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B E S T   F I L Mthe wrestler

THE WRESTLER
(Darren Aronofsky)

2. HUNGER (Steve McQueen)
3. GRAN TORINO (Clint Eastwood)
4. SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE (Danny Boyle)
5. WALL-E (Andrew Stanton)
6. MILK (Gus Van Sant)
7. MAN ON WIRE (James Marsh)
8. THE VISITOR (Thomas McCarthy)
9. WALTZ WITH BASHIR (Ari Folman)
10. IN BRUGES (Martin McDonagh)

11. Gomorrah (Matteo Garrone)
12. Out of the Blue (Robert Sarkies)
13. Taxi to the Dark Side (Alex Gibney)
14. I've Loved You So Long (Philippe Claudel)
15. Of Time and the City (Terence Davies)
16. Lemon Tree (Eran Riklis)
17. Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired (Marina Zenovich)
18. Encounters at the End of the World (Werner Herzog)
19. The Chaser (Na Hong-jin)
20. Somers Town (Shane Meadows)
21. Rachel Getting Married (Jonathan Demme)
22. Stop-Loss (Kimberly Peirce)
23. Standard Operating Procedure (Errol Morris)
24. The Reader (Stephen Daldry)
25. In Search of a Midnight Kiss (Alex Holdridge)
26. Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr Hunter S Thompson (Alex Gibney)
27. Australia (Baz Luhrmann)
28. The Dark Knight (Christopher Nolan)
29. The Class (Laurent Cantet)
30. Wendy and Lucy (Kelly Reichert)
31. Unrelated (Joanna Hogg)
32. Blindness(Fernando Meirelles)
33. Let the Right One In (Tomas Alfredson)
34. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (David Fincher)
35. The Devil Came on Horseback (Ricki Stern, Anne Sundberg)
36. The Song of Sparrows (Majid Majidi)
37. Linha de Passe (Walter Salles, Daniela Thomas)
38. Better Things (Duane Hopkins)
39. Water Lilies (Celine Sciamma)
40. Young@Heart (Stephen Walker)
41. A Christmas Tale (Arnaud Desplechin)
42. Mamma Mia (Phyllida Lloyd)
43. Revolutionary Road (Sam Mendes)
44. Frost/Nixon (Ron Howard)
45. Buddha Collapsed out of Shame (Hana Makhmalbaf)
46. Funny Games U.S. (Michael Haneke)
47. The Orphanage (Juan Antonio Bayona)
48. Doubt (John Patrick Shanley)
49. The Baader Meinhof Complex (Uli Edel)
50. Eden Lake (James Watkins)
NB. I saw 420 films in 2008
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hunger D I R E C T O R

Steve McQueen
(Hunger)
2. Darren Aronofsky (The Wrestler)
3. Tomas Alfredson (Let the Right One In)
4. Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire)
5. Gus Van Sant (Milk)
6. Clint Eastwood (Gran Torino, Changeling)
7. Ari Folman (Waltz with Bashir)
8. Duane Hopkins (Better Things)
9. Alex Gibney (Taxi to the Dark Side, Gonzo)
10. Shane Meadows (Somers Town)

milk W R I T E R

Dustin Lance Black
(Milk)

2. Thomas McCarthy (The Visitor)
3. Robert D Siegel (The Wrestler)
4. Nick Schenk (Gran Torino)
5. Simon Beaufoy (Slumdog Millionaire)
6. Jenny Lumet (Rachel Getting Married)
7. Andrew Stanton (Wall-E)
8. Woody Allen (Vicky Cristina Barcelona)
9. Philippe Aractingi (Under the Bombs)
10. Joanna Hogg (Unrelated)

scott thomas A C T R E S S

Kristin Scott Thomas
(I've Loved You So Long, Easy Virtue, The Other Boleyn Girl)
2. Toni Collette (The Black Balloon)
3. Meryl Streep (Mamma Mia, Doubt)
4. Kate Winslet (The Reader, Revolutionary Road)
5. Julianne Moore (Blindness, Savage Grace)
6. Tilda Swinton (Julia, Burn After Reading, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button)
7. Cate Blanchett (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull)
8. Michelle Williams (Wendy and Lucy, Incendiary, Synecdoche New York, Deception)
9. Anne Hathaway (Rachel Getting Married)
10. Hiam Abbass (The Visitor, Lemon Tree)

rourke A C T O R

Mickey Rourke
(The Wrestler)

