| Actress In A Motion Picture, Drama |
| Melissa Leo |
Frozen River |
Sony Pictures Classics |
| Angelina Jolie |
Changeling |
Universal |
| Anne Hathaway |
Rachel Getting Married |
Sony Pictures Classics |
| Kristin Scott Thomas |
I’ve Loved You So Long |
Sony Pictures Classics |
| Meryl Streep |
Doubt |
Miramax Films |
| Kate Winslet |
The Reader |
The Weinstein Company |
| Actor In A Motion Picture, Drama |
| Mickey Rourke |
The Wrestler |
Fox Searchlight |
| Mark Ruffalo |
What Doesn't Kill You |
Yari Film Group |
| Richard Jenkins |
The Visitor |
Overture Films |
| Frank Langella |
Frost/Nixon |
Universal |
| Leonardo Dicaprio |
Revolutionary Road |
DreamWorks Pictures Paramount Vantage |
| Sean Penn |
Milk |
Focus Features |
| Actress In A Motion Picture, Comedy Or Musical |
| Sally Hawkins |
Happy-Go-Lucky |
Miramax Films |
| Meryl Streep |
Mamma Mia! |
Universal |
| Lisa Kudrow |
Kabluey |
Regent Releasing |
| Kat Dennings |
Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist |
Columbia Pictures |
| Catherine Deneuve |
A Christmas Tale |
IFC Films |
| Debra Messing |
Nothing Like the Holidays |
Overture Films |
| Actor In A Motion Picture, Comedy Or Musical |
| Ricky Gervais |
Ghost Town |
DreamWorks Pictures Spyglass Entertainment
|
| Sam Rockwell |
Choke |
Fox Searchlight |
| Josh Brolin |
W. |
Lionsgate |
| Michael Cera |
Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist |
Columbia Pictures |
| Brendan Gleeson | In Bruges | Focus Features |
| Mark Ruffalo | The Brothers Bloom | Summit Entertainment |
| Actress In A Supporting Role |
| Rosemarie DeWitt |
Rachel Getting Married |
Sony Pictures Classics |
| Penelope Cruz | Elegy |
Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| Anjelica Huston | Choke | Fox Searchlight |
| Sophie Okonedo |
The Secret Life of Bees |
Fox Searchlight |
| Emma Thompson | Brideshead Revisited | Miramax Films |
| Beyoncé Knowles | Cadillac Records | TriStar Pictures |
| Actor In A Supporting Role |
| Michael Shannon | Revolutionary Road | DreamWorks Pictures Paramount Vantage |
| Robert Downey, Jr. | Tropic Thunder | DreamWorks Pictures |
| Rade Sherbedgia | Fugitive Pieces | Samuel Goldwyn Films |
| James Franco |
Milk |
Focus Features |
| Heath Ledger | The Dark Knight | Warner Brothers |
| Philip Seymour Hoffman | Doubt | Miramax Films |
| Motion Picture, Drama |
| The Reader | | The Weinstein Company |
| Slumdog Millionaire | | Fox Searchlight |
| Revolutionary Road | | DreamWorks Pictures Paramount Vantage |
| Frost/Nixon | | Universal Pictures |
| Milk | | Focus Features |
| Frozen River | | Sony Pictures Classics |
| Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical |
| Happy-Go-Lucky | | Miramax Films |
| Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist | | Columbia Pictures |
| Vicky Cristina Barcelona | | The Weinstein Company |
| Tropic Thunder | |
DreamWorks Pictures |
| In Bruges | | Focus Features |
| Choke | | Fox Searchlight |
| Motion Picture, Foreign Language Film |
| Let the Right One In | Sweden |
Magnet Releasing |
| The Class |
France | Sony Pictures Classics |
| Sangre de mi Sangre | Argentina | IFC Films |
| Reprise | Norway | Miramax Films |
| Gomorrah | Italy | IFC Films |
| Caramel | Lebanon / France | Roadside Attractions |
| Motion Picture, Animated Or Mixed Media |
| The Tale of Despereaux | | Universal Pictures |
| Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who! | | Twentieth Century-Fox |
| WALL-E | | Pixar / Walt Disney Pictures |
| Bolt | | Walt Disney Pictures |
| Waltz With Bashir | | Sony Pictures Classics |
| The Sky Crawlers | | Sony Pictures Classics |
| Motion Picture, Documentary |
| Man on Wire* | | Magnolia Pictures |
| Pray the Devil Back to Hell | | Balcony Releasing |
| Encounters at the End of the World | | Discovery Films / THINKFilm |
| Religulous | | Lionsgate Films |
| Anita O'Day - The Life of a Jazz Singer* | | AOD Productions |
| Waltz With Bashir | | Sony Pictures Classics |
| (*TIE) |
| Director |
| Thomas McCarthy | The Visitor | Overture Films |
| Ron Howard | Frost/Nixon | Universal Pictures |
| Gus Van Sant | Milk | Focus Features |
| Christopher Nolan | The Dark Knight | Warner Brothers |
| Danny Boyle | Slumdog Millionaire | Fox Searchlight |
| Stephen Daldry | The Reader | The Weinstein Company |
| Screenplay, Original |
| Grant Nieporte |
Seven Pounds |
Columbia Pictures |
| Thomas McCarthy |
The Visitor |
Overture Films |
| Courtney Hunt | Frozen River | Sony Pictures Classics |
Baz Luhrmann & Stuart Beattie & Ronald Harwood & Richard Flanagan
