2009 National Board of Review – Top Ten Films Winner
![500 Days of Summer](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/500-days-of-summer-marc-webb-image.jpg)
500 Days of Summer
An offbeat romantic comedy about a woman who doesn’t believe true love exists, and the young man who falls for her.
![A Serious Man](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/a-serious-man-ethan-coen-joel-coen-image.jpg)
A Serious Man
Larry Gopnik, a Midwestern physics teacher, watches his life unravel over multiple sudden incidents. Though seeking meaning and answers amidst his turmoils, he seems to keep sinking.
![An Education](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/an-education-lone-scherfig-image.jpg)
An Education
A coming-of-age story about a teenage girl in 1960s suburban London, and how her life changes with the arrival of a playboy nearly twice her age.
![Inglourious Basterds](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/inglourious-basterds-quentin-tarantino-image.jpg)
Inglourious Basterds
In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a plan to assassinate Nazi leaders by a group of Jewish U.S. soldiers coincides with a theatre owner’s vengeful plans for the same.
![Invictus](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/invictus-clint-eastwood-image.jpg)
Invictus
Nelson Mandela, in his first term as President of South Africa, initiates a unique venture to unite the Apartheid-torn land: enlist the national rugby team on a mission to win the 1995 Rugby World Cup.
![Star Trek](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/star-trek-j.j.-abrams-image.jpg)
Star Trek
The brash James T. Kirk tries to live up to his father’s legacy with Mr. Spock keeping him in check as a vengeful Romulan from the future creates black holes to destroy the Federation one planet at a time.
![The Hurt Locker](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-hurt-locker-kathryn-bigelow-image.jpg)
The Hurt Locker
During the Iraq War, a Sergeant recently assigned to an army bomb squad is put at odds with his squad mates due to his maverick way of handling his work.
![The Messenger](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/the-messenger-oren-moverman-image.jpg)
The Messenger
An American soldier struggles with an ethical dilemma when he becomes involved with a widow of a fallen officer.
![Up](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/up-pete-docter-bob-petersonco-director-image.jpg)
Up
78-year-old Carl Fredricksen travels to Paradise Falls in his house equipped with balloons, inadvertently taking a young stowaway.
![Where the Wild Things Are](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/where-the-wild-things-are-spike-jonze-image.jpg)
Where the Wild Things Are
Yearning for escape and adventure, a young boy runs away from home and sails to an island filled with creatures that take him in as their king.