2009 Oscar Precursor Awards
| Screen Actors Guild | National Board of Review | The Golden Globes | L.A. Film Critics | New York Film Critics Online | |
| Best Picture | (Ensemble) Inglourious Basterds | Up in the Air | Avatar (Drama) and The Hangover (Comedy/Musical) | The Hurt Locker | Avatar |
| Best Director | Clint Eastwood (Invictus) | James Cameron (Avatar) | Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker) | Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker) | |
| Best Actor in a Leading Role | Jeff Bridges (Crazy Heart) | Morgan Freeman (Invictus) and George Clooney (Up in the Air) tie | Jeff Bridges (Crazy Heart, Drama) and Robert Downey Jr. (Comedy/Musical) | Jeff Bridges (Crazy Heart) | Jeff Bridges (Crazy Heart) |
| Best Actress in a Leading Role | Sandra Bullock (The Blind Side) | Carey Mulligan (An Education) | Meryl Streep (Julie and Julia, Comedy/Musical) and Sandra Bullock (The Blind Side, Drama) | Yolande Moreau (Seraphine) | Meryl Streep (Julie and Julia) |
| Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Christoph Waltz (Inglourious Basterds) | Woody Harrelson (The Messenger) | Christoph Waltz (Inglourious Basterds) | Christoph Waltz (Inglourious Basterds) | Christoph Waltz (Inglourious Basterds) |
| Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Mo'Nique (Precious) | Anna Kendrick (Up in the Air) | Mo'Nique (Precious) | Mo'Nique (Precious) | Mo'Nique (Precious) |
| Best Original Screenplay | Inglourious Basterds | ||||
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Up in the Air | Up in the Air | |||
| Best Animated Feature | Up | Up | Fantastic Mr. Fox | ||
| Best Documentary Feature | The Cove | The Beaches of Agnes and The Cove (tie) | The Cove | ||
| Best Foreign Language Film | A Prophet | The White Ribbon | The White Ribbon | ||
| Best Original Score | Up | ||||
| Best Original Song | "The Weary Kind" (Crazy Heart) | "The Weary Kind" (Crazy Heart) | "The Weary Kind" (Crazy Heart) | ||
| Best Cinematography | The White Ribbon | Inglourious Basterds | |||
| Best Art Direction | |||||
| Best Costume Design | |||||
| Best Makeup | |||||
| Best Film Editing | |||||
| Best Visual Effects | |||||
| Best Sound Editing | |||||
| Best Sound Mixing | |||||
| Best Animated Short Film | |||||
| Best Live Action Short Film | |||||
| Best Documentary Short Film |
| Boston Society of Film Critics | The Alliance of Women Film Journalists | Wash. D.C. Critics | BAFTA's | San Francisco Film Critics | |
| Best Picture | The Hurt Locker | The Hurt Locker | Up in the Air | The Hurt Locker | The Hurt Locker |
| Best Director | Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker) | Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker) | Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker) | Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker) | Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker) |
| Best Actor in a Leading Role | Jeremy Renner (The Hurt Locker) | Jeff Bridges (Crazy Heart) | George Clooney (Up in the Air) | Colin Firth (A Single Man) | Colin Firth (A Single Man) |
| Best Actress in a Leading Role | Meryl Streep (Julie and Julia) | Carey Mulligan (An Education) | Carey Mulligan (An Education) | Carey Mulligan (An Education) | Meryl Streep (Julie and Julia) |
| Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Christoph Waltz (Inglourious Basterds) | Christoph Waltz (Inglourious Basterds) | Christoph Waltz (Inglourious Basterds) | Christoph Waltz (Inglourious Basterds) | Christian McKay (Me and Orson Welles) |
| Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Mo'Nique (Precious) | Mo'Nique (Precious) | Mo'Nique (Precious) | Mo'Nique (Precious) | Mo'Nique (Precious) |
| Best Original Screenplay | A Serious Man | (500) Days of Summer | Inglourious Basterds | The Hurt Locker | Inglourious Basterds |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Up in the Air | Up in the Air | Up in the Air | Fantastic Mr. Fox | |
