Performance by an actor in a leading role- Melhor Actor Principal
Richard Jenkins in “The Visitor”
Frank Langella in “Frost/Nixon”
Sean Penn in “Milk”
Brad Pitt in “
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
Mickey Rourke in “
The Wrestler”
Performance by an actor in a supporting role- Melhor actor secundário
Josh Brolin in “Milk”
Robert Downey Jr. in “Tropic Thunder”
Philip Seymour Hoffman in “Doubt”
Heath Ledger in “The Dark Knight”
Michael Shannon in “Revolutionary Road”
Performance by an actress in a leading role- Melhor Actriz Principal
Anne Hathaway in “Rachel Getting Married”
Angelina Jolie in “
Changeling”
Melissa Leo in “Frozen River”
Meryl Streep in “Doubt”
Kate Winslet in “The Reader”
Performance by an actress in a supporting role- Melhor actriz secundária
Amy Adams in “Doubt”
Penélope Cruz in “Vicky Cristina Barcelona”
Viola Davis in “Doubt”
Taraji P. Henson in “
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
Marisa Tomei in “
The Wrestler”
Best animated feature film of the year- Melhor filme de animação
“Bolt” (Walt Disney), Chris Williams and Byron Howard
“Kung Fu Panda” (DreamWorks Animation, Distributed by Paramount), John Stevenson and Mark Osborne
“WALL-E” (Walt Disney), Andrew Stanton
Achievement in directing- Melhor Realização
“
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button",
David Fincher“Frost/Nixon”, Ron Howard
“Milk”,
Gus Van Sant “The Reader”, Stephen Daldry
“
Slumdog Millionaire”,
Danny Boyle Best documentary feature- Melhor Documentário
“The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)", A Pandinlao Films Production, Ellen Kuras and Thavisouk Phrasavath
“Encounters at the End of the World", A Creative Differences Production, Werner Herzog and Henry Kaiser
“The Garden” A Black Valley Films Production, Scott Hamilton Kennedy
“Man on Wire”, A Wall to Wall Production, James Marsh and Simon Chinn
“Trouble the Water”, An Elsewhere Films Production, Tia Lessin and Carl Deal
Best foreign language film of the year- Melhor filme estrangeiro
“The Baader Meinhof Complex”, A Constantin Film Production, Germany
“The Class”, A Haut et Court Production, France
“Departures”, A Departures Film Partners Production, Japan
“Revanche”, A Prisma Film/Fernseh Production, Austria
“Waltz with Bashir”, A Bridgit Folman Film Gang Production, Israel
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)- Melhor Banda Sonora Original
“
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”, Alexandre Desplat
“
Defiance”, James Newton Howard
“Milk”, Danny Elfman
“
Slumdog Millionaire”, A.R. Rahman
“WALL-E”, Thomas Newman
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)- Melhor música Original
“Down to Earth” from “WALL-E”, Music by Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman, Lyric by Peter Gabriel
“Jai Ho” from “
Slumdog Millionaire”, Music by A.R. Rahman, Lyric by Gulzar
“O Saya” from “
Slumdog Millionaire”, Music and Lyric by A.R. Rahman and Maya Arulpragasam
Best motion picture of the year- Melhor Filme
“
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”, A Kennedy/Marshall Production, Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall and Ceán Chaffin, Producers
“Frost/Nixon”, A Universal Pictures, Imagine Entertainment and Working Title Production, Brian Grazer, Ron Howard and Eric Fellner, Producers
“Milk”, A Groundswell and Jinks/Cohen Company Production, Dan Jinks and Bruce Cohen, Producers
“The Reader”, A Mirage Enterprises and Neunte Babelsberg Film GmbH Production, Nominees to be determined
“
Slumdog Millionaire”, A Celador Films Production, Christian Colson, Producer
Best animated short film- Melhor curta de animação
“La Maison en Petits Cubes” A Robot Communications Production, Kunio Kato
“Lavatory - Lovestory” A Melnitsa Animation Studio and CTB Film Company Production, Konstantin Bronzit
“Oktapodi”, A Gobelins, L’école de l’image Production, Emud Mokhberi and Thierry Marchand
“Presto”, A Pixar Animation Studios Production, Doug Sweetland
“This Way Up” A Nexus Production, Alan Smith and Adam Foulkes
Best live action short film- Melhor curta
“Auf der Strecke (On the Line)”, An Academy of Media Arts Cologne Production, Reto Caffi
“Manon on the Asphalt”, A La Luna Production, Elizabeth Marre and Olivier Pont
“New Boy”, A Zanzibar Films Production, Steph Green and Tamara Anghie
“The Pig” An M & M Production, Tivi Magnusson and Dorte Høgh
“Spielzeugland (Toyland)” A Mephisto Film Production, Jochen Alexander Freydank
Adapted screenplay- Melhor Argumento Adaptado
“
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”, Screenplay by Eric Roth, Screen story by Eric Roth and Robin Swicord
“Doubt”, Written by John Patrick Shanley
“Frost/Nixon”, Screenplay by Peter Morgan
“The Reader”, Screenplay by David Hare
“
Slumdog Millionaire”, Screenplay by Simon Beaufoy
Original screenplay- Melhor Argumento Original
“Frozen River”, Written by Courtney Hunt
“Happy-Go-Lucky”, Written by Mike Leigh
“
In Bruges”, Written by Martin McDonagh
“Milk”, Written by Dustin Lance Black
“WALL-E”, Screenplay by Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon, Original story by Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter