81. Oscar Akademi ödülleri, Los Angeles’daki 3 bin 500 kişilik Kodak Tiyatrosu’nda bu sabaha karşı yapılan törenle sahiplerini buldu. Sunuculuğunu Avustralyalı tiyatro ve sinema oyuncusu Hugh Jackman’ın yaptığı törende, geceye Slumdog Millionaire damgasını vurdu. Mumbai’nin kenar mahallelerinden bir çocuğun yayam öyküsünü anlatan Slumdog Millionaire, 8 dalda birden ödül kazandı.
"Slumdog Millionaire / Milyoner" 8 Dalda, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" 3 Dalda,
"Milk" 2 Dalda, "Batman - The Dark Knight" 2 Dalda OSCAR aldı.
EN İYİ FİLM
BEST PICTURE
KAZANANLAR Mavi renkle yazılmıştır.

- Benjamin Button
- Frost/Nixon
- Milk
- The Reader
- Slumdog Millionaire - Christian Colson

EN İYİ YÖNETMEN
DIRECTING
- Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire
- Ron Howard - Frost/Nixon
- Gus Van Sant - Milk
- David Fincher - Benjamin Button
- Stephen Daldry - The Reader

EN İYİ ERKEK OYUNCU
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
- Richard Jenkins - The Visitor
- Frank Langella - Frost/Nixon
- Sean Penn - Milk
- Brad Pitt - Benjamin Button
- Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler

EN İYİ KADIN OYUNCU
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
- Anne Hathaway - Rachel Getting Married
- Angelina Jolie - Changeling
- Melissa Leo - Frozen River
- Meryl Streep - Doubt
- Kate Winslet - The Reader

EN İYİ YARDIMCI ERKEK OYUNCU
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
- Josh Brolin - Milk
- Robert Downey Jr. - Tropic Thunder
- Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight
- Michael Shannon - Revolutionary Road
- Philip Seymour Hoffman - Doubt

EN İYİ YARDIMCI KADIN OYUNCU
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
- Amy Adams - Doubt
- Penelope Cruz - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
- Viola Davis - Doubt
- Marisa Tomei - The Wrestler
- Taraji Henson - Benjamin Button

EN İYİ ORJİNAL SENARYO
WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)
- Courtney Hunt - Frozen River
- Mike Leigh - Happy-Go-Lucky
- Martin McDonagh - In Bruges
- Dustin Lance Black - Milk
- Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon and Pete Docter - WALL-E

EN İYİ UYARLAMA SENARYO
WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)
- Eric Roth and Robin Swicord - Benjamin Button
- John Patrick Shanley - Doubt
- Peter Morgan - Frost/Nixon
- David Hare - The Reader
- Simon Beaufoy - Slumdog Millionaire

EN İYİ GÖRÜNTÜ YÖNETMENİ
CINEMATOGRAPHY
- Tom Stern - Changeling
- Claudio Miranda - Benjamin Button
- Wally Pfister - The Dark Knight
- Roger Deakins, Chris Menges - The Reader
- Anthony Dod Mantle - Slumdog Millionaire

EN İYİ KURGU
FILM EDITING
- Angus Wall, Kirk Baxter - Benjamin Button
- Lee Smith - The Dark Knight
- Daniel P. Hanley, Mike Hill - Frost/Nixon
- Elliot Graham - Milk
- Chris Dickens - Slumdog Millionaire

EN İYİ SANAT YÖNETMENİ
ART DIRECTION
- James J. Murakami, Gary Fettis - Changeling
- Donald Graham Burt, Victor J. Zolfo - Benjamin Button
- Nathan Crowley, Peter Lando - The Dark Knight
- Michael Carlin, Rebecca Alleway - The Duchess
- Kristi Zea, Debra Schutt - Revolutionary Road

EN İYİ KOSTÜM
COSTUME DESIGN
- Catherine Martin - Australia :
- Jacqueline West - Benjamin Button
- Michael O'Connor - The Duchess
- Danny Glicker - Milk
- Albert Wolsky - Revolutionary Road

EN İYİ ORİJİNAL MÜZİK
MUSIC (SCORE)
- Alexandre Desplat - Benjamin Button
- James Newton Howard - Defiance
- Danny Elfman - Milk
- A.R. Rahman - Slumdog Millionaire
- Thomas Newman - WALL-E

EN İYİ SES KURGUSU
SOUND EDITING
- Richard King - The Dark Knight
- Frank E. Eulner, Christopher Boyes - Iron Man
- Tom Sayers - Slumdog Millionaire
- Ben Burtt, Matthew Wood - WALL-E
- Wylie Stateman - Wanted

EN İYİ SES MİKSAJI
SOUND MIXING
- David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce, Mark Weingarten - Benjamin Button
- Ed Novick, Lora Hirschberg, Gary Rizzo - The Dark Knight
- Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke, Resul Pookutty - Slumdog Millionaire
- Tom Myers, Michael Semanick, Ben Burtt - WALL-E
- Chris Jenkins, Frank A. Montaño, Petr Forejt - Wanted

EN İYİ ORİJİNAL ŞARKI
MUSIC (SONG)
- "Down to Earth," Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman - WALL-E
- "Jai Ho," A.R. Rahman and Gulzar - Slumdog Millionaire
- "O Saya," A.R. Rahman and Maya Arulpragasam - Slumdog Millionaire

EN İYİ GÖRSEL EFEKT
VISUAL EFFECTS
- Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton and Craig Barron - Benjamin Button
- The Dark Knight
- Iron Man

EN İYİ MAKYAJ
MAKEUP
- Greg Cannom - Benjamin Button
- John Caglione Jr., Conor O'Sullivan - The Dark Knight
- Mike Elizalde, Thomas Floutz - Hellboy II The Golden Army

EN İYİ YABANCI FİLM
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
- The Baader Meinhof Complex (Germany)
- Entre les murs - The Class (France)
- Yojiro Takita - Okuribito / Departures (Japan)
- Revanche (Austria)
- Waltz With Bashir (Israel)

EN İYİ ANİMASYON FİLMİ
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
- Bolt
- Kung Fu Panda
- Andrew Stanton - WALL-E

EN İYİ UZUN METRAJLI BELGESEL
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
- James Marsh ve Simon Chinn - Man on Wire
- The Garden
- Encounters at the End of the World
- Trouble the Water
- The Betrayal

EN İYİ KISA METRAJLI BELGESEL
DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
- The Conscience of Nhem En
- The Final Inch
- Megan Mylan - Smile Pinki
- The Witness — From the Balcony of Room 306

EN İYİ KISA ANİMASYON FİLMİ
SHORT FILM -- ANIMATED
- La Maison en Petits Cubes: Kunio Kato
- Ubornaya istoriya - lyubovnaya istoriya: Konstantin Bronzit
- Oktapodi : Emud Mokhberi, Thierry Marchand
- Presto : Doug Sweetland
- This Way Up : Alan Smith, Adam Foulkes

EN İYİ KISA METRAJLI FİLM
SHORT FILM -- LIVE ACTION
- Auf der Strecke (On the Line)
- Manon on the Asphalt
- New Boy
- The Pig
- Jochen Alexander Freydank - Spielzeugland (Toyland)

JURİ ÖZEL ÖDÜLÜ / HONORARY AWARD