Bester Hauptdarsteller (Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role)
Sean Penn (Milk)

Beste Hauptdarstellerin (Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role)
Kate Winslet (Der Vorleser / The Reader)

Bester Nebendarsteller (Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role)
Heath Ledger (The Dark Knight)

Beste Nebendarstellerin (Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role)
Amy Adams (Glaubensfrage / Doubt)

Beste Kamera (Achievement in Cinematography)
Anthony Dod Mantle (Slumdog Millionaire)

Bester Schnitt (Achievement in Film Editing)
Mike Hill & Dan Hanley (Frost/Nixon)

Beste Filmmusik (Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures - Original Score)
Alexandre Desplat (Der seltsame Fall des Benjamin Button / The Curious Case of Benjamin Button)

Bester Filmsong (Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures - Original Song)
"Down to Earth" (Wall-E)

Beste Ausstattung (Achievement in Art Direction)
Zeiten des Aufruhrs / Revolutionary Road

Beste Kostüme (Achievement in Costume Design)
Die Herzogin / The Duchess

Bestes Make-Up (Achievement in Makeup)
The Dark Knight

Beste Visuelle Effekte (Achievement in Visual Effects)
The Dark Knight

Bester Ton (Achievement in Sound Mixing)
The Dark Knight

Bester Tonschnitt (Achievement in Sound Editing)
Wanted

Bester Animationsfilm (Best Animated Feature Film of the Year)
Wall-E

Bester fremdsprachiger Film (Best Foreign Language Film of the Year)
Waltz with Bashir (Israel)

Bester Dokumentarfilm (Best Documentary Feature)
The Garden

Bester Dokumentar-Kurzfilm (Best Documentary, Short Subject)
The Witness – From the Balcony of Room 306

Bester Kurzfilm (Best Short Film, Live Action)
Manon on the Asphalt

Bester animierter Kurzfilm (Best Short Film, Animated)
Presto

Bestes adaptiertes Drehbuch (Best Writing, Screenplay based on material previously produced or published)
Peter Morgan (Frost/Nixon)

Bestes Original-Drehbuch (Best Writing, Screenplay written directly for the screen)
Dustin Lance Black (Milk)

Beste Regie (Achievement in Directing)
Gus Van Sant (Milk)

Bester Film (Best Motion Picture of the Year)
Milk