81th Annual Academy Award

Category Nominations

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1. ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
2. Sean Penn in Milk
3. Richard Jenkins in The Visitor
4. Frank Langella in Frost/Nixon
5. Brad Pitt in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
6. Mickey Rourke in The Wrestler

1. ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
2. Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight
3. Josh Brolin in Milk
4. Robert Downey Jr. in Tropic Thunder
5. Philip S. Hoffman in Doubt
6. Michael Shannon in Revolutionary Road

1. ART DIRECTION
2. The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
3. Changeling
4. The Dark Knight
5. The Duchess
6. Revolutionary Road

1. COSTUME DESIGN
2. The Duchess
3. Australia
4. The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
5. Milk
6. Revolutionary Road

1. DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
2. Man On Wire
3. The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)
4. Encounters At The End Of The World
5. The Garden
6. Trouble The Water

1. FILM EDITING
2. Slumdog Millionaire
3. The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
4. The Dark Knight
5. Frost/Nixon
6. Milk

1. ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
2. Wall-E
3. Bolt
4. Kung Fu Panda

1. MUSIC (SCORE)
2. Slumdog Millionaire
3. The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
4. Defiance
5. Milk
6. Wall-E

1. SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)
2. La Maison En Petits Cubes
3. Lavatory - Lovestory
4. Oktapodi
5. Presto
6. This Way Up

1. SOUND EDITING
2. The Dark Knight
3. Iron Man
4. Slumdog Millionaire
5. Wall-E
6. Wanted

1. VISUAL EFFECTS
2. The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
3. The Dark Knight
4. Iron Man

1. WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)
2. Slumdog Millionaire
3. The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
4. Doubt
5. Frost/Nixon
6. The Reader

1. ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
2. Kate Winslet in The Reader
3. Anne Hathaway in Rachel Getting Married
4. Angelina Jolie in Changeling
5. Melissa Leo in Frozen River
6. Meryl Streep in Doubt

1. ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
2. Penelope Cruz in Vicky Cristina Barcelona
3. Amy Adams in Doubt
4. Viola Davis in Doubt
5. Taraji P. Henson in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
6. Marisa Tomei in The Wrestler

1. CINEMATOGRAPHY
2. Slumdog Millionaire
3. Changeling
4. The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
5. The Dark Knight
6. The Reader

1. DIRECTING
2. Slumdog Millionaire
3. The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
4. Frost/Nixon
5. Milk
6. The Reader

1. DOCUMENTARY SHORT
2. Smile Pinki
3. The Conscience Of Nhem En
4. The Final Inch
5. The Witness - From The Balcony Of Room 306

1. FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
2. Departures
3. The Baader Meinhof Complex
4. The Class
5. Revanche
6. Waltz With Bashir

1. MAKEUP
2. The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
3. The Dark Knight
4. Hellboy II: The Golden Army

1. BEST PICTURE
2. Slumdog Millionaire
3. The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
4. Frost/Nixon
5. Milk
6. The Reader

1. SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)
2. Spielzeuglang (ToyLand)
3. Auf Der Strecke (On The Line)
4. Manon On The Asphalt
5. New Boy
6. The Pig

1. SOUND MIXING
2. Slumdog Millionaire
3. The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
4. The Dark Knight
5. Wall-E
6. Wanted

1. MUSIC (SONG)
2. "Jai Ho" in Slumdog Millionaire
3. "Down to Earth" in Wall-E
4. "O Sava" in Slumdog Millionaire

1. WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)
2. Milk
3. Frozen River
4. Happy-Go-Lucky
5. In Bruges
6. Wall-E