14th Critics' Choice Awards

Best Film

Slumdog Millionaire

The Dark Knight

Changeling

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Doubt

Frost/Nixon

Milk

The Reader

WALL·E

The Wrestler

Best Action Film

The Dark Knight

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

Iron Man

Quantum of Solace

Wanted

Best Comedy Film

Tropic Thunder

Burn After Reading

Forgetting Sarah Marshall

Role Models

Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Best Documentary Film

Man on Wire

I.O.U.S.A.

Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired

Standard Operating Procedure

Young@Heart

Best Foreign Language Film

Waltz with Bashir (Vals im Bashir) • Israel

A Christmas Tale (Un conte de Noël) • France

Gomorrah (Gomorra) • Italy

I've Loved You So Long (Il y a longtemps que je t'aime) • France

Let the Right One In (Låt den rätte komma in) • Sweden

Mongol • Kazakhstan

Best Animated Film

WALL·E

Bolt

Kung Fu Panda

Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa

Waltz with Bashir (Vals im Bashir)

Best Television Film

John Adams

Recount

Coco Chanel

Best Actor

Sean Penn – Milk

Clint Eastwood – Gran Torino

Richard Jenkins – The Visitor

Frank Langella – Frost/Nixon

Brad Pitt – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Mickey Rourke – The Wrestler

Best Actress

Anne Hathaway – Rachel Getting Married
Meryl Streep – Doubt

Kate Beckinsale – Nothing But the Truth

Cate Blanchett – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Angelina Jolie – Changeling

Melissa Leo – Frozen River

Best Supporting Actor

Heath Ledger – The Dark Knight

Josh Brolin – Milk

Robert Downey, Jr. – Tropic Thunder

Philip Seymour Hoffman – Doubt

James Franco – Milk

Best Supporting Actress

Kate Winslet – The Reader

Penélope Cruz – Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Viola Davis – Doubt

Vera Farmiga – Nothing But the Truth

Taraji P. Henson – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Marisa Tomei – The Wrestler

Best Young Performer

Dev Patel – Slumdog Millionaire

Dakota Fanning – The Secret Life of Bees

David Kross – The Reader

Brandon Walters – Australia

Best Cast

Milk

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

The Dark Knight

Doubt

Rachel Getting Married

Best Director

Danny Boyle – Slumdog Millionaire

David Fincher – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Ron Howard – Frost/Nixon

Christopher Nolan – The Dark Knight

Gus Van Sant – Milk

Best Screenplay

Simon Beaufoy – Slumdog Millionaire

Eric Roth – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

John Patrick Shanley – Doubt

Peter Morgan – Frost/Nixon

Dustin Lance Black – Milk

Best Composer

A. R. Rahman – Slumdog Millionaire

Alexandre Desplat – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Clint Eastwood – Changeling

Danny Elfman – Milk

James Newton Howard and Hans Zimmer – The Dark Knight

Best Song

"The Wrestler" performed by Bruce Springsteen – The Wrestler

"Another Way to Die" performed by Alicia Keys and Jack White – Quantum of Solace

"Down to Earth" performed by Peter Gabriel – WALL·E

"I Thought I Lost You" performed by Miley Cyrus and John Travolta – Bolt

"Jai Ho!" performed by Sukhwinder Singh – Slumdog Millionaire

Joel Siegel Award

Richard Gere

Awards breakdown

Number of nominations (minimum 2)

8 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Milk 6 The Dark Knight, Doubt and Slumdog Millionaire 5 The Wrestler 4 Frost/Nixon 3 Changeling, The Reader and WALL·E 2 Bolt, Nothing But the Truth, Quantum of Solace, Rachel Getting Married, Tropic Thunder and Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Number of awards (minimum 2)

5 Slumdog Millionaire 2 The Dark Knight and Milk