A jelöltek: "Avatar", "The Blind Side," "District 9," "An Education", "The Hurt Locker", "Inglourious Basterds", "Precious", "Egy komoly ember", "Up" és a Up in the Air. "

Legjobb rendező: James Cameron ( "Avatar"), Kathryn Bigelow ( "The Hurt Locker"), Quentin Tarantino ( "Inglourious Basterds"), Lee Daniels ( "Precious") és Jason Reitman ( "Up in the Air ").
Legjobb színész, a négy jelölt: Jeff Bridges ( "Crazy Heart), George Clooney (Up in the Air"), Colin Firth ( "A Single Man") ,Morgan Freeman ( "Invictus").Jeremy Renner ( "The Hurt Locker").