BEST PICTURE
- Up in the Air
- Avatar
- The Hurt Locker
- Precious
- Inglourious Basterds
- Invictus
- An Education
- Up
- A Serious Man
- The Messenger
Other Contenders: 500 Days of Summer, Bright Star, Broken Embraces, Crazy Heart, District 9, Julie & Julia, The Last Station, The Lovely Bones, Nine, The Road, A Single Man, Star Trek, Where the Wild Things Are
BEST DIRECTOR
- Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker)
- James Cameron (Avatar)
- Jason Reitman (Up in the Air)
- Lee Daniels (Precious)
- Quentin Tarantino (Inglourious Basterds)
Other Contenders: Jane Campion (Bright Star), Lone Scherfig (An Education), Clint Eastwood (Invictus), Peter Jackson (The Lovely Bones), Rob Marshall (Nine), Ethan Coen, Joel Coen (A Serious Man)
BEST ACTOR
- Jeff Bridges (Crazy Heart)
- George Clooney (Up in the Air)
- Colin Firth (A Single Man)
- Morgan Freeman (Invictus)
- Jeremy Renner (The Hurt Locker)
Other Contenders: Ben Whishaw (Bright Star), Tobey Maguire (Brothers), Robert De Niro (Everybody’s Fine), Matt Damon (The Informant!), Ben Foster (The Messenger), Sam Rockwell (Moon), Daniel Day-Lewis (Nine), Viggo Mortensen (The Road), Michael Stuhlbarg (A Serious Man), Robert Downey Jr. (Sherlock Holmes)
BEST ACTRESS
- Carey Mulligan (An Education)
- Meryl Streep (Julie & Julia)
- Gabourey Sidibe (Precious)
- Sandra Bullock (The Blind Side)
- Abbie Cornish (Bright Star)
Other Contenders: Penelope Cruz (Broken Embraces), Maggie Gyllenhaal (Crazy Heart), Helen Mirren (The Last Station), Saoirse Ronan (The Lovely Bones), Marion Cotillard (Nine), Emily Blunt (The Young Victoria)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
- Christoph Waltz (Inglourious Basterds)
- Stanley Tucci (The Lovely Bones)
- Matt Damon (Invictus)
- Woody Harrelson (The Messenger)
- Alfred Molina (An Education)
Other Contenders: Peter Sarsgaard (An Education), Anthony Mackie (The Hurt Locker), Alec Baldwin (It’s Complicated), Christopher Plummer (The Last Station), Christian McKay (Me and Orson Welles), Jude Law (Sherlock Holmes)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
- Mo’Nique (Precious)
- Anna Kendrick (Up in the Air)
- Julianne Moore (A Single Man)
- Vera Farmiga (Up in the Air)
- Penelope Cruz (Nine)
Other Contenders: Sigourney Weaver (Avatar), Natalie Portman (Brothers), Diane Kruger (Inglourious Basterds), Samantha Morton (The Messenger), Judi Dench (Nine), Mariah Carey (Precious), Paula Patton (Precious)
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
- The Hurt Locker (Mark Boal)
- A Serious Man (Ethan Coen, Joel Coen)
- Inglourious Basterds (Quentin Tarantino)
- Up (Bob Peterson)
- 500 Days of Summer (Scott Neustadter, Michael H. Weber)
Other Contenders: Avatar (James Cameron), Bright Star (Jane Campion), 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: Brothers (David Benioff), District 9 (Neill Blomkamp, Terri Tatchell), The Informant! (Scott Z. Burns), Julie & Julia (Nora Ephron), The Last Station (Michael Hoffman), The Road (Joe Penhall), A Single Man (Tom Ford)