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44th NSFC Awards<br> <div style="padding-left: 15px"> January 3, 2010 </div>
Best Film: <br> <big> The Hurt Locker </big> </div>
The 44th National Society of Film Critics Awards, given on 3 January 2010, honored the best in film for 2009.
1. The Hurt Locker<br> 2. Summer Hours (L'Heure d'été)<br> 3. Inglourious Basterds
1. Kathryn Bigelow – The Hurt Locker<br> 2. Olivier Assayas – Summer Hours (L'Heure d'été)<br> 3. Wes Anderson – Fantastic Mr. Fox
1. Jeremy Renner – The Hurt Locker<br> 2. Jeff Bridges – Crazy Heart<br> 3. Nicolas Cage – '
1. Yolande Moreau – Séraphine<br> 2. Meryl Streep – Julie & Julia and Fantastic Mr. Fox<br> 3. Abbie Cornish – Bright Star
1. Paul Schneider – Bright Star (TIE)<br> 1. Christoph Waltz – Inglourious Basterds (TIE)<br> 3. Christian McKay – Me and Orson Welles
1. Mo'Nique – Precious<br> 2. Anna Kendrick – Up in the Air<br> 2. Samantha Morton – The Messenger
1. Joel Coen and Ethan Coen – A Serious Man<br> 2. Olivier Assayas – Summer Hours (L'Heure d'été)<br> 3. Quentin Tarantino – Inglourious Basterds
1. Christian Berger – The White Ribbon (Das weiÃÂe Band - Eine deutsche Kindergeschichte)<br> 2. Barry Ackroyd – The Hurt Locker<br> 3. Jan Troell and Mischa Gavrjusjov – Everlasting Moments (Maria Larssons eviga ögonblick)
1. Nelson Lowry – Fantastic Mr. Fox<br> 2. Rick Carter – Avatar<br> 3. Henry Selick – Coraline
1. Summer Hours (L'Heure d'été)<br> 2. Everlasting Moments (Maria Larssons eviga ögonblick)<br> 3. 35 Shots of Rum (35 rhums)<br> 3. Police, Adjective (PoliÃÂist, Adjectiv)
1. The Beaches of Agnès (Les plages d'Agnès)<br> 2. Tyson<br> 3. Anvil! The Story of Anvil