Best Picture
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- Frost/Nixon
- The Reader
- Milk
- Slumdog Millionaire
Best Director
- David Fincher, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire
- Ron Howard, Frost/Nixon
- Gus van Sant, Milk
- Stephen Daldry, The Reader
Continue reading to check out the full list of 2009 Oscar Nominees! And keep checking back with the site as Phasekitty watches and takes a look at all of the nominees as we march towards the awards show.
Best Original Screenplay
- Frozen River
- Happy-Go-Lucky
- In Bruges
- WALL-E
- Milk
Best Adapted Screenplay
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- Frost/Nixon
- Doubt
- The Reader
- Slumdog Millionaire
Best Supporting Actress
- Amy Adams, Doubt
- Marisa Tomei, The Wrestler
- Penélope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
- Viola Davis, Doubt
- Taraji P Henson, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Best Actress
- Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married
- Melissa Leo, Frozen River
- Kate Winslet, The Reader
- Meryl Streep, Doubt
- Angelina Jolie, Changeling
Best Supporting Actor
- Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
- Josh Brolin, Milk
- Robert Downey Jr, Tropic Thunder
- Michael Shannon, Revolutionary Road
- Philip Seymour Hoffman, Doubt
Best Actor
- Richard Jenkins, The Visitor
- Brad Pitt, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- Frank Langella, Frost/Nixon
- Sean Penn, Milk
- Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler
Best Cinematography
- Tom Stern, Changeling
- Chris Menges, Roger Deakins, The Reader
- Anthony Dod Mantle, Slumdog Millionaire
- Claudio Miranda, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- Wally Pfister, The Dark Knight
Achievement in Art Design
- James J Murakami, Gary Fettis, Changeling
- Donald Graham Burt, Victor J Zolfo, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- Michael Carlin, Rebecca Alleway, The Duchess
- Kristi Zea, Debra Schutt, Revolutionary Road
- Nathan Crowley, Peter Lando, The Dark Knight
Achievement in Editing
- Kirk Baxter, Angus Wall, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- Elliot Graham, Milk
- Chris Dickens, Slumdog Millionaire
- Lee Smith, The Dark Knight
- Mike Hill, Dan Hanley, Frost/Nixon
Achievement in Visual Effects
- Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton, Craig Barron, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- John Nelson, Ben Snow, Dan Sudick, Shane Mahan, Iron Man
- Nick Davis, Chris Corbould, Tim Webber, Paul Franklin, The Dark Knight
Achievement in Costume Design
- Catherine Martin, Australia
- Jacqueline West, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- Danny Glicker, Milk
- Albert Wolsky, Revolutionary Road
- Michael O’Connor, The Duchess
Achievement in Makeup
- Greg Cannom, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- Mike Elizalde, Thom Floutz, Hellboy II: The Golden Army
- John Caglione, Jr, Conor O’Sullivan, The Dark Knight
Best Documentary Feature
- Ellen Kuras, Thavisouk Phrasavath, The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)
- Scott Hamilton Kennedy, The Garden
- James Marsh, Simon Chinn, Man On Wire
- Werner Herzog, Henry Kaiser, Encounters at the End of the World
- Tia Lessin, Carl Deal, Trouble the Water
Best Foreign Language Film
- The Baader Meinhof Complex (Germany)
- The Class (France)
- Revanche (Austria)
- Waltz With Bashir (Israel)
- Departures (Japan)
Best Animation
- Bolt
- WALL-E
- Kung Fu Panda
Best Original Song
- Down to Earth, WALL-E
- O Saya, Slumdog Millionaire
- Jai Ho, Slumdog Millionaire
Best Score
- Milk
- Slumdog Millionaire
- WALL-E
- Defiance
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Best Sound Editing
- The Dark Knight
- Iron Man
- Slumdog Millionaire
- WALL-E
- Wanted
Best Sound Mixing
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- The Dark Knight
- Slumdog Millionaire
- WALL-E
- Wanted
Best Short Film (Animated)
- La Maison En Petits Cubes
- Lavatory – Lovestory
- Oktapodi
- Presto
- This Way Up
Best Short Film (Live Action)
- Auf Der Strecke (On The Line)
- Manon On The Asphalt
- New Boy
- The Pig
- Spielzeugland (Toyland)
Best Documentary Short
- The Conscience of Nhiem En
- The Final Inch
- Smile Pinki
- The Witness – From The Balcony of Room 306
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