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| THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON (Kennedy/Marshall Company, Rastar Productions; Paramount Pictures) Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall and Ceán Chaffin, Producers |
| FROST/NIXON (Imagine Entertainment, Working Title Films; Universal Pictures) Brian Grazer, Ron Howard and Eric Fellner, Producers |
| MILK (Groundswell Productions, Jinks/Cohen Company; Focus Features) Dan Jinks and Bruce Cohen, Producers |
| THE READER (Mirage Enterprises, Neunte Babelsberg Film GmbH; The Weinstein Company) Nominees to be determined |
| Winner | SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE (Celador Films, Film4; Fox Searchlight Pictures) Christian Colson, Producer |
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| Winner | Danny Boyle, SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE (Celador Films, Film4; Fox Searchlight Pictures) |
| Stephen Daldry, THE READER (Mirage Enterprises, Neunte Babelsberg Film GmbH; The Weinstein Company) |
| David Fincher, THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON (Kennedy/Marshall Company, Rastar Productions; Paramount Pictures) |
| Ron Howard, FROST/NIXON (Imagine Entertainment, Working Title Films; Universal Pictures) |
| Gus Van Sant, MILK (Groundswell Productions, Jinks/Cohen Company; Focus Features) |
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| Richard Jenkins, THE VISITOR (Groundswell Productions, Participant Productions; Overture Films) |
| Frank Langella, FROST/NIXON (Imagine Entertainment, Working Title Films; Universal Pictures) |
| Winner | Sean Penn, MILK (Groundswell Productions, Jinks/Cohen Company; Focus Features) |
| Brad Pitt, THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON (Kennedy/Marshall Company, Rastar Productions; Paramount Pictures) |
| Mickey Rourke, THE WRESTLER (Protozoa Pictures, Saturn Films, Wild Bunch; Fox Searchlight Pictures) |
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| Anne Hathaway, RACHEL GETTING MARRIED (Clinica Estetico, Marc Platt Productions; Sony Pictures Classics) |
| Angelina Jolie, CHANGELING (Imagine Entertainment, Malpaso Productions, Relativity Media; Universal Pictures) |
| Melissa Leo, FROZEN RIVER (Harwood Hunt Productions, The Cohen Media Group , OffHollywood Pictures; Sony Pictures Classics) |
| Meryl Streep, DOUBT (Scott Rudin Productions; Miramax Films) |
| Winner | Kate Winslet, THE READER (Mirage Enterprises, Neunte Babelsberg Film GmbH; The Weinstein Company) |
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| Josh Brolin, MILK (Groundswell Productions, Jinks/Cohen Company; Focus Features) |
| Robert Downey Jr., TROPIC THUNDER (Red Hour Films) |
| Philip Seymour Hoffman, DOUBT (Scott Rudin Productions; Miramax Films) |
| Winner | Heath Ledger, THE DARK KNIGHT (Syncopy Films; Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution) |
| Michael Shannon, REVOLUTIONARY ROAD (Neal Street Productions, Evamere Entertainment, BBC Films; Paramount Vantage) |
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| Amy Adams, DOUBT (Scott Rudin Productions; Miramax Films) |
| Winner | Penélope Cruz, VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA (Mediapro, Gravier Productions, Antena 3 TV; MGM Distribution Company, The Weinstein Company) |
| Viola Davis, DOUBT (Scott Rudin Productions; Miramax Films) |
| Taraji P. Henson, THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON (Kennedy/Marshall Company, Rastar Productions; Paramount Pictures) |
| Marisa Tomei, THE WRESTLER (Protozoa Pictures, Saturn Films, Wild Bunch; Fox Searchlight Pictures) |
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| BAADER MEINHOF COMPLEX (Germany) (Constantin Film, Nouvelles Editions de Films, Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR), Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR), Westdeutscher Rundfunk (W) |
| THE CLASS (France) (Haut et Court, France 2 Cinema; Sony Pictures Classics) |
| Winner | DEPARTURES (Japan) (Asahi Shimbunsha, Dentsu, Mainichi Hoso, Sedic International Inc, Shochiku Company, Ltd., Shogakukan Production Company, Tokyo B; Regent Releasing) |
| REVANCHE (Austria) (Prisma Film/Fernseh; Janus Films) |
| WALTZ WITH BASHIR (Israel) (Bridgit Folman Film Gang, Les Films d Ici, Razor Film Produktion; Sony Pictures Classics) |
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| Winner | Written by Dustin Lance Black, MILK (Groundswell Productions, Jinks/Cohen Company; Focus Features) |
| Written by Courtney Hunt, FROZEN RIVER (Harwood Hunt Productions, The Cohen Media Group , OffHollywood Pictures; Sony Pictures Classics) |
| Written by Mike Leigh, HAPPY-GO-LUCKY (Potboiler Productions, Ingenious Film Partners, Film4, Summit Entertainment, LLC, Thin Man Films, Ltd., Untitled 06 Distribution; Miramax Films) |
| Written by Martin McDonagh, IN BRUGES (Blue Print Pictures; Focus Features) |
