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2008 ballot for Daniel Waters

Best Picture

  • Synecdoche, New York 25
  • A Christmas Tale 10
  • In Bruges 10
  • Reprise 10
  • Speed Racer 10
  • Tell No One 10
  • Waltz With Bashir 10
  • The Dark Knight 5
  • The Machine Girl 5
  • My Winnipeg 5

Best Director

  • Joachim Trier, Reprise 15
  • Charlie Kaufman, Synecdoche, New York 15
  • Arnaud Desplechin, A Christmas Tale 10
  • Guy Maddin, My Winnipeg 10
  • Carlos Reygadas, Silent Light 10
  • The Wachowski Brothers, Speed Racer 10
  • Lou Ye, Summer Palace 10
  • Guillaume Canet, Tell No One 10
  • Christopher Nolan, The Dark Knight 5
  • Gus Van Sant, Milk 5

Best Actress

  • Anna Faris, The House Bunny 20
  • Hannah Herzsprung, Four Minutes 15
  • Pauline Acquart, Water Lilies 10
  • Asia Argento, The Last Mistress 10
  • InĂ©s Efron, XXY 10
  • Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married 10
  • Meryl Streep, Doubt 10
  • Rosario Dawson, Seven Pounds 5
  • Lina Leandersson, Let the Right One In 5
  • Kristin Scott Thomas, I've Loved You So Long 5

Best Actor

  • Josh Brolin, W. 10
  • Benicio Del Toro, Che 10
  • Robert Downey, Jr., Iron Man 10
  • Colin Farrell, In Bruges 10
  • Andrew Garfield, Boy A 10
  • Frank Langella, Frost/Nixon 10
  • Josh Peck, The Wackness 10
  • Sean Penn, Milk 10
  • Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler 10
  • Michael Sheen, Frost/Nixon 10

Best Supporting Actor

  • Mathieu Amalric, A Christmas Tale 10
  • Robert Downey, Jr., Tropic Thunder 10
  • Ralph Fiennes, In Bruges 10
  • James Franco, Milk 10
  • Seth Green, Sex Drive 10
  • Eddie Marsan, Happy-Go-Lucky 10
  • Michael Shannon, Revolutionary Road 10
  • Haaz Sleiman, The Visitor 10
  • Eamonn Walker, Cadillac Records 10
  • Jeffrey Wright, Cadillac Records 10

Best Supporting Actress

  • Emmanuelle Devos, A Christmas Tale 15
  • Rebecca Hall, Vicky Cristina Barcelona 15
  • Hanna Schygulla, The Edge of Heaven 15
  • Viola Davis, Doubt 10
  • Adele Haenel, XXY 10
  • Sophie Myles, Mister Foe 10
  • Winona Ryder, Sex and Death 101 10
  • Jane Lynch, Role Models 5
  • Carly Pope, Young People Fucking 5
  • Kate Winslet, The Reader 5

Best Screenplay

  • Charlie Kaufman, Synecdoche, New York 25
  • Martin McDonagh, In Bruges 15
  • Arnaud Desplechin & Emmanuel Bourdieu, A Christmas Tale 10
  • Guy Maddin, My Winnipeg 10
  • Joachim Trier and Eskil Vogt, Reprise 10
  • Claude Lelouch and Pierre Uytterhoeven, Roman de Gare 10
  • Christopher Nolan & Jonathan Nolan, The Dark Knight 5
  • John Patrick Shanley, Doubt 5
  • Dustin Lance Black, Milk 5
  • Ben Stiller et al., Tropic Thunder 5

Best Scene

  • , Tell No One 25
  • , Reprise 25
  • , XXY 10
  • , 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days 10
  • , Vicky Cristina Barcelona 5
  • , 10,000 BC 5
  • , 10,000 BC 5
  • , Synecdoche, New York 5
  • , 10,000 BC 5
  • , 10,000 BC 5

Top Ten List

  • 1. Synecdoche, New York
  • 2. A Christmas tale
  • 3. tell no one
  • 4. in bruges
  • 5. waltz with bashir
  • 6. speed racer
  • 7. reprise
  • 8. the dark knight
  • 9. my winnipeg
  • 10. the machine girl

