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CRITICS CHOICE AWARDS

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    Critics Choice Award

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    Best Acting Ensemble

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Milk

      7.5 (184K)
      Sean Penn
      James Franco
      Josh Brolin
      Victor Garber
      Stephen Spinella
      Denis O'Hare
      Emile Hirsch
      Diego Luna
    • [object Object]

      The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

      7.8 (728K)
      Brad Pitt
      Cate Blanchett
      Tilda Swinton
      Taraji P. Henson
      Elias Koteas
      Julia Ormond
      Jason Flemyng
    • [object Object]

      The Dark Knight

      9.1 (3.1M)
      Heath Ledger
      Morgan Freeman
      Maggie Gyllenhaal
      Aaron Eckhart
      Christian Bale
      Michael Caine
      Gary Oldman
      The nomination for Heath Ledger was posthumous.
    • [object Object]

      Doubt

      7.5 (143K)
      Meryl Streep
      Philip Seymour Hoffman
      Amy Adams
      Viola Davis
    • [object Object]

      Rachel Getting Married

      6.6 (53K)
      Anne Hathaway
      Rosemarie DeWitt
      Debra Winger
      Anna Deavere Smith
      Bill Irwin
      Mather Zickel
      Anisa George

    Best Action Movie

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Dark Knight

      9.1 (3.1M)
      Christopher Nolan
    • [object Object]

      Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

      6.2 (506K)
    • [object Object]

      Iron Man

      7.9 (1.2M)
    • [object Object]

      Quantum of Solace

      6.5 (486K)
    • [object Object]

      Wanted

      6.7 (422K)

    Best Actor

    • Sean Penn
      Winner
      • Sean Penn
      • Milk
    • Brad Pitt
      • Brad Pitt
      • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
    • Frank Langella
      • Frank Langella
      • Frost/Nixon
    • Clint Eastwood
      • Clint Eastwood
      • Gran Torino
    • Richard Jenkins
      • Richard Jenkins
      • The Visitor
    • Mickey Rourke
      • Mickey Rourke
      • The Wrestler

    Best Actress

    • Meryl Streep
      Winner
      • Meryl Streep
      • Doubt
      Tied with Anne Hathaway for Rachel Getting Married (2008).
    • Anne Hathaway
      Winner
      • Anne Hathaway
      • Rachel Getting Married
      Tied with Meryl Streep for Doubt (2008).
    • Angelina Jolie
      • Angelina Jolie
      • Changeling
    • Cate Blanchett
      • Cate Blanchett
      • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
    • Melissa Leo
      • Melissa Leo
      • Frozen River
    • Kate Beckinsale
      • Kate Beckinsale
      • Nothing But the Truth

    Best Animated Feature

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      WALL·E

      8.4 (1.3M)
    • [object Object]

      Bolt

      6.8 (241K)
    • [object Object]

      Kung Fu Panda

      7.6 (558K)
    • [object Object]

      Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa

      6.6 (263K)
    • [object Object]

      Waltz with Bashir

      8.0 (62K)

    Best Comedy Movie

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Tropic Thunder

      7.1 (475K)
    • [object Object]

      Burn After Reading

      7.0 (367K)
    • [object Object]

      Forgetting Sarah Marshall

      7.1 (314K)
    • [object Object]

      Role Models

      6.8 (247K)
    • [object Object]

      Vicky Cristina Barcelona

      7.1 (277K)

    Best Composer

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Slumdog Millionaire

      8.0 (899K)
      A.R. Rahman
    • [object Object]

      Changeling

      7.7 (272K)
      Clint Eastwood
    • [object Object]

      The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

      7.8 (728K)
      Alexandre Desplat
    • [object Object]

      The Dark Knight

      9.1 (3.1M)
      Hans Zimmer
      James Newton Howard
    • [object Object]

      Milk

      7.5 (184K)
      Danny Elfman

    Best Director

    • Danny Boyle
      Winner
      • Danny Boyle
      • Slumdog Millionaire
    • David Fincher
      • David Fincher
      • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
    • Christopher Nolan at an event for Inception (2010)
      • Christopher Nolan
      • The Dark Knight
    • Ron Howard at an event for Return to Mayberry (1986)
      • Ron Howard
      • Frost/Nixon
    • Gus Van Sant
      • Gus Van Sant
      • Milk

    Best Documentary Feature

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Stealing America: Vote by Vote

      7.0 (51)
      Dorothy Fadiman(director)
      Mitchell Block(executive producer)
      Concentric Media
      Direct Cinema Limited
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Man on Wire

      7.7 (60K)
    • [object Object]

      I.O.U.S.A.