2. Clint Eastwood (Gran Torino)
3. Richard Jenkins (The Visitor, Burn After Reading, Step Brothers)
4. Sean Penn (Milk)
5. Michael Fassbender (Hunger, Eden Lake, Angel)
6. Michael Shannon (Shotgun Stories, Revolutionary Road)
7. Robert Carlyle (Summer)
8. Thomas Turgoose (Somers Town, Eden Lake)
9. Chiwetel Ejiofor (Redbelt)
10. Josh Brolin (W, Milk)

clarkson S U P P O R T I N G
A C T R E S S

Patricia Clarkson
(Married Life, Elegy, Vicky Cristina Barcelona)

2. Debra Winger (Rachel Getting Married)
3. Saoirse Ronan (Death Defying Acts, I Could Never Be Your Woman, City of Ember)
4. Penelope Cruz (Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Elegy)
5. Elsa Zylberstein (I've Loved You So Long)
6. Viola Davis (Doubt)
7. Marisa Tomei (The Wrestler)
8. Jane Lynch (Role Models, The Rocker)
9. Ahney Her (Gran Torino)
10. Amy Poehler (Hamlet 2, Baby Mama)

renier S U P P O R T I N G
A C T O R

Jérémie Renier
(Private Property, Summer Hours, The Silence of Lorna, In Bruges)

2. James Franco (Milk, Pineapple Express)
3. Heath Ledger (The Dark Knight)
4. Richard Dreyfuss (W)
5. Ralph Fiennes (The Reader, In Bruges, The Duchess)
6. Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Stop-Loss)
7. Mark Strong (RocknRolla, Babylon AD, Body of Lies, Flashbacks of a Fool, Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day)
8. Paul Bettany (Inkheart, The Secret Life of Bees, Broken Lines)
9. Jamie Bell (Defiance, Jumper)
10. Peter O'Toole (Dean Spanley)

H A L L   O F   S H A M E

worst: max payne WORST FILM
Max Payne
(John Moore)

2. The Love Guru (Marco Schnabel)
3. Meet the Spartans (Jason Friedberg, Aaron Seltzer)
4. Disaster Movie (Jason Friedberg, Aaron Seltzer)
5. Awake (Joby Harold)
6. Mutant Chronicles (Simon Hunter)
7. The Spirit (Frank Miller)
8. Love in the Time of Cholera (Mike Newell)
9. Babylon AD (Mathieu Kassovitz)
10. The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (Rob Cohen)
11. Doomsday (Neil Marshall)
12. How to Lose Friends and Alienate People (Robert Weide)
13. Meet Dave (Brian Robbins)
14. You Don't Mess with the Zohan (Dennis Dugan)
15. 88 Minutes (Jon Avnet)
16. Yes Man (Peyton Reed)
17. The Accidental Husband (Griffin Dunne)
18. How She Move (Ian Iqbal Rashid)
19. Made of Honor (Paul Weiland)
20. Righteous Kill (Jon Avnet)