Ratings

  • 10,000 BC 2.0
  • 21 2.0
  • 27 Dresses 2.5
  • 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days 4.0
  • 88 Minutes 0.0
  • The Alphabet Killer 2.5
  • An American Carol 1.0
  • American Teen 2.5
  • Appaloosa 3.0
  • Australia 3.5
  • Babylon A.D. 2.5
  • Baby Mama 3.0
  • The Babysitters 2.5
  • Baghead 3.5
  • Ballast 3.5
  • Bangkok Dangerous 1.0
  • The Bank Job 3.5
  • Bedtime Stories 2.0
  • Be Kind Rewind 3.5
  • Ben X 3.0
  • The Black Balloon 2.5
  • Blindness 2.0
  • Boarding Gate 3.0
  • Body of Lies 3.0
  • Bolt 3.0
  • Bottle Shock 2.0
  • Boy A 4.0
  • Brideshead Revisited 3.0
  • Burn After Reading 2.5
  • Cadillac Records 3.0
  • Cassandra's Dream 2.5
  • Changeling 3.0
  • Chaos Theory 2.0
  • Charlie Bartlett 1.5
  • Che 3.0
  • Chicago 10 2.5
  • Choke 3.0
  • A Christmas Tale 4.0
  • The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian 3.0
  • City of Ember 3.0
  • City of Men 2.0
  • CJ7 2.5
  • The Class 3.5
  • Cloverfield 3.5
  • College 0.0
  • The Counterfeiters 3.5
  • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button 3.0
  • The Dark Knight 4.0
  • Dark Matter 3.5
  • The Day the Earth Stood Still 2.0
  • Death Defying Acts 3.0
  • Death Race 3.0
  • Deception 2.0
  • Defiance 3.0
  • Definitely, Maybe 3.0
  • Disaster Movie 1.0
  • Doomsday 3.0
  • Doubt 3.5
  • Dreams With Sharp Teeth 3.0
  • Drillbit Taylor 1.5
  • Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who! 3.0
  • The Duchess of Langeais 3.0
  • The Duchess 3.0
  • Eagle Eye 2.5
  • Eden 2.0
  • The Edge of Heaven 4.0
  • Elegy 2.5
  • Elite Squad 3.0
  • Encounters at the End of the World 3.5
  • Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed 2.5
  • Expired 2.5
  • The Eye 1.0
  • The Fall 3.0
  • Fear(s) of the Dark 2.5
  • Finding Amanda 2.5
  • Flash of Genius 3.0
  • Flight of the Red Balloon 3.0
  • Fool's Gold 1.5
  • The Foot Fist Way 3.0
  • The Forbidden Kingdom 2.5
  • Forgetting Sarah Marshall 3.5
  • Four Christmases 2.0
  • Four Minutes 3.5
  • Frontier(s) 3.0
  • Frost/Nixon 3.5
  • Frozen River 3.0
  • Funny Games 3.0
  • Garden Party 1.0
  • Gardens of the Night 2.5
  • George A. Romero's Diary of the Dead 2.5
  • Get Smart 2.5
  • Ghost Town 3.5
  • A Girl Cut in Two 3.0
  • Good Dick 2.5
  • The Grand 3.0
  • Gran Torino 2.0
  • Hamlet 2 2.5
  • Hancock 2.0
  • The Happening 2.0
  • Happy-Go-Lucky 3.0
  • Heartbeat Detector 3.5
  • Hellboy II: The Golden Army 3.0
  • Hell Ride 1.0
  • Henry Poole Is Here 3.0
  • Hounddog 1.5
  • The House Bunny 3.0
  • How to Lose Friends and Alienate People 1.5
  • In Bruges 4.0
  • The Incredible Hulk 2.5
  • Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull 3.0
  • In Search of a Midnight Kiss 3.0
  • In the Name of the King -- A Dungeon Siege Tale 1.5
  • Iron Man 3.5
  • I've Loved You So Long 3.0
  • Jack Brooks, Monster Slayer 2.5
  • JCVD 3.5
  • Jellyfish 4.0
  • Journey to the Center of the Earth 1.5
  • Jumper 2.0
  • Kabluey 1.5
  • Kung Fu Panda 3.0
  • Lakeview Terrace 3.0
  • Last Chance Harvey 3.0
  • The Last Mistress 3.0
  • Leatherheads 2.5
  • Let the Right One In 4.0
  • The Life Before Her Eyes 2.5
  • Lou Reed's Berlin 3.0
  • The Love Guru 2.5
  • Love Songs 3.5
  • The Lucky Ones 2.5
  • The Machine Girl 4.0
  • Mad Detective 3.5
  • Mad Money 1.5
  • Man on Wire 4.0
  • Marley and Me 2.0
  • Married Life 2.5
  • Max Payne 1.5
  • Meet Dave 2.0
