Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards: 2009

Critics Choice Award

Date:

8 January

Best Picture


Winner:
	Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
Other Nominees:
	Changeling (2008) Doubt (2008/I) Frost/Nixon (2008) Milk (2008/I) The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) The Dark Knight (2008) The Reader (2008) The Wrestler (2008) WALL·E (2008)

Best Young Actor/Actress (Under 21)


Winner:
	Slumdog Millionaire (2008) - Dev Patel
Other Nominees:
	Australia (2008) - Brandon Walters (II) The Reader (2008) - David Kross The Secret Life of Bees (2008) - Dakota Fanning

Best Actor


Winner:
	Milk (2008/I) - Sean Penn (I)
Other Nominees:
	Frost/Nixon (2008) - Frank Langella Gran Torino (2008) - Clint Eastwood The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) - Brad Pitt The Visitor (2007/I) - Richard Jenkins (I) The Wrestler (2008) - Mickey Rourke

Best Actress


Winners:
	Doubt (2008/I) - Meryl Streep Rachel Getting Married (2008) - Anne Hathaway (I)
Other Nominees:
	Changeling (2008) - Angelina Jolie Frozen River (2008) - Melissa Leo Nothing But the Truth (2008) - Kate Beckinsale The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) - Cate Blanchett

Best Supporting Actor


Winner:
	The Dark Knight (2008) - Heath Ledger - Posthumously.
Other Nominees:
	Doubt (2008/I) - Philip Seymour Hoffman Milk (2008/I) - Josh Brolin Milk (2008/I) - James Franco (I) Tropic Thunder (2008) - Robert Downey Jr.

Best Supporting Actress


Winner:
	The Reader (2008) - Kate Winslet
Other Nominees:
	Doubt (2008/I) - Viola Davis (I) Nothing But the Truth (2008) - Vera Farmiga The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) - Taraji P. Henson The Wrestler (2008) - Marisa Tomei Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008) - Pen�lope Cruz

Best Director


Winner:
	Slumdog Millionaire (2008) - Danny Boyle
Other Nominees:
	Frost/Nixon (2008) - Ron Howard (I) Milk (2008/I) - Gus Van Sant The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) - David Fincher The Dark Knight (2008) - Christopher Nolan (I)

Best Song


Winner:
	The Wrestler (2008) - Bruce Springsteen - For the song "The Wrestler".
Other Nominees:
	Bolt (2008) - Miley Cyrus; Jeffrey Steele (I); John Travolta - For the song "I Thought I Lost You". Quantum of Solace (2008) - Jack White (XV); Alicia Keys - For the song "Another Way to Die". Slumdog Millionaire (2008) - Sukhwinder Singh; A.R. Rahman; Gulzar (I) - For the song "Jaiho". WALL·E (2008) - Peter Gabriel; Thomas Newman (I) - For the song "Down to Earth".

Best Documentary Feature


Winner:
	Man on Wire (2008)
Other Nominees:
	I.O.U.S.A. (2008) Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired (2008) Standard Operating Procedure (2008) Young @ Heart (2007)

Best Foreign Language Film


Winner:
	Vals Im Bashir (2008)
Other Nominees:
	Gomorra (2008) Il y a longtemps que je t'aime (2008) Låt den rätte komma in (2008) Mongol (2007) Un conte de Noël (2008)

Best Acting Ensemble


Winner:
	Milk (2008/I) - Sean Penn (I); James Franco (I); Josh Brolin; Victor Garber; Stephen Spinella; Denis O'Hare (I); Emile Hirsch; Diego Luna (I)
Other Nominees:
	Doubt (2008/I) - Meryl Streep; Philip Seymour Hoffman; Amy Adams (III); Viola Davis (I) Rachel Getting Married (2008) - Anne Hathaway (I); Rosemarie DeWitt; Debra Winger; Anna Deavere Smith; Bill Irwin (I); Mather Zickel; Anisa George The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) - Brad Pitt; Cate Blanchett; Tilda Swinton; Taraji P. Henson; Elias Koteas; Julia Ormond; Jason Flemyng The Dark Knight (2008) - Heath Ledger; Morgan Freeman (I); Maggie Gyllenhaal; Aaron Eckhart; Christian Bale; Michael Caine (I); Gary Oldman

Best Writer


Winner:
	Slumdog Millionaire (2008) - Simon Beaufoy
Other Nominees:
	Doubt (2008/I) - John Patrick Shanley Frost/Nixon (2008) - Peter Morgan (I) Milk (2008/I) - Dustin Lance Black The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) - Eric Roth (I)

Best Comedy Movie


Winner:
	Tropic Thunder (2008)
Other Nominees:
	Burn After Reading (2008) Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008) Role Models (2008) Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)

Best Animated Feature


Winner:
	WALL·E (2008)
Other Nominees:
	Bolt (2008) Kung Fu Panda (2008) Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008) Vals Im Bashir (2008)

Best Action Movie


Winner:
	The Dark Knight (2008)
Other Nominees:
	Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) Iron Man (2008) Quantum of Solace (2008) Wanted (2008)

Best Composer


Winner:
	Slumdog Millionaire (2008) - A.R. Rahman
Other Nominees:
	Changeling (2008) - Clint Eastwood Milk (2008/I) - Danny Elfman The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) - Alexandre Desplat The Dark Knight (2008) - Hans Zimmer; James Newton Howard

Best Picture Made for Television