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2008 ballot for Noel Murray

Best Picture

  • WALL-E 20
  • Burn After Reading 15
  • 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days 10
  • The Dark Knight 10
  • Synecdoche, New York 10
  • Surfwise 9
  • Rachel Getting Married 8
  • Paranoid Park 7
  • Milk 6
  • My Winnipeg 5

Best Director

  • Cristian Mungiu, 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days 15
  • Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, Burn After Reading 15
  • Christopher Nolan, The Dark Knight 15
  • Mike Leigh, Happy-Go-Lucky 10
  • Gus Van Sant, Paranoid Park 10
  • Jonathan Demme, Rachel Getting Married 10
  • Andrew Stanton, WALL-E 10
  • Tarsem, The Fall 5
  • Hou Hsiao Hsien, Flight of the Red Balloon 5
  • Darren Aronofsky, The Wrestler 5

Best Actress

  • Anamaria Marinca, 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days 15
  • Elizabeth Banks, Zack and Miri Make a Porno 10
  • Greta Gerwig, Nights and Weekends 10
  • Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married 10
  • Sally Hawkins, Happy-Go-Lucky 10
  • Nicole Kidman, Australia 10
  • Keira Knightley, The Duchess 10
  • Melissa Leo, Frozen River 10
  • Julianne Moore, Savage Grace 10
  • Emily Mortimer, Transsiberian 5

Best Actor

  • Robert Downey, Jr., Iron Man 30
  • Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler 30
  • Robert De Niro, What Just Happened 5
  • Ricky Gervais, Ghost Town 5
  • Brendan Gleeson, In Bruges 5
  • Richard Jenkins, The Visitor 5
  • Guy Pearce, Death Defying Acts 5
  • Sean Penn, Milk 5
  • Michael Shannon, Shotgun Stories 5
  • Joe Swanberg, Nights and Weekends 5

Best Supporting Actor

  • Ralph Fiennes, The Duchess 15
  • Toby Kebbell, Rocknrolla 15
  • Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight 15
  • George Clooney, Burn After Reading 10
  • Bill Irwin, Rachel Getting Married 10
  • John Malkovich, Burn After Reading 10
  • Brad Pitt, Burn After Reading 10
  • Ralph Fiennes, In Bruges 5
  • James Franco, Pineapple Express 5
  • Michael Shannon, Revolutionary Road 5

Best Supporting Actress

  • Gwyneth Paltrow, Iron Man 20
  • Tilda Swinton, Burn After Reading 20
  • Jane Lynch, Role Models 15
  • Rosemarie DeWitt, Rachel Getting Married 10
  • Alexis Zegerman, Happy-Go-Lucky 10
  • Hayley Atwell, The Duchess 5
  • Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Dark Knight 5
  • Tilda Swinton, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button 5
  • Marisa Tomei, The Wrestler 5
  • Laura Vasiliu, 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days 5

Best Screenplay

  • Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, Burn After Reading 30
  • Charlie Kaufman, Synecdoche, New York 20
  • Christopher Nolan & Jonathan Nolan, The Dark Knight 15
  • Cristian Mungiu, 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days 5
  • Pierre Salvadori and BenoĆ®t Graffin, Priceless 5
  • David Wain et al., Role Models 5
  • Howard A. Rodman, Savage Grace 5
  • Brad Anderson & Will Conroy, Transsiberian 5
  • Andrew Stanton & Jim Reardon, WALL-E 5
  • Hong Sang-soo, Woman on the Beach 5

Best Scene

  • , Rachel Getting Married 20
  • , The Wrestler 15
  • , Man on Wire 15
  • , Be Kind Rewind 10
  • , The Dark Knight 10
  • , Nights and Weekends 10
  • , JCVD 5
  • , Australia 5
  • , Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull 5
  • , Cloverfield 5

Top Ten List

  • 1. WALL-E
  • 2. Burn After Reading
  • 3. Synecdoche, New York
  • 4. 4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days
  • 5. The Dark Knight
  • 6. Surfwise
  • 7. Rachel Getting Married
  • 8. Paranoid Park
  • 9. Milk
  • 10. My Winnipeg