  • Meet the Browns 2.5
  • Meet the Spartans 1.0
  • Milk 3.5
  • Miracle at St. Anna 2.0
  • Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day 2.5
  • Mister Foe 2.5
  • Mister Lonely 3.0
  • Momma's Man 3.0
  • Mongol 3.0
  • The Mother of Tears 3.0
  • The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor 1.0
  • My Best Friend's Girl 3.0
  • My Blueberry Nights 2.5
  • My Winnipeg 4.0
  • Never Back Down 3.0
  • Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist 3.5
  • Nights in Rodanthe 2.5
  • Nim's Island 2.0
  • Noise 2.5
  • Nothing but the Truth 2.5
  • One Missed Call 0.0
  • OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies 3.0
  • The Other Boleyn Girl 2.0
  • Over Her Dead Body 2.5
  • Paranoid Park 3.5
  • Pathology 3.5
  • Patti Smith: Dream of Life 3.0
  • Penelope 3.0
  • Pineapple Express 3.5
  • Ping Pong Playa 2.0
  • Postal 3.0
  • Priceless 3.0
  • Pride and Glory 2.5
  • Punisher: War Zone 3.5
  • Quantum of Solace 3.0
  • Quid Pro Quo 3.0
  • Rachel Getting Married 3.0
  • Rambo 3.0
  • The Reader 3.0
  • Red 2.0
  • Redbelt 3.0
  • Religulous 3.0
  • Reprise 4.0
  • Revolutionary Road 2.5
  • Righteous Kill 1.5
  • The Rocker 2.5
  • Rocknrolla 3.0
  • Role Models 3.5
  • Roman de Gare 4.0
  • Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired 3.0
  • The Ruins 2.0
  • Run Fat Boy Run 1.0
  • Savage Grace 3.0
  • Save Me 3.5
  • Saw V 2.5
  • The Secret Life of Bees 2.0
  • Semi-Pro 3.0
  • Seven Pounds 3.0
  • Sex and Death 101 3.5
  • Sex and the City 3.0
  • Sex Drive 3.0
  • Shine a Light 2.0
  • Shotgun Stories 3.0
  • The Signal 3.0
  • Silent Light 3.5
  • The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 2.5
  • Sleepwalking 1.0
  • Slumdog Millionaire 3.5
  • Smart People 1.0
  • Snow Angels 3.0
  • Son of Rambow 3.0
  • Special 2.5
  • Speed Racer 4.0
  • The Spiderwick Chronicles 3.5
  • The Spirit 1.5
  • Splinter 2.5
  • Standard Operating Procedure 3.0
  • Star Wars: The Clone Wars 1.0
  • Step Brothers 3.5
  • Still Life 4.0
  • Stop-Loss 2.5
  • The Strangers 2.5
  • Strange Wilderness 0.0
  • Street Kings 2.5
  • Stuck 2.5
  • Sukiyaki Western Django 2.0
  • Summer Palace 4.0
  • Surfwise 3.0
  • Swing Vote 2.5
  • Synecdoche, New York 4.0
  • The Tale of Despereaux 2.5
  • Taxi to the Dark Side 3.5
  • Teeth 3.0
  • Tell No One 4.0
  • Then She Found Me 2.5
  • Timecrimes 3.0
  • Towelhead 2.5
  • The Tracey Fragments 2.5
  • Traitor 3.0
  • Transporter 3 3.0
  • Transsiberian 3.0
  • Tropic Thunder 3.5
  • Trouble the Water 3.5
  • Twilight 3.0
  • Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys 2.5
  • U23D 3.0
  • The Unforeseen 3.5
  • Untraceable 1.5
  • Up the Yangtze 3.5
  • Valkyrie 2.0
  • Vantage Point 2.0
  • Vicky Cristina Barcelona 3.5
  • The Visitor 3.5
  • Viva 3.5
  • W. 3.0
  • The Wackness 3.0
  • WALL-E 3.5
  • Waltz With Bashir 4.0
  • Wanted 3.0
  • Water Lilies 4.0
  • Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins 1.5
  • Wendy and Lucy 3.0
  • What Happens in Vegas 2.5
  • What Just Happened 1.5
  • What We Do Is Secret 3.0
  • While She Was Out 2.0
  • Witless Protection 1.5
  • The Witnesses 3.0
  • The Women 2.5
  • The Wrestler 3.5
  • The X-Files: I Want to Believe 1.5
  • XXY 3.5
  • Yella 3.0
  • Yes Man 1.5
  • You Don't Mess With the Zohan 3.5
  • Young@Heart 3.0
  • Young People Fucking 3.0
  • Zack and Miri Make a Porno 2.5
  • Zombie Strippers 2.5