Boston Film Critics vote Wall-E, Slumdog Millionaire Best Movies of the Year

Posted on December 15, 2008

The Boston Society of Film Critics awarded top honours to Wall-E and Slumdog Millionaire in a vote for the Best Movies of the Year. This is the second big win for Wall-E coming from a critics’ association. The film already won the Best Picture Award from the Los Angeles Critics Association earlier this month.

Similarly, there were two actors to win Best Actor of the Year honours: Sean Penn for Milk and Mickey Rourke for The Wrestler.

Here is the complete list of winners:

BEST FILM
Slumdog Millionaire
Wall-E

BEST DIRECTOR
Gus Van Sant, Milk, Paranoid Park

BEST SCREENPLAY
Dustin Lance Black, Milk

BEST ACTRESS
Sally Hawkins, Happy-Go-Lucky

BEST ACTOR
Sean Penn, Milk
Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Penélope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST
Tropic Thunder

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Let the Right One in

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Man on Wire