BEST PICTURE
Slumdog Millionaire
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
Frost/ Nixon
Milk
The Reader
BEST ACTOR
Richard Jenkins - The Visitor
Frank Langella - Frost/Nixon
Sean Penn - Milk
Brad Pitt - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler
BEST ACTRESS
Anne Hathaway - Rachel Getting Married
Angelina Jolie - Changeling
Melissa Leo - Frozen River
Meryl Streep - Doubt
Kate Winslet - The Reader
SUPPORTING ACTOR
Josh Brolin - Milk
Robert Downey Jr. - Tropic Thunder
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Doubt
Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight
Michael Shannon - Revolutionary Road
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Adams - Doubt
Penelope Cruz - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Viola Davis - Doubt
Taraji P. Henson - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Marisa Tomei - The Wrestler
DIRECTOR
David Fincher
Ron Howard
Gus Van Sant
Stephen Daldry
Danny Boyle
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Courtney Hunt - Frozen River
Mike Leigh - Happy-Go-Lucky
Martin - In Bruges
Dustin Lance Black - Milk
Andrew Stanton - WALL-E
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Eric Roth and Robin Swicord - Benjamin Button
John Patrick Shanley - Doubt
Peter Morgan - Frost/Nixon
David Hare - The Reader
Simon Beaufoy - Slumdog Millionaire
FOREIGN LANGUAGE
Der Baader Meinhof Komplex
The Class
Departures
Revanche
Waltz with Bashir
ANIMATED
Bolt
Kung Fun Panda
WALL-E
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Slumdog Millionaire
Changeling
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
The Reader
MAKEUP
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
COSTUME DESIGN
The Duchess
Australia
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Milk
Revolutionary Road
ART DIRECTION
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Changeling
The Dark Knight
The Duchess
Revolutionary Road
SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)
La Maison En Petits Cubes
Lavatory-Lovestory
Oktapodi
Presto
This Way Up
MUSIC (SONG)
'Jai-Ho' - Slumdog Millionaire
'Down to Earth' - Wall-E
'O Saya' - Slumdog Millionaire
MUSIC (SCORE)
Slumdog MIllionaire
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
Defiance
Milk
Wall-E
FILM EDITING
Slumdog Millionaire
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Frost/ Nixon
Milk
SOUND MIXING
Slumdog Millionaire
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Wall-E
Wanted
Sound Editing
The Dark Knight
Iron Man
Slumdog Millionaire
Wall-E
Wanted
VISUAL EFFECTS
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Iron Man