Cel mai bun film
The Blind Side
Up in the Air
Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
District 9
Up
An Education
Avatar
A Serious Man
Inglourious Basterds
The Hurt Locker

Avatar – 9 nominalizari la Oscar

Inglourious Basterds – 7 nominalizari la Oscar

Cel mai bun actor in rol principal
Morgan Freeman – Invictus
Jeremy Renner – The Hurt Locker
Jeff Bridges – Crazy Heart
George Clooney – Up in the Air
Colin Firth – A Single Man

Cea mai buna actrita in rol principal
Carey Mulligan – An Education
Gabourey ‘Gabby’ Sidibe – Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
Meryl Streep – Julie & Julia
Sandra Bullock – The Blind Side
Helen Mirren – The Last Station

Cel mai bun documentar (scurtmetraj)
Krolik po berlinsku 
The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner
Music by Prudence
China’s Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province 
The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant

Cel mai bun mixaj de sunet
Star Trek: The Future Begins – Andy Nelson, Peter J. Devlin, Anna Behlmer
Avatar – Gary Summers, Andy Nelson, Tony Johnson, Christopher Boyes
Inglourious Basterds – Michael Minkler, Tony Lamberti, Mark Ulano
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen – Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers, Geoffrey Patterson
The Hurt Locker – Paul N.J. Ottosson, Ray Beckett

Cele mai bune efecte vizuale
Avatar – Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham, Andy Jones 
District 9 – Peter Muyzers, Robert Hobbs, Matt Aitken, Dan Kaufman
Star Trek: The Future Begins – Paul Kavanagh, Burt Dalton, Roger Guyett, Russell Earl

Cel mai bun montaj
The Hurt Locker – Chris Innis, Bob Murawski
Avatar – John Refoua, Stephen E. Rivkin, James Cameron
Inglourious Basterds – Sally Menke
Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire – Joe Klotz
District 9 – Julian Clarke

Cel mai bun film strain
La teta asustada
Ajami
Das weiße Band
El secreto de sus ojos
Un prophete

Cea mai buna imagine
Das weiße Band – Christian Berger
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince – Bruno Delbonnel
The Hurt Locker – Barry Ackroyd
Inglourious Basterds – Robert Richardson
Avatar – Mauro Fiore

Cea mai buna coloana sonora
Sherlock Holmes – Hans Zimmer
Avatar – James Horner
Fantastic Mr. Fox – Alexandre Desplat
Up – Michael Giacchino
The Hurt Locker – Marco Beltrami, Buck Sanders

Cel mai bun scurtmetraj
Miracle Fish – Drew Bailey, Luke Doolan
Istallet for abrakadabra – Patrik Eklund, Mathias Fjallstrom
The New Tenants – Joachim Back, Tivi Magnusson
Kavi – Gregg Helvey
The Door – Juanita Wilson, James Flynn

Cel mai bun film de animatie (lungmetraj)
Fantastic Mr. Fox – Wes Anderson
The Princess and the Frog – John Musker, Ron Clements
The Secret of Kells – Tomm Moore
Coraline – Henry Selick
Up – Pete Docter
 
Cel mai bun scenariu adaptat
An Education – Nick Hornby
Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire – Geoffrey Fletcher
In the Loop – Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche
Up in the Air – Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner
District 9 – Neill Blomkamp, Terri Tatchell

Cel mai bun cantec original
Reinhardt Wagner, Frank Thomas – Faubourg 36
Maury Yeston – Nine
T-Bone Burnett, Ryan Bingham – Crazy Heart
Randy Newman, Randy Newman – The Princess and the Frog

Cea mai buna scenografie
The Young Victoria – Patrice Vermette, Maggie Gray
Avatar – Kim Sinclair, Rick Carter, Robert Stromberg
Nine – Gordon Sim, John Myhre
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus – David Warren, Anastasia Masaro, Caroline Smith
Sherlock Holmes – Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer
 
Cel mai bun film de animatie (scurtmetraj)
La dama y la muerte – Javier Recio Gracia
Logorama – Nicolas Schmerkin
French Roast – Fabrice Joubert
Wallace and Gromit in ‘A Matter of Loaf and Death’ – Nick Park
Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty – Nicky Phelan, Darragh O’Connell

Cel mai bun montaj de sunet
Avatar – Christopher Boyes, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle
Star Trek: The Future Begins – Mark P. Stoeckinger, Alan Rankin
Up – Michael Silvers, Tom Myers
The Hurt Locker – Paul N.J. Ottosson
Inglourious Basterds – Wylie Stateman

Cel mai bun actor in rol secundar
Stanley Tucci – The Lovely Bones
Christoph Waltz – Inglourious Basterds
Matt Damon – Invictus
Christopher Plummer – The Last Station

Cel mai bun documentar (lungmetraj)
Food, Inc.
Burma VJ: Reporter i et lukket land
The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers
The Cove
Which Way Home

Cele mai bune costume
The Young Victoria – Sandy Powell
Bright Star – Janet Patterson
Coco avant Chanel – Catherine Leterrier
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus – Monique Prudhomme
Nine – Colleen Atwood

Cel mai bun regizor
James Cameron – Avatar
Quentin Tarantino – Inglourious Basterds
Kathryn Bigelow – The Hurt Locker
Jason Reitman – Up in the Air
Lee Daniels – Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire

Cel mai bun scenariu original
Up – Pete Docter, Thomas McCarthy, Bob Peterson
The Messenger – Oren Moverman, Alessandro Camon
Inglourious Basterds – Quentin Tarantino
A Serious Man – Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
The Hurt Locker – Mark Boal