Oscar Nominations 2009
BEST PICTURE NOMINATIONS
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- Frost/Nixon
- Milk
- The Reader
- Slumdog Millionaire
BEST ACTOR NOMINATIONS
- Richard Jenkins - The Visitor
- Frank Langella - Frost/Nixon
- Sean Penn - Milk
- Brad Pitt - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler
BEST ACTRESS NOMINATIONS
- Anne Hathaway - Rachel Getting Married
- Angelina Jolie - Changeling
- Melissa Leo - Frozen River
- Meryl Streep - Doubt
- Kate Winslet - The Reader
SUPPORTING ACTOR NOMINATIONS
- Josh Brolin - Milk
- Robert Downey Jr. - Tropic Thunder
- Philip Seymour Hoffman - Doubt
- Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight
- Michael Shannon - Revolutionary Road
SUPPORTING ACTRESS NOMINATIONS
- Amy Adams - Doubt
- Penelope Cruz - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
- Viola Davis - Doubt
- Taraji P. Henson - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- Marisa Tomei - The Wrestler
DIRECTOR NOMINATIONS
- David Fincher
- Ron Howard
- Gus Van Sant
- Stephen Daldry
- Danny Boyle
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY NOMINATIONS
- Courtney Hunt - Frozen River
- Mike Leigh - Happy-Go-Lucky
- Martin - In Bruges
- Dustin Lance Black - Milk
- Andrew Stanton - WALL-E
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY NOMINATIONS
- Eric Roth and Robin Swicord - Benjamin Button
- John Patrick Shanley - Doubt
- Peter Morgan - Frost/Nixon
- David Hare - The Reader
- Simon Beaufoy - Slumdog Millionaire
FOREIGN LANGUAGE NOMINATIONS
- Der Baader Meinhof Komplex
- The Class
- Departures
- Revanche
- Waltz with Bashir
ANIMATED NOMINATIONS
- Bolt
- Kung Fun Panda
- WALL-E