The 81st Academy Awards | 2009
The complete list of Academy Awards nominees for 2009. We have had 24 different categories and 50 different movies nominated in this year of academy awards. Amongst all the movies, there were 13 distinct movies awarded. Slumdog Millionaire is the most-awarded movie of this year with 10 Oscars nominations and 8 awards. Slumdog Millionaire won this year's Best Picture.
- Categories
- 24
- Nominees
- 50
- Winners
- 13
2009 Oscars Recap
Here is a recap of all the 24 categories in 2009.
- Departures
- Best Foreign Language Film of the Year
- Man on Wire
- Best Documentary, Features
- Milk
- Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
- Milk
- Best Writing, Original Screenplay
- Slumdog Millionaire
- Best Motion Picture of the Year
- Slumdog Millionaire
- Best Achievement in Directing
- Slumdog Millionaire
- Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
- Slumdog Millionaire
- Best Achievement in Cinematography
- Slumdog Millionaire
- Best Achievement in Film Editing
- Slumdog Millionaire
- Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song
- Slumdog Millionaire
- Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score
- Slumdog Millionaire
- Best Achievement in Sound Mixing
- Smile Pinki
- Best Documentary, Short Subject
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- Best Achievement in Art Direction
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- Best Achievement in Visual Effects
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- Best Achievement in Makeup
- The Dark Knight
- Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
- The Dark Knight
- Best Achievement in Sound Editing
- The Duchess
- Best Achievement in Costume Design
- The House of Small Cubes
- Best Short Film, Animated
- The Reader
- Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
- Toyland
- Best Short Film, Live Action
- Vicky Cristina Barcelona
- Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
- WALL·E
- Best Animated Feature Film of the Year
Best Motion Picture of the Year
- 20088.0/10·91%+
- 20087.7/10·93%
- 20087.6/10·93%+
- 20087.8/10·71%+
- 20087.6/10·63%
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
- 20087.6/10·93%+
- 20087.8/10·71%+
- 20087.7/10·93%
- 20087.9/10·98%
- 20077.6/10·90%
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
- 20087.6/10·63%
- 20087.7/10·62%
- 20086.7/10·84%
- 20087.1/10·88%
- 20087.5/10·79%
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
- 20089.0/10·94%+
- 20087.6/10·93%+
- 20087.3/10·67%
- 20087.5/10·79%
- 20087.0/10·82%
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
- 20087.1/10·81%
- 20087.5/10·79%
- 20087.9/10·98%
- 20087.8/10·71%+
- 20087.5/10·79%
Best Achievement in Directing
- 20088.0/10·91%+
- 20087.8/10·71%+
- 20087.6/10·93%+
- 20087.7/10·93%
- 20087.6/10·63%
Best Writing, Original Screenplay
- 20087.6/10·93%+
- 20087.1/10·88%
- 20087.0/10·93%
- 20087.9/10·84%
- 20088.4/10·95%+
Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
- 20088.0/10·91%+
- 20087.5/10·79%
- 20087.7/10·93%
- 20087.8/10·71%+
- 20087.6/10·63%
Best Achievement in Cinematography
- 20088.0/10·91%+
- 20087.7/10·62%
- 20087.8/10·71%+
- 20089.0/10·94%+
- 20087.6/10·63%
Best Achievement in Art Direction
- 20087.8/10·71%+
- 20087.7/10·62%
- 20087.3/10·67%
- 20089.0/10·94%+
- 20086.9/10·62%
Best Achievement in Film Editing
- 20088.0/10·91%+
- 20087.7/10·93%
- 20087.6/10·93%+
- 20087.8/10·71%+
- 20089.0/10·94%+
Best Achievement in Costume Design
- 20086.9/10·62%
- 20086.6/10·54%
- 20087.6/10·93%+
- 20087.3/10·67%
- 20087.8/10·71%+
Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song
- 20088.0/10·91%+
- 20088.0/10·91%+
- 20088.4/10·95%+
Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score
- 20088.0/10·91%+
- 20087.2/10·59%
- 20087.6/10·93%+
- 20087.8/10·71%+
- 20088.4/10·95%+
Best Achievement in Sound Mixing
- 20088.0/10·91%+
- 20087.8/10·71%+
- 20089.0/10·94%+
- 20088.4/10·95%+
- 20086.7/10·71%
Best Achievement in Sound Editing
- 20089.0/10·94%+
- 20087.9/10·94%
- 20088.0/10·91%+
- 20088.4/10·95%+
- 20086.7/10·71%
Best Achievement in Visual Effects
- 20087.8/10·71%+
- 20087.9/10·94%
- 20089.0/10·94%+
Best Short Film, Animated
- 20088.2/10
- 20077.1/10
- 20077.2/10
- 20088.3/10
- 20087.0/10
Best Short Film, Live Action
- 20077.7/10
- 20077.5/10
- 20077.1/10
- 20077.5/10
- 20087.5/10
Best Documentary, Short Subject
- 20087.9/10
- 2008
- 20098.4/10
- 2008
Best Documentary, Features
- 20087.7/10·100%
- 20077.7/10·94%
- 20087.1/10·94%
- 20087.3/10·79%
- 20087.3/10·96%
Best Foreign Language Film of the Year
- 20088.1/10·80%
- 20087.5/10·96%
- 20087.4/10·85%
- 20087.5/10·95%
- 20088.0/10·96%
Best Animated Feature Film of the Year
- 20088.4/10·95%+
- 20086.8/10·89%
- 20087.6/10·87%
Best Achievement in Makeup
- 20087.8/10·71%+
- 20087.0/10·86%
- 20089.0/10·94%+