2009 Academy Award Nominees
Best Picture
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- Frost/Nixon
- Milk
- The Reader
- Slumdog Millionaire
Best Actor
- Richard Jenkins - The Visitor
- Frank Langella - Frost/Nixon
- Sean Penn - Milk
- Brad Pitt - Benjamin Button
- Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler
Best Actress
- Anne Hathaway - Rachel Getting Married
- Angelina Jolie - Changeling
- Melissa Leo - Frozen River
- Meryl Streep - Doubt
- Kate Winslet - The Reader
Best Supporting Actor
- Josh Brolin - Milk
- Robert Downey Jr. - Tropic Thunder
- Philip Seymour Hoffman - Doubt
- Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight
- Michael Shannon - Revolutionary Road
Best Supporting Actress
- Amy Adams - Doubt
- Penelope Cruz - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
- Viola Davis - Doubt
- Taraji P. Henson - Benjamin Button
- Marisa Tomei - The Wrestler
Best Animated Film
- Bolt
- Kung Fu Panda
- WALL-E
Best Director
- Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire
- Stephen Daldry - The Reader
- David Fincher - 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 - WALL-E
(original story by Stanton and Pete Docter)
Best Adapted Screenplay
- Simon Beaufoy - Slumdog Millionaire
- David Hare - The Reader
- Peter Morgan - Frost/Nixon
- John Patrick Shanley - Doubt
- Eric Roth, Robin Swicord - Benjamin Button
Best Art Direction
- Changeling
- Benjamin Button
- The Dark Knight
- The Duchess
- Revolutionary Road
For a complete list of nominees, visit
www.oscar.com/nominees/