Story by Baz Luhrmann | Australia |
Twentieth Century-Fox |
| Dustin Lance Black |
Milk |
Focus Features |
| Screenplay, Adapted |
| Eric Roth, Robin Swicord |
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button |
Paramount / Warner Bros. Pictures |
| Nicholas Meyer |
Elegy |
Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| John Patrick Shanley |
Doubt |
Miramax Films |
| Peter Morgan | Frost/Nixon | Universal Pictures |
| David Hare |
The Reader |
The Weinstein Company |
| Simon Beaufoy | Slumdog Millionaire | Fox Searchlight |
| Justin Haythe |
Revolutionary Road |
DreamWorks Pictures Paramount Vantage |
| Original Score |
| David Arnold |
Quantum of Solace |
Columbia Pictures |
| Thomas Newman |
WALL-E |
Pixar / Walt Disney Pictures |
| John Powell | Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who! | Twentieth Century-Fox |
| A.R. Rahman |
Slumdog Millionaire |
Fox Searchlight |
| Original Music by David Hirschfelder |
Australia | Twentieth Century-Fox |
| Danny Elfman | Milk | Focus Features |
| ORIGINAL SONG |
| ”Another Way to Die”/Jack White | Quantum of Solace | Columbia Pictures |
| "If the World”/Guns N' Roses | Body of Lies | Sony Pictures Classics |
| "Down to Earth”/Peter Gabriel | WALL-E | Walt Disney Studios |
“By the Boab Tree”/Music by Felix Meagher, Baz Luhrmann & Angela Little
Lyrics by Baz Luhrmann, Felix Meagher, Anton Monsted, Angela Little & Schuyler Weiss
Performed by Angela Little
Produced by BLAM, Felix Meagher & Angela Little
| Australia | Twentieth Century-Fox |
| “Jaiho”/ A.R. Rahman and Gulzar | Slumdog Millionaire | Fox Searchlight |
| “The Wrestler”/Bruce Springsteen |
The Wrestler |
Fox Searchlight |
| Cinematography |
| Jess Hall | Brideshead Revisited | Miramax Films |
| Gyula Pados | The Duchess | Paramount Vantage |
| Mandy Walker | Australia | Twentieth Century-Fox |
| Tim Orr | Snow Angels | Warner Independent Pictures |
| Tom Stern | Changeling | Universal Pictures |
| Claudio Miranda | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | Paramount / Warner Bros. Pictures |
| Visual Effects |
| Chris Corbould, Kevin Tod Haug | Quantum of Solace | Columbia Pictures |
| John Nelson, Shane Mahan, Dan Sudek, Ben Snow
|
Iron Man |
Paramount Pictures / Marvel |
| Nick Davis, Chris Corbould, Tim Webber, Paul Franklin |
The Dark Knight | Warner Brothers |
| Jeffrey A. Okun | The Day the Earth Stood Still | Twentieth Century-Fox |
| Chris Godfrey (VFX supervisor), James E. Price (VFX supervisor) Diana Giorgiutti (VFX producer) |
Australia | Twentieth Century-Fox |
| Film Editing |
| Matt Chessé, Richard Pearson | Quantum of Solace | Columbia Pictures |
| Dan Lebental | Iron Man | Paramount Pictures / Marvel |
| Lee Smith | The Dark Knight | Warner Brothers |
| Dody Dorn, Michael McCusker | Australia | Twentieth Century-Fox |
| Chris Dickens | Slumdog Millionaire | Fox Searchlight |
| Daniel P. Hanley, Mike Hill | Frost/Nixon | Universal Pictures |
| Sound (Mixing & Editing) |
| Eddy Joseph, Mike Prestwood Smith, Mark Taylor, Jimmy Boyle, Martin Cantwell | Quantum of Solace | Columbia Pictures |
| Christopher Boyes | Iron Man | Paramount Pictures / Marvel |
Richard King
Lora Hirschberg
Gary Rizzo | The Dark Knight | Warner Brothers |
Supervising Sound Editor/ADR/Sound Designer: Wayne Pashley, MPSE
Re-recording Mixers:
Andy Nelson & Anna Behlmer
|
Australia |
Twentieth Century-Fox |
| Ben Burtt, Matthew Wood |
WALL-E | Pixar / Walt Disney Pictures |
| William R. Dean, David Husby | The Day the Earth Stood Still | Twentieth Century-Fox |
| Art Direction & Production Design |
Production Designer: Catherine Martin
Supervising Art Director: Ian Gracie
Art Director: Karen Murphy
Set Decorator: Beverley Dunn |
Australia | Twentieth Century-Fox |
| Alice Normington | Brideshead Revisited | Miramax Films |
| Karen Wakefield, Michael Carlin | The Duchess | Paramount Vantage |
| Donald Graham Burt, Tom Reta | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | Paramount / Warner Bros. Pictures |
| Jon Billington, Martin Laing | City of Ember | Fox-Walden |
| Kristi Zea, Debra Schutt |
Revolutionary Road |
Paramount Vantage |
| Costume Design |
| Michael O'Connor |
The Duchess |
Paramount Vantage |
| Eimer Ni Mhaoldomhnaigh | Brideshead Revisited | Miramax Films |
| Catherine Martin | Australia | Twentieth Century-Fox |
| Patricia Field | Sex And The City | New Line Cinema |
| Ruth Myers | City of Ember | Fox-Walden |
| Jacqueline West | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | Paramount / Warner Bros. Pictures |
