15th Critics' Choice Awards

The 15th Critics' Choice Awards were presented on January 15, 2010 at the Hollywood Palladium, honoring the finest achievements of 2009 filmmaking. The ceremony was broadcast on VH1 and hosted by Kristin Chenoweth. The nominees were announced on December 14, 2009.
The awards expanded this year from 16 to 24 film categories, adding seven technical categories and separating its screenplay category into adapted and original slots, to more closely mirror the Academy Awards.
The World War II epic Inglourious Basterds and romantic musical drama Nine both received a record ten nominations each, which was unprecedented at the time. Both films received numerous nominations in the awards' new craft categories, benefiting from the recent expansion of the categories. In the following years, this record has been broken several times. Avatar followed close behind with nine nominations and won the most awards of the night with a then-record-breaking six wins.

Winners and nominees

The Hurt LockerAvatarAn EducationInglourious BasterdsInvictusNinePreciousA Serious ManUpUp in the Air	Kathryn Bigelow – The Hurt Locker James Cameron – Avatar Lee Daniels – Precious Clint Eastwood – Invictus Jason Reitman – Up in the Air Quentin Tarantino – Inglourious Basterds
Jeff Bridges – Crazy Heart as Otis "Bad" Blake George Clooney – Up in the Air as Ryan Bingham Colin Firth – A Single Man as George Falconer Morgan Freeman – Invictus as Nelson Mandela Viggo Mortensen – The Road as Man Jeremy Renner – The Hurt Locker as Sergeant First Class William James	Sandra Bullock – The Blind Side as Leigh Anne Tuohy Meryl Streep – Julie & Julia as Julia Child Emily Blunt – The Young Victoria as Queen Victoria Carey Mulligan – An Education as Jenny Mellor Saoirse Ronan – The Lovely Bones as Susie Salmon Gabourey Sidibe – Precious as Claireece "Precious" Jones
Christoph Waltz – Inglourious Basterds as Col. Hans Landa Matt Damon – Invictus as Francois Pienaar Woody Harrelson – The Messenger as Captain Tony Stone Christian McKay – Me and Orson Welles as Orson Welles Alfred Molina – An Education as Jack Meller Stanley Tucci – The Lovely Bones as George Harvey	Mo'Nique – Precious as Mary Lee Johnston Marion Cotillard – Nine as Luisa Acari Contini Vera Farmiga – Up in the Air as Alex Goran Anna Kendrick – Up in the Air as Natalie Keener Julianne Moore – A Single Man as Charley Roberts Samantha Morton – The Messenger as Olivia Pitterson
Saoirse Ronan – The Lovely Bones as Susie Salmon Jae Head – The Blind Side as S.J. Tuohy Bailee Madison – Brothers as Isabelle Cahill Max Records – Where the Wild Things Are as Max Kodi Smit-McPhee – The Road as Boy	Inglourious BasterdsNinePreciousStar TrekUp in the Air
Inglourious Basterds – Quentin Tarantino(500) Days of Summer – Scott Neustadter and Michael H. WeberThe Hurt Locker – Mark BoalA Serious Man – Joel Coen and Ethan CoenUp – Pete Docter and Bob Peterson	Up in the Air – Jason Reitman and Sheldon TurnerDistrict 9 – Neill Blomkamp and Terri TatchellAn Education – Nick HornbyFantastic Mr. Fox – Wes Anderson and Noah BaumbachPrecious – Geoffrey S. FletcherA Single Man – Tom Ford and David Scearce
UpCloudy with a Chance of MeatballsCoralineFantastic Mr. FoxThe Princess and the Frog	The CoveAnvil! The Story of AnvilCapitalism: A Love StoryFood, Inc.Michael Jackson's This Is It
AvatarDistrict 9The Hurt LockerInglourious BasterdsStar Trek	The Hangover(500) Days of SummerIt's ComplicatedThe ProposalZombieland
Broken Embraces • SpainCoco Before Chanel • FranceRed Cliff • ChinaSin nombre • Mexico / United StatesThe White Ribbon • Austria / France / Germany / Italy	Avatar – Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg / Kim Sinclair Inglourious Basterds – David Wasco / Sandy Reynolds-Wasco The Lovely Bones – Naomi Shohan / George DeTitta Jr. Nine – John Myhre / Gordon Sim A Single Man – Dan Bishop / Amy Wells
Avatar – Mauro FioreThe Hurt Locker – Barry AckroydInglourious Basterds – Robert RichardsonThe Lovely Bones – Andrew LesnieNine – Dion Beebe	The Young Victoria – Sandy PowellBright Star – Janet PattersonInglourious Basterds – Anna B. SheppardNine – Colleen AtwoodWhere the Wild Things Are – Casey Storm
Avatar – James Cameron, John Refoua, and Stephen E. RivkinThe Hurt Locker – Chris Innis and Bob MurawskiInglourious Basterds – Sally MenkeNine – Claire Simpson and Wyatt SmithUp in the Air – Dana E. Glauberman	District 9AvatarNineThe RoadStar Trek
*Up – Michael GiacchinoThe Informant! – Marvin HamlischThe Princess and the Frog – Randy NewmanSherlock Holmes – Hans ZimmerWhere the Wild Things Are – Carter Burwell and Karen O*	"The Weary Kind" – Crazy Heart "All Is Love" – Where the Wild Things Are "Almost There" – The Princess and the Frog "Cinema Italiano" – Nine "(I Want to) Come Home" – Everybody's Fine
AvatarDistrict 9The Hurt LockerNineStar Trek	Avatar2012District 9The Lovely BonesStar Trek

Joel Siegel Award

'''Kevin Bacon'''

Best Picture Made for Television

Grey GardensGifted Hands: The Ben Carson StoryInto the Storm

''Taking Chance''

Statistics

Wins	Film
6	Avatar
3	Inglourious Basterds
2	Crazy Heart
2	The Hurt Locker
2	Up