2009 - Winners of the 22nd Annual Chicago Film Critics Awards (nominees below in alphabetical order)
| Best Picture |
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
A Serious Man
Up in the Air
Where the Wild Things Are |
| Best Director |
Kathryn Bigelow (-) The Hurt Locker
Joel & Ethan Coen (-) A Serious Man
Spike Jonze (-) Where the Wild Things Are
Jason Reitman (-) Up in the Air
Quentin Tarantino (-) Inglourious Basterds |
| Best Actor |
Jeremy Renner (-) The Hurt Locker
Jeff Bridges (-) Crazy Heart
George Clooney (-) Up in the Air
Matt Damon (-) The Informant!
Michael Stuhlbarg (-) A Serious Man |
| Best Actress |
Carey Mulligan (-) An Education
Abbie Cornish (-) Bright Star
Maya Rudolph (-) Away We Go
Gabourey Sidibe (-) Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
Meryl Streep (-) Julie & Julia |
| Best Supporting Actor |
Christoph Waltz (-) Inglourious Basterds
Peter Capaldi (-) In the Loop
Woody Harrelson (-) The Messenger
Christian McKay (-) Me and Orson Welles
Stanley Tucci (-) The Lovely Bones |
| Best Supporting Actress |
Mo'Nique (-) Precious
Vera Farmiga (-) Up in the Air
Anna Kendrick (-) Up in the Air
Julianne Moore (-) A Single Man
Natalie Portman (-) Brothers |
| Best Original Screenplay |
The Hurt Locker (-) Mark Boal
Away We Go (-) Dave Eggers & Vendela Vida
Inglourious Basterds (-) Quentin Tarantino
A Serious Man (-) Joel & Ethan Coen
Up (-) Bob Peterson |
| Best Adapted Screenplay |
Up in the Air (-) Jason Reitman & Sheldon Turner
An Education (-) Nick Hornby
In the Loop (-) Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci & Tony Roche
The Informant! (-) Scott Z. Burns
Where the Wild Things Are (-) Spike Jonze & Dave Eggers |
| Best Foreign Language Film |
The White Ribbon
Broken Embraces
Red Cliff
Sin Nombre
Summer Hours |
| Best Documentary |
Anvil! The Story of Anvil
Capitalism: A Love Story
The Cove
Food, Inc.
Tyson |
| Best Animated Feature |
Up
Coraline
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Ponyo
The Princess and the Frog |
| Best Cinematography |
The Hurt Locker (-) Barry Ackroyd
Avatar (-) Mauro Fiore
Bright Star (-) Greig Fraser
Inglourious Basterds (-) Robert Richardson
Where the Wild Things Are (-) Lance Acord |
| Best Original Score |
Up (-) Michael Giacchino
Avatar (-) James Horner
Fantastic Mr. Fox (-) Alexandre Desplat
The Informant! (-) Marvin Hamlisch
Where the Wild Things Are (-) Carter Burwell & Karen Orzolek |
| Most Promising Performer |
Carey Mulligan (-) An Education
Sharlto Copley (-) District 9
Christian McKay (-) Me and Orson Welles
Max Records (-) Where the Wild Things Are
Gabourey Sidibe (-) Precious |
| Most Promising Filmmaker |
Neill Blomkamp (-) District 9
Scott Cooper (-) Crazy Heart
Cary Fukunaga (-) Sin Nombre
Duncan Jones (-) Moon
Marc Webb (-) (500) Days of Summer |
2008 - Winners of the 21st Annual Chicago Film Critics Awards (nominees below in alphabetical order)
| Best Picture |
WALL-E
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Milk
Slumdog Millionaire |
| Best Director |
Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire
David Fincher - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Christopher Nolan - The Dark Knight
Andrew Stanton - WALL*E
Gus Van Sant - Milk |
| Best Actor |
Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler
Clint Eastwood - Gran Torino
Richard Jenkins - The Visitor
Frank Langella - Frost/Nixon
Sean Penn - Milk |
| Best Actress |
Anne Hathaway - Rachel Getting Married
Sally Hawkins - Happy-Go-Lucky
Angelina Jolie - Changeling
Melissa Leo - Frozen River
Meryl Streep - Doubt |
| Best Supporting Actor |
Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight
Robert Downey, Jr. - Tropic Thunder
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Doubt
Bill Irwin - Rachel Getting Married
Michael Shannon - Revolutionary Road |
| Best Supporting Actress |
Kate Winslet -The Reader
Amy Adams - Doubt
Penelope Cruz - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Viola Davis - Doubt
Rosemarie DeWitt - Rachel Getting Married |
| Best Original Screenplay |
WALL*E - Andrew Stanton & Jim Reardon
In Bruges - Martin McDonagh
Milk - Dustin Lance Black
Rachel Getting Married - Jenny Lumet
Synecdoche, N.Y. - Charlie Kaufman |
| Best Adapted Screenplay |
Slumdog Millionaire - Simon Beaufoy
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Eric Roth
The Dark Knight - Jonathan Nolan and Christopher Nolan
Doubt - John Patrick Shanley
Frost/Nixon - Peter Morgan |
| Best Foreign Language Film |
Let the Right One In
The Band’s Visit
Che
A Christmas Tale
I’ve Loved You So Long |
| Best Documentary |
Man On Wire
American Teen
Dear Zachary
IOUSA
Standard Operating Procedure |
| Best Animated Feature |
WALL*E
Bolt
Kung-Fu Panda
Tale of Desperaux
Waltz with Bashir |
| Best Cinematography |
Slumdog Millionaire - Anthony Dod Mantle
Australia - Mandy Walker
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Claudio Miranda
The Dark Knight - Wally Pfister
The Fall - Colin Watkinson |
| Best Original Score |
WALL*E - Thomas Newman
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Alexandre Desplat
The Dark Knight - Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard
Milk - Danny Elfman
Slumdog Millionaire - A.R. Rahman |
| Most Promising Performer |
Dev Patel - Slumdog Millionaire
Russell Brand - Forgetting Sarah Marshall
David Kross - The Reader
Lina Leandersson - Let the Right One In
Brandon Walters - Australia |
| Most Promising Director |
Tomas Alfredson - Let the Right One In
Lance Hammer - Ballast
Courtney Hunt - Frozen River
Martin McDonagh - In Bruges
Steve McQueen - Hunger |
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