Best Feature-Length Film

1. WALL*E

2. The Dark Knight

3. Wendy and Lucy

4. Rachel Getting Married

5. Funny Games

6. Man on Wire

7. A Christmas Tale

8. Transsiberian

9. Doubt

10. American Teen

Best Lead Performance, Male

1. Josh Brolin, W.

2. Sean Penn, Milk

3. Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler

4. Sam Rockwell, Snow Angels

5. Philip Seymour Hoffman, Doubt

Best Lead Performance, Female

1. Michelle Williams, Wendy and Lucy

2. Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married

3. Rebecca Hall, Vicky Cristina Barcelona

4. Frances McDormand, Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day

5. Anamaria Marinca, 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days

Best Supporting Performance, Male

1. Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight 

2. Josh Brolin, Milk

3. Brad Pitt, Burn After Reading

4. Bill Irwin, Rachel Getting Married

5. Eddie Marsan, Happy-Go-Lucky

Best Supporting Performance, Female

1. Marisa Tomei, The Wrestler

2. Amy Adams, Doubt

3. Rosemarie DeWitt, Rachel Getting Married

4. Penelope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona

5. Gwyneth Paltrow, Iron Man   
 

Best Direction

1. Andrew Stanton, WALL*E

2. Christopher Nolan, The Dark Knight 

3. Kelly Reichardt, Wendy and Lucy

4. Jonathan Demme, Rachel Getting Married

5. Arnaud Desplechin, A Christmas Tale

Best Screenplay

(original or adapted)

1. WALL*E

2. Rachel Getting Married

3. Doubt

4. Vicky Cristina Barcelona

5. The Dark Knight

Best Cinematography

(film or video)

1. The Fall

2. Miracle at St. Anna

3. Wendy and Lucy

4. Blindness

5. Che

Best Music

(original, adapted, or compiled)

1. WALL*E

2. Rachel Getting Married

3. Changeling

4. A Christmas Tale

5. Slumdog Millionaire

Best Cinematic Moment

1. Space dance, WALL*E

2. Entering the cathedral, Encounters at the End of the World

3. Sidney sings his wedding vows, Rachel Getting Married

4. WALL*E shows his collection to EVE, WALL*E

5. A generous donation, Wendy and Lucy

6. Monologue confession, JCVD

7. First day working the meat counter, The Wrestler

8. Sweded films, Be Kind Rewind

9. Looking for the bag, Frozen River

10. Hiding from security, Man on Wire
   

Best Cinematic Breakthrough

1. Rebecca Hall, Vicky Cristina Barcelona (actor)

2. Sally Hawkins, Happy-Go-Lucky (actor)

3. Jenny Lumet, Rachel Getting Married (screenwriter)

4. Joachim Trier, Reprise (director-screenwriter)

5. Jeff Nichols, Shotgun Stories (director-screenwriter)

Best Body of Work

1. Penelope Cruz, Elegy and Vicky Cristina Barcelona

2. Sam Rockwell, Choke, Frost/Nixon, and Snow Angels

3. Josh Brolin, Milk and W.

4. James Franco, Milk and Pineapple Express 

5. Philip Seymour Hoffman, Doubt and Synecdoche, New York

Best Ensemble Performance

1. Doubt

2. Rachel Getting Married

3. Burn After Reading

4. Milk

5. Vicky Cristina Barcelona

10th Anniversary Award, Best Feature Film 1998

1. After Life

2. The Truman Show

3. Rushmore

4. The Last Days of Disco

5. The Big Lebowski 
 

25th Anniversary Award, Best Feature Film 1983

1. The Right Stuff

2. WarGames

3. Zelig

4. Videodrome

5. Return of the Jedi

50th Anniversary Award, Best Feature Film 1958

1. Vertigo

2. Touch of Evil

3. Mon Oncle

4. The Hidden Fortress