Oscar 2009 nominees

This is the list with the Oscar 2009 nominees to the most important category.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences seems to have a favorite for the movie of the year: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - based on its 13 nominations.

Other movies with multiple nominees are:

Slumdog Millionaire - 10 nominees
Milk - 7 nominees
Frost/Nixon - 5 nominees
The Reader - 4 nominees




And the nominees are :

Oscar Nominees for Best Picture


The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
Frost/Nixon (2008)
Milk (2008)
The Reader (2008)
Slumdog Millionaire (2008)



Oscar Nominees for Best Actor

Richard Jenkins for The Visitor (2007)
Frank Langella for Frost/Nixon (2008)
Sean Penn for Milk (2008)
Brad Pitt for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
Mickey Rourke for The Wrestler (2008)


Oscar Nominees for Best Supporting Actor

Josh Brolin for Milk (2008)
Robert Downey Jr. for Tropic Thunder (2008)
Philip Seymour Hoffman for Doubt (2008/I)
Heath Ledger for The Dark Knight (2008)
Michael Shannon for Revolutionary Road (2008)


Oscar Nominees for Best Actress

Anne Hathaway for Rachel Getting Married (2008)
Angelina Jolie for Changeling (2008)
Melissa Leo for Frozen River (2008)
Meryl Streep for Doubt (2008)
Kate Winslet for The Reader (2008)


Oscar Nominees for Best Supporting Actress

Amy Adams for Doubt (2008)
Penélope Cruz for Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)
Viola Davis for Doubt (2008)
Taraji P. Henson for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
Marisa Tomei for The Wrestler (2008)


Oscar Nominees for Best Director

Danny Boyle for Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
Stephen Daldry for The Reader (2008)
David Fincher for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
Ron Howard for Frost/Nixon (2008)
Gus Van Sant for Milk (2008)


Oscar Nominees for Best Foreign Language Film

Der Baader Meinhof Komplex (2008)(Germany)
Entre les murs (2008)(France)
Revanche (2008)(Austria)
Okuribito (2008)(Japan)
Vals Im Bashir (2008)(Israel)


Oscar Nominees for Best Adapted Screenplay

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008): Eric Roth, Robin Swicord
Doubt (2008): John Patrick Shanley
Frost/Nixon (2008): Peter Morgan
The Reader (2008): David Hare
Slumdog Millionaire (2008): Simon Beaufoy


Oscar Nominees for Best Original Screenplay

Frozen River (2008): Courtney Hunt
Happy-Go-Lucky (2008): Mike Leigh
In Bruges (2008): Martin McDonagh
Milk (2008): Dustin Lance Black
WALL•E (2008): Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter, Jim Reardon


Oscar Nominees for Best Animated Feature

Bolt (2008)
Kung Fu Panda (2008)
WALL•E (2008)