2008 National Board of Review – Top Independent Films Winner
![Frozen River](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/frozen-river-courtney-hunt-image.jpg)
Frozen River
A mom looks for another source of income, when her husband leaves with the money meant for the new mobile home. A nearby Indian territory stretches across the border to Canada with a drivable frozen river between. Smugling?
![Hallam Foe](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/hallam-foe-david-mackenzie-image.jpg)
Hallam Foe
Hallam’s talent for spying on people reveals his darkest fears-and his most peculiar desires. Driven to expose the true cause of his mother’s death, he instead finds himself searching the rooftops of the city for love.
![In Bruges](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/in-bruges-martin-mcdonagh-image.jpg)
In Bruges
Guilt-stricken after a job gone wrong, hitman Ray and his partner await orders from their ruthless boss in Bruges, Belgium, the last place in the world Ray wants to be.
![In Search of a Midnight Kiss](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/in-search-of-a-midnight-kiss-image.jpg)
In Search of a Midnight Kiss
Broke and alone on New Year’s Eve, Wilson just wants to spend the rest of a very bad year in bed. But, when his best friend convinces him to post a personal ad, he meets a woman bent on finding the right guy to be with at midnight.
![Rachel Getting Married](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/rachel-getting-married-jonathan-demme-image.jpg)
Rachel Getting Married
A young woman who has been in and out of rehab for the past ten years, returns home for the weekend for her sister’s wedding.
![Snow Angels](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/snow-angels-david-gordon-green-image.jpg)
Snow Angels
A drama that interweaves the life of a teenager, with his old baby sitter, her estranged husband, and their daughter.
![Son of Rambow](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/son-of-rambow-garth-jennings-image.jpg)
Son of Rambow
During a long English summer in the early 1980s, two schoolboys from differing backgrounds set out to make a film inspired by First Blood (1982).
![The Visitor](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-visitor-tom-mccarthy-image.jpg)
The Visitor
A college professor travels to New York City to attend a conference and finds a young couple living in his apartment.
![Vicky Cristina Barcelona](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/vicky-cristina-barcelona-woody-allen-image.jpg)
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Two friends on a summer holiday in Spain become enamored with the same painter, unaware that his ex-wife, with whom he has a tempestuous relationship, is about to re-enter the picture.
![Wendy and Lucy](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/wendy-and-lucy-kelly-reichardt-image.jpg)
Wendy and Lucy
Over the summer, a series of unfortunate happening triggers a financial crisis for a young woman and she soon finds her life falling apart.