Best Picture
- Avatar
- The Blind Side
- District 9
- WINNERThe Hurt Locker
- An Education
- Inglourious Basterds
- Precious
- A Serious Man
- Up
- Up in the Air
Best Actor
- WINNERJeff Bridges, Crazy Heart
- George Clooney, Up In The Air
- Colin Firth, A Single Man
- Morgan Freeman, Invictus
- Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker
Best Actress
- WINNERSandra Bullock, The Blind Side
- Helen Mirren, The Last Station
- Carey Mulligan, An Education
- Gabourey Sidibe, Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
- Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia
Best Supporting Actor
- Matt Damon, Invictus
- Woody Harrelson, The Messenger
- Christopher Plummer, The Last Station
- Stanley Tucci, The Lovely Bones
- WINNERChristoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds
Best Supporting Actress
- Penélope Cruz, Nine
- Vera Farmiga, Up In The Air
- Maggie Gyllenhaal, Crazy Heart
- Anna Kendrick, Up In The Air
- WINNERMo'Nique, Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
Best Director
- James Cameron, Avatar
- WINNERKathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
- Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds
- Lee Daniels, Precious
- Jason Reitman, Up in the Air
Best Original Screenplay
- WINNERThe Hurt Locker
- Inglourious Basterds
- The Messenger
- A Serious Man
- Up
Best Adapted Screenplay
- District 9
- An Education
- In the Loop
- WINNERPrecious
- Up in the Air
Best Animated Film
- Coraline
- Fanatastic Mr. Fox
- The Princess and the Frog
- The Secret of Kells
- WINNERUp
Best Foreign Language Film
- Ajami
- WINNEREl Secreto de Sus Ojos
- The Milk of Sorrow
- Un Prophète
- The White Ribbon
Best Art Direction
- WINNERAvatar
- The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
- Nine
- Sherlock Holmes
- The Young Victoria
Cinematography
- WINNERAvatar
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
- The Hurt Locker
- Inglourious Basterds
- The White Ribbon
Editing
- Avatar
- District 9
- WINNERThe Hurt Locker
- Inglourious Basterds
- Precious
Sound Mixing
- Avatar
- WINNERThe Hurt Locker
- Inglourious Basterds
- Star Trek
- Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Sound Editing
- Avatar
- WINNERThe Hurt Locker
- Inglourious Basterds
- Star Trek
- Up
Original Score
- Avatar
- Fantastic Mr. Fox
- The Hurt Locker
- Sherlock Holmes
- WINNERUp
Original Song
- "Almost There" from The Princess and the Frog
- "Down in New Orleans" from The Princess and the Frog
- "Loin de Paname" from Paris 36
- "Take It All" from Nine
- WINNER"The Weary Kind" from Crazy Heart
Costume
- Bright Star
- Coco before Chanel
- The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
- Nine
- WINNERThe Young Victoria
Documentary Feature
- Burma VJ
- WINNERThe Cove
- Food, Inc.
- The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers
- Which Way Home
Documentary (short subject)
- China's Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province
- The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner
- The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant
- WINNERMusic by Prudence
- Rabbit à la Berlin
Makeup
- Il Divo
- WINNERStar Trek
- The Young Victoria
Animated Short Film
- French Roast
- Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty
- The Lady and the Reaper
- WINNERLogorama
- A Matter of Loaf and Death
Live Action Short Film
- The Door
- Instead of Abracadabra
- Kavi
- Miracle Fish
- WINNERThe New Tenants
Visual Effects
- WINNERAvatar
- District 9
- Star Trek
