Phoenix Film Critics Society Award Winners

Best Picture 
Slumdog Millionaire 

Top Ten Films of 2008 (in alphabetical order) 
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button 
The Dark Knight 
Frost/Nixon 
In Bruges 
Milk 
The Reader 
Slumdog Millionaire 
The Visitor 
Wall-E 
The Wrestler 

Best Director 
Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire 

Best Performance by an Actor in a Lead Role 
Sean Penn, Milk 

Best Performance by an Actress in a Lead Role 
Meryl Streep, Doubt 

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role 
Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight 

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role 
Marisa Tomei, The Wrestler 

Best Acting Ensemble 
The cast of Milk 

Best screenplay written directly for the screen 
In Bruges 

Best screenplay adapted from another medium 
Slumdog Millionaire 

Best Live Action Family Film 
High School Musical 3: Senior Year 

Best Overlooked Film 
In Bruges 

Best Animated Film 
Wall-E 

Best Foreign Language Film 
Let the Right One In 

Best Documentary 
Man on Wire 

Best Original Song 
“The Wrestler” from The Wrestler 

Best Original Score 
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button 

Best Cinematography 
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button 

Best Film Editing 
Slumdog Millionaire 

Best Production Design 
The Dark Knight 

Best Costume Design 
The Duchess 

Best Visual Effects 
The Dark Knight 

Best Stunts 
The Dark Knight 

Breakout on Camera 
Dev Patel, Slumdog Millionaire 

Breakout Behind the Camera 
Martin McDonagh, In Bruges 

Best Performance by a Youth - Male 
Ayush Mahesh Khedekar, Slumdog Millionaire 

Best Performance by a Youth - Female 
Dakota Fanning, Secret Life of Bees 

Who got a boost?:

• Marisa Tomei. Slowly but surely she's catching up to Penelope Cruz.
• In Bruges. A spot on the Top 10 list, a Breakout award, and most importantly, an Original Screenplay award; these are huge boost for early release, which seemed doomed to be completely overlooked.
• Meryl Streep for Best Actress.

Who got snubbed?:

• Revolutionary Road.
• Australia for artistic and technical awards.
• Iron Man for Visual Effects.