Best Picture
Slumdog Millionaire
Frost/Nixon
The Visitor
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Wall-E
Best Director
Danny Boyle -
Slumdog Millionaire
Ron Howard -
Frost/Nixon
David Fincher -
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Christopher Nolan -
The Dark Knight
Clint Eastwood -
Changeling
Best Actress
Meryl Streep -
Doubt
Kate Winslet -
The Reader
Cate Blanchett -
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Angelina Jolie -
Changeling
Anne Hathaway -
Rachel Getting Married
Melissa Leo -
Frozen River
Best Actor
Richard Jenkins -
The Visitor
Sean Penn -
Milk
Frank Langella -
Frost/Nixon
Mickey Rourke -
The Wrestler
Daniel Craig -
Defiance
Brad Pitt -
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Best Supporting Actress
Amy Adams -
Doubt
Taraji Henson -
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Marisa Tomei -
The Wrestler
Penelope Cruz -
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Christine Baranski -
Mamma Mia!
Best Supporting Actor
Heath Ledger -
The Dark Knight
Josh Brolin -
Milk
David Kross -
The Reader
Dev Patel -
Slumdog Millionaire
James Franco -
Milk
Best Original Screenplay
Milk
The Visitor
Wall-E
Burn After Reading
The Wrestler
Best Adapted Screenplay
Frost/Nixon
Doubt
Slumdog Millionaire
The Reader
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Best Foreign Language Film
Let The Right One In
Reprise
Tell No One
Mongol
Best Documentary
Man on Wire
Trouble The Water
Encounters at the End of the World
IOUSA
Up The Yangtze
Best Animated Film
Horton Hears A Who
Wall-E
Bolt
Kung Fu Panda
Madagascar 2
Best Cinematography
Slumdog Millionaire
The Curious Case of Ben Button
Australia
Defiance
The Dark Knight
Best Production Design
Australia
The Curious Case of Ben Button
The Dark Knight
Slumdog Millionaire
The Duchess
Changeling
Best Editing
Frost/Nixon
Slumdog Millionaire
Dark Knight
Changeling
The Curious Case of Ben Button
Best Score
Slumdog Millionaire
Wall-e
The Visitor
The Dark Knight
The Curious Case of Ben Button
Best Ensemble
The Dark Knight
Frost/Nixon
Burn After Reading
Mamma Mia!
Rachel Getting Married
Slumdog Millionaire
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Beth Accomando is a founding member and current president of the San Diego Film Critics Society.
