Best Actress: Anne Hathaway, RACHEL GETTING MARRIED.
runners-up: Meryl Streep, DOUBT; Sally Hawkins, HAPPY-GO-LUCKY; Kristin Scott Thomas, I’VE LOVED YOU SO LONG; and Kate Winslet, REVOLUTIONARY ROAD

I like seeing the first four runners-up. Wouldn’t it be fun if the Oscars showed us the rankings too?¬† But the lists here are lengthy, so we’ll continue with the rest of the winners after the cut.

Best Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger, THE DARK KNIGHT.
runners-up: Josh Brolin, MILK; Eddie Marsan, HAPPY-GO-LUCKY; Philip Seymour Hoffman, DOUBT; and Robert Downey Jr., TROPIC THUNDER
Best Supporting Actress: Viola Davis, DOUBT.
runners-up: Penelope Cruz for VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA; Marisa Tomei, THE WRESTLER; Taraji P. Henson, THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON; and Rosemarie Dewitt, RACHEL GETTING MARRIED
Best Foreign Language Film: TELL NO ONE
runners-up: WALTZ WITH BASHIR, LET THE RIGHT ONE IN, I’VE LOVED YOU SO LONG, and GOMORRAH
Best Documentary: MAN ON WIRE
runners-up: WALTZ WITH BASHIR, YOUNG AT HEART, STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE, and DEAR ZACHARY: A LETTER TO A SON ABOUT HIS FATHER
Best Animated Film: WALL-E
runner-up: KUNG FU PANDA
Best Screenplay: Dustin Lance Black, MILK
runner-up: Simon Beaufoy, SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE.
Best Cinematography: Wally Pfister,THE DARK KNIGHT
runner-up: Claudio Miranda,THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
WENDY AND LUCY won the Russell Smith Award, named for the late Dallas Morning News film critic. The honor is given annually to the best low-budget or cutting-edge independent film.