disappointment: righteous kill BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT: Righteous Kill.
W. Love in the Time of Cholera. The X Files: I Want to Believe.
MOST PRETENTIOUS: Seven Pounds.
The Wackness. The Air I Breathe.
MOST INDULGENT: The Women.
The Love Guru. Australia. The Fall. Seven Pounds.
MOST OVERBLOWN (THE MICHAEL BAY AWARD): Eagle Eye.
Death Race. Doomsday. Max Payne.
MOST DERIVATIVE: RocknRolla.
Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist. Quarantine. Eagle Eye. Doomsday.
MOST WASTEFUL DIRECTOR: Jon Avnet (88 Minutes, Righteous Kill).
Mike Newell (Love in the Time of Cholera). Woody Allen (Cassandra's Dream). Pete Travis (Vantage Point).
MOST WASTED DIRECTOR: Ridley Scott (Body of Lies).
Clint Eastwood (Changeling).
SHOULD RETIRE: Jason Freidberg & Aaron Seltzer.
Hayden Christensen. Mike Myers. Jim Carrey. Jon Avnet.
WORST MANAGEMENT: Al Pacino (88 Minutes, Righteous Kill).
Ben Kingsley (The Love Guru). Matthew Fox (Vantage Point). Donald Sutherland (Fool's Gold). Mathieu Kassovitz (Babylon AD).

N O N - F I L M   P I C K S

madmen TV SERIES
Mad Men
(BBC)

2. Battlestar Galactica (SF)
3. Dexter (FX)
4. 30 Rock (NBC)
5. Ugly Betty (C4)
6. Heroes (SF/BBC)
7. Desperate Housewives (C4)
8. Dirty Sexy Money (C4)
9. Entourage (ITV)
10. Lost (ABC/Sky)
11. ER (E4)
12. Californication (Five)
13. The Simpsons (C4)
14. Pushing Daisies (ITV)
15. House (Living)

coldplay SINGLE
Viva la Vida
(Coldplay)


2. Shock of the Lightning (Oasis)
3. Never Miss a Beat (Kaiser Chiefs)
4. Sex on Fire (Kings of Leon)
5. Rockferry (Duffy)
6. Love Lockdown (Kanye West)
7. Black And Gold (Sam Sparro)
8. Pork and Beans (Weezer)
9. Run (Gnarls Barkley)
10. Life in Technicolor II (Coldplay)
11. A&E (Goldfrapp)
12. Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It) (Beyonce)
13. Wow (Kylie Minogue)
14. Warwick Avenue (Duffy)
15. Love Is Noise (Verve)
16. Run (Live Lounge) (Leona Lewis)
17. American Boy (Estelle & Kanye West)
18. 4 Minutes (Madonna & Justin Timberlake)
19. I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance With You (Black Kids)
20. Fascination (Alphabeat)
21. Mercy (Duffy)
22. Violet Hill (Coldplay)
23. I Like You So Much Better When You're Naked (Ida Maria)
24. Heartbeat (Scouting For Girls)
25. With You (Chris Brown)
26. The Boy Does Nothing (Alesha Dixon)
27. See You Again (Miley Cyrus)
28. Miles Away (Madonna)
29. Heartless (Kanye West)
30. Yes We Can (Will.i.am and friends)

S P E C I A L   A W A R D S

ensemble: christmas tale ENSEMBLE: A Christmas Tale
2. Milk
3. Rachel Getting Married
4. Gomorrah
5. Burn After Reading
BREAKOUT FILMMAKER: Steve McQueen (Hunger)
2. James Watkins (Eden Lake)
3. Duane Hopkins (Better Things)
4. Martin McDonagh (In Bruges)
5. Joanna Hogg (Unrelated)
BREAKOUT ACTOR: Dev Patel (Slumdog Millionaire)
2. David Kross (The Reader)
3. Willa Holland (Genova)
4. Russell Brand (Forgetting Sarah Marshall)
5. Tom Hiddleston (Unrelated)

filmmaking skill: milk MUSIC: Milk
Slumdog Millionaire. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Redbelt. The Dark Knight. Australia.
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Milk
Blindness. The Fall. Encounters at the End of the World. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.
PRODUCTION DESIGN: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Fall. Blindness. Milk. The Orphanage.
EFFECTS: Wall-E
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. The Dark Knight. Hellboy II: The Golden Army. Let the Right One In.
EDITING: Milk
Slumdog Millionaire. The Wrestler. Man on Wire. Gran Torino.
STUNTS: The Dark Knight
The Chaser. Quantum of Solace. The Wrestler. Wanted.

