81st Academy Awards
Winners and nominees of 2008 Oscars
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- DirectorsDanny BoyleLoveleen TandanStarsDev PatelFreida PintoSaurabh ShuklaWhen a teenager from the slums of Mumbai is interrogated about his suspicious performance on a quiz show, he revisits various events from his past to explain how he knew all the answers.Best Motion Picture of the Year
Best Achievement in Cinematography
Best Achievement in Directing
Best Achievement in Film Editing
Best Achievement in Sound Mixing
Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score
Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song: Jai Ho
Nominated:Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song: O Saya, Best Achievement in Sound Editing - DirectorDavid FincherStarsBrad PittCate BlanchettTilda SwintonBenjamin Button, born in 1918 with the physical state of an elderly man, ages in reverse. He experiences love and break-ups, ecstasy and sorrow, and timelessness by the time he dies in 2003 as a baby.Best Achievement in Art Direction
Best Achievement in Makeup
Best Achievement in Visual Effects
Nominated: Best Achievement in Cinematography, Best Achievement in Costume Design, Best Achievement in Directing, Best Achievement in Film Editing, Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score, Best Achievement in Sound Mixing, Best Motion Picture of the Year, Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role, Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role, Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay - DirectorChristopher NolanStarsChristian BaleHeath LedgerAaron EckhartWhen a menace known as the Joker wreaks havoc and chaos on the people of Gotham, Batman, James Gordon and Harvey Dent must work together to put an end to the madness.Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Best Achievement in Sound Editing
Nominated: Best Achievement in Art Direction, Best Achievement in Cinematography, Best Achievement in Film Editing, Best Achievement in Makeup, Best Achievement in Visual Effects - DirectorGus Van SantStarsSean PennJosh BrolinEmile HirschThe story of American gay activist Harvey Milk, who fought for gay rights and was elected as California's first openly gay official.Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Best Writing, Original Screenplay
Nominated: Best Achievement in Costume Design, Best Achievement in Directing, Best Achievement in Film Editing, Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score, Best Motion Picture of the Year, Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role - DirectorAndrew StantonStarsBen BurttElissa KnightJeff GarlinA robot who is responsible for cleaning a waste-covered Earth meets another robot and falls in love with her. Together, they set out on a journey that will alter the fate of mankind.Best Animated Feature Film of the Year
Nominated: Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score, Best Achievement in Sound Editing, Best Achievement in Sound Mixing, Best Writing, Original Screenplay, Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song: Down to Earth - DirectorJohn Patrick ShanleyStarsMeryl StreepPhilip Seymour HoffmanAmy AdamsA Catholic school principal questions a priest's ambiguous relationship with a troubled young student.Nominated: Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role, Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role, Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role (Amy Adams and Viola Davis), Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
- DirectorRon HowardStarsFrank LangellaMichael SheenKevin BaconA dramatic retelling of the post-Watergate television interviews between British talk-show host David Frost and former president Richard Nixon.Nominated: Best Achievement in Directing, Best Achievement in Film Editing, Best Motion Picture of the Year, Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role, Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
- DirectorStephen DaldryStarsKate WinsletRalph FiennesBruno GanzPost-WWII Germany: Nearly a decade after his affair with an older woman came to a mysterious end, law student Michael Berg re-encounters his former lover as she defends herself in a war-crime trial.Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Nominated: Best Achievement in Cinematography, Best Achievement in Directing, Best Motion Picture of the Year, Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay - DirectorSam MendesStarsLeonardo DiCaprioKate WinsletChristopher FitzgeraldA young couple living in a Connecticut suburb during the mid-1950s struggle to come to terms with their personal problems while trying to raise their two children.Nominated: Best Achievement in Art Direction, Best Achievement in Costume Design, Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
