14th Critics' Choice Awards

The 14th Critics' Choice Awards were presented on January 8, 2009, at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, honoring the finest achievements of 2008 filmmaking. The nominees were announced on December 9, 2008.

Winners and nominees

Slumdog MillionaireChangelingThe Curious Case of Benjamin ButtonThe Dark KnightDoubtFrost/NixonMilkThe ReaderWALL-EThe Wrestler	Danny Boyle – Slumdog Millionaire Christopher Nolan – The Dark Knight David Fincher – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Gus Van Sant – Milk Ron Howard – Frost/Nixon
Sean Penn – Milk as Harvey Milk Brad Pitt – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button as Benjamin Button Clint Eastwood – Gran Torino as Walt Kowalski Frank Langella – Frost/Nixon as Richard Nixon Mickey Rourke – The Wrestler as Robin Ramzinski/Randy Robinson Richard Jenkins – The Visitor as Walter Vale	Anne Hathaway – Rachel Getting Married as Kym Buchman Meryl Streep – Doubt as Aloysius Beauvier Angelina Jolie – Changeling as Christine Collins Cate Blanchett – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button as Daisy Fuller Kate Beckinsale – Nothing but the Truth as Rachel Armstrong Melissa Leo – Frozen River as Ray Eddy
Heath Ledger – The Dark Knight as Joker James Franco – Milk as Scott Smith Josh Brolin – Milk as Dan White Philip Seymour Hoffman – Doubt as Brendan Flynn Robert Downey Jr. – Tropic Thunder as Kirk Lazarus	Kate Winslet – The Reader as Hanna Schmitz Marisa Tomei – The Wrestler as Pam/Cassidy Penelope Cruz – Vicky Cristina Barcelona as Maria Elena Taraji P. Henson – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button as Queenie Vera Farmiga – Nothing but the Truth as Erica Van Doren Viola Davis – Doubt as Miller
Dev Patel – Slumdog Millionaire as Jamal Malik Brandon Walters – Australia as Nullah Dakota Fanning – The Secret Life of Bees as Lily Owens David Kross – The Reader as Michael Berg	MilkThe Curious Case of Benjamin ButtonThe Dark KnightDoubtRachel Getting Married
Slumdog Millionaire – Simon BeaufoyThe Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Eric RothDoubt – John Patrick ShanleyFrost/Nixon – Peter MorganMilk – Dustin Lance Black	Waltz with Bashir • IsraelA Christmas Tale • FranceGomorrah • ItalyI've Loved You So Long • FranceLet the Right One In • SwedenMongol • Kazakhstan
WALL-EBoltKung Fu PandaMadagascar: Escape 2 AfricaWaltz with BashirSpace Chimps	Man on Wire Stealing America: Vote by Vote I.O.U.S.A.Roman Polanski: Wanted and DesiredStandard Operating ProcedureYoung@Heart
The Dark KnightIndiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal SkullIron ManQuantum of SolaceWantedThe Incredible Hulk	Tropic ThunderBurn After ReadingForgetting Sarah MarshallRole ModelsVicky Cristina Barcelona
Slumdog Millionaire – A. R. RahmanChangeling – Clint EastwoodThe Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Alexandre DesplatThe Dark Knight – Hans Zimmer and James Newton HowardMilk – Danny Elfman	"The Wrestler" – The Wrestler "Another Way to Die" – Quantum of Solace "Down to Earth" – WALL-E "I Thought I Lost You" – Bolt "Jai Ho" – Slumdog Millionaire

Best Picture Made for Television

John Adams

Coco Chanel
''Recount''

Joel Siegel Award

'''Richard Gere'''

Statistics

Wins	Film
5	Slumdog Millionaire
2	The Dark Knight
2	Milk