2008 St. Louis Film Critics Association Awards

5th SLGFCA Awards

December 15, 2008

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Best Film:
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

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Best Director:
Danny Boyle
Slumdog Millionaire

The 5th St. Louis Film Critics Association Awards were awarded on December 15, 2008.

Winners and nominees

Best Actor

• Sean Penn – Milk as Harvey Milk ^[1]
  • Frank Langella – Frost/Nixon
  • Richard Jenkins – The Visitor
  • Mickey Rourke – The Wrestler
  • Leonardo DiCaprio – Revolutionary Road

Best Actress

• Kate Winslet – Revolutionary Road as April Wheeler and The Reader as Hanna Schmidtz ^[1]
  • Angelina Jolie – Changeling
  • Cate Blanchett – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
  • Anne Hathaway – Rachel Getting Married

Best Animated Film

• WALL-E ^[1]
  • Kung Fu Panda
  • Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
  • Bolt
  • Chicago 10
  • Waltz With Bashir

Best cinematography

• Australia – Mandy Walker
  • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Claudio Miranda
  • The Dark Knight – Wally Pfister
  • Revolutionary Road – Roger Deakins
  • Slumdog Millionaire – Anthony Dod Mantle
  • Milk – Harris Savides

Best Director

• Danny Boyle – Slumdog Millionaire
  • Ron Howard – Frost/Nixon
  • David Fincher – The Curious Case of BenjaminButton
  • Gus Van Sant – Milk
  • Christopher Nolan – The Dark Knight

Best Documentary Film

• Man on Wire ^[1]
  • Body of War
  • Pray the Devil Back to Hell
  • Shine a Light
  • Standard Operating Procedure

Best Film

• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button ^[1]
  • Milk
  • Slumdog Millionaire
  • The Dark Knight
  • Frost/Nixon

Best Film – Comedy

• Burn After Reading ^[1]
  • Zack and Miri Make a Porno
  • Tropic Thunder
  • Forgetting Sarah Marshall
  • Role Models

Best Foreign Language Film

• Slumdog Millionaire • India/UK/United States
  • Let the Right One In • Sweden
  • The Class • France
  • I've Loved You So Long • France
  • Tell No One • France

Best Music

• The Visitor ^[1]
  • Gran Torino
  • WALL-E
  • Cadillac Records
  • The Dark Knight

Best Screenplay

• Frost/Nixon – Peter Morgan ^[1]
  • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Eric Roth and Robin Swicord
  • Gran Torino – Nick Schenk
  • Slumdog Millionaire – Simon Beaufoy
  • Milk – Dustin Lance Black

Best Supporting Actor

• Heath Ledger – The Dark Knight as The Joker posthumous win ^[1]
  • Josh Brolin – Milk
  • Robert Downey Jr. – Tropic Thunder
  • Michael Shannon – Revolutionary Road
  • Jeffrey Wright – Cadillac Records
  • John Malkovich – Burn After Reading

Best Supporting Actress

• Viola Davis – Doubt as Mrs. Miller ^[1]
  • Taraji P. Henson – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
  • Penélope Cruz – Vicky Cristina Barcelona
  • Marisa Tomei – The Wrestler
  • Frances McDormand – Burn After Reading
  • Amy Adams – Doubt

Best Visual Effects

• The Dark Knight ^[1]
  • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
  • Iron Man
  • Speed Racer
  • WALL-E
  • Synecdoche, New York

Most Original, Innovative or Creative Film

• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button ^[1]
  • Wall-E
  • Speed Racer
  • Waltz With Bashir
  • Slumdog Millionaire
  • Synecdoche, New York

References

1. "St. Louis Film Critics". June 17, 2010. Archived from the original on June 17, 2010. Retrieved March 11, 2025.