BEST PICTURE
- The Hurt Locker
- Up in the Air
- Precious
- Invictus
- Nine
- An Education
- Up
- Inglourious Basterds
- A Serious Man
- Avatar
Other Contenders: 500 Days of Summer, Bright Star, Broken Embraces, Crazy Heart, District 9, Julie & Julia, The Last Station, The Lovely Bones, The Road, A Single Man, Star Trek, Where the Wild Things Are
BEST DIRECTOR
- Jason Reitman (Up in the Air)
- Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker)
- James Cameron (Avatar)
- Lee Daniels (Precious)
- Clint Eastwood (Invictus)
Other Contenders: Jane Campion (Bright Star), Lone Scherfig (An Education), Quentin Tarantino (Inglourious Basterds), Peter Jackson (The Lovely Bones), Rob Marshall (Nine), Ethan Coen, Joel Coen (A Serious Man), Spike Jonze (Where the Wild Things Are)
BEST ACTOR
- Jeff Bridges (Crazy Heart)
- George Clooney (Up in the Air)
- Colin Firth (A Single Man)
- Morgan Freeman (Invictus)
- Daniel Day-Lewis (Nine)
Other Contenders: Nicolas Cage (Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans), Clive Owen (The Boys Are Back), Ben Whishaw (Bright Star), Tobey Maguire (Brothers), Robert De Niro (Everybody’s Fine), Jeremy Renner (The Hurt Locker), Matt Damon (The Informant!), Edward Norton (Leaves of Grass), Ben Foster (The Messenger), Sam Rockwell (Moon), Viggo Mortensen (The Road), Michael Stuhlbarg (A Serious Man), Robert Downey Jr. (Sherlock Holmes), Hal Holbrook (That Evening Sun)
BEST ACTRESS
- Carey Mulligan (An Education)
- Gabourey Sidibe (Precious)
- Meryl Streep (Julie & Julia)
- Abbie Cornish (Bright Star)
- Helen Mirren (The Last Station)
Other Contenders: Hilary Swank (Amelia), Sandra Bullock (The Blind Side), Penelope Cruz (Broken Embraces), Michelle Pfieffer (Cheri), Audrey Tautou (Coco Before Chanel), Maggie Gyllenhaal (Crazy Heart), Saoirse Ronan (The Lovely Bones), Marion Cotillard (Nine), Michelle Monaghan (Trucker), Emily Blunt (The Young Victoria)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
- Christoph Waltz (Inglourious Basterds)
- Stanley Tucci (The Lovely Bones)
- Alfred Molina (An Education)
- Matt Damon (Invictus)
- Peter Sarsgaard (An Education)
Other Contenders: Paul Schneider (Bright Star), Jake Gyllenhaal (Brothers), Anthony Mackie (The Hurt Locker), Alec Baldwin (It’s Complicated), Christopher Plummer (The Last Station), Christian McKay (Me and Orson Welles), Woody Harrelson (The Messenger), Robert Duvall (The Road), Kodi Smit-McPhee (The Road), Jude Law (Sherlock Holmes)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
- Mo’Nique (Precious)
- Anna Kendrick (Up in the Air)
- Judi Dench (Nine)
- Julianne Moore (A Single Man)
- Vera Farmiga (Up in the Air)
Other Contenders: Sigourney Weaver (Avatar), Natalie Portman (Brothers), Susan Sarandon (The Lovely Bones), Rachel Weisz (The Lovely Bones), Samantha Morton (The Messenger), Penelope Cruz (Nine), Nicole Kidman (Nine), Mariah Carey (Precious), Paula Patton (Precious)
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
- The Hurt Locker (Mark Boal)
- A Serious Man (Ethan Coen, Joel Coen)
- Up (Bob Peterson)
- Bright Star (Jane Campion)
- Inglourious Basterds (Quentin Tarantino)
Other Contenders: 500 Days of Summer (Scott Neustadter, Michael H. Weber), Avatar (James Cameron), Broken Embraces (Pedro Almodovar), It’s Complicated (Nancy Meyers), The Messenger (Alessandro Camon, Oren Moverman), The White Ribbon (Jean-Claude Carriere, Michael Haneke)
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
- Up in the Air (Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner)
- Precious (Geoffrey Fletcher)
- An Education (Nick Hornby)
- Nine (Anthony Minghella, Michael Tolkin)
- Invictus (Anthony Peckham)
Other Contenders: Crazy Heart (Scott Cooper), District 9 (Neill Blomkamp, Terri Tatchell), The Informant! (Scott Z. Burns), Julie & Julia (Nora Ephron), The Last Station (Michael Hoffman), The Lovely Bones (Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh), The Road (Joe Penhall)