14th Critics' Choice Awards
| 14th Critics' Choice Awards | ||||
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| Date | January 8, 2009 | |||
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| Best Film | Slumdog Millionaire | |||
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The 14th Critics' Choice Awards were presented on Thursday, January 8, 2009 at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium to honor the finest achievements in 2008 filmmaking.
Nominees were announced on December 9, 2008.
Winners and nominees
Best Film
- Changeling
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- The Dark Knight
- Doubt
- Frost/Nixon
- Milk
- The Reader
- WALL·E
- The Wrestler
Best Action Film
- Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
- Iron Man
- Quantum of Solace
- Wanted
Best Comedy Film
Best Documentary Film
Best Foreign Language Film
Waltz with Bashir (Vals im Bashir) • Israel
- A Christmas Tale (Un conte de Noël) • France
- Gomorrah (Gomorra) • Italy
- I've Loved You So Long (Il y a longtemps que je t'aime) • France
- Let the Right One In (Låt den rätte komma in) • Sweden
- Mongol • Kazakhstan
Best Animated Film
WALL·E
Best Television Film
Best Actor
- Clint Eastwood – Gran Torino
- Richard Jenkins – The Visitor
- Frank Langella – Frost/Nixon
- Brad Pitt – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- Mickey Rourke – The Wrestler
Best Actress
Anne Hathaway – Rachel Getting Married
Meryl Streep – Doubt
- Kate Beckinsale – Nothing But the Truth
- Cate Blanchett – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- Angelina Jolie – Changeling
- Melissa Leo – Frozen River
Best Supporting Actor
Heath Ledger – The Dark Knight
- Josh Brolin – Milk
- Robert Downey, Jr. – Tropic Thunder
- Philip Seymour Hoffman – Doubt
- James Franco – Milk
Best Supporting Actress
- Penélope Cruz – Vicky Cristina Barcelona
- Viola Davis – Doubt
- Vera Farmiga – Nothing But the Truth
- Taraji P. Henson – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- Marisa Tomei – The Wrestler
Best Young Performer
Dev Patel – Slumdog Millionaire
Best Cast
Best Director
Danny Boyle – Slumdog Millionaire
- David Fincher – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- Ron Howard – Frost/Nixon
- Christopher Nolan – The Dark Knight
- Gus Van Sant – Milk
Best Screenplay
Simon Beaufoy – Slumdog Millionaire
- Eric Roth – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- John Patrick Shanley – Doubt
- Peter Morgan – Frost/Nixon
- Dustin Lance Black – Milk
Best Composer
A. R. Rahman – Slumdog Millionaire
- Alexandre Desplat – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- Clint Eastwood – Changeling
- Danny Elfman – Milk
- James Newton Howard and Hans Zimmer – The Dark Knight
Best Song
"The Wrestler" performed by Bruce Springsteen – The Wrestler
- "Another Way to Die" performed by Alicia Keys and Jack White – Quantum of Solace
- "Down to Earth" performed by Peter Gabriel – WALL·E
- "I Thought I Lost You" performed by Miley Cyrus and John Travolta – Bolt
- "Jai Ho!" performed by Sukhwinder Singh – Slumdog Millionaire
Awards breakdown
Number of nominations (minimum 2)
- 8 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Milk
- 6 The Dark Knight, Doubt and Slumdog Millionaire
- 5 The Wrestler
- 4 Frost/Nixon
- 3 Changeling, The Reader and WALL·E
- 2 Bolt, Nothing But the Truth, Quantum of Solace, Rachel Getting Married, Tropic Thunder and Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Number of awards (minimum 2)
- 5 Slumdog Millionaire
- 2 The Dark Knight and Milk