81st Academy Awards
Best Picture
- Winner · Slumdog Millionaire ✓
- Nominee · Frost/Nixon ✓
- Nominee · Milk ✓
- Nominee · The Curious Case of Benjamin Button ✓
- Nominee · The Reader ✓
Best Actor
- Winner · Milk · Sean Penn ✓
- Nominee · Frost/Nixon · Frank Langella ✓
- Nominee · The Curious Case of Benjamin Button · Brad Pitt ✓
- Nominee · The Visitor · Richard Jenkins ✓
- Nominee · The Wrestler · Mickey Rourke ✓
Best Actress
- Winner · The Reader · Kate Winslet ✓
- Nominee · Changeling · Angelina Jolie ✓
- Nominee · Doubt · Meryl Streep ✓
- Nominee · Frozen River · Melissa Leo ✓
- Nominee · Rachel Getting Married · Anne Hathaway ✓
Best Supporting Actor
- Winner · The Dark Knight · Heath Ledger ✓
- Nominee · Doubt · Philip Seymour Hoffman ✓
- Nominee · Milk · Josh Brolin ✓
- Nominee · Revolutionary Road · Michael Shannon ✓
- Nominee · Tropic Thunder · Robert Downey Jr. ✓
Best Supporting Actress
- Winner · Vicky Cristina Barcelona · Penélope Cruz ✓
- Nominee · Doubt · Viola Davis ✓
- Nominee · Doubt · Amy Adams ✓
- Nominee · The Curious Case of Benjamin Button · Taraji P. Henson ✓
- Nominee · The Wrestler · Marisa Tomei ✓
Best Director
- Winner · Slumdog Millionaire · Danny Boyle ✓
- Nominee · Frost/Nixon · Ron Howard ✓
- Nominee · Milk · Gus Van Sant ✓
- Nominee · The Curious Case of Benjamin Button · David Fincher ✓
- Nominee · The Reader · Stephen Daldry ✓
Best Original Screenplay
- Winner · Milk · Dustin Lance Black ✓
- Nominee · Frozen River · Courtney Hunt ✓
- Nominee · Happy-Go-Lucky · Mike Leigh ✓
- Nominee · In Bruges · Martin McDonagh ✓
- Nominee · WALL-E · Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon, Pete Docter ✓
Best Adapted Screenplay
- Winner · Slumdog Millionaire · Simon Beaufoy ✓
- Nominee · Doubt · John Patrick Shanley ✓
- Nominee · Frost/Nixon · Peter Morgan ✓
- Nominee · The Curious Case of Benjamin Button · Eric Roth, Robin Swicord ✓
- Nominee · The Reader · David Hare ✓
Best Animated Feature
- Winner · WALL-E ✓
- Nominee · Bolt ✓
- Nominee · Kung Fu Panda ✓
Best International Feature Film
- Winner · Departures ✓
- Nominee · Revanche ✓
- Nominee · The Baader Meinhof Complex ✓
- Nominee · The Class ✓
- Nominee · Waltz with Bashir ✓
Best Documentary Feature
- Winner · Man on Wire · Simon Chinn ✓
- Nominee · Encounters at the End of the World · Henry Kaiser ✓
- Nominee · The Betrayal – Nerakhoon · Thavisouk Phrasavath ✓
- Nominee · The Garden · Scott Hamilton Kennedy ✓
- Nominee · Trouble the Water · Carl Deal, Tia Lessin ✓
Best Original Score
- Winner · Slumdog Millionaire · A. R. Rahman ✓
- Nominee · Defiance · James Newton Howard ✓
- Nominee · Milk · Danny Elfman ✓
- Nominee · The Curious Case of Benjamin Button · Alexandre Desplat ✓
- Nominee · WALL-E · Thomas Newman ✓
Best Original Song
- Winner · Jai Ho from Slumdog Millionaire · A. R. Rahman, Gulzar ✓
- Nominee · Down to Earth from WALL-E · Peter Gabriel, Thomas Newman ✓
- Nominee · O…Saya from Slumdog Millionaire · A. R. Rahman, M.I.A. ✓
Best Cinematography
- Winner · Slumdog Millionaire · Anthony Dod Mantle ✓
- Nominee · Changeling · Tom Stern ✓
- Nominee · The Curious Case of Benjamin Button · Claudio Miranda ✓
- Nominee · The Dark Knight · Wally Pfister ✓
- Nominee · The Reader · Chris Menges, Roger Deakins ✓
Best Film Editing
- Winner · Slumdog Millionaire · Chris Dickens ✓
- Nominee · Frost/Nixon · Daniel P. Hanley, Mike Hill ✓
- Nominee · Milk · Elliot Graham ✓
- Nominee · The Curious Case of Benjamin Button · Angus Wall, Kirk Baxter ✓
- Nominee · The Dark Knight · Lee Smith ✓
Best Production Design
- Winner · The Curious Case of Benjamin Button · Donald Graham Burt, Victor J. Zolfo ✓
- Nominee · Changeling · Gary Fettis, James J. Murakami ✓
- Nominee · Revolutionary Road · Debra Schutt, Kristi Zea ✓
- Nominee · The Dark Knight · Nathan Crowley, Peter Lando ✓
- Nominee · The Duchess · Michael Carlin, Rebecca Alleway ✓
Best Costume Design
- Winner · The Duchess · Michael O'Connor ✓
- Nominee · Australia · Catherine Martin ✓
- Nominee · Milk · Danny Glicker ✓
- Nominee · Revolutionary Road · Albert Wolsky ✓
- Nominee · The Curious Case of Benjamin Button · Jacqueline West ✓
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
- Winner · The Curious Case of Benjamin Button · Greg Cannom ✓
- Nominee · Hellboy II: The Golden Army · Mike Elizalde, Thomas Floutz ✓
- Nominee · The Dark Knight · Conor O'Sullivan, John Caglione, Jr. ✓
Best Sound
- Winner · Slumdog Millionaire · Ian Tapp, Resul Pookutty, Richard Pryke ✓
- Nominee · The Curious Case of Benjamin Button · David Parker, Mark Weingarten, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce ✓
- Nominee · The Dark Knight · Ed Novick, Gary Rizzo, Lora Hirschberg ✓
- Nominee · WALL-E · Ben Burtt, Michael Semanick, Tom Myers ✓
- Nominee · Wanted · Chris Jenkins, Frank A. Montaño, Petr Forejt ✓
Best Visual Effects
- Winner · The Curious Case of Benjamin Button · Burt Dalton, Craig Barron, Eric Barba, Steve Preeg ✓
- Nominee · Iron Man · Ben Snow, Dan Sudick, John Nelson, Shane Mahan ✓
- Nominee · The Dark Knight · Chris Corbould, Nick Davis, Paul Franklin, Tim Webber ✓