Thursday, September 25, 2025

The 2009 NBP Film Award Nominations

Everyone has until before this weekend to vote on the 2009 NBP Film Community Award winners as a part of our 2009 retrospective. However, as heard earlier this week on the podcast, the Next Best Picture staff have revealed our nominations for the 2009 NBP Film Awards. Voting on those has begun and we’ll announce the winners on the Next Best Picture Podcast on 8/24 (the 2009 NFP Film Community Award winners will be announced the prior week on 8/17). We still have one final throwback podcast review of “The Hurt Locker” coming your way this month, but you can listen to all of our other reviews for the retrospective here.

If you’re curious to see how your nominations aligned with ours, please check out the complete list of 2009 NBP Film Award nominations below!

BEST PICTURE
Avatar
Coraline
District 9
Fantastic Mr. Fox
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
A Prophet
A Serious Man
Up
Up In The Air

BEST DIRECTOR
Wes Anderson – Fantastic Mr. Fox
Kathryn Bigelow – The Hurt Locker
James Cameron – Avatar
Joel & Ethan Coen – A Serious Man
Quentin Tarantino – Inglourious Basterds

BEST ANIMATED FILM
Coraline
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Mary And Max
The Princess And The Frog
Up

BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM
Anvil! The Story Of Anvil
The Cove
Food, Inc.
The September Issue
Which Way Home

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Broken Embraces
A Prophet
The Secret In Their Eyes
Thirst
The White Ribbon

BEST ACTION FILM
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Sherlock Holmes
Star Trek
Watchmen

BEST COMEDY FILM
(500) Days Of Summer
The Hangover
In The Loop
The Proposal
A Serious Man

BEST SCI-FI/HORROR FILM
Avatar
District 9
Drag Me To Hell
Moon
Thirst

BEST OVERLOOKED FILM
Adventureland
Jennifer’s Body
Two Lovers
Where The Wild Things Are
World’s Greatest Dad

BEST ACTRESS
Mélanie Laurent – Inglourious Basterds
Carey Mulligan – An Education
Zoe Saldana – Avatar
Gabourey Sidibe – Precious: Based On The Novel “Push” By Sapphire
Meryl Streep – Julie & Julia

BEST ACTOR
George Clooney – Up In The Air
Colin Firth – A Single Man
Jeremy Renner – The Hurt Locker
Sam Rockwell – Moon
Michael Stuhlbarg – A Serious Man

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Marion Cotillard – Nine
Vera Farmiga – Up In The Air
Anna Kendrick – Up In The Air
Diane Kruger – Inglourious Basterds
Mo’Nique – Precious: Based On The Novel “Push” By Sapphire

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Peter Capaldi – In The Loop
Woody Harrelson – The Messenger
Alfred Molina – An Education
Stanley Tucci – Julie & Julia
Christoph Waltz – Inglourious Basterds

BEST ENSEMBLE
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
In The Loop
A Serious Man
Up In The Air

BEST BREAKOUT PERFORMANCE
Anna Kendrick – Up In The Air
Carey Mulligan – An Education
Tahar Rahim – A Prophet
Gabourey Sidibe – Precious: Based On The Novel “Push” By Sapphire
Christoph Waltz – Inglourious Basterds

BEST VOICE PERFORMANCE
Ed Asner – Up
George Clooney – Fantastic Mr. Fox
Dakota Fanning – Coraline
Teri Hatcher – Coraline
Philip Seymour Hoffman – Mary And Max

BEST YOUTH PERFORMANCE
Abigail Breslin – Zombieland
Isabelle Fuhrman – Orphan
Max Records – Where The Wild Things Are
Saoirse Ronan – The Lovely Bones
Kodi Smit-McPhee – The Road

BEST DEBUT DIRECTOR
Neill Blomkamp – District 9
Scott Cooper – Crazy Heart
Tom Ford – A Single Man
Duncan Jones – Moon
Marc Webb – (500) Days Of Summer

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
An Education
District 9
Fantastic Mr. Fox
In The Loop
Up In The Air

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
(500) Days Of Summer
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
A Serious Man
Up

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Avatar
Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
The White Ribbon

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Bright Star
The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus
Inglourious Basterds
Nine
The Young Victoria

BEST FILM EDITING
(500) Days Of Summer
Avatar
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Up In The Air

BEST MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING
District 9
Drag Me To Hell
Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince
The Road
Star Trek

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Avatar
Coraline
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Inglourious Basterds
Sherlock Holmes

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Avatar
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Sherlock Holmes
Where The Wild Things Are
Up

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
Crazy Heart – “The Weary Kind”
Hannah Montana: The Movie – “The Climb”
The Princess And The Frog – “Almost There”
The Princess And The Frog – “Down In New Orleans”
Where The Wild Things Are – “All I Love”

BEST SOUND EDITING
Avatar
District 9
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Up

BEST SOUND MIXING
Avatar
District 9
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Star Trek

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Avatar
District 9
Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince
Star Trek
Watchmen

TOTAL NOMINATIONS
Inglourious Basterds – 15
Avatar – 11
The Hurt Locker – 10
District 9 – 8
Up In The Air – 8
Fantastic Mr. Fox – 7
A Serious Man – 6
Up – 6
Coraline – 5
(500) Days Of Summer – 4
An Education – 4
In The Loop – 4
Star Trek – 4
Where The Wild Things Are – 4
Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince – 3
Moon – 3
Precious: Based On The Novel “Push” By Sapphire – 3
The Princess And The Frog – 3
A Prophet – 3
Sherlock Holmes – 3
Crazy Heart – 2
Drag Me To Hell – 2
Julie & Julia – 2
Mary And Max – 2
Nine – 2
The Road – 2
A Single Man – 2
Thirst – 2
Watchmen – 2
The White Ribbon – 2
Adventureland – 1
Anvil! The Story Of Anvil – 1
Bright Star – 1
Broken Embraces – 1
The Cove – 1
Food, Inc. – 1
The Hangover – 1
Hannah Montana: The Movie – 1
The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus – 1
Jennifer’s Body – 1
The Lovely Bones – 1
The Messenger – 1
Orphan – 1
The Proposal – 1
The Secret In Their Eyes – 1
The September Issue – 1
Two Lovers – 1
Which Way Home – 1
World’s Greatest Dad – 1
The Young Victoria – 1

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Matt Neglia
Matt Negliahttps://nextbestpicture.com/
Obsessed about the Oscars, Criterion Collection and all things film 24/7. Critics Choice Member.

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