Performance by an actor in a leading role
Richard Jenkins in “The Visitor”
Frank Langella in “Frost/Nixon”
Sean Penn in “Milk” WINNER
Brad Pitt in “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
Mickey Rourke in “The Wrestler”
Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Josh Brolin in “Milk”
Robert Downey Jr. in “Tropic Thunder”
Philip Seymour Hoffman in “Doubt”
Heath Ledger in “The Dark Knight” WINNER
Michael Shannon in “Revolutionary Road”
Performance by an actress in a leading role
Anne Hathaway in “Rachel Getting Married”
Angelina Jolie in “Changeling”
Melissa Leo in “Frozen River”
Meryl Streep in “Doubt”
Kate Winslet in “The Reader” WINNER
Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Amy Adams in “Doubt”
Penélope Cruz in “Vicky Cristina Barcelona” WINNER
Viola Davis in “Doubt” (Miramax)
Taraji P. Henson in “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
Marisa Tomei in “The Wrestler”
Best animated feature film of the year
“Bolt”
“Kung Fu Panda”
“WALL-E” WINNER
Achievement in art direction
“Changeling”
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” WINNER
“The Dark Knight”
“The Duchess”
“Revolutionary Road”
Achievement in cinematography
“Changeling”
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
“The Dark Knight” (Warner Bros.)
“The Reader” (The Weinstein Company)
“Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight) WINNER
Achievement in costume design
“Australia”
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” West
“The Duchess” WINNER
“Revolutionary Road”
Achievement in directing
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
“Frost/Nixon” (Universal)
“Milk” (Focus Features)
“The Reader”
“Slumdog Millionaire” WINNER
Best documentary feature
“The Betrayal
“Encounters at the End of the World”
“The Garden”
“Man on Wire” WINNER
“Trouble the Water”
Best documentary short subject
“The Conscience of Nhem En”
“The Final Inch”
“Smile Pinki” WINNER
“The Witness – From the Balcony of Room 306” A
Achievement in film editing
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
“The Dark Knight” (Warner Bros.)
“Frost/Nixon”
“Milk”
“Slumdog Millionaire” WINNER
Best foreign language film of the year
“The Baader Meinhof Complex”
“The Class”
“Departures” WINNER
“Revanche”
“Waltz with Bashir”
Achievement in makeup
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” WINNER
“The Dark Knight” (Warner Bros.)
“Hellboy II: The Golden Army”
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
“Defiance” (Paramount Vantage)
“Milk” (Focus Features)
“Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight) WINNER
“WALL-E” (Walt Disney)
Achievement in music written for motion pictures
“Down to Earth” from “WALL-E”
“Jai Ho” from “Slumdog Millionaire” WINNER
“O Saya” from “Slumdog Millionaire”
Best motion picture of the year
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
“Frost/Nixon” (Universal)
“Milk” (Focus Features)
“The Reader”
“Slumdog Millionaire” WINNER
Best animated short film
“La Maison en Petits Cubes” WINNER
“Lavatory – Lovestory”
“Oktapodi”
“Presto”
“This Way Up”
Best live action short film
“Auf der Strecke
“Manon on the Asphalt”
“New Boy”
“The Pig”
“Spielzeugland (Toyland)” WINNER
Achievement in sound editing
“The Dark Knight” WINNER
“Iron Man”
“Slumdog Millionaire”
“WALL-E”
“Wanted”
Achievement in sound mixing
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
“The Dark Knight” (Warner Bros.),
“Slumdog Millionaire” WINNER
“WALL-E”
“Wanted”
Achievement in visual effects
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” WINNER
“The Dark Knight”
“Iron Man”
Adapted screenplay
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
“Doubt”
“Frost/Nixon”
“The Reader”
“Slumdog Millionaire” WINNER
Original screenplay
“Frozen River”
“Happy-Go-Lucky”
“In Bruges”
“Milk” WINNER
“WALL-E”