casting: rourke BEST CASTING: Mickey Rourke as the Wrestler
Meryl Streep as Mamma Mia. Cate Blanchett as a Russkie dominatrix (Indiana Jones 4). Sean Penn as Milk. Michael Pitt & Brady Corbet as polite killers (Funny Games).
WORST CASTING: Ben Kingsley (Elegy, The Wackness)
Hayden Christensen (Awake, Jumper). Liam Neeson (Taken).
BEST ANIMAL PERFORMANCE: Sam Neill (Dean Spanley)
Lucy (Wendy and Lucy). Daisy (Gran Torino). Pooter (The House Bunny). Chloe (Beverly Hills Chihuahua).
BEST HAIR: Brad Pitt (Burn After Reading)
Samuel L Jackson (Jumper). Mickey Rourke (The Wrestler). Ben Kingsley (The Wackness). Keira Knightley (The Duchess).
WORST HAIR: Brendan Fraser (The Mummy 3, Inkheart, Journey to the Center of the Earth)
Nicolas Cage (Bangkok Dangerous). Al Pacino (88 Minutes, Righteous Kill). Meg Ryan (The Women). Jim Carrey (Yes Man).
BEST ACCESSORIES: Sex and the City
Beverly Hills Chihuahua.
BEST USE OF SPANDEX: Mamma Mia
The Wrestler. The Rocker.
LEAST CONVINCING MAKE-UP: Love in the Time of Cholera

chemistry: farrell & gleeson BEST CHEMISTRY: Colin Farrell & Brendan Gleeson (In Bruges)
Kate Winslet & Leonardo DiCaprio (Revolutionary Road). Sean Penn & James Franco (Milk). Tina Fey & Amy Poehler (Baby Mama).
WORST CHEMISTRY: Simon Pegg & Kirsten Dunst (How to Lose Friends and Alienate People)
Dennis Quaid & Sarah Jessica Parker (Smart People). Javier Bardem & Giovanna Mezzogiorno (Love in the Time of Cholera). Michelle Monaghan & Kevin McKidd (Made of Honor). Edward Norton & Liv Tyler (The Incredible Hulk).
HUNK OF THE YEAR: Robert Pattinson (Twilight)
James McAvoy (Wanted). Lee Pace (Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day, The Fall). Billy Burke (Untraceable, Twilight).
BABE OF THE YEAR: Freida Pinto (Slumdog Millionaire)
Deborah Francois (Female Agents). Rachel McAdams (Married Life). Clemence Poesy (In Bruges).

scene stealer: brand BEST SCENE-STEALING: Russell Brand (Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Bedtime Stories)
Amy Poehler (Hamler 2). Jane Lynch (The Rocker, Role Models). Gillian Anderson (How to Lose Friends and Alienate People). Catherine O'Hara (Penelope). Rob Corddry & Lake Bell (What Happens in Vegas).
BEST SCENE-CHEWING: Heath Ledger (The Dark Knight)
Joan Allen (Death Race). John Malkovich (Mutant Chronicles). Kevin Spacey (21). William Hurt (The Incredible Hulk).
WORST SCENE-CHOMPING: Ralph Fiennes (In Bruges)
Leelee Sobieski (88 Minutes). Samuel L Jackson (Lakeview Terrace). Donald Sutherland (Fool's Gold). David Suchet (The Bank Job).
BIGGEST HAM: Kim Cattrall (Sex and the City)
Al Pacino (88 Minutes). Bill Pullman (Surveillance). Jim Carrey (Yes Man). George Clooney (Leatherheads).
BEST PHONED-IN PERFORMANCE: Michael Caine (Flawless, The Dark Knight)
Charlize Theron (Hancock).
WORST ACCENT: Maria Bello (The Mummy 3)
Stellan Skarsgard (WAZ). Ewen Bremner (Fool's Gold). Ray Winstone (Fool's Gold). Justin Timberlake (The Love Guru).

