Best Picture
Frost/Nixon												Milk												Slumdog Millionaire												The Curious Case of Benjamin Button												The Reader
Actor in a Leading Role
Brad Pitt (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button)												Frank Langella (Frost/Nixon)												Mickey Rourke (The Wrestler)												Richard Jenkins (The Visitor)												Sean Penn (Milk)
Actress in a Leading Role
Angelina Jolie (Changeling)												Anne Hathaway (Rachel Getting Married)												Kate Winslet (The Reader)												Melissa Leo (Frozen River)												Meryl Streep (Doubt)
Actor in a Supporting Role
Heath Ledger (The Dark Knight)												Josh Brolin (Milk)												Michael Shannon (Revolutionary Road)												Philip Seymour Hoffman (Doubt)												Robert Downey Jr. (Tropic Thunder)
Actress in a Supporting Role
Amy Adams (Doubt)												Marisa Tomei (The Wrestler)												Penélope Cruz (Vicky Cristina Barcelona)												Taraji P. Henson (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button)												Viola Davis (Doubt)
Directing
Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire)												David Fincher (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button)												Gus Van Sant (Milk)												Ron Howard (Frost/Nixon)												Stephen Daldry (The Reader)
Writing (Original Screenplay)
Frozen River												Happy-Go-Lucky												In Bruges												Milk												WALL-E
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
Doubt												Frost/Nixon												Slumdog Millionaire												The Curious Case of Benjamin Button												The Reader
Cinematography
Changeling												Slumdog Millionaire												The Curious Case of Benjamin Button												The Dark Knight												The Reader
Film Editing
Frost/Nixon												Milk												Slumdog Millionaire												The Curious Case of Benjamin Button												The Dark Knight
Art Direction
Changeling												Revolutionary Road												The Curious Case of Benjamin Button												The Dark Knight												The Duchess
Costume Design
Australia												Milk												Revolutionary Road												The Curious Case of Benjamin Button												The Duchess
Makeup
Hellboy II: The Golden Army																				The Curious Case of Benjamin Button																				The Dark Knight
Visual Effects
Iron Man																				The Curious Case of Benjamin Button																				The Dark Knight
Sound Editing
Iron Man												Slumdog Millionaire												The Dark Knight												WALL-E												Wanted
Sound Mixing
Slumdog Millionaire												The Curious Case of Benjamin Button												The Dark Knight												WALL-E												Wanted
Music (Original Score)
Defiance												Milk												Slumdog Millionaire												The Curious Case of Benjamin Button												WALL-E
Music (Original Song)
Down To Earth (WALL-E)																				Jai Ho (Slumdog Millionaire)																				O Saya (Slumdog Millionaire)
Foreign Language Film
Departures												Revanche												The Baader Meinhof Complex												The Class												Waltz with Bashir
Animated Feature Film
Bolt																				Kung Fu Panda																				WALL-E
Documentary (Feature)
Encounters at the End of the World												Man on Wire												The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)												The Garden												Trouble the Water
Short Film (Live Action)
Auf der Strecke (On the Line)												Manon on the Asphalt												New Boy												Spielzeugland (Toyland)												The Pig
Short Film (Animated)
La Maison en Petits Cubes												Lavatory - Lovestory												Oktapodi												Presto												This Way Up
Documentary (Short Subject)
Smile Pinki															The Conscience of Nhem En															The Final Inch															The Witness - From the Balcony of Room 306