- DirectorClint EastwoodStarsAngelina JolieColm FeoreAmy RyanAfter Christine's son goes missing, she reaches out to the LAPD to find him, but when they try to pass off an impostor as her son to quiet public protests, she refuses to accept him or give up hope.Nominated: Best Achievement in Art Direction, Best Achievement in Cinematography, Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
- DirectorSaul DibbStarsKeira KnightleyRalph FiennesDominic CooperA chronicle of the life of 18th-century aristocrat Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, who was revered for her extravagant political and personal life.Best Achievement in Costume Design
Nominated: Best Achievement in Art Direction - DirectorCourtney HuntStarsMelissa LeoMisty UphamCharlie McDermottA financially strapped Mother joins a Mohawk woman to smuggle illegal immigrants into the United States.Nominated: Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role, Best Writing, Original Screenplay
- DirectorJon FavreauStarsRobert Downey Jr.Gwyneth PaltrowTerrence HowardAfter being held captive in an Afghan cave, billionaire engineer Tony Stark creates a unique weaponized suit of armor to fight evil.Nominated: Best Achievement in Sound Editing, Best Achievement in Visual Effects
- DirectorTimur BekmambetovStarsAngelina JolieJames McAvoyMorgan FreemanA frustrated office worker discovers that he is the son of a professional assassin, and that he shares his father's superhuman killing abilities.Nominated: Best Achievement in Sound Editing, Best Achievement in Sound Mixing
- DirectorDarren AronofskyStarsMickey RourkeMarisa TomeiEvan Rachel WoodA faded professional wrestler must retire, but finds his quest for a new life outside the ring a dispiriting struggle.Nominated: Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role, Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
- DirectorBen StillerStarsBen StillerJack BlackRobert Downey Jr.Through a series of freak occurrences, a group of actors shooting a big-budget war movie are forced to become the soldiers they are portraying.Nominated: Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
- DirectorMartin McDonaghStarsColin FarrellBrendan GleesonCiarán HindsAfter a job gone wrong, hitman Ray and his partner await orders from their ruthless boss in Bruges, Belgium, the last place in the world Ray wants to be.Nominated: Best Writing, Original Screenplay
- DirectorWoody AllenStarsRebecca HallScarlett JohanssonJavier BardemTwo friends on a summer holiday in Spain become enamored with the same painter, unaware that his ex-wife, with whom he has a tempestuous relationship, is about to re-enter the picture.Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
- DirectorTom McCarthyStarsRichard JenkinsHaaz SleimanDanai GuriraA college professor travels to New York City to attend a conference and finds a young couple living in his apartment.Nominated: Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
- DirectorEdward ZwickStarsDaniel CraigLiev SchreiberJamie BellJewish brothers in German-occupied Eastern Europe escape into a Belorussian forest, where they join Russian resistance fighters, and endeavor to build a village, in order to protect themselves and about one thousand Jewish non-combatants.Nominated: Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score
- DirectorBaz LuhrmannStarsNicole KidmanHugh JackmanShea AdamsIn 1939, an Englishwoman inherits a sprawling ranch in northern Australia and reluctantly makes a pact with a stockman to drive 2000 head of cattle over unforgiving landscape.Nominated: Best Achievement in Costume Design
- DirectorMike LeighStarsSally HawkinsAlexis ZegermanSamuel RoukinA look at a few chapters in the life of Poppy, a cheery, colorful, North London schoolteacher whose optimism tends to exasperate those around her.Nominated: Best Writing, Original Screenplay
- DirectorsByron HowardChris WilliamsStarsJohn TravoltaMiley CyrusSusie EssmanThe canine star of a fictional sci-fi/action show that believes his powers are real embarks on a cross country trek to save his co-star from a threat he believes is just as real.Nominated: Best Animated Feature Film of the Year
- DirectorJonathan DemmeStarsAnne HathawayRosemarie DeWittDebra WingerA young woman who has been in and out of rehab for the past ten years returns home for the weekend for her sister's wedding.Nominated: Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
- DirectorsMark OsborneJohn StevensonStarsJack BlackIan McShaneAngelina JolieTo everyone's surprise, including his own, Po, an overweight, clumsy panda, is chosen as protector of the Valley of Peace. His suitability will soon be tested as the valley's arch-enemy is on his way.Nominated: Best Animated Feature Film of the Year
