The 8th New York Film Critics Online Awards, honoring the best in filmmaking in 2008, were given on 15 December 2008. ^[1]

Top 10 films

(in alphabetical order)

• Che
• A Christmas Tale (Un conte de Noël)
• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• The Dark Knight
• Happy-Go-Lucky
• Milk
• Rachel Getting Married
• Slumdog Millionaire
• WALL-E
• The Wrestler

Winners

• Best Actor:
  • Sean Penn – Milk as Harvey Milk
• Best Actress:
  • Sally Hawkins – Happy-Go-Lucky as Pauline "Poppy" Cross
• Best Animated Film:
  • WALL-E
• Best Cast:
  • Milk
• Best Cinematography
  • Slumdog Millionaire – Anthony Dod Mantle
• Best Debut Director:
  • Martin McDonagh – In Bruges
• Best Director:
  • Danny Boyle & Loveleen Tandan – Slumdog Millionaire
• Best Documentary Film:
  • Man on Wire
• Best Film:
  • Slumdog Millionaire
• Best Film Music or Score:
  • Slumdog Millionaire – A. R. Rahman
• Best Foreign Language Film:
  • 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (4 luni, 3 saptamani si 2 zile) • Romania
• Best Screenplay:
  • Simon Beaufoy – Slumdog Millionaire
• Best Supporting Actor:
  • Heath Ledger – The Dark Knight as The Joker posthumously
• Best Supporting Actress:
  • Penélope Cruz – Vicky Cristina Barcelona as María Elena
• Breakthrough Performer:
  • Sally Hawkins – Happy-Go-Lucky

References