| Screenplay by Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon, Original story by Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter, WALL-E (Pixar Animation Studios; Buena Vista Pictures Distribution) |
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| Winner | Screenplay by Simon Beaufoy, SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE (Celador Films, Film4; Fox Searchlight Pictures) |
| Screenplay by David Hare, THE READER (Mirage Enterprises, Neunte Babelsberg Film GmbH; The Weinstein Company) |
| Screenplay by Peter Morgan, FROST/NIXON (Imagine Entertainment, Working Title Films; Universal Pictures) |
| Screenplay by Eric Roth, Screen story by Eric Roth and Robin Swicord, THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON (Kennedy/Marshall Company, Rastar Productions; Paramount Pictures) |
| Written by John Patrick Shanley, DOUBT (Scott Rudin Productions; Miramax Films) |
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| "Down To Earth" - WALL-E (Pixar Animation Studios; Buena Vista Pictures Distribution) Music By Peter Gabriel, Thomas Newman, Lyrics By Peter Gabriel |
| Winner | "Jai Ho" - SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE (Celador Films, Film4; Fox Searchlight Pictures) Music By A.R. Rahman, Lyrics By Gulzar |
| "O Saya" - SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE (Celador Films, Film4; Fox Searchlight Pictures) Music and Lyrics By A.R. Rahman and Maya Arulpragasam |
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| THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON (Kennedy/Marshall Company, Rastar Productions; Paramount Pictures) Alexandre Desplat |
| DEFIANCE (Bedford Falls Company, Grosvenor Park; Paramount Vantage) James Newton Howard |
| MILK (Groundswell Productions, Jinks/Cohen Company; Focus Features) Danny Elfman |
| Winner | SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE (Celador Films, Film4; Fox Searchlight Pictures) A.R. Rahman |
| WALL-E (Pixar Animation Studios; Buena Vista Pictures Distribution) Thomas Newman |
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| CHANGELING (Imagine Entertainment, Malpaso Productions, Relativity Media; Universal Pictures) Tom Stern |
| THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON (Kennedy/Marshall Company, Rastar Productions; Paramount Pictures) Claudio Miranda |
| THE DARK KNIGHT (Syncopy Films; Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution) Wally Pfister |
| THE READER (Mirage Enterprises, Neunte Babelsberg Film GmbH; The Weinstein Company) Chris Menges and Roger Deakins |
| Winner | SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE (Celador Films, Film4; Fox Searchlight Pictures) Anthony Dod Mantle |
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| THE BETRAYAL (NERAKHOON) (Pandinlao Films LLC; Cinema Guld, Cinema Guild, Inc.) Ellen Kuras and Thavisouk Phrasavath |
| ENCOUNTERS AT THE END OF THE WORLD (Creative Differences Productions; ThinkFilm, Image Entertainment) Werner Herzog and Henry Kaiser |
| THE GARDEN (Black Valley Films) Scott Hamilton Kennedy |
| Winner | MAN ON WIRE (Discovery Channel Productions, BBC (Main Listing), U.K. Film Council, Wall to Wall Productions, Red Box Films; Magnolia Pictures, Discovery Channel Productions) James Marsh and Simon Chinn |
| TROUBLE THE WATER (Louverture Films, Elsewhere Films; Zeitgeist Films) Tia Lessin and Carl Deal |
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| BOLT (Walt Disney Feature Animation, Stormcoast Pictures; Buena Vista Pictures Distribution) Chris Williams and Byron Howard |
| KUNG FU PANDA (Pacific Data Images; Paramount Pictures) John Stevenson and Mark Osborne |
| Winner | WALL-E (Pixar Animation Studios; Buena Vista Pictures Distribution) Andrew Stanton |
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| Winner | THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON (Kennedy/Marshall Company, Rastar Productions; Paramount Pictures) Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton and Craig Barron |
| THE DARK KNIGHT (Syncopy Films; Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution) Nick Davis, Chris Corbould, Tim Webber and Paul Franklin |
| IRON MAN (Marvel Studios, Fairview Entertainment, Marvel Entertainment; Paramount Pictures) John Nelson, Ben Snow, Dan Sudick and Shane Mahan |
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| AUSTRALIA (Bazmark Films, Dune Entertainment, Ingenious Film Partners; 20th Century Fox Distribution) Catherine Martin |
| THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON (Kennedy/Marshall Company, Rastar Productions; Paramount Pictures) Jacqueline West |
| Winner | THE DUCHESS (Qwerty Films, Magnolia Mae Productions, BBC Films, Pathe Renn Productions, BIM Distribuzione; Paramount Vantage) Michael O’Connor |
| MILK (Groundswell Productions, Jinks/Cohen Company; Focus Features) Danny Glicker |
| REVOLUTIONARY ROAD (Neal Street Productions, Evamere Entertainment, BBC Films; Paramount Vantage) Albert Wolsky |
