The 2009 Academy Awards were presented on March 7, 2010, at the Kodak Theatre. All of the nominees are listed below; the Oscar winners are in bold.
| Best Picture | Avatar |
| | The Blind Side |
| | District 9 |
| | An Education |
| | The Hurt Locker |
| | Inglourious Basterds |
| | Precious |
| | A Serious Man |
| | Up |
| | Up in the Air |
| Best Animated Picture | Coraline |
| | Fantastic Mr. Fox |
| | The Princess and the Frog |
| | Up |
| | The Secret of Kells |
| Actor in a Leading Role | Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart |
| | George Clooney, Up in the Air |
| | Colin Firth, A Single Man |
| | Morgan Freeman, Invictus |
| | Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker |
| Actress in a Leading Role | Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side |
| | Helen Mirren, The Last Station |
| | Carey Mulligan, An Education |
| | Gabourey Sidibe, Precious |
| | Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia |
| Actor in a Supporting Role | Matt Damon, Invictus |
| | Woody Harrelson, The Messenger |
| | Christopher Plummer, The Last Station |
| | Stanley Tucci, The Lovely Bones |
| | Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds |
| Actress in a Supporting Role | Penélope Cruz, Nine |
| | Vera Farmiga, Up in the Air |
| | Maggie Gyllenhaal, Crazy Heart |
| | Anna Kendrick, Up in the Air |
| | Mo'Nique, Precious |
| Directing | James Cameron, Avatar |
| | Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker |
| | Lee Daniels, Precious |
| | Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds |
| | Jason Reitman, Up in the Air |
| Writing | | Original Screenplay | Mark Boal, The Hurt Locker | | | Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds | | | Alessandro Camon & Oren Moverman, The Messenger | | | Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, A Serious Man | | | Bob Peterson, Pete Docter, & Tom McCarthy, Up | | Adapted Screenplay | Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell, District 9 | | | Nick Hornby, An Education | | | Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche, In the Loop | | | Geoffrey Fletcher, Precious | | | Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner, Up in the Air | |
| Cinematography | Christian Berger, The White Ribbon |
| | Mauro Fiore, Avatar |
| | Robert Richardson, Inglourious Basterds |
| | Bruno Delbonnel, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince |
| | Barry Ackroyd, The Hurt Locker |
| Art Direction | EM>Avatar, Art Direction: Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg; Set Decoration: Kim Sinclair |
| | The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, Art Direction: Dave Warren and Anastasia Masaro; Set Decoration: Caroline Smith |
| | Nine, Art Direction: John Myhre; Set Decoration: Gordon Sim |
| | Sherlock Holmes Art Direction: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer |
| | The Young Victoria Art Direction: Patrice Vermette; Set Decoration: Maggie Gray |
| Sound | | Editing | Christopher Boyes and Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Avatar | | | Paul N.J. Ottosson, The Hurt Locker | | | Wylie Stateman, Inglourious Basterds | | | Mark Stoeckinger and Alan Rankin, Star Trek | | | Michael Silvers and Tom Myers, Up | | Mixing | Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson and Tony Johnson, Avatar | | | Paul N.J. Ottosson and Ray Beckett, The Hurt Locker | | | Michael Minkler, Tony Lamberti and Mark Ulano, Inglourious Basterds | | | Anna Behlmer, Andy Nelson and Peter J. Devlin, Star Trek | | | Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers and Geoffrey Patterson, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | |
| Music | | Song | "Almost There" from The Princess and the Frog ; Music and Lyric by Randy Newman | | | "Down in New Orleans" from The Princess and the Frog ; Music and Lyric by Randy Newman | | | "Loin de Paname" from Paris 36; Music by Reinhardt Wagner Lyric by Frank Thomas | | | "Take It All" from Nine; Music and Lyric by Maury Yeston | | | "The Weary Kind" from Crazy Heart; Music and Lyric by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett | | Original Score | James Horner, Avatar | | | Alexandre Desplat, Fantastic Mr. Fox | | | Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders, The Hurt Locker | | | Hans Zimmer, Sherlock Holmes | | | Michael Giacchino, Up | |
| Film Editing | Stephen Rivkin, John Refoua and James Cameron, Avatar |
| | Julian Clarke, District 9 |
| | Bob Murawski and Chris Innis, The Hurt Locker |
| | Sally Menke, Inglourious Basterds |
| | Joe Klotz, Precious |
| Costume Design | Janet Patterson, Bright Star |
| | Catherine Leterrier, Coco before Chanel |
| | Monique Prudhomme, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus |
| | Colleen Atwood, Nine |
| | Sandy Powell, The Young Victoria |
| Makeup | Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano, Il Divo |
| | Jon Henry Gordon and Jenny Shircore, The Young Victoria |
| | Barney Burman, Mindy Hall and Joel Harlow, Star Trek |
| Visual Effects | Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham and Andrew R. Jones, Avatar |
| | Dan Kaufman, Peter Muyzers, Robert Habros and Matt Aitken, District 9 |
| | Roger Guyett, Russell Earl, Paul Kavanagh and Burt Dalton, Star Trek |
| Short Films | | Animated | French Roast, Fabrice O. Joubert | | | Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty , Nicky Phelan and Darragh O'Connell | | | The Lady and the Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte), Javier Recio Gracia | | | Logorama, Nicolas Schmerkin | | | A Matter of Loaf and Death, Nick Park | | Feature | The Door, Juanita Wilson and James Flynn | | | Instead of Abracadabra, Patrik Eklund and Mathias Fjellstrom | | | Kavi, Gregg Helvey | | | Miracle Fish, Luke Doolan and Drew Bailey | | | The New Tenants, Joachim Back and Tivi Magnusson | |
| Documentary | | Short Subject | China's Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province, Jon Alpert and Matthew O'Neill | | | The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner, Daniel Junge and Henry Ansbacher | | | The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant, Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert | | | Music by Prudence, Roger Ross Williams and Elinor Burkett | | | Rabbit à la Berlin, Bartek Konopka and Anna Wydra | | Feature | Burma, VJ Anders Ostergaard and Lise Lense-Moller | | | The Cove | | | The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers, Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith | | | Food, Inc., Robert Kenner and Elise Pearlstein | | | Which Way Home, Rebecca Cammisa | |
| Foreign Language Film | The White Ribbon, Germany |
| | Ajami, Israel |
| | El Secreto de Sus Ojos , Argentina |
| | The Milk of Sorrow, Peru |
| | Un Prophète , France |
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