Yesterday on the Next Best Picture Podcast, we announced the nominations for the 2009 NBP Film Community Awards, representing the best in film for 2009, voted on by all of you, the fans of Next Best Picture! The complete list of nominations is listed below, along with the link that will take you to the form to cast your ballot for the winners. Voting officially begins now and will run until August 16th, 2024. The winners will be announced on August 17th, 2025, on the Next Best Picture Podcast. We have three more throwback reviews coming for “Up In The Air,” “The Secret In Their Eyes,” and “The Hurt Locker,” so please subscribe to the Next Best Picture Podcast so you can listen to our thoughts on these three films when they go up!
Congratulations on your nominations and happy voting!
VOTING HAS CLOSED
BEST PICTURE
Avatar
Coraline
District 9
Fantastic Mr. Fox
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Precious: Based On The Novel “Push” By Sapphire
A Serious Man
Up
Up In The Air
BEST DIRECTOR
Wes Anderson – Fantastic Mr. Fox
Kathryn Bigelow – The Hurt Locker
James Cameron – Avatar
Spike Jonze – Where The Wild Things Are
Quentin Tarantino – Inglourious Basterds
BEST ANIMATED FILM
Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs
Coraline
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Mary & Max
Up
BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM
Anvil! The Story Of Anvil
Capitalism: A Love Story
The Cove
Food, Inc.
Michael Jackson’s This Is It
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Broken Embraces
A Prophet
The Secret In Their Eyes
Sin Nombre
The White Ribbon
BEST ACTION FILM
Avatar
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Sherlock Holmes
Watchmen
BEST COMEDY FILM
(500) Days Of Summer
Fantastic Mr. Fox
The Hangover
A Serious Man
Zombieland
BEST SCI-FI/HORROR FILM
District 9
Drag Me To Hell
Moon
The Road
Star Trek
BEST OVERLOOKED FILM
Adventureland
Jennifer’s Body
Mary & Max
Two Lovers
Where The Wild Things Are
BEST ACTRESS
Sandra Bullock – The Blind Side
Mélanie Laurent – Inglourious Basterds
Carey Mulligan – An Education
Gabourey Sidibe – Precious: Based On The Novel “Push” By Sapphire
Meryl Streep – Julie & Julia
BEST ACTOR
Jeff Bridges – Crazy Heart
George Clooney – Up In The Air
Colin Firth – A Single Man
Jeremy Renner – The Hurt Locker
Michael Stuhlbarg – A Serious Man
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
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
Julianne Moore – A Single Man
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Woody Harrelson – The Messenger
Anthony Mackie – The Hurt Locker
Alfred Molina – An Education
Stanley Tucci – Julie & Julia
Christoph Waltz – Inglourious Basterds
BEST ENSEMBLE
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Precious: Based On The Novel “Push” By Sapphire
Star Trek
Up In The Air
BEST BREAKOUT PERFORMANCE
Anna Kendrick – Up In The Air
Mélanie Laurent – Inglourious Basterds
Carey Mulligan – An Education
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
James Gandolfini – Where The Wild Things Are
Zoe Saldana – Avatar
BEST YOUTH PERFORMANCE
Isabelle Fuhrman – Orphan
Bailee Madison – Brothers
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
Precious: Based On The Novel “Push” By Sapphire
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
Where The Wild Things Are
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Bright Star
The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus
Inglourious Basterds
Nine
Sherlock Holmes
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
Avatar – “I See You”
Crazy Heart – “The Weary Kind”
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
Star Trek
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
NOMINATION TALLY
Inglourious Basterds – 16
Avatar – 12
The Hurt Locker – 11
District 9 – 8
Fantastic Mr. Fox – 8
Up In The Air – 8
Where The Wild Things Are – 7
Precious: Based On The Novel “Push” By Sapphire – 6
Star Trek – 6
Up – 5
(500) Days Of Summer – 4
An Education – 4
Coraline – 4
A Serious Man – 4
Sherlock Holmes – 4
Crazy Heart – 3
Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince – 3
The Road – 3
A Single Man – 3
Drag Me To Hell – 2
Julie & Julia – 2
Mary & Max – 2
Moon – 2
The Princess And The Frog – 2
Watchmen – 2
Adventureland – 1
Anvil! The Story Of Anvil – 1
The Blind Side – 1
Bright Star – 1
Broken Embraces – 1
Brothers – 1
Capitalism: A Love Story – 1
Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs – 1
The Cove – 1
Fish Tank – 1
Food, Inc. – 1
The Hangover – 1
The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus – 1
Jennifer’s Body – 1
The Lovely Bones – 1
The Messenger – 1
Michael Jackson’s This Is It – 1
Nine – 1
Orphan – 1
A Prophet – 1
The Secret In Their Eyes – 1
Sin Nombre – 1
The White Ribbon – 1
Zombieland – 1
