Mejor película

El curioso caso de Bejamin Button
Frost / Nixon
Milk
The reader
Slumdog millionaire

 

Actriz principal

Anne Hathaway (Rachel getting married)
Angelina Jolie (El sustituto - Changeling)
Melissa Leo (Frozen river)
Meryl Streep (Doubt)
Kate Winslet (The reader)

 

Actor principal

Richard Jenkins (The visitor)
Frank Langella (Frost / Nixon)
Sean Penn (Milk)
Brad Pitt (El curioso caso de Benjamin Button)
Mickey Rourke (El luchador)

 

Actriz de reparto

Amy Adams (Doubt)
Penélope Cruz (Vicky Cristina Barcelona)
Viola Davis (Doubt)
Taraji P. Hansen (El curioso caso de Benjamin Button)
Marisa Tomei (El luchador)

 

Actor de reparto

Josh Brolin (Milk)
Robert Downey Jr. (Tropic thunder)
Philip Seymour Hoffman (Doubt)
Heath Ledger (El caballero de la noche)
Michael Shannon (Revolutionary road)

 

Director

David Fincher (El curioso caso de Benjamin Button)
Ron Howard (Frost / Nixon)
Gus Van Sant (Milk)
Stephen Daldry (The reader)
Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire)

 

Mejor guión original

Courtney Hunt (Frozen river)
Mike Leigh (Happy Go Lucky)
Martin McDonagh (In Bruges)
Dustin Lance Black (Milk)
Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon, Pete Doctor (Wall-E)

 

Mejor guión adaptado

Eric Roth, Robin Swicord (El curioso caso de Benjamin Button)
John Patrick Shanley (Doubt)
Peter Morgan (Frost / Nixon)
David Hare (The Reader)
Simon Beaufoy (Slumdog Millionaire)

 

Mejor película extranjera

The Baader Meinhof Komplex (Alemania)
The Class (Francia)
Departures (Japón)
Revanche (Austria)
Waltz with Bashir (Israel)

 

Mejor película animada

Bolt
Kung Fu Panda
Wall-E

 

Dirección de arte

Changeling
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
The Duchess
Revolutionary Road

 

Cinematografía

Changeling
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
The Reader
Slumdog Millionaire

 

Mezcla de sonido

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Slumdog Millionaire
WALL-E
Wanted

 

Edición de sonido

The Dark Knight
Iron Man
Slumdog Millionaire
WALL-E
Wanted

 

Música original (banda sonora)

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Alexandre Desplat
Defiance, James Newton Howard
Milk, Danny Elfman
Slumdog Millionaire, A.R. Rahman
WALL-E, Thomas Newman

 

Canción original

''Down to Earth'' de ''WALL-E'', Peter Gabriel y Thomas Newman
''Jai Ho'' de ''Slumdog Millionaire'', A.R. Rahman y Gulzar
''O Saya'' de ''Slumdog Millionaire'', A.R. Rahman y Maya Arulpragasam.

 

Vestuario

''Australia''
''The Curious Case of Benjamin Button''
''The Duchess''
''Milk'', ''Revolutinary Road''

 

Largometraje documental

''The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)''
''Encounters at the End of the World''
''The Garden''
''Man on Wire''
''Trouble the Water''

 

Documental corto

''The Conscience of Nhem En''
''The Final Inch''
''Smile Pinki''
''The Witness _ From the Balcony of Room 306''

 

Edición

''The Curious Case of Benjamin Button''
''The Dark Knight''
''Frost/Nixon''
''Milk''
''Slumdog Millionaire''

 

Maquillaje

''The Curious Case of Benjamin Button''
''The Dark Knight''
''Hellboy II: The Golden Army''

 

Cortometraje animado

''La Maison en Petits Cubes''
''Lavatory _ Lovestory''
''Oktapodi''
''Presto''
''This Way Up''

 

Cortometraje acción

''Auf der Strecke (On the Line)''
''Manon on the Asphalt''
''New Boy''
''The Pig''
''Spielzeugland (Toyland)''

 

Efectos especiales

''The Curious Case of Benjamin Button''
''The Dark Knight''
''Iron Man''