Oscar 2009

Slumdog Millionaire – Christian Colson

• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button  – Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall e Ceán Chaffin
• Frost/Nixon – Ron Howard, Brian Grazer e Eric Fellner
• Milk – Bruce Cohen e Dan Jinks
• The Reader – Anthony Minghella, Sydney Pollack, Donna Gigliotti e Redmond Morris

Danny Boyle – Slumdog Millionaire

• David Fincher – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• Ron Howard – Frost/Nixon
• Gus Van Sant – Milk
• Stephen Daldry – The Reader

Sean Penn – Milk como Harvey Milk

• Richard Jenkins – The Visitor como Walter Vale
• Frank Langella – Frost/Nixon como Richard Nixon
• Brad Pitt – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button como Benjamin Button
• Mickey Rourke – The Wrestler como Rey "The Ram" Robinson

Kate Winslet – The Reader como Hanna Schmitz

• Anne Hathaway – Rachel Getting Married como Kym Buchman
• Angelina Jolie – Changeling como Christine Collins
• Melissa Leo – Frozen River como Ray Eddy
• Meryl Streep – Doubt como Sister Aloysius Beauvier

Heath Ledger – The Dark Knight como The Joker (Oscar Póstumo)

• Josh Brolin – Milk como Dan White
• Robert Downey Jr. – Tropic Thunder como Kirk Lazarus
• Philip Seymour Hoffman – Doubt como Father Brendan Flynn
• Michael Shannon – Revolutionary Road como John Givings Jr.

Penélope Cruz – Vicky Cristina Barcelona como María Elena

• Amy Adams – Doubt como Sister James
• Viola Davis – Doubt como Mrs. Miller
• Taraji P. Henson – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button como Queenie
• Marisa Tomei – The Wrestler como Cassidy/Pam

Milk – Dustin Lance Black

• Frozen River – Courtney Hunt
• Happy-Go-Lucky – Mike Leigh
• In Bruges – Martin McDonagh
• WALL-E – Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon e Pete Docter

Slumdog Millionaire – Simon Beaufoy

• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Eric Roth e Robin Swicord
• Doubt – John Patrick Shanley
• Frost/Nixon – Peter Morgan
• The Reader – David Hare

WALL-E – Andrew Stanton

• Bolt – Chris Williams e Byron Howard
• Kung Fu Panda – Mark Osborne e John Stevenson

Okuribito ( Japão) – Yōjirō Takita

• Der Baader Meinhof Komplex ( Alemanha) – Uli Edel
• Entre les murs ( França) – Laurent Cantet
• Revanche ( Áustria) – Götz Spielmann
• Waltz with Bashir ( Israel) – Ari Folman

Man on Wire – James Marsh e Simon Chinn

• The Betrayal - Nerakhoon – Ellen Kuras e Thavisouk Phrasavath
• Encounters at the End of the World – Werner Herzog e Henry Kaiser
• The Garden – Scott Hamilton Kennedy
• Trouble the Water – Carl Deal e Tia Lessin

Smile Pinki – Megan Mylan

• The Conscience of Nhem En – Steven Okazaki
• The Final Inch – Irene Taylor Brodsky e Tom Grant
• The Witness from the Balcony of Room 306 – Adam Pertofsky e Margaret Hyde

Spielzeugland — Jochen Alexander Freydank

• Manon sur le bitume — Elizabeth Marre e Olivier Pont
• New Boy — Steph Green e Tamara Anghie
• Auf der Strecke — Reto Caffi
• Grisen — Tivi Magnusson e Dorthe Warnø Høgh

La Maison en Petits Cubes – Kunio Katō

• Ubornaya istoriya - lyubovnaya istoriya – Konstantin Bronzit
• Oktapodi – Emud Mokhberi e Thierry Marchand
• Presto – Doug Sweetland
• This Way Up – Alan Smith e Adam Foulkes

Slumdog Millionaire – A. R. Rahman

• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Alexandre Desplat
• Defiance – James Newton Howard
• Milk – Danny Elfman
• WALL-E – Thomas Newman

"Jai Ho (You Are My Destiny)" de Slumdog Millionaire – A. R. Rahman e Gulzar

• "Down to Earth" de WALL-E – Peter Gabriel e Thomas Newman
• "O... Saya" de Slumdog Millionaire – A. R. Rahman e M.I.A.

The Dark Knight – Richard King

• Iron Man – Frank Eulner e Christopher Boyes
• Slumdog Millionaire – Glenn Freemantle e Tom Sayers
• WALL-E – Ben Burtt e Matthew Wood
• Wanted – Wylie Stateman

Slumdog Millionaire – Resul Pookutty, Richard Pryke e Ian Tapp

• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce e Mark Weingarten
• The Dark Knight – Lora Hirschberg, Gary Rizzo e Ed Novick
• WALL-E – Tom Myers , Michael Semanick e Ben Burtt
• Wanted – Chris Jenkins, Frank A. Montaño e Petr Forejt

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Donald Graham Burt e Victor J. Zolfo

• Changeling – James J. Murakami e Gary Fettis
• The Dark Knight – Nathan Crowley e Peter Lando
• The Duchess – Michael Carlin e Rebecca Alleway
• Revolutionary Road – Kristi Zea e Debra Schutt

Slumdog Millionaire – Anthony Dod Mantle

• Changeling – Tom Stern
• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Claudio Miranda
• The Dark Knight – Wally Pfister
• The Reader – Chris Menges e Roger Deakins

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Greg Cannom

• The Dark Knight – John Caglione Jr. e Conor O'Sullivan
• Hellboy II: The Golden Army – Mike Elizalde e Thom Floutz

The Duchess – Michael O'Connor

• Australia – Catherine Martin
• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Jacqueline West
• Milk – Danny Glicker
• Revolutionary Road – Albert Wolsky

Slumdog Millionaire – Chris Dickens

• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Kirk Baxter e Angus Wall
• The Dark Knight – Lee Smith
• Frost/Nixon – Mike Hill e Daniel P. Hanley
• Milk – Elliot Graham

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton e Craig Barron

• The Dark Knight – Nick Davis, Chris Corbould, Tim Webber e Paul Franklin
• Iron Man – John Nelson, Ben Snow, Dan Sudick e Shane Mahan