cameo: weaver BEST CAMEO: Sigourney Weaver (Be Kind Rewind)
Fred Willard (Wall-E). Bill Murray (Get Smart). Mariah Carey (You Don't Mess with the Zohan). Scarlett Johansson (Gomorrah).
MOST POINTLESS CAMEO: Sigourney Weaver (Vantage Point). Salman Rushdie (Then She Found Me). Jessica Simpson (The Love Guru). Samuel L Jackson (Iron Man). Jeremy Piven & Chris Bridges (RocknRolla).
WORST CAMEO: Mariska Hargitay (The Love Guru)
John McEnroe (You Don't Mess with the Zohan). Carrie Fisher (The Women). Lou Ferrigno (The Incredible Hulk). Pamela Anderson (Superhero Movie). Will Arnett (The Rocker). Tony Cox (Disaster Movie).
THE HARDEST WORKING PERSON IN MOVIES: Mark Strong (RocknRolla, Babylon AD, Body of Lies, Flashbacks of a Fool, Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day, Good)
Rodrigo Santoro (Redbelt, Lion's Den, Che: The Argentine, Che: Guerrilla, Out of Tune).
EWAN McGREGOR GOLDEN LIGHT SABER AWARD: Jason Segel (Forgetting Sarah Marshall)
Chris Wiatt (A Complete History of My Sexual Failures). Jason Mewes (Zack and Miri Make a Porno). Gilles Marini (Sex and the City). David Kross (The Reader).
underrated: appaloosa MOST UNDERRATED: Appaloosa
2. What Just Happened
3. Burn After Reading
4. The Visitor.
5. Out of the Blue
MOST OVERRATED: The Dark Knight
2. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
3. Iron Man
4. The Wackness
5. Street Kings
MOST IMPORTANT FILM: The Visitor
2. Gran Torino
3. Milk
4. I've Loved You So Long
5. Hunger
guilty pleasure: mamma mia GUILTY PLEASURE: Mamma Mia!
2. Baby Mama
3. Beverly Hills Chihuahua
4. The House Bunny
5. Zombie Strippers
NICEST SURPRISE: In Bruges
Mamma Mia. The Forbidden Kingdom. Wanted. Slumdog Millionaire.
MOST INVENTIVE: Hunger
My Winnipeg. La Antena. Memories of Matsuko. Better Things.
MOST CREATIVE DOCUMENTARY: Waltz with Bashir. My Winnipeg. Man on Wire. Of Time and the City. Standard Operating Procedure.
CLEVER APPROACH TO A COMPLEX ISSUE: La Antena. Out of the Blue. Wall-E. Somers Town. Teeth.
WORST MESSAGE: Rambo. Drillbit Taylor. Never Back Down. Street Kings. Lakeview Terrace.

funniest: pineapple express FUNNIEST MOVIE: Pineapple Express
Smiley Face. Kung Fu Panda. Role Models. Forgetting Sarah Marshall. El Baño del Papa.
LEAST FUNNY COMEDY: How to Lose Friends and Alienate People. The Love Guru. You Don't Mess with the Zohan. Step Brothers. Bedtime Stories.
SCARIEST MOVIE: The Orphanage. Funny Games. Eden Lake. Let the Right One In. W.
LEAST SCARY THRILLER: Awake. The Ruins. Chemical Wedding. Untraceable.
MOST GRATUITOUS GORE: Doomsday. Rambo. The Cottage. Scar.
YUCKIEST MOVIE: Teeth. Three and Out. A Bloody Aria. Blindness.
GIRLIEST MOVIE: The Women
Caramel. Sex and the City. Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day. The Secret Life of Bees.
LEAST ROMANTIC LOVE STORY: Yes Man
Nights in Rodanthe. Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist.
LEAST 'SPECIAL' EFFECTS: Mutant Chronicles
Max Payne. Beverly Hills Chihuahua. Nim's Island. Captain Eager and the Mark of Voth.
one-sided: religulous MOST ONE-SIDED DOC: Religulous
MOST DEPRESSING DOC: The 11th Hour
IOUSA. Trouble the Water.
THE FAMILY VALUES AWARD: Mum & Dad
Rachel Getting Married. Revolutionary Road. The Duchess. Choke.
GAYEST STRAIGHT MOVIE (THE BROKEBACK AWARD): Pineapple Express
Zack and Miri Make a Porno. Role Models. Appaloosa.
WORST TITLE: Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging
To Get to Heaven First You Have to Die.
MOST ANNOYING VOICEOVER (THE MORGAN FREEMAN AWARD): Sarah Jessica Parker (Sex and the City)
Morgan Freeman (The Love Guru). Malcolm MacDowell (Doomsday). Omar Sharif (10,000 BC). Wagner Moura (Elite Squad).