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| THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON (Kennedy/Marshall Company, Rastar Productions; Paramount Pictures) David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce and Mark Weingarten |
| THE DARK KNIGHT (Syncopy Films; Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution) Lora Hirschberg, Gary Rizzo and Ed Novick |
| Winner | SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE (Celador Films, Film4; Fox Searchlight Pictures) Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke and Resul Pookutty |
| WALL-E (Pixar Animation Studios; Buena Vista Pictures Distribution) Tom Myers, Michael Semanick and Ben Burtt |
| WANTED (Spyglass Entertainment Holdings, LLC, Relativity Media, Kickstart Productions, Marc Platt Productions, Top Cow Entertainment; Universal Pictures) Chris Jenkins, Frank A. Montaño and Petr Forejt |
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| Winner | THE DARK KNIGHT (Syncopy Films; Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution) Richard King |
| IRON MAN (Marvel Studios, Fairview Entertainment, Marvel Entertainment; Paramount Pictures) Frank Eulner and Christopher Boyes |
| SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE (Celador Films, Film4; Fox Searchlight Pictures) Tom Sayers |
| WALL-E (Pixar Animation Studios; Buena Vista Pictures Distribution) Ben Burtt and Matthew Wood |
| WANTED (Spyglass Entertainment Holdings, LLC, Relativity Media, Kickstart Productions, Marc Platt Productions, Top Cow Entertainment; Universal Pictures) Wylie Stateman |
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| THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON (Kennedy/Marshall Company, Rastar Productions; Paramount Pictures) Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall |
| THE DARK KNIGHT (Syncopy Films; Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution) Lee Smith |
| FROST/NIXON (Imagine Entertainment, Working Title Films; Universal Pictures) Mike Hill and Dan Hanley |
| MILK (Groundswell Productions, Jinks/Cohen Company; Focus Features) Elliot Graham |
| Winner | SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE (Celador Films, Film4; Fox Searchlight Pictures) Chris Dickens |
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| CHANGELING (Imagine Entertainment, Malpaso Productions, Relativity Media; Universal Pictures) Art Direction: James J. Murakami, Set Decoration: Gary Fettis |
| Winner | THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON (Kennedy/Marshall Company, Rastar Productions; Paramount Pictures) Art Direction: Donald Graham Burt, Set Decoration: Victor J. Zolfo |
| THE DARK KNIGHT (Syncopy Films; Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution) Art Direction: Nathan Crowley, Set Decoration: Peter Lando |
| THE DUCHESS (Qwerty Films, Magnolia Mae Productions, BBC Films, Pathe Renn Productions, BIM Distribuzione; Paramount Vantage) Art Direction: Michael Carlin, Set Decoration: Rebecca Alleway |
| REVOLUTIONARY ROAD (Neal Street Productions, Evamere Entertainment, BBC Films; Paramount Vantage) Art Direction: Kristi Zea, Set Decoration: Debra Schutt |
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| Winner | THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON (Kennedy/Marshall Company, Rastar Productions; Paramount Pictures) Greg Cannom |
| THE DARK KNIGHT (Syncopy Films; Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution) John Caglione, Jr. and Conor O’Sullivan |
| HELLBOY II: THE GOLDEN ARMY (Relativity Media, Dark Horse Entertainment, Lawrence Gordon Productions; Universal Pictures, Sony Pictures Releasing) Mike Elizalde and Thom Floutz |
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| THE CONSCIENCE OF NHEM EN (Farallon Films) Steven Okazaki |
| THE FINAL INCH (Vermilion Films) Irene Taylor Brodsky and Tom Grant |
| Winner | SMILE PINKI (Principe) Megan Mylan |
| THE WITNESS - FROM THE BALCONY OF ROOM 306 (Rock Paper Scissors) Adam Pertofsky and Margaret Hyde |
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| AUF DER STRECKE (ON THE LINE) (Academy of Media Arts Cologne; Short Film Agency Hamburg) Reto Caffi |
| MANON ON THE ASPHALT (La Luna) Elizabeth Marre and Olivier Pont |
| NEW BOY (Zanzibar Films) Steph Green and Tamara Anghie |
| THE PIG (M & M Production; Danish Filminstitute) Tivi Magnusson and Dorte Høgh |
| Winner | SPIELZEUGLAND (TOYLAND) (Mephisto Film) Jochen Alexander Freydank |
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| Winner | LA MAISON EN PETITS CUBES (Robot Communications) Kunio Kato |
| LAVATORY - LOVESTORY (Melnitsa Animation Studio and CTB Film Company) Konstantin Bronzit |
| OKTAPODI (Gobelins, L’école de l’image) Emud Mokhberi and Thierry Marchand |
| PRESTO (Pixar Animation Studios; Walt Disney Pictures) Doug Sweetland |
| THIS WAY UP (Nexus) Alan Smith and Adam Foulkes |
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