Four more critics groups weighed in over the weekend with their choices for the best films of the year. First off, the AFI generated an unranked Top 10 list:
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Frost/Nixon
Frozen River
Gran Torino
Iron Man
Milk
WALL-E
Wendy and Lucy
The Wrestler
Meanwhile, the Boston Society Of Film Critics named Wall-E and Slumdog Millionaire as their co-winners for Best Movie, while the Alliance Of Women Film Journalists settled on Slumdog Millionaire exclusively, while also adding special awards for Hall Of Shame (27 Dresses), Best Depiction Of Nudity Or Sexuality (a tie between Elegy and The Reader) and Most Egregious Age Difference Between Leading Man And Love Interest (The Wackness).
Lastly, the Southeastern Film Critics Association—an organization of which your humble Newswire reporter is a member—weighed in with their choices for the best of the year, including the special Wyatt Award for the movie that "best embodies the essence of the south." The results are as follows:
BEST PICTURE
1. Milk
2. Slumdog Millionaire
3. WALL-E
4. The Dark Knight
5. The Wrestler
6. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
7. The Reader
8. The Visitor
9. Frost/Nixon
10. Revolutionary Road
BEST ACTOR
Sean Penn – Milk
* Runner-up: Mickey Rourke – The Wrestler
BEST ACTRESS
Anne Hathaway – Rachel Getting Married
* Runner-up: Kate Winslet, The Reader
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Heath Ledger – The Dark Knight
* Runner-up: Robert Downey, Jr. – Tropic Thunder
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Penelope Cruz – Vicky Cristina Barcelona
* Runner-up: Viola Davis – Doubt
BEST DIRECTOR
Danny Boyle – Slumdog Millionaire
* Runner-up: Gus Van Sant – Milk
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Dustin Lance Black – Milk
* Runner-up: Robert D. Siegel – The Wrestler
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Simon Beaufoy – Slumdog Millionaire
* Runner-up: Eric Roth and Robin Swicord – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM
Let the Right One In (Sweden)
* Runner-up: I've Loved You So Long (France)
BEST DOCUMENTARY
Man on Wire
* Runner-up: Young@Heart
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
WALL-E
* Runner-up: Kung Fu Panda
WYATT AWARD
Shotgun Stories
* Runner-up: The Order of Myths
And what about The A.V. Club's best of film lists? Those will be rolling out this week. Strap your sniping shoes on.