Best picture
• "Avatar"
• "The Hurt Locker" [WINNER]
• "Precious: Based on the novel 'Push' by Sapphire"
• "Up in the Air"
• "Inglourious Basterds"
• "Up"
• "The Blind Side"
• "District 9"
• "An Education"
• "A Serious Man"
Actor
• George Clooney, "Up in the Air"
• Jeff Bridges, "Crazy Heart" [WINNER]
• Colin Firth, "A Single Man"
• Morgan Freeman, "Invictus"
• Jeremy Renner, "The Hurt Locker"
Actress
• Meryl Streep, "Julie & Julia"
• Sandra Bullock, "The Blind Side" [WINNER]
• Gabourey Sidibe, "Precious: Based on the novel 'Push' by Sapphire"
• Helen Mirren, "The Last Station"
• Carey Mulligan, "An Education"
Supporting actor
• Matt Damon, "Invictus"
• Woody Harrelson, "The Messenger"
• Christopher Plummer, "The Last Station"
• Stanley Tucci, "The Lovely Bones"
• Christoph Waltz, "Inglourious Basterds" [WINNER]