[阿凡達]入圍9項, 導演詹姆斯卡麥隆的前妻凱薩琳畢格洛導的[危機倒數],也入圍9項, 這對昔日夫妻是獲本屆奧斯卡提名的兩位最大贏家.

Best Picture

• "Avatar" 阿凡達
• "The Hurt Locker" 危機倒數
• "Up in the Air" 型男飛行日誌
• "Precious" 珍愛人生
• "Inglourious Basterds" 惡棍特工
• "An Education" 名媛教育
• "District 9" 第九禁區
• "Up" 天外奇蹟
• "The Blind Side" 攻其不備
• "A Serious Man" 正經好人

Best Actress

• Sandra Bullock ("The Blind Side")
• Meryl Streep ("Julie & Julia") 美味關係
• Carey Mulligan ("An Education")
• Gabourey Sidibe ("Precious")
• Helen Mirren ("The Last Station") 為愛啟程

Best Actor

• Jeff Bridges ("Crazy Heart") 瘋狂之心
• George Clooney ("Up in the Air")
• Colin Firth ("A Single Man") 摯愛無盡
• Morgan Freeman ("Invictus") 打不倒的勇者
• Jeremy Renner ("The Hurt Locker")

Best Supporting Actress

• Mo'Nique ("Precious")
• Vera Farmiga ("Up in the Air")
• Anna Kendrick ("Up in the Air")
• Penelope Cruz ("The Nine")
• Maggie Gyllenhaal ("Crazy Heart")

Best Supporting Actor

• Christoph Waltz ("Inglourious Basterds")
• Woody Harrelson ("The Messenger") 陣亡通知
• Stanley Tucci ("The Lovely Bones")
• Matt Damon ("Invictus")
• Christopher Plummer ("The Last Station")

Best Director

• Kathryn Bigelow ("The Hurt Locker")
• James Cameron ("Avatar")
• Jason Reitman ("Up in the Air")
• Quentin Tarantino ("Inglourious Basterds")
• Lee Daniels ("Precious")

Best Animated Feature Film

• "Coraline"
• "Fantastic Mr. Fox"
• "The Princess and the Frog"
• "The Secret of Kells"
• "Up"

Best Original Screenplay

• Mark Boal ("The Hurt Locker")
• Joel & Ethan Coen ("A Serious Man")
• Peter Doctor & Bob Peterson ("Up")
• Quentin Tarantino ("Inglourious Basterds")
• Oren Moverman and Alessandro Camon ("The Messenger")

Best Adapted Screenplay

• Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner ("Up in the Air")
• Nick Hornby ("An Education")
• Geoffrey Fletcher ("Precious")
• Neil Blomkamp, Terri Tatchell ("District 9")
• Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche ("In the Loop")

Best Cinematography

• Mauro Fiore ("Avatar")
• Bruno Delbonnel ("Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince")
• Robert Richardson ("Inglourious Basterds")
• Barry Ackroyd ("The Hurt Locker")
• Christian Berger ("The White Ribbon")

Best Documentary

• "Burma VJ"
• "Food Inc."
• "The Cove"
• "The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers"
• "Which Way Home"

Best Foreign Language Film

• "Ajami" (Israel)
• "El Secreto de Sus Ojos" (Argentina)
• "The Milk of Sorrow" (Peru)
• "Un Prophète" (France)
• "The White Ribbon" (Germany)