Best Motion Picture – Drama
* Slumdog Millionaire
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Frost/Nixon
The Reader
Revolutionary Road

Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
* Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Burn After Reading
Happy-Go-Lucky
In Bruges
Mamma Mia!

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
* Mickey Rourke – The Wrestler as Randy “The Ram” Robinson
Leonardo DiCaprio – Revolutionary Road as Frank Wheeler
Frank Langella – Frost/Nixon as Richard Nixon
Brad Pitt – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button as Benjamin Button
Sean Penn – Milk as Harvey Milk

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama
* Kate Winslet – Revolutionary Road as April Wheeler
Anne Hathaway – Rachel Getting Married as Kym
Angelina Jolie – Changeling as Christine Collins
Meryl Streep – Doubt as Sister Aloysius Beauvier
Kristin Scott Thomas – I’ve Loved You So Long (Il y a longtemps que je t’aime) as Juliette Fontaine

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
* Colin Farrell – In Bruges as Ray
Javier Bardem – Vicky Cristina Barcelona as Juan Antonio Gonzalo
James Franco – Pineapple Express as Saul Silver
Brendan Gleeson – In Bruges as Ken
Dustin Hoffman – Last Chance Harvey as Harvey Shine

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
* Sally Hawkins – Happy-Go-Lucky as Pauline “Poppy” Cross
Rebecca Hall – Vicky Cristina Barcelona as Vicky
Frances McDormand – Burn After Reading as Linda Litzke
Meryl Streep – Mamma Mia! as Donna Carmichael
Emma Thompson – Last Chance Harvey as Kate Walker

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
* Heath Ledger – The Dark Knight as The Joker (posthumous)
Tom Cruise – Tropic Thunder as Les Grossman
Robert Downey Jr. – Tropic Thunder as Kirk Lazarus
Ralph Fiennes – The Duchess as William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire
Philip Seymour Hoffman – Doubt as Father Brendan Flynn

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
* Kate Winslet – The Reader as Hanna Schmitz
Amy Adams – Doubt as Sister James
Penélope Cruz – Vicky Cristina Barcelona as María Elena
Viola Davis – Doubt as Mrs. Miller
Marisa Tomei – The Wrestler as Cassidy

Best Director – Motion Picture
* Danny Boyle – Slumdog Millionaire
Stephen Daldry – The Reader
David Fincher – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Ron Howard – Frost/Nixon
Sam Mendes – Revolutionary Road

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

Best Original Song – Motion Picture
* “The Wrestler” (performed by Bruce Springsteen) – The Wrestler
“Down to Earth” (performed by Peter Gabriel) – WALL-E
“Gran Torino” (performed by Jamie Cullum) – Gran Torino
“I Thought I Lost You” (performed By Miley Cyrus and John Travolta) – Bolt
“Once in a Lifetime” (performed by Beyoncé Knowles) – Cadillac Records

Best Original Score – Motion Picture
* Slumdog Millionaire – A. R. Rahman
Changeling – Clint Eastwood
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Alexandre Desplat
Defiance – James Newton Howard
Frost/Nixon – Hans Zimmer

Best Foreign Language Film
* Waltz with Bashir (Vals im Bashir) • Israel
The Baader Meinhof Complex (Der Baader Meinhof Komplex) • Germany
Everlasting Moments (Maria Larssons eviga ögonblick) • Sweden/Denmark
Gomorrah (Gomorra) • Italy
I’ve Loved You So Long (Il y a longtemps que je t’aime) • France

Best Animated Feature Film
* WALL-E
Bolt
Kung Fu Panda