Um vikuskifti vóru Oscar heiðurslønirnar handaðar, og hesi vóru kosin sum tey bestu innan filmsheimin Hesu vóru tey tilnevndu og vinnararnar av Oscar virðislønarhandaninum 2009:
Besta film og direktør:
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Frost/Nixon
Milk
The Reader
Slumdog Millionaire
Vinnarin: Slumdog Millionaire
Besta mannliga høvuðsleiklut
Richard Jenkins, The Visitor
Frank Langella, Frost/Nixon
Sean Penn, Milk
Brad Pitt, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler
Vinnari: Sean Penn
Besta kvinnuliga høvuðsleiklut
Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married
Angelina Jolie, Changeling
Melissa Leo, Frozen River
Meryl Streep, Doubt
Kate Winslet, The Reader
Vinnarin: Kate Winslet
Best útlendska film:
Tha Baader Meinhof Complex
The Class
Departures
Revanche
Waltz with Bashir
Vinnarin: Departures
Best tónleik
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Defiance
Milk
Slumdog Millionaire
Wall-E
Vinnarin: Slumdog Millionaire
Besta films klipping
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Frost/Nixon
Milk
Slumdog Millionaire
Vinnarin: Slumdog Millionaire
Bestu ljóðblanding
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Slumdog Millionaire
Wall-E
Wanted
Vinnarin: Slumdog Millionaire
Bestu effektir
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Iron Man
Vinnarin: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