| Best Animated Feature | Up | Up | Up | Up | Coraline |
| Best Documentary Feature | The Cove | The Cove | Food, Inc. | ||
| Best Foreign Language Film | A Prophet | ||||
| Best Original Score | Up | ||||
| Best Original Song | "The Weary Kind" (Crazy Heart) | ||||
| Best Cinematography | The Hurt Locker | The Hurt Locker | A Serious Man | ||
| Best Art Direction | Nine | Avatar | |||
| Best Costume Design | The Young Victoria | ||||
| Best Makeup | The Young Victoria | ||||
| Best Film Editing | The Hurt Locker | Inglourious Basterds | The Hurt Locker | ||
| Best Visual Effects | Avatar | ||||
| Best Sound Editing | |||||
| Best Sound Mixing | The Hurt Locker | ||||
| Best Animated Short Film | |||||
| Best Live Action Short Film | |||||
| Best Documentary Short Film |
| The Gotham Awards | Chicago Film Critics Awards | Detroit Film Critics | Las Vegas Film Critics | Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics | |
| Best Picture | The Hurt Locker | The Hurt Locker | Up | The Hurt Locker | Up in the Air |
| Best Director | Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker) | Pete Docter (Up) | Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker) | Jason Reitman (Up in the Air) | |
| Best Actor in a Leading Role | Jeremy Renner (The Hurt Locker) | Colin Firth (A Single Man) | Jeremy Renner (The Hurt Locker) | George Clooney (Up in the Air) | |
| Best Actress in a Leading Role | Carey Mulligan (An Education) | Gabourey Sidibe (Precious) | Gabourey Sidibe (Precious) | Carey Mulligan (An Education) | |
| Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Christoph Waltz (Inglourious Basterds) | Christoph Waltz (Inglourious Basterds) | Christoph Waltz (Inglourious Basterds) | Christoph Waltz (Inglourious Basterds) | |
| Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Mo'Nique (Precious) | Mo'Nique (Precious) | Mo'Nique (Precious) | Mo'Nique (Precious) | |
| Best Original Screenplay | The Hurt Locker | (500) Days of Summer | |||
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Up in the Air | Up in the Air | |||
| Best Animated Feature | Up | Fantastic Mr. Fox | Up | ||
| Best Documentary Feature | Food, Inc. | The Cove | |||
| Best Foreign Language Film | The White Ribbon | ||||
| Best Original Score | Up | Star Trek | |||
| Best Original Song | "The Weary Kind" (Crazy Heart) | ||||
| Best Cinematography | The Hurt Locker | The Hurt Locker | The Lovely Bones | ||
| Best Art Direction | Avatar | ||||
| Best Costume Design | Inglourious Basterds | ||||
| Best Makeup | |||||
| Best Film Editing | The Hurt Locker | ||||
| Best Visual Effects | Star Trek | ||||
| Best Sound Editing | |||||
| Best Sound Mixing | |||||
| Best Animated Short Film | |||||
| Best Live Action Short Film | |||||
| Best Documentary Short Film |
| Houston Film Critics | Utah Film Critics Association | New York Film Critics Circle | Austin Film Critics | Toronto Film Critics | |
| Best Picture | The Hurt Locker | Up in the Air | The Hurt Locker | The Hurt Locker | Hunger, Inglourious Basterds (tie) |
| Best Director | Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker) | Jason Reitman (Up in the Air) | Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker) | Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker) | Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker) |
| Best Actor in a Leading Role | George Clooney (Up in the Air) | Viggo Mortensen (The Road) | George Clooney (Up in the Air and Fantastic Mr. Fox) | Colin Firth (A Single Man) | Nicholas Cage (Bad Lieutenant) |
| Best Actress in a Leading Role | Carey Mulligan (An Education) | Carey Mulligan (An Education) | Meryl Streep (Julie and Julia) | Melanie Laurent (Inglourious Basterds) | Carey Mulligan (An Education) |
| Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Christoph Waltz (Inglourious Basterds) | Christian McKay (Me and Orson Welles) | Christoph Waltz (Inglourious Basterds) | Christoph Waltz (Inglourious Basterds) | Christoph Waltz (Inglourious Basterds) |
| Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Anna Kendrick (Up in the Air) | Mo'Nique (Precious) | Mo'Nique (Precious) | Anna Kendrick (Up in the Air) | Anna Kendrick (Up in the Air) |
| Best Original Screenplay | In the Loop | Inglourious Basterds | Inglourious Basterds | ||
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Up in the Air | Fantastic Mr. Fox | Up in the Air | Up in the Air | |
| Best Animated Feature | Up | Fantastic Mr. Fox | Up | Fantastic Mr. Fox | |
| Best Documentary Feature | The Cove | The Cove | The Cove | ||
| Best Foreign Language Film | The White Ribbon | ||||
| Best Original Score | Up | Up | |||
| Best Original Song | "Petey's Song" (Fantastic Mr. Fox) | ||||
| Best Cinematography | The Hurt Locker | The White Ribbon | The Hurt Locker | ||
| Best Art Direction | |||||
| Best Costume Design | |||||
| Best Makeup | |||||
| Best Film Editing | |||||
| Best Visual Effects | |||||
| Best Sound Editing | |||||
| Best Sound Mixing | |||||
| Best Animated Short Film | |||||
| Best Live Action Short Film | |||||
| Best Documentary Short Film |
| San Diego Film Critics | Satellite Awards | Florida Film Critics | St. Louis Film Critics | Phoenix Film Critics Awards | |
| Best Picture | Inglourious Basterds | The Hurt Locker and Nine | Up in the Air | Up in the Air | Inglourious Basterds |
| Best Director | Quentin Tarantino (Inglourious Basterds) | Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker) | Jason Reitman (Up in the Air) | Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker) | Quentin Tarantino (Inglourious Basterds) |
| Best Actor in a Leading Role | Colin Firth (A Single Man) | Jeremy Renner (The Hurt Locker)and Michael Stuhlbarg (A Serious Man) | George Clooney (Up in the Air) | George Clooney (Up in the Air) | George Clooney (Up in the Air) |
| Best Actress in a Leading Role | Michelle Monaghan (Trucker) | Shohreh Aghdashloo (The Stoning of Soraya M.) and Meryl Streep (Julie and Julia) | Gabourey Sidibe (Precious) | Carey Mulligan (An Education) | Meryl Streep (Julie and Julia) |
| Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Christoph Waltz (Inglourious Basterds) | Christoph Waltz (Inglourious Basterds) | Christoph Waltz (Inglourious Basterds) | Christoph Waltz (Inglourious Basterds) | Christoph Waltz (Inglourious Basterds) |
| Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Samantha Morton (The Messenger) | Mo'Nique (Precious) | Mo'Nique (Precious) | Mo'Nique (Precious) | Mo'Nique (Precious) |
| Best Original Screenplay | Inglourious Basterds | (500) Days of Summer | (500) Days of Summer | (500) Days of Summer | Up |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Fantastic Mr. Fox | Precious | Up in the Air | ||
| Best Animated Feature | Fantastic Mr. Fox | Up | Up | Up | |
| Best Documentary Feature | The Cove | Every Little Step | The Cove | ||
| Best Foreign Language Film | |||||
| Best Original Score | A Single Man | Up in the Air | Up | ||
| Best Original Song | "The Weary Kind" (Crazy Heart) | Nine | "The Weary Kind" (Crazy Heart) | ||
| Best Cinematography | The Road | Nine | Avatar | Nine | Avatar |
| Best Art Direction | A Single Man | ||||
| Best Costume Design | The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus | The Young Victoria | |||
| Best Makeup | |||||
| Best Film Editing | (500) Days of Summer | The Hurt Locker | Avatar | ||
| Best Visual Effects | 2012 | Avatar | Avatar | ||
| Best Sound Editing | 2012 | ||||
| Best Sound Mixing | 2012 | ||||
| Best Animated Short Film | |||||
| Best Live Action Short Film | |||||
| Best Documentary Short Film |
| Oklahoma Film Critics | Producers Guild Awards | Directors Guild Awards | The National Society of Film Critics Awards | The Online Film Critic Society | |
