81st Academy Award Winners

BEST PICTURE

• “Slumdog Millionaire"
• “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
• “Frost/Nixon"
• “Milk"
• “The Reader"

BEST ACTRESS

• Kate Winslet, “The Reader"
• Anne Hathaway, “Rachel Getting Married"
• Angelina Jolie, “Changeling"
• Melissa Leo, “Frozen River"
• Meryl Streep, “Doubt"

BEST ACTOR

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

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

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

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

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

BEST DIRECTOR

• Danny Boyle, “Slumdog Millionaire"
• Stephen Daldry, “The Reader"
• David Fincher, “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
• Ron Howard, “Frost/Nixon"
• Gus Van Sant, “Milk"

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

• Dustin Lance Black, “Milk"
• Courtney Hunt, “Frozen River"
• Mike Leigh, “Happy-Go-Lucky"
• Martin McDonagh, “In Bruges"
• Andrew Stanton, and Jim Reardon;
• original story by Stanton and Pete Docter"WALL-E"

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

• Simon Beaufoy, “Slumdog Millionaire"
• David Hare, “The Reader"
• Peter Morgan, “Frost/Nixon"
• John Patrick Shanley, “Doubt"

• BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

  • “Departures" (Japan)
  • “The Baader-Meinhof Complex" (Germany)
  • “The Class" (France)
  • “Revanche" (Austria)
  • “Waltz with Bashir" (Israel)

  BEST ANIMATED FILM

  • “WALL-E"
  • “Bolt"
  • “Kung Fu Panda"

  BEST ART DIRECTION

  • “The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button"
  • “Changeling"
  • “The Dark Knight"
  • “The Duchess"
  • “Revolutionary Road"

  BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

  • “Slumdog Millionaire," Anthony Dod Mantle
  • “Changeling" Tom Stern
  • “The Reader," Chris Menges
  • “The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button," Claudio Miranda
  • “The Dark Knight," Wally Pfister

  BEST FILM EDITING

  • “Slumdog Millionaire," Chris Dickens
  • “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," Kirk Baxter, Angus Wall
  • “The Dark Knight," Lee Smith
  • “Frost/Nixon," Daniel P. Hanley, Mike Hill
  • “Milk," Elliot Graham

  BEST COSTUME DESIGN

  • “The Duchess," Michael O'Conner
  • “Australia," Catherine Martin
  • “The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button," Jacqueline West
  • “Milk", Danny Glicker
  • “Revolutionary Road," Albert Wolsky

  BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

  • “Man on Wire"
  • “The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)"
  • “Encounters at the End of the World"
  • “The Garden"
  • “Trouble the Water"

  BEST ORIGINAL SONG

  • “Slumdog Millionaire," “Jai Ho"
  • “Slumdog Millionaire," “O Saya"
  • “WALL-E," “Down To Earth"

  BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

  • “Slumdog Millionaire," A.R. Rahman
  • “The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button," Alexandre Desplat
  • “Defiance," James Newton Howard
  • “Milk," Danny Elfman
  • “WALL-E," Thomas Newman

  BEST MAKEUP

  • “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
  • “The Dark Knight"
  • “Hellboy II: The Golden Army"

  BEST SOUND EDITING

  • “The Dark Knight"
  • “Iron Man"
  • “Slumdog Millionaire"
  • “WALL-E"
  • “Wanted"

  BEST SOUND MIXING

  • “Slumdog Millionaire"
  • “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
  • “The Dark Knight"
  • “WALL-E"
  • “Wanted"

  BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

  • “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
  • “The Dark Knight"
  • “Iron Man"

  BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM

  • “Auf der Strecke (On the Line)"
  • “Manon on the Asphalt"
  • “New Boy"
  • “The Pig"
  • “Spielzeugland (Toyland)"

  BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM

  • “La Maison en Petits Cubes"
  • “Lavatory - Lovestory"
  • “Oktapodi"
  • “Presto"
  • “This Way Up"

  BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM

  • “Smile Pinki"
  • “The Conscience of Nhem En"
  • “The Final Inch"
  • “The Witness - From the Balcony of Room 306"