Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
* Slumdog Millionaire – Rubina Ali, Tanay Chheda, Ashutosh Lobo Gajiwala, Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail, Anil Kapoor, Irrfan Khan, Ayush Mahesh Khedekar, Tanvi Ganesh Lonkar, Madhur Mittal, Dev Patel, and Freida Pinto
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Mahershala Ali, Cate Blanchett, Jason Flemyng, Jared Harris, Taraji P. Henson, Elias Koteas, Julia Ormond, Brad Pitt, Phyllis Somerville, and Tilda Swinton
Doubt – Amy Adams, Viola Davis, Philip Seymour Hoffman, and Meryl Streep
Frost/Nixon – Kevin Bacon, Rebecca Hall, Toby Jones, Frank Langella, Matthew MacFadyen, Oliver Platt, Sam Rockwell, and Michael Sheen
Milk – Josh Brolin, Joseph Cross, James Franco, Victor Garber, Emile Hirsch, Diego Luna, Denis O’Hare, Sean Penn, and Alison Pill

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
* Sean Penn – Milk as Harvey Milk
Richard Jenkins – The Visitor as Walter Vale
Frank Langella – Frost/Nixon as Richard Nixon
Brad Pitt – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button as Benjamin Button
Mickey Rourke – The Wrestler as Randy “The Ram” Robinson

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
* Meryl Streep – Doubt as Sister Aloysius Beauvier
Anne Hathaway – Rachel Getting Married as Kym
Angelina Jolie – Changeling as Christine Collins
Melissa Leo – Frozen River as Ray Eddy
Kate Winslet – Revolutionary Road as April Wheeler

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
* Heath Ledger – The Dark Knight as The Joker (posthumous)
Josh Brolin – Milk as Dan White
Robert Downey Jr. – Tropic Thunder as Kirk Lazarus
Philip Seymour Hoffman – Doubt as Father Brendan Flynn
Dev Patel – Slumdog Millionaire as Jamal Malik

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
* 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
Taraji P. Henson – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button as Queenie

Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture
* The Dark Knight
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Iron Man
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