Awards
| Category/Organization | 14th Critics' Choice Awards January 8, 2009 |
66th Golden Globe Awards January 11, 2009 |
15th Screen Actors Guild Awards January 25, 2009 |
62nd BAFTA Awards February 8, 2009 |
81st Academy Awards February 22, 2009 |
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| Drama | Musical or Comedy | |||||
| Best Film | Slumdog Millionaire | Slumdog Millionaire | Vicky Cristina Barcelona | Slumdog Millionaire (cast) | Slumdog Millionaire | Slumdog Millionaire |
| Best Director | Danny Boyle Slumdog Millionaire |
Danny Boyle Slumdog Millionaire |
— | Danny Boyle Slumdog Millionaire |
Danny Boyle Slumdog Millionaire |
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| Best Actor | Sean Penn Milk |
Mickey Rourke The Wrestler |
Colin Farell In Bruges |
Sean Penn Milk |
Mickey Rourke The Wrestler |
Sean Penn Milk |
| Best Actress | Anne Hathaway Rachel Getting Married Meryl Streep Doubt |
Kate Winslet Revolutionary Road |
Sally Hawkins Happy-Go-Lucky |
Meryl Streep Doubt |
Kate Winslet The Reader |
Kate Winslet The Reader |
| Best Supporting Actor | Heath Ledger The Dark Knight |
Heath Ledger The Dark Knight |
Heath Ledger The Dark Knight |
Heath Ledger The Dark Knight |
Heath Ledger The Dark Knight |
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| Best Supporting Actress | Kate Winslet The Reader |
Kate Winslet The Reader |
Kate Winslet The Reader |
Penélope Cruz Vicky Cristina Barcelona |
Penélope Cruz Vicky Cristina Barcelona |
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| Best Screenplay, Adapted | Slumdog Millionaire Simon Beaufoy |
Slumdog Millionaire Simon Beaufoy |
— | Slumdog Millionaire Simon Beaufoy |
Slumdog Millionaire Simon Beaufoy |
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| Best Screenplay, Original | — | In Bruges Martin McDonagh |
Milk Dustin Lance Black |
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| Best Animated Film | WALL•E | WALL•E | — | WALL•E | WALL•E | |
| Best Foreign Language Film | Waltz with Bashir (Vals Im Bashir) |
Waltz with Bashir (Vals Im Bashir) |
— | I've Loved You So Long (Il y a longtemps que je t'aime) |
Departures (Okuribito) |
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Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):
- The Class (Entre les murs), directed by Laurent Cantet, France
Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):
- The Wrestler, directed by Darren Aronofsky, United States
Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):
- The Elite Squad (Tropa de Elite), directed by José Padilha, Brazil
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