Best Picture
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Frost/Nixon
Milk
The Reader
Slumdog Millionaire

Best Directing
David Fincher - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Ron Howard - Frost/Nixon
Gus Van Sant - Milk
Stephen Daldry - The Reader
Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire

Best Actor in a Leading Role
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 in a Leading Role
Anne Hathaway - Rachel Getting Married
Angelina Jolie - Changeling
Melissa Leo - Frozen River
Meryl Streep - Doubt
Kate Winslet - The Reader

Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Josh Brolin - Milk
Robert Downey Jr. - Tropic Thunder
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Doubt
Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight
Michael Shannon - Revolutionary Road

Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Amy Adams - Doubt
Penelope Cruz - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Viola Davis - Doubt
Taraji P. Henson - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Marisa Tomei - The Wrestler

Best Original screenplay
Courtney Hunt - Frozen River
Mike Leigh - Happy-Go-Lucky
Martin McDonagh - In Bruges
Dustin Lance Black - Milk
Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon, Pete Docter - WALL-E

Best Adapted screenplay
Eric Roth and Robin Swicord - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
John Patrick Shanley - Doubt
Peter Morgan - Frost/Nixon
David Hare - The Reader
Simon Beaufoy - Slumdog Millionaire

Best Original score
Alexandre Desplat - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
James Newton Howard - Defiance
Danny Elfman - Milk
A.R. Rahman - Slumdog Millionaire
Thomas Newman - WALL-E

Best Original song
Down to Earth - Music by Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman, Lyric by Peter Gabriel - WALL-E
Jai Ho - Music by A.R. Rahman, Lyric by Gulzar - Slumdog Millionaire
O Saya - Music and Lyric by A.R. Rahman and Maya Arulpragasam - Slumdog Millionaire

Best Editor
Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Lee Smith - The Dark Knight
Mike Hill and Dan Hanley - Frost/Nixon
Elliot Graham - Milk
Chris Dickens - Slumdog Millionaire

Best Cinematography
Tom Stern - Changeling
Claudio Miranda - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Wally Pfister - The Dark Knight
Chris Menges and Roger Deakins - The Reader
Anthony Dod Mantle - Slumdog Millionaire

Best Visual Effects
Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton and Craig Barron - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Nick Davis, Chris Corbould, Tim Webber and Paul Franklin - The Dark Knight
John Nelson, Ben Snow, Dan Sudick and Shane Mahan - Iron Man

Best Makeup
Greg Cannom - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
John Caglione, Jr. and Conor O’Sullivan - The Dark Knight
Mike Elizalde and Thom Floutz - Hellboy II: The Golden Army