filmed book: the class BEST BOOK-TO-FILM: The Class
The Reader. Revolutionary Road. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. The Tale of Despereaux.
WORST BOOK-TO-FILM: Love in the Time of Cholera
How to Lose Friends. Yes Man. Nights in Rodanthe. Elegy.
BEST COMIC-TO-FILM: The Dark Knight
Wanted. Iron Man. Hellboy II: The Golden Army.
WORST COMIC-TO-FILM: The Incredible Hulk.
BEST TV-TO-FILM: Get Smart
Speed Racer.
WORST TV-TO-FILM: Sex and the City
The X Files: I Want to Believe. Star Wars: The Clone Wars.
BEST PLAY-TO-FILM: Frost/Nixon
Mamma Mia. The Wave. Easy Virtue.
WORST PLAY-TO-FILM: The Banquet
WORST GAME-TO-FILM: Max Payne
Mutant Chronicles.

biopic: milk BEST BIOPIC: Milk
Hunger. Che.
WORST BIOPIC: W.
Fade to Black. Death Defying Acts.
BEST REMAKE: Funny Games
Quarantine.
WORST REMAKE: The Women
Bangkok Dangerous. Journey to the Center of the Earth. Brideshead Revisited.
BEST SEQUEL: The Dark Knight
Hellboy II: The Golden Army. Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa. Quantum of Solace.
WORST SEQUEL: The X Files: I Want to Believe
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor. Star Wars: The Clone Wars. National Treasure: Book of Secrets. Rambo.

villain: dark knight BEST VILLAIN: Heath Ledger (The Dark Knight)
Ralph Fiennes (In Bruges, The Duchess). Michael Pitt and Brady Corbet (Funny Games). Cate Blanchett (Indiana Jones 4). Ken Jeong (Role Models).
MOST LUDICROUS VILLAIN: Jessica Alba (Awake)
Eddie Marsan (Hancock). The LAPD (Changeling). Abomination (The Incredible Hulk). Burma (Rambo).
BEST NEW TREND: raw thrillers (Cloverfield, Under the Bombs, Battle for Haditha, Out of the Blue, Rec, Quarantine); doc-style drama (The Class, The Wrestler, Hunger); rebirth of the concert movie (U2 3D, Shine a Light, Berlin).
WORST NEW TREND: violence-solves-violence dramas (Street Kings, Rambo, Never Back Down, Drillbit Taylor, Iron Man); thinner-than-thin rom-coms (Made of Honor, What Happens in Vegas, Fool's Gold); formula-warped true stories (21, Changeling, Children of Glory).

S H A D O W S   S W E E P S T A K E S   2 0 0 9
The final standings on 22.Feb.09 with 204 awards tabulated...

F I L M
1312 Wall-E **++

1031 Slumdog Millionaire **++
839 Man on Wire **++
706 The Dark Knight +
687 Milk *+
560 Waltz With Bashir *
502 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button *+
471 The Wrestler
456 Let the Right One In
401 Frost/Nixon *+
D I R E C T O R
613 Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire) **++

230 Gus Van Sant (Milk *+, Paranoid Park)
229 David Fincher (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button) *+
187 Christopher Nolan (The Dark Knight) +
152 Ron Howard (Frost/Nixon) *+
W R I T E R
482 Simon Beaufoy (Slumdog Millionaire). **++

300 Dustin Lance Black (Milk) **++
252 Peter Morgan (Frost/Nixon). *+
193 Eric Roth (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button). *+
183 Martin McDonagh (In Bruges) *
A C T R E S S
623 Kate Winslet (Revolutionary Road +, The Reader **++)

