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14th Critics' Choice Awards
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14th Critics' Choice Awards 2009

The Critics' Choice Awards is an annual event honoring the finest achievements in filmmaking. The 14th edition, held on January 8, 2009 at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, celebrated 2008 films with numerous categories including acting, directing, writing, and technical achievements. Nominees were announced on December 9, 2008, adding to the anticipation of the event.

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Highlights

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Total movie nominations

40

Total movie wins

11

Total people nominations

34

Total people wins

8

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Most Nominations

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

 8 nominations
Slumdog Millionaire

Most Wins

Slumdog Millionaire

 5 wins

Most recognized genres

Drama

Drama

23 nominations 3 wins
Romance

Romance

10 nominations 2 wins
Action

Action

10 nominations 0 wins

Most Nominations

John Patrick Shanley

1 nominations

Best Director

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Best Supporting Actor

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Best Young Performer

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Best Cast

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Best Writer

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Best Foreign Language Film

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Best Animated Feature

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Best Documentary Feature

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Best Action Movie

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Best Comedy Movie

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Best Composer

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Best Song

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All winners and nominees

Best Picture

WINNER

Slumdog Millionaire

NOMINEES

Changeling

 

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

 

The Dark Knight

 

Doubt

 

Frost/Nixon

 

Milk

 

The Reader

 

WALL-E

 

The Wrestler

Best Director

WINNER

Slumdog Millionaire Danny Boyle

NOMINEES

The Dark Knight Christopher Nolan

 

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button David Fincher

 

Milk Gus Van Sant

 

Frost/Nixon Ron Howard

Best Actor

WINNER

Milk Sean Penn

NOMINEES

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Brad Pitt

 

Gran Torino Clint Eastwood

 

Frost/Nixon Frank Langella

 

The Wrestler Mickey Rourke

 

The Visitor Richard Jenkins

Best Actress

WINNER

Rachel Getting Married Anne Hathaway

NOMINEES

Changeling Angelina Jolie

 

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Cate Blanchett

 

Nothing But the Truth Kate Beckinsale

 

Frozen River Melissa Leo

Best Supporting Actor

WINNER

The Dark Knight Heath Ledger

NOMINEES

Milk James Franco

 

Milk Josh Brolin

 

Doubt Philip Seymour Hoffman

 

Tropic Thunder Robert Downey Jr.

Best Supporting Actress

WINNER

The Reader Kate Winslet

NOMINEES

The Wrestler Marisa Tomei

 

Vicky Cristina Barcelona Penélope Cruz

 

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Taraji P. Henson

 

Nothing But the Truth Vera Farmiga

 

Doubt Viola Davis

Best Young Performer

WINNER

Slumdog Millionaire Dev Patel

NOMINEES

Australia

 

The Secret Life of Bees Dakota Fanning

 

The Reader David Kross

Best Cast

WINNER

Milk

NOMINEES

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

 

The Dark Knight

 

Doubt

 

Rachel Getting Married

Best Writer

WINNER

Slumdog Millionaire

NOMINEES

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

 

Doubt John Patrick Shanley

 

Frost/Nixon

 

Milk Dustin Lance Black

Best Foreign Language Film

WINNER

Waltz with Bashir

NOMINEES

Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale

 

Gomorrah

 

I've Loved You So Long

 

Let the Right One In

Best Animated Feature

WINNER

WALL-E

NOMINEES

Bolt

 

Kung Fu Panda

 

Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa

 

Waltz with Bashir

 

Space Chimps

Best Documentary Feature

WINNER

Man on Wire

NOMINEES

Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired

 

Standard Operating Procedure

 

Young@Heart

Best Action Movie

WINNER

The Dark Knight

NOMINEES

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

 

Iron Man

 

Quantum of Solace

 

Wanted

 

The Incredible Hulk

Best Comedy Movie

WINNER

Tropic Thunder

NOMINEES

Burn After Reading

 

Forgetting Sarah Marshall

 

Role Models

 

Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Best Composer

WINNER

Slumdog Millionaire

NOMINEES

Changeling

 

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

 

The Dark Knight

 

Milk

Best Song

WINNER

The Wrestler

NOMINEES

Quantum of Solace

 

WALL-E

 

Bolt

 

Slumdog Millionaire

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