Os Nomeados dos Óscares de 2009 são

Melhor Filme
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
"Frost/Nixon"
"Milk"
"The Reader"
"Slumdog Millionaire"

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

Melhor Actor
Richard Jenkins - "The Visitor"
Frank Langella - "Frost/Nixon"
Sean Penn - "Milk"
Brad Pitt - "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
Mickey Rourke - "The Wrestler"

Melhor Actriz
Anne Hathaway - "Rachel Getting Married"
Angelina Jolie - "Changeling"
Melissa Leo - "Frozen River"
Meryl Streep - "Doubt"
Kate Winslet - "The Reader"

Melhor Actor Secundário
Josh Brolin - "Milk"
Robert Downey Jr. - "Tropic Thunder"
Philip Seymour Hoffman - "Doubt"
Heath Ledger - "The Dark Knight"
Michael Shannon - "Revolutionary Road"

Melhor Actriz Secundária
Amy Adams – "Doubt"
Penélope Cruz – "Vicky Cristina Barcelona"
Viola Davis – "Doubt"
Marisa Tomei – "The Wrestler"
Taraji P. Henson – "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"

Melhor Filme Animado
"Bolt"
"Kung Fu Panda"
"Wall-E"

Melhor Filme Estrangeiro
"The Baader Meinhof Complex" (Germany)
"The Class" (France)
"Departures"(Japan)
"Revanche" (Austria)
"Waltz With Bashir" (Israel)

Melhor Argumento Original
Dustin Lance Black - Milk
Courtney Hunt - Frozen River
Mike Leigh - Happy-Go-Lucky
Martin McDonagh - In Bruges
Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon, Pete Docter - WALL-E

Melhor Argumento Adaptado
Eric Roth, Robin Swicord - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
John Patrick Shanley - Doubt
Peter Morgan - Frost/Nixon
David Hare - The Reader
Simon Beaufoy - Slumdog Millionaire

Melhor Documentário
The Betrayal
Encounters at the End of the World
The Garden
Man on Wire
Trouble the Water

Melhor Banda Sonora
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Defiance
Milk
Slumdog Millionaire
WALL-E

Melhor Música Original
"Down to Earth" - WALL-E
"Jai Ho" - Slumdog Millionaire
"O Saya" - Slumdog Millionaire

Melhor Edição
Kirk Baxter, Angus Wall - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Lee Smith - The Dark Knight
Mike Hill, Dan Hanley - Frost/Nixon
Elliot Graham - Milk
Chris Dickens - Slumdog Millionaire

Melhor Documentário Curto
The Conscience of Nhem En
The Final Inch
Smile Pinki
The Witness - From the Balcony of Room 306

Melhor Fotografia
Tom Stern - Changeling
Claudio Miranda - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Wally Pfister - The Dark Knight
Chris Menges, Roger Deakins - The Reader
Anthony Dod Mantle – Slumdog Millionaire

Melhor Guarda-Roupa
Catherine Martin - Australia
Jacqueline West - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Michael O’Connor - The Duchess
Danny Glicker - Milk
Albert Wolsky - Revolutionary Road

Mistura de Som/Efeitos de SomDavid Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce, Mark Weingarten - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Lora Hirschberg, Gary Rizzo, Ed Novick - The Dark Knight
Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke, Resul Pookutty - Slumdog Millionaire
Tom Myers, Michael Semanick, Ben Burtt - WALL-E
Chris Jenkins, Frank A. Montaño, Petr Forejt - Wanted

Edição de Som
Richard King - "The Dark Knight"
Frank Eulner, Christopher Boye - "Iron Man"
Tom Sayers - "Slumdog Millionaire"
Ben Burtt, Matthew Wood - "WALL-E"
Wylie Stateman - "Wanted"

Melhor Curta-Metragem
Auf der Strecke (On the Line)
Manon on the Asphalt
New Boy
The Pig
Spielzeugland (Toyland)

Melhor Curta-Metragem de Animação
La Maison de Petits
Lavatory - Lovestory
Oktapodi
Presto
This Way Up

Melhor Caracterização
Greg Cannom - "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
John Caglione, Jr., Conor O’Sullivan - "The Dark Knight"
Mike Elizalde, Thom Flout - "Hellboy II: The Golden Army"

Melhor Direcção de Arte
James J. Murakami, Gary Fettis - "Changeling"
Donald Graham Burt, Victor J. Zolfo - "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
Nathan Crowley, Peter Lando - "The Dark Knight"
Michael Carlin, Rebecca Alleway - "The Duchess"
Kristi Zea, Debra Schutt - "Revolutionary Road"

Efeitos Especiais
Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton, Craig Barron - "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
Nick Davis, Chris Corbould, Tim Webber, Paul Franklin - "The Dark Knight"
John Nelson, Ben Snow, Dan Sudick, Shane Mahan - "Iron Man"