Ratings

  • 27 Dresses 2.0
  • 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days 4.0
  • Alexandra 2.5
  • Allah Made Me Funny: Live in Concert 1.5
  • The Amazing Truth About Queen Raquela 2.5
  • An American Carol 1.0
  • Australia 3.0
  • Babylon A.D. 1.5
  • Ballast 2.5
  • Beaufort 2.5
  • Before I Forget 2.0
  • Be Kind Rewind 2.5
  • Bigger Stronger Faster* (* The Side Effects of Being American) 3.0
  • Blind Mountain 2.0
  • Blindness 1.5
  • Boarding Gate 2.0
  • Body of War 3.0
  • Bolt 3.0
  • Boy A 3.0
  • Burn After Reading 4.0
  • The Business of Being Born 2.5
  • Cassandra's Dream 2.5
  • Changeling 3.0
  • Che 2.5
  • Chicago 10 3.0
  • Chop Shop 3.0
  • Chris & Don: A Love Story 2.5
  • A Christmas Tale 2.5
  • City of Ember 2.5
  • Cloverfield 3.0
  • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button 2.0
  • The Dark Knight 3.5
  • Death Defying Acts 2.0
  • Diminished Capacity 1.5
  • Doubt 2.5
  • Dreams With Sharp Teeth 3.0
  • Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who! 2.0
  • The Duchess of Langeais 3.0
  • The Duchess 3.0
  • Dust 2.5
  • The Edge of Heaven 3.0
  • Elegy 2.0
  • Encounters at the End of the World 3.0
  • The End of America 2.0
  • The Fall 3.0
  • Felon 2.5
  • Flash Point 2.0
  • Flight of the Red Balloon 3.0
  • Flow 2.5
  • Forever Strong 1.5
  • Frontrunners 2.5
  • Frost/Nixon 2.5
  • Frozen River 3.0
  • Full Battle Rattle 3.5
  • Full Grown Men 2.0
  • George A. Romero's Diary of the Dead 2.0
  • Ghost Town 3.0
  • A Girl Cut in Two 3.0
  • Girls Rock! 2.0
  • Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts 2.5
  • Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson 3.5
  • Good 1.5
  • Good Dick 0.0
  • Gran Torino 2.5
  • Hancock 3.0
  • The Happening 1.5
  • Happy-Go-Lucky 3.5
  • Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 2.5
  • Heartbeat Detector 2.5
  • The Hottie and the Nottie 0.0
  • How to Rob a Bank 1.0
  • In Bruges 2.5
  • Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull 2.5
  • In Search of a Midnight Kiss 2.5
  • In the City of Sylvia 2.5
  • I.O.U.S.A. 2.5
  • Iron Man 3.0
  • It's a Free World... 2.5
  • Jack Brooks, Monster Slayer 2.5
  • JCVD 2.0
  • Jellyfish 2.0
  • A Jihad for Love 2.5
  • Jumper 1.5
  • Kung Fu Panda 3.5
  • Lake City 1.5
  • Let the Right One In 2.5
  • The Longshots 1.5
  • Lou Reed's Berlin 3.0
  • Love Songs 2.5
  • Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa 2.5
  • Mad Detective 3.0
  • Made of Honor 1.5
  • Mad Money 2.5
  • Man on Wire 2.5
  • Marley and Me 2.5
  • Meet Dave 0.0
  • Meet the Spartans 0.0
  • Milk 3.5
  • Miracle at St. Anna 1.5
  • Mister Foe 2.0
  • Mister Lonely 2.0
  • Momma's Man 3.0
  • My Blueberry Nights 3.0
  • My Winnipeg 3.5
  • Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist 2.0
  • Nights and Weekends 3.0
  • Nim's Island 2.0
  • Obscene 3.0
  • Of Time and the City 2.5
  • One Day You'll Understand 2.5
  • On the Rumba River 2.5
  • The Order of Myths 3.0
  • Paranoid Park 3.5
  • Patti Smith: Dream of Life 2.0
  • Pineapple Express 2.5
  • Ping Pong Playa 1.5
  • Poisoned by Polonium: The Litvinenko File 2.0
  • Pray the Devil Back to Hell 2.5
  • Priceless 3.0
  • Rachel Getting Married 3.5
  • Red 2.5
  • Redbelt 2.5
  • Refusenik 2.5
  • Religulous 2.5
  • Revolutionary Road 2.0
  • The Rocker 2.0
  • Rocknrolla 2.5
  • Role Models 3.0
  • Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired 3.0
  • Sangre de mi sangre 2.0
  • Savage Grace 3.0
  • Secrecy 3.0
  • A Secret 2.5
  • The Secret Life of Bees 1.5
  • Semi-Pro 2.0
  • Seven Pounds 1.5
  • Shotgun Stories 2.5
  • Shutter 1.5
  • Silent Light 2.5
  • Slumdog Millionaire 2.0
  • Smart People 1.0
  • Space Chimps 2.5
  • Splinter 2.0
  • Stages 1.5
  • Standard Operating Procedure 3.0
  • Step Brothers 1.5
  • STRANDED: I've come from a plane that crashed on the mountains 3.0
  • Stuck 3.0
  • Sukiyaki Western Django 1.5
  • Superhero Movie 1.5
  • Surfwise 3.5
  • Synecdoche, New York 3.5
  • Taxi to the Dark Side 2.5
  • Teeth 2.5
  • Tell No One 2.5
  • The Theater of War 2.0
  • Then She Found Me 2.5
  • Timecrimes 3.0
  • To the Limit 2.5
  • The Tracey Fragments 2.5
  • Transsiberian 3.0
  • Trouble the Water 2.5
  • The Universe of Keith Haring 3.0
  • Valkyrie 3.0
  • Vicky Cristina Barcelona 3.0
  • Vince Vaughn's Wild West Comedy Show 2.5
  • The Visitor 2.5
  • Viva 2.5
  • W. 3.0
  • The Wackness 2.0
  • WALL-E 4.0
  • Wendy and Lucy 2.5
  • What Doesn't Kill You 2.5
  • What Happens in Vegas 0.0
  • What Just Happened 3.0
  • What We Do Is Secret 2.5
  • Where in the World Is Osama bin Laden? 0.0
  • Woman on the Beach 3.5
  • The Wrestler 3.5
  • You Don't Mess With the Zohan 1.5
  • Young@Heart 2.5
  • Young & Restless in China 2.5
  • Zack and Miri Make a Porno 2.5
  • Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait 2.0