      7.4 (2K)
    • [object Object]

      Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired

      7.2 (5.3K)
    • [object Object]

      Standard Operating Procedure

      7.4 (4.2K)
    • [object Object]

      Young@Heart

      7.9 (4.1K)

    Best Foreign Language Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Waltz with Bashir

      8.0 (62K)
    • [object Object]

      Gomorrah

      7.0 (53K)
    • [object Object]

      I've Loved You So Long

      7.6 (21K)
    • [object Object]

      Let the Right One In

      7.8 (235K)
    • [object Object]

      Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan

      7.2 (51K)
    • [object Object]

      A Christmas Tale

      6.9 (7.8K)

    Best Picture

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Slumdog Millionaire

      8.0 (899K)
    • [object Object]

      The Dark Knight

      9.1 (3.1M)
    • [object Object]

      Changeling

      7.7 (272K)
    • [object Object]

      The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

      7.8 (728K)
    • [object Object]

      Doubt

      7.5 (143K)
    • [object Object]

      Frost/Nixon

      7.6 (115K)
    • [object Object]

      Milk

      7.5 (184K)
    • [object Object]

      The Reader

      7.6 (270K)
    • [object Object]

      WALL·E

      8.4 (1.3M)
    • [object Object]

      The Wrestler

      7.9 (327K)

    Best Picture Made for Television

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      John Adams

      8.4 (39K)
    • [object Object]

      Coco Chanel

      6.8 (4K)
    • [object Object]

      Recount

      7.3 (14K)

    Best Song

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Wrestler

      7.9 (327K)
      Bruce Springsteen
      For the song "The Wrestler".
    • [object Object]

      Bolt

      6.8 (241K)
      Miley Cyrus
      Jeffrey Steele
      John Travolta
      For the song "I Thought I Lost You".
    • [object Object]

      Quantum of Solace

      6.5 (486K)
      Jack White
      Alicia Keys
      For the song "Another Way to Die".
    • [object Object]

      Slumdog Millionaire

      8.0 (899K)
      Sukhwinder Singh
      A.R. Rahman
      Gulzar
      For the song "Jaiho".
    • [object Object]

      WALL·E

      8.4 (1.3M)
      Peter Gabriel
      Thomas Newman
      For the song "Down to Earth".

    Best Supporting Actor

    • Heath Ledger at an event for Candy (2006)
      Winner
      • Heath Ledger
      • The Dark Knight
      Posthumously.
    • Philip Seymour Hoffman at an event for The Ides of March (2011)
      • Philip Seymour Hoffman
      • Doubt
    • Josh Brolin
      • Josh Brolin
      • Milk
    • James Franco
      • James Franco
      • Milk
    • Robert Downey Jr. at an event for The Judge (2014)
      • Robert Downey Jr.
      • Tropic Thunder

    Best Supporting Actress

    • Kate Winslet in The Orange British Academy Film Awards: Red Carpet (2010)
      Winner
      • Kate Winslet
      • The Reader
    • Taraji P. Henson at an event for Larry Crowne (2011)
      • Taraji P. Henson
      • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
    • Viola Davis at an event for Suicide Squad (2016)
      • Viola Davis
      • Doubt
    • Vera Farmiga in Bates Motel (2013)
      • Vera Farmiga
      • Nothing But the Truth
    • Penélope Cruz
      • Penélope Cruz
      • Vicky Cristina Barcelona
    • Marisa Tomei
      • Marisa Tomei
      • The Wrestler

    Best Writer

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Slumdog Millionaire

      8.0 (899K)
      Simon Beaufoy
    • [object Object]

      The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

      7.8 (728K)
      Eric Roth
    • [object Object]

      Doubt

      7.5 (143K)
      John Patrick Shanley
    • [object Object]

      Frost/Nixon

      7.6 (115K)
      Peter Morgan
    • [object Object]

      Milk

      7.5 (184K)
      Dustin Lance Black

    Best Young Actor/Actress (Under 21)

    • Dev Patel at an event for Chappie (2015)
      Winner
      • Dev Patel
      • Slumdog Millionaire
    • Brandon Walters in Australia (2008)
      • Brandon Walters
      • Australia
    • David Kross
      • David Kross
      • The Reader
    • Dakota Fanning at an event for The Watchers (2024)
      • Dakota Fanning
      • The Secret Life of Bees

    Joel Siegel Award

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    • Richard Gere at an event for I'm Not There (2007)
      Winner
      • Richard Gere

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    • The Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards

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    Event date

    January 8, 2009

    Event location

    USA

    Event links

    • https://www.criticschoice.com/

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