The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Milk lead the nominees for the Broadcast Film Critics Association's Critics' Choice Awards with eight nods apiece. Both films are up for Best Picture, Best Director and four acting categories, among others.Three other BP hopefuls — The Dark Knight, Doubt and Slumdog Millionaire — raked in six nominations each, with Changeling, Frost/Nixon, The Reader, WALL-E and The Wrestler rounding out the top ten. Glaringly absent: Revolutionary Road.
The 14th Critics' Choice Awards will be presented on January 8. For a quick look at the nominations, see the comments section below.
Best Picture:
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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Doubt
Frost/Nixon
Milk
The Reader
Slumdog Millionaire
WALL-E
The Wrestler
Best Actor:
Clint Eastwood in Gran Torino
Richard Jenkins in The Visitor
Frank Langella in Frost/Nixon
Sean Penn in Milk
Brad Pitt in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Mickey Rourke in The Wrestler
Best Actress:
Kate Beckinsale in Nothing But the Truth
Cate Blanchett in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Anne Hathaway in Rachel Getting Married
Angelina Jolie in Changeling
Melissa Leo in Frozen River
Meryl Streep in Doubt
Best Supporting Actor:
Josh Brolin in Milk
Robert Downey Jr. in Tropic Thunder
Philip Seymour Hoffman in Doubt
Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight
James Franco in Milk
Best Supporting Actress:
Penelope Cruz in Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Viola Davis in Doubt
Vera Farmiga in Nothing But the Truth
Taraji P. Henson in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Marisa Tomei in The Wrestler
Kate Winslet in The Reader
Best Young Actor/Actress:
Dakota Fanning in The Secret Life of Bees
David Kross in The Reader
Dev Petal in Slumdog Millionaire
Brandon Walters in Australia
Best Director:
Danny Boyle for Slumdog Millionaire
David Fincher for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Ron Howard for Frost/Nixon
Christopher Nolan for The Dark Knight
Gus Van Sant for Milk
Best Screenplay:
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Doubt
Frost/Nixon
Milk
Slumdog Millionaire
Best Score:
Changeling
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Milk
Slumdog Millionaire
Best Song:
"Another Way to Die" from Quantum of Solace
"Down to Earth" from WALL-E
"I Thought I Lost You" from Bolt
"Jai Ho" from Slumdog Millionaire
"The Wrestler" from The Wrestler
Best Documentary:
I.O.U.S.A.
Man on Wire
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
Standard Operating Procedure
Young @ Heart
Best Foreign-Language Film:
A Christmas Tale
Gomorrah
I've Loved You So Long
Let the Right One In
Mongol
Waltz With Bashir
Best Acting Ensemble:
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Doubt
Milk
Rachel Getting Married
Best Comedy Movie:
Burn After Reading
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Role Models
Tropic Thunder
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Best Animated Feature:
Bolt
Kung Fu Panda
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
WALL-E
Waltz With Bashir
Best Action Movie:
The Dark Knight
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Iron Man
Quantum of Solace
Wanted