Nominalizatii la editia din 2009 a Oscarurilor:

1. Cel mai bun actor in rol principal

Richard Jenkins – The Visitor
Frank Langella – Frost/Nixon
Sean Penn – Milk
Brad Pitt – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Mickey Rourke – The Wrestler

2. Cea mai buna actrita in rol principal

Anne Hathaway – Rachel Getting Married
Angelina Jolie – Changeling
Melissa Leo – Frozen River
Meryl Streep – Doubt
Kate Winslet – The Reader

3. Cel mai bun actor in rol secundar

Josh Brolin – Milk
Robert Downey Jr. – Tropic Thunder
Philip Seymour Hoffman – Doubt
Heath Ledger – The Dark Knight
Michael Shannon – Revolutionary Road

4. Cea mai buna actrita in rol secundar

Amy Adams – Doubt
Penelope Cruz – Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Viola Davis – Doubt
Taraji P. Henson – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Marisa Tomei – The Wrestler

5. Cel mai bun regizor

David Fincher – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Ron Howard – Frost/Nixon
Gus Van Sant – Milk
Stephe Daldry – The Reader
Danny Boyle – Slumdog Millionaire

6. Cel mai bun film

The curious case of Benjamin Button
Slumdog Millionaire
Frost/Nixon
The Reader
Milk

7. Cel mai bun film de animatie

Bolt
Kung Fu Panda
WALL•E

8. Cel mai bun film strain

Der Baader Meinhof Komplex – Germania
Entre les murs – Franta
Revanche – Austria
Okuribito – Japonia
Vals Im Bashir – Israel

9. Cel mai bun scenariu original

Frozen
Happy-Go-Lucky
In Bruges
Milk
Wall-E

10. Cel mai bun scenariu adaptat

Eric Roth – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
John Patrick Shanley – Doubt
Peter Morgan - Frost/Nixon
David Hare – The Reader
Simon Beaufoy – Slumdog Millionaire

11. Cel mai bun score

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

12. Cel mai bun cantec original

Slumdog Millionaire – A.R. Rahman, Gulzar (“Jai Ho”)
Slumdog Millionaire – A.R. Rahman, Maya Arulpragasam (“O Saya”)
WALL·E - Peter Gabriel, Thomas Newman (“Down to Earth”)

13. Cea mai buna cinematografie

Changeling – Universal – Tom Stern
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Paramount si Warner Bros. -  Claudio Miranda
The Dark Knight – Warner Bros. – Wally Pfister
The Reader - The Weinstein Company – Chris Menges si Roger Deakins
Slumdog Millionaire – Fox Searchlight – Anthony Dod Mantle

14. Cel mai bun montaj

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Paramount si Warner Bros.), Kirk Baxter si Angus Wall
The Dark Knight (Warner Bros.), Lee Smith
Frost/Nixon (Universal), Mike Hill si Dan Hanley
Milk (Focus Features), Elliot Graham
Slumdog Millionaire (Fox Searchlight), Chris Dickens

15. Cel mai bun machiaj

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Paramount si Warner Bros.), Greg Cannom
The Dark Knight (Warner Bros.), John Caglione, Jr. si Conor O’Sullivan
Hellboy II: The Golden Army (Universal), Mike Elizalde si Thom Floutz

16. Cel mai bun montaj de sunet

The Dark Knight (Warner Bros.), Richard King
Iron Man (Paramount and Marvel Entertainment), Frank Eulner si Christopher Boyes
Slumdog Millionaire (Fox Searchlight), Tom Sayers
WALL-E (Walt Disney), Ben Burtt si Matthew Wood
Wanted (Universal),Wylie Stateman

17. Cele mai bune efecte speciale

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Paramount si Warner Bros.), Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton si Craig Barron
The Dark Knight (Warner Bros.), Nick Davis, Chris Corbould, Tim Webber si Paul Franklin
Iron Man (Paramount si Marvel Entertainment), John Nelson, Ben Snow, Dan Sudick si Shane Mahan