The 15th Annual Critics' Choice Awards were given on 15 January 2010 to honor the finest achievements in 2009 filmmaking.


BEST PICTURE

Winner: The Hurt Locker

    Nominees:
    • Avatar
    • An Education
    • The Hurt Locker
    • Inglourious Basterds
    • Invictus
    • Nine
    • Precious
    • A Serious Man
    • Up
    • Up In The Air



BEST ACTOR

Winner: Jeff Bridges - Crazy Heart

    Nominees:
    • Jeff Bridges - Crazy Heart
    • George Clooney - Up In The Air
    • Colin Firth - A Single Man
    • Morgan Freeman - Invictus
    • Viggo Mortensen - The Road
    • Jeremy Renner - The Hurt Locker



BEST ACTRESS

Winner: TIE:
Meryl Streep - Julie & Julia, and Sandra Bullock - The Blind Side

    Nominees:
    • Emily Blunt - The Young Victoria
    • Sandra Bullock - The Blind Side
    • Carey Mulligan - An Education
    • Saoirse Ronan - The Lovely Bones
    • Gabourey Sidibe - Precious
    • Meryl Streep - Julie & Julia



BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Winner: Cristoph Waltz - Inglorious Basterds

    Nominees:
    • Matt Damon - Invictus
    • Woody Harrelson - The Messenger
    • Christian McKay - Me And Orson Welles
    • Alfred Molina - An Education
    • Stanley Tucci - The Lovely Bones
    • Christoph Waltz - Inglourious Basterds



BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Winner: Mo'Nique - Precious

    Nominees:
    • Marion Cotillard - Nine
    • Vera Farmiga - Up In The Air
    • Anna Kendrick - Up In The Air
    • Mo’Nique - Precious
    • Julianne Moore - A Single Man
    • Samantha Morton - The Messenger



BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS

Winner: Saoirse Ronan - The Lovely Bones

    Nominees:
    • Jae Head - The Blind Side
    • Bailee Madison - Brothers
    • Max Records - Where The Wild Things Are
    • Saoirse Ronan - The Lovely Bones
    • Kodi Smit-McPhee - The Road



BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE

Winner: Inglorious Basterds

    Nominees:
    • Inglourious Basterds
    • Nine
    • Precious
    • Star Trek
    • Up In The Air



BEST DIRECTING

Winner: Kathryn Bigelow - The Hurt Locker

    Nominees:
    • Kathryn Bigelow - The Hurt Locker
    • James Cameron - Avatar
    • Lee Daniels - Precious
    • Clint Eastwood - Invictus
    • Jason Reitman - Up In The Air
    • Quentin Tarantino - Inglourious Basterds



BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Winner: Quentin Tarantino - Inglourious Basterds

    Nominees:
    • Mark Boal - The Hurt Locker
    • Joel Coen & Ethan Coen - A Serious Man
    • Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber - (500) Days Of Summer
    • Bob Peterson, Peter Docter - Up
    • Quentin Tarantino - Inglourious Basterds



BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

Winner: Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner - Up In The Air

    Nominees:
    • Wes Anderson, Noah Baumbach - Fantastic Mr. Fox
    • Neill Blomkamp, Terri Tatchell - District 9
    • Geoffrey Fletcher - Precious
    • Tom Ford, David Scearce - A Single Man
    • Nick Hornby - An Education
    • Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner - Up In The Air



BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Winner: Avatar

    Nominees:
    • The Hurt Locker
    • Nine
    • Avatar
    • The Lovely Bones
    • Inglourious Basterds



BEST ART DIRECTION

Winner: Avatar

    Nominees:
    • A Single Man
    • Avatar
    • Nine
    • The Lovely Bones
    • Inglourious Basterds



BEST EDITING

Winner: Avatar

    Nominees:
    • Up In The Air
    • Inglourious Basterds
    • The Hurt Locker
    • Avatar
    • Nine



BEST COSTUME DESIGN

Winner: The Young Victoria

    Nominees:
    • Nine
    • Bright Star
    • The Young Victoria
    • Inglourious Basterds
    • Where The Wild Things Are



BEST MAKEUP

Winner: District 9

    Nominees:
    • Avatar
    • District 9
    • Nine
    • The Road
    • Star Trek



BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

Winner: Avatar

    Nominees:
    • Avatar
    • District 9
    • The Lovely Bones
    • Star Trek
    • 2012



BEST SOUND

Winner: Avatar

    Nominees:
    • Avatar
    • District 9
    • The Hurt Locker
    • Nine
    • Star Trek



BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

Winner: Up

    Nominees:
    • Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs
    • Coraline
    • Fantastic Mr. Fox
    • Princess And The Frog
    • Up



BEST ACTION MOVIE

Winner: Avatar

    Nominees:
    • Avatar
    • District 9
    • The Hurt Locker
    • Inglourious Basterds
    • Star Trek



BEST COMEDY

Winner: The Hangover

    Nominees:
    • (500) Days Of Summer
    • The Hangover
    • It’s Complicated
    • The Proposal
    • Zombieland



BEST PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

Winner: Greg Gardems

    Nominees:
    • Gifted Hands
    • Grey Gardens
    • Into The Storm
    • Taking Chance



BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

Winner: Broken Embraces

    Nominees:
    • Broken Embraces
    • Coco Before Chanel
    • Red Cliff
    • Sin Nombre
    • The White Ribbon



BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

Winner: The Cove

    Nominees:
    • Anvil
    • Capitalism: A Love Story
    • The Cove
    • Food, Inc.
    • Michael Jackson’s This Is It



BEST SONG

Winner: "The Weary Kind" - Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett - Crazy Heart

    Nominees:
    • "All Is Love" - Karen O, Nick Zinner - Where The Wild Things Are
    • "Almost There" - Randy Newman - The Princess And The Frog
    • "Cinema Italiano" - Maury Yeston - Nine
    • "(I Want To) Come Home" - Paul McCartney - Everybody’s Fine
    • "The Weary Kind" - Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett - Crazy Heart



BEST SCORE

Winner: Michael Giacchino - Up

    Nominees:
    • Michael Giacchino - Up
    • Marvin Hamlisch - The Informant!
    • Randy Newman - The Princess and the Frog
    • Karen O, Carter Burwell - Where The Wild Things Are
    • Hans Zimmer - Sherlock Holmes

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Director Kathryn Bigelow (2nd R), winner for best director for her work on "The Hurt Locker", poses backstage with producers as "The Hurt Locker" also won Best Picture at the 15th Annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards in Los Angeles, California, January 15, 2010.  REUTERS/Danny Moloshok (UNITED STATES


Director Todd Phillips (L) kisses presenter Sarah Silverman after winning best comedy movie for 'The Hangover' at the 15th Critics' Choice Movie Awards at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles January 15, 2010. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni


Actress Meryl Streep kisses presenter Bradley Cooper after winning best actress for her role in "Julie & Julia' at the 15th Critics' Choice Movie Awards at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles January 15, 2010.  REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni


Actress Meryl Streep (L) and Sandra Bullock kiss after their tie win for best actress at the 15th Critics' Choice Movie Awards at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles January 15, 2010. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni


Actor Jeff Bridges, winner for best actor for his work in "Crazy Heart", poses with his award backstage at the 15th Annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards in Los Angeles, California, January 15, 2010.  REUTERS/Danny Moloshok


Actor John Krasinski and his fiancee, actress Emily Blunt, arrive at the 15th Annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards in Los Angeles, California, January 15, 2010.  REUTERS/Danny Moloshok