369 Meryl Streep (Doubt *++, Mamma Mia)
329 Sally Hawkins (Happy-Go-Lucky, Cassandra's Dream)
312 Anne Hathaway (Rachel Getting Married) *+
230 Kristin Scott Thomas (I've Loved You So Long, Easy Virtue, The Other Boleyn Girl)
A C T O R
558 Mickey Rourke (The Wrestler) *+

518 Sean Penn (Milk) **++
258 Frank Langella (Frost/Nixon) *+
209 Richard Jenkins (The Visitor *+, Burn After Reading, Step Brothers)
186 Brad Pitt (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button *+, Burn After Reading)
S U P P O R T I N G   A C T R E S S
464 Penelope Cruz (Vicky Cristina Barcelona **+, Elegy)

284 Viola Davis (Doubt) *+
243 Marisa Tomei (The Wrestler) *
145 Amy Adams (Doubt *+, Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day)
144 Taraji P Henson (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button) *+
S U P P O R T I N G   A C T O R
756 Heath Ledger (The Dark Knight) **++

226 Robert Downey Jr (Tropic Thunder *+, Iron Man)
217 Josh Brolin (Milk *+, W)
178 Philip Seymour Hoffman (Doubt *+, Synecdoche New York)
146 Ralph Fiennes (The Reader, The Duchess, In Bruges)
E N S E M B L E
112 Milk +

60 Doubt +
60 Rachel Getting Married
57 Frost/Nixon +
45 Slumdog Millionaire ++
B R E A K T H R O U G H   A C T O R
138 Dev Patel (Slumdog Millionaire)

45 Michael Fassbender (Hunger)
35 Russell Brand (Forgetting Sarah Marshall).
33 Sally Hawkins (Happy-Go-Lucky)
30 Rosemarie DeWitt (Rachel Getting Married)
B R E A K T H R O U G H   F I L M M A K E R
163 Steve McQueen (Hunger)

105 Martin McDonagh (In Bruges)
65 Lance Hammer (Ballast)
65 Courtney Hunt (Frozen River)
40 Charlie Kaufman (Synecdoche, New York)
S C O R E
255 Slumdog Millionaire (AR Rahman)
**
194 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Alexandre Desplat) *
151 Wall-E (Thomas Newman) *
143 The Dark Knight (Hans Zimmer, James Newton Howard)
121 Milk (Danny Elfman) *
S O N G
123 Down to Earth (Wall-E) *

101 The Wrestler (The Wrestler)
72 Jai Ho (Slumdog Millionaire) **
30 Another Way to Die (Quantum of Solace)
27 I Thought I Lost You (Bolt)
C I N E M A T O G R A P H Y
266 Slumdog Millionaire (Anthony Dod Mantle) **++

218 The Dark Knight (Wally Pfister) *+
173 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Claudio Miranda) *+
80 Revolutionary Road (Roger Deakins) +
80 The Reader (Chris Menges, Roger Deakins) *+
P R O D U C T I O N   D E S I G N
262 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Donald Graham Burt) **++

173 The Dark Knight (Nathan Crowley) *++
115 Changeling (James Murakami) *+
104 The Duchess (Michael Carlin) *
94 Revolutionary Road (Kristi Zea) *
E D I T I N G
284 Slumdog Millionaire (Chris Dickens) **++

164 The Dark Knight (Lee Smith) *+
127 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Kirk Baxter, Angus Wall) *+
126 Milk (Elliot Graham) *+
104 Frost/Nixon (Dan Hanley, Mike Hill) *+
W O R S T   F I L M
186 The Love Guru

109 Disaster Movie
106 Meet the Spartans
76 The Hottie and the Nottie
74 The Happening

Numbers are cumulative points based on Shadows' complex, highly secret scoring system, combining year-end awards, Oscarwatchers, top-ten lists and much more.

Oscar *nominees **winners
guild +nominees ++winners.
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