Best Actor
Richard Jenkins, The Visitor
Frank Langella, Frost/Nixon
Sean Penn, Milk
Brad Pitt, Benjamin Button
Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler
Best Supporting Actor
Josh Brolin, Milk
Robert Downey Jr., Tropic Thunder
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Doubt
Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
Michael Shannon, Revolutionary Road
Best Actress
Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married
Angelina Jolie, Changeling
Melissa Leo, Frozen River
Meryl Streep, Doubt
Kate Winslet, The Reader
Best Supporting Actress
Amy Adams, Doubt
Penelope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Viola Davis, Doubt
Taraji P. Henson, Benjamin Button
Marisa Tomei, The Wrestler
Best Picture
Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Frost/Nixon
Milk
The Reader
Slumdog Millionaire
Best Director
David Fincher, Benjamin Button
Ron Howard, Frost/Nixon
Gus Van Sant, Milk
Stephen Daldry, The Reader
Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire
Best Foreign Film
Baader Meinhof Complex
The Class
Departures
Revanche
Waltz with Bashir
Best Animated Film
Bolt
Kung Fu Panda
WALL-E

Achievement in Art Direction
Changeling
Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
The Duchess
Revolutionary Road
Achievement in Cinematography
Changeling
Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
The Reader
Slumdog Millionaire
Achievement in Costume Design
Australia
Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Duchess
Milk
Revolutionary Road
Best Documentary
The Betrayal
Encounters at the End of the World
The Garden
Man on Wire
Trouble the Water
Best Documentary Short
The Conscience of Nhem En
The Final Inch
Smile Pinki
The Witness
Achievement in Film Editing
Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Frost/Nixon
Milk
Slumdog Millionaire
Achievement in Makeup
Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Best Original Score
Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Defiance
Milk
Slumdog Millionaire
WALL-E

Best Original Song
Down to Earth, WALL-E
Jai Ho, Slumdog Millionaire
O Saya, Slumdog Millionaire
Best Animated Short
La Maison en Petits Cubes
Lavatory - Lovestory
Oktapodi
Presto
This Way Up
Best Live Action Short
Auf der Strecke (On the Line)
Manon on the Asphalt
New Boy
The Pig
Spielzeugland (Toyland)
Achievement in Sound Editing
The Dark Knight
Iron Man
Slumdog Millionaire
WALL-E
Wanted
Achievement in Sound Mixing
Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Slumdog Millionaire
WALL-E
Wanted
Best Visual Effects
Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Iron Man
Best Adapted Screenplay
Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Doubt
Frost/Nixon
The Reader
Slumdog Millionaire
Best Original Screenplay
Frozen
Happy-Go-Lucky
In Bruges
Milk
WALL-E