15th Critics' Choice Awards
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15th Critics' Choice Awards 2010

The 15th Critics' Choice Awards were presented on January 15, 2010 at the Hollywood Palladium, honoring the finest achievements of 2009 filmmaking. Broadcast on VH1 and hosted by Kristin Chenoweth, the awards expanded from 16 to 24 film categories by adding several technical categories and splitting the screenplay category into adapted and original slots. The World War II epic Inglourious Basterds and the romantic musical drama Nine each received a record ten nominations, while Avatar won a record six awards.

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Highlights

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Total movie nominations

45

Total movie wins

14

Total people nominations

37

Total people wins

9

Nine

Most Nominations

Nine

 10 nominations
Avatar

Most Wins

Avatar

 6 wins

Most recognized genres

Drama

Drama

30 nominations 6 wins
Romance

Romance

12 nominations 3 wins
Adventure

Adventure

11 nominations 0 wins
Quentin Tarantino

Most Nominations

Quentin Tarantino

2 nominations

Best Director

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Best Acting Ensemble

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Best Original Screenplay

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Best Adapted Screenplay

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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 Foreign Language Film

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Best Art Direction

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Best Cinematography

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Best Costume Design

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Best Editing

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Best Makeup

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Best Score

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Best Song

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Best Sound

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Best Visual Effects

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All winners and nominees

Best Picture

WINNER

The Hurt Locker

NOMINEES

Avatar

 

An Education

 

Inglourious Basterds

 

Invictus

 

Nine

 

Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire

 

A Serious Man

 

Up in the Air

Best Director

WINNER

The Hurt Locker Kathryn Bigelow

NOMINEES

Avatar James Cameron

 

Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire Lee Daniels

 

Invictus Clint Eastwood

 

Up in the Air Jason Reitman

 

Inglourious Basterds Quentin Tarantino

Best Actor

WINNER

Crazy Heart Jeff Bridges

NOMINEES

Up in the Air George Clooney

 

A Single Man Colin Firth

 

Invictus Morgan Freeman

 

On the Road Viggo Mortensen

 

The Hurt Locker Jeremy Renner

Best Actress

WINNER

The Blind Side Sandra Bullock

NOMINEES

The Young Victoria Emily Blunt

 

An Education Carey Mulligan

 

The Lovely Bones Saoirse Ronan

 

Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire Gabourey Sidibe

Best Supporting Actor

WINNER

Inglourious Basterds Christoph Waltz

NOMINEES

Invictus Matt Damon

 

The Messenger Woody Harrelson

 

Me and Orson Welles Christian McKay

 

An Education Alfred Molina

 

The Lovely Bones Stanley Tucci

Best Supporting Actress

WINNER

Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire Mo'Nique

NOMINEES

Nine Marion Cotillard

 

Up in the Air Vera Farmiga

 

Up in the Air Anna Kendrick

 

A Single Man Julianne Moore

 

The Messenger Samantha Morton

Best Young Actor/Actress

WINNER

The Lovely Bones Saoirse Ronan

NOMINEES

The Blind Side Jae Head

 

The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story Bailee Madison

 

Where the Wild Things Are Max Records

 

On the Road Kodi Smit-McPhee

Best Acting Ensemble

WINNER

Inglourious Basterds

NOMINEES

Nine

 

Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire

 

Star Trek

 

Up in the Air

Best Original Screenplay

WINNER

Inglourious Basterds Quentin Tarantino

NOMINEES

(500) Days of Summer

 

The Hurt Locker

 

A Serious Man

Best Adapted Screenplay

WINNER

Up in the Air

NOMINEES

District 9

 

An Education

 

Fantastic Mr. Fox

 

Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire

 

A Single Man

Best Animated Feature

NOMINEES

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

 

Coraline

 

Fantastic Mr. Fox

 

The Princess and the Frog

Best Documentary Feature

WINNER

The Cove

NOMINEES

Anvil! The Story of Anvil

 

Capitalism: A Love Story

 

Food, Inc.

Best Action Movie

WINNER

Avatar

NOMINEES

District 9

 

The Hurt Locker

 

Inglourious Basterds

 

Star Trek

Best Comedy Movie

WINNER

The Hangover

NOMINEES

(500) Days of Summer

 

It's Complicated

 

The Proposal

 

Zombieland

Best Foreign Language Film

WINNER

Broken Embraces

NOMINEES

Coco Before Chanel

 

Red Cliff

 

Sin Nombre

 

The White Ribbon

Best Art Direction

WINNER

Avatar

NOMINEES

Inglourious Basterds

 

The Lovely Bones

 

Nine

 

A Single Man

Best Cinematography

WINNER

Avatar

NOMINEES

The Hurt Locker

 

Inglourious Basterds

 

The Lovely Bones

 

Nine

Best Costume Design

WINNER

The Young Victoria

NOMINEES

Bright Star

 

Inglourious Basterds

 

Nine

 

Where the Wild Things Are

Best Editing

WINNER

Avatar

NOMINEES

The Hurt Locker

 

Inglourious Basterds

 

Nine

 

Up in the Air

Best Makeup

WINNER

District 9

NOMINEES

Avatar

 

Nine

 

On the Road

 

Star Trek

Best Score

NOMINEES

The Informant!

 

The Princess and the Frog Randy Newman

 

Sherlock Holmes Hans Zimmer

 

Where the Wild Things Are

Best Song

WINNER

Crazy Heart

NOMINEES

Where the Wild Things Are

 

The Princess and the Frog

 

Nine

 

Everybody's Fine

Best Sound

WINNER

Avatar

NOMINEES

District 9

 

The Hurt Locker

 

Nine

 

Star Trek

Best Visual Effects

WINNER

Avatar

NOMINEES

2012

 

District 9

 

The Lovely Bones

 

Star Trek

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