Best Feature-Length Film
1. 4 Months, 3 Weeks and
2 Days
2. Man on Wire
3. WALL*E
4. Chop Shop
5. Waltz with Bashir
6. Taxi to the Dark Side
7. Flight of the Red Balloon
8. Rachel Getting Married
9. Wendy and Lucy
10. In Bruges
Best Lead Performance, Male
1. Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler
2. Richard Jenkins, The Visitor
3. Frank Langella, Frost/Nixon
4. Sean Penn, Milk
5. Colin Farrell, In Bruges
Best Lead Performance, Female
1. Juliette Binoche, Flight
of the Red Balloon
2. Sally Hawkins, Happy-Go-Lucky
3. Michelle Williams, Wendy
and Lucy
4. Anamaria Marinca, 4 Months,
3 Weeks and 2 Days
5. Meryl Streep, Doubt
Best Supporting Performance,
Male
1. Heath Ledger, The Dark
Knight
2. Brendan Gleeson, In Bruges
3. Javier Bardem, Vicky Cristina
Barcelona
4. Eddie Marsan, Happy-Go-Lucky
5. Michael Shannon, Revolutionary Road
Best Supporting Performance,
Female
1. Rosemarie DeWitt, Rachel
Getting Married
2. Penelope Cruz, Vicky Cristina
Barcelona
3. Hanna Schygulla, The Edge
of Heaven
4. Viola Davis, Doubt
5. Alexis Zegerman, Happy-Go-Lucky
Best Direction
1. Cristian Mungiu, 4 Months,
3 Weeks and 2 Days
2. James Marsh, Man on Wire
3. Andrew Stanton, WALL*E
4. Ramin Bahrani, Chop Shop
5. Jonathan Demme, Rachel
Getting Married
Best Screenplay
(original or adapted)
1. Andrew Stanton and Jim Reardon,
WALL*E
2. Martin McDonagh, In Bruges
3. John Patrick Shanley, Doubt
4. Jenny Lumet, Rachel Getting
Married
5. Mike Leigh et al, Happy-Go-Lucky
Best Cinematography
(film or video)
1. Alexis Zabe, Silent Light
2. Mark Lee Ping Bing, Flight
of the Red Balloon
3. Anthony Dod Mantle, Slumdog
Millionaire
4. Darius Khondji, My Blueberry
Nights
5. Declan Quinn, Rachel Getting
Married
Best Music
(original, adapted, or compiled)
1. Jon Brion, Synecdoche,
New York
2. Alexandre Desplat, The
Curious Case of Benjamin Button
3. Thomas Newman, WALL*E
4. A.R. Rahman, Slumdog Millionaire
5. Danny Elfman, Milk
Best Cinematic Moment
1. “Sweding" montage, Be
Kind Rewind
2. Poppy’s flamenco lesson,
Happy-Go-Lucky
3. The kiss, Silent Light
4. Chase through Paris, Tell No One
5. A punch to the nose, Burn
After Reading
6. Ram's speech before Ayatollah
match, The Wrestler
7. The pool, Let the Right
One In
8. Getting rid of the evidence,
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
9. Toasting the couple, Rachel
Getting Married
10. Dance/Finale, The Secret
of the Grain
Best Cinematic Breakthrough
1. Martin McDonagh, In Bruges
2. Alejandro Polanco, Chop
Shop
3. James Franco, Milk,
Pineapple Express
4. Kåre Hedebrant, Let the
Right One In
5. Hafsia Herzi, The Secret
of the Grain
Best Body of Work
1. Richard Jenkins - Burn
After Reading, The Visitor, Step Brothers,
The Tale of Despereaux
2. Robert Downey, Jr. - Charlie
Bartlett, Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk (cameo), Tropic Thunder
3. Gus Van Sant - Milk,
Paranoid Park
4. Philip Seymour Hoffman - Synecdoche,
New York, Doubt
5. Kate Winslet - Revolutionary Road, The Reader
Best Ensemble Performance
1. Rachel Getting Married
2. Vicky Cristina Barcelona
3. In Bruges
4. A Christmas Tale
5. Doubt
Best Movie-Related Web Site
1. A.V. Club
2. The House Next Door
3. Twitter
4. Final Girl
5. Cinematical
10th Anniversary Award, Best
Feature Film 1998
1. Rushmore
2. Run Lola Run
3. The Truman Show
4. The Thin Red Line
5. Buffalo '66
25th Anniversary Award, Best
Feature Film 1983
1. Local Hero
2. Monty Python's The Meaning
of Life
3. The Right Stuff
4. The King of Comedy
5. Koyaanisqatsi
50th Anniversary Award, Best
Feature Film 1958
1. Vertigo
2. Elevator to the Gallows
3. Big Deal on Madonna Street
4. Touch of Evil
5. Auntie Mame
