2009 Oscar Predictions
| Best Picture | The Hurt Locker | Avatar | Inglourious Basterds | Up in the Air | Precious |
| The Blind Side | Up | An Education | District 9 | A Serious Man | |
| Best Director | Kathryn Bigelow - The Hurt Locker | James Cameron - Avatar | Quentin Tarantino - Inglourious Basterds | Jason Reitman - Up in the Air | Lee Daniels - Precious |
| Best Actor in a Leading Role | Jeff Bridges - Crazy Heart | Jeremy Renner - The Hurt Locker | George Clooney - Up in the Air | Colin Firth - A Single Man | Morgan Freeman - Invictus |
| Best Actress in a Leading Role | Sandra Bullock - The Blind Side | Meryl Streep - Julie and Julia | Carey Mulligan - An Education | Gabourey Sibide - Precious | Helen Mirren - The Last Station |
| Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Christoph Waltz - Inglourious Basterds | Christopher Plummer - The Last Station | Woody Harrelson - The Messenger | Stanley Tucci - The Lovely Bones | Matt Damon - Invictus |
| Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Mo'Nique - Precious | Maggie Gyllenhaal - Crazy Heart | Anna Kendrick - Up in the Air | Vera Farmiga - Up in the Air | Penelope Cruz - Nine |
| Best Original Screenplay | The Hurt Locker | Inglourious Basterds | A Serious Man | Up | The Messenger |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Up In The Air | Precious | An Education | District 9 | In the Loop |
| Best Animated Feature | Up | Fantastic Mr. Fox | The Princess and the Frog | Coraline | The Secret of Kells |
| Best Documentary Feature | The Cove | Food, Inc. | Burma VJ | The Most Dangerous Man in America | Which Way Home |
| Best Foreign Language Film | The Secret in Their Eyes - Argentina | The White Ribbon - Germany | A Prophet - France | Ajami - Israel | The Milk of Sorrow - Peru |
| Best Original Score | Up ( Michael Giacchino) | Avatar (James Horner) | Sherlock Holmes - Hans Zimmer | Fantastic Mr. Fox - Alexandre Desplat | The Hurt Locker Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders |
| Best Original Song | "The Weary Kind" (Burnett/Bingham) - Crazy Heart | "Down in New Orleans" (Randy Newman) - The Princess and the Frog | "Almost There" (Randy Newman) - The Princess and the Frog | "Take It All" (Maury Weston) - Nine | "Loin de Paname" (Reinhardt Wagner and Frank Thomas) - Paris 36 |
| Best Cinematography | Avatar | The Hurt Locker | The White Ribbon | Inglourious Basterds | Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince |
| Best Art Direction | Avatar | Sherlock Holmes | Nine | The Young Victoria | The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus |
| Best Costume Design | The Young Victoria | Coco Avant Chanel | Bright Star | Nine | The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus |
| Best Makeup | Star Trek | Il Divo | The Young Victoria | ||
| Best Film Editing | The Hurt Locker | Avatar | Inglourious Basterds | Precious | District 9 |
| Best Visual Effects | Avatar | Star Trek | District 9 | ||
| Best Sound Editing | Avatar | The Hurt Locker | Up | Star Trek | Inglourious Basterds |
| Best Sound Mixing | The Hurt Locker | Avatar | Star Trek | Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | Inglourious Basterds |
| Best Animated Short Film | Wallace and Gromit A Matter of Loaf and Death | French Roast | Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty | Logorama | The Lady and the Reaper |
| Best Live Action Short Film | The Door | Instead of Abracadabra | Miracle Fish | Kavi | The New Tenants |
| Best Documentary Short Film | The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant | China’s Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province | The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner | Rabbit à la Berlin | Music by Prudence |
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Last Updated: 1/29/10