Performance by an 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

Performance by an actor in a supporting role:

Josh Brolin Milk

Robert Downey Jr. Tropic Thunder

Philip Seymour Hoffman Doubt

Heath Ledger The Dark Knight

Michael Shannon The Reader

Performance by an actress in a leading role:

Anne Hathaway Rachel Getting Married

Angelina Jolie Changeling

Melissa Leo Frozen River

Meryl Streep Doubt

Kate Winslet The Reader

Performance by an 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

Achievement in 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

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

Adapted screenplay:

Eric Roth & 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 foreign language film of the year:

The Baader Meinhof Complex - Germany

The Class - France

Departures - Japan

Revanche - Austria

Waltz with Bashir - Israel

Best animated feature film of the year:

WALL-E

Kung Fu Panda

Bolt

Best motion picture of the year:

Milk

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

The Reader

Frost/Nixon

Slumdog Millionaire

Achievement in art direction:

Changeling

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

The Dark Knight

The Duchess

Revolutionary Road

Achievement in cinematography:

Changeling

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

The Dark Knight

The Reader

Slumdog Millionaire

Achievement in costume design:

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Australia

The Duchess

Milk

Revolutionary Road

Best documentary feature:

The Betrayal

Encounters at the End of the World

The Garden

Man on Wire

Trouble the Water

Best documentary short subject:

Bold|The Conscience of Nhem En

The Final Inch

Smile Pinki

The Witness - From the Balcony of Room 306

Achievement in film editing:

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

The Dark Knight

Milk

Slumdog Millionaire

Frost/Nixon

Achievement in makeup:

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

The Dark Knight

Hellboy II: The Golden Army

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (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

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (original song):

"Down to Earth" from WALL-E

"Jai Ho" from Slumdog Millionaire

"O Saya" from Slumdog Millionaire

Best animated short film:

La Maison en Petits Cubes

Lavatory Love Story

Oktapodi

Presto

This Way Up

Best live action short film:

On the Line

Manon on the Asphalt

New Boy

Pig

Toyland

Achievement in sound editing:

The Dark Knight

Iron Man

Wanted

WALL-E

Slumdog Millionaire

Achievement in sound mixing:

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

The Dark Knight

Wanted

Slumdog Millionaire

WALL-E

Achievement in visual effects:

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

The Dark Knight

Iron Man