| Best Picture | The Hurt Locker | The Hurt Locker | The Hurt Locker | The Hurt Locker | |
| Best Director | Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker) | Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker) | Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker) | Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker) | |
| Best Actor in a Leading Role | George Clooney (Up in the Air) | Jeremy Renner (The Hurt Locker) | Jeremy Renner (The Hurt Locker) | ||
| Best Actress in a Leading Role | Meryl Streep (Julie and Julia) | Yolande Moreau (Seraphine) | Melanie Laurent (Inglourious Basterds) | ||
| Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Christoph Waltz (Inglourious Basterds) | Christoph Waltz (Inglourious Basterds) and Paul Schneider (Bright Star) (Tie) | Christoph Waltz (Inglourious Basterds) | ||
| Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Mo'Nique (Precious) | Mo'Nique (Precious) | Mo'Nique (Precious) | ||
| Best Original Screenplay | (500) Days of Summer | A Serious Man | Inglourious Basterds | ||
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Up in the Air | Fantastic Mr. Fox | |||
| Best Animated Feature | Fantastic Mr. Fox | Up | Up | ||
| Best Documentary Feature | The Cove | The Cove | The Beaches of Agnes | ||
| Best Foreign Language Film | The White Ribbon | ||||
| Best Original Score | Up | ||||
| Best Original Song | |||||
| Best Cinematography | The White Ribbon | Inglourious Basterds | |||
| Best Art Direction | |||||
| Best Costume Design | |||||
| Best Makeup | |||||
| Best Film Editing | The Hurt Locker | ||||
| Best Visual Effects | |||||
| Best Sound Editing | |||||
| Best Sound Mixing | |||||
| Best Animated Short Film | |||||
| Best Live Action Short Film | |||||
| Best Documentary Short Film |
| Central Ohio Film Critics | Iowa Film Critics | Vancouver Critics | Broadcast Film Critics Awards (The Critics Choice Awards, BFCA) | Writers Guild Awards and USC Scripter Award | |
| Best Picture | Up in the Air | Up in the Air | Up in the Air | The Hurt Locker | |
| Best Director | Jason Reitman (Up in the Air) | Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker) | Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker) | Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker) | |
| Best Actor in a Leading Role | George Clooney (Up in the Air) | Jeff Bridges (Crazy Heart) | Colin Firth (A Single Man) | Jeff Bridges (Crazy Heart) | |
| Best Actress in a Leading Role | Carey Mulligan (An Education) | Gabourey Sidibe (Precious) | Carey Mulligan (An Education) | TIE: Meryl Streep (Julie and Julia) amd Sandra Bullock (The Blindside) | |
| Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Christoph Waltz (Inglourious Basterds) | Christoph Waltz (Inglourious Basterds) | Christoph Waltz (Inglourious Basterds) | Christoph Waltz (Inglourious Basterds) | |
| Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Mo'Nique (Precious) | Mo'Nique (Precious) | Vera Farmiga (Up in the Air) | Mo'Nique (Precious) | |
| Best Original Screenplay | Inglourious Basterds | Inglourious Basterds | The Hurt Locker | ||
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Up in the Air | Up in the Air | Up in the Air | Up in the Air (Scripter and WGA) | |
| Best Animated Feature | Up | Up | Up | ||
| Best Documentary Feature | The Cove | ||||
| Best Foreign Language Film | |||||
| Best Original Score | Up | Up | |||
| Best Original Song | "The Weary Kind" (Crazy Heart) | ||||
| Best Cinematography | Inglourious Basterds | Avatar | |||
| Best Art Direction | Avatar | ||||
| Best Costume Design | The Young Victoria | ||||
| Best Makeup | District 9 | ||||
| Best Film Editing | Avatar | ||||
| Best Visual Effects | Avatar | ||||
| Best Sound Editing | |||||
| Best Sound Mixing | Avatar | ||||
| Best Animated Short Film | |||||
| Best Live Action Short Film | |||||
| Best Documentary Short Film |