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.
Slumdog Millionaire
Danny Boyle – Slumdog Millionaire
Sean Penn – Milk as Harvey Milk
Anne Hathaway – Rachel Getting Married as Kym Buchman (Tie)Meryl Streep – Doubt as Aloysius Beauvier (Tie)
Heath Ledger – The Dark Knight as Joker
Kate Winslet – The Reader as Hanna Schmitz
Dev Patel – Slumdog Millionaire as Jamal Malik
Milk
Slumdog Millionaire – Simon Beaufoy
Waltz with Bashir • Israel
WALL-E
Man on Wire (Tie)Stealing America: Vote by Vote (Tie)
The Dark Knight
Tropic Thunder
Slumdog Millionaire – A. R. Rahman
"The Wrestler" – The Wrestler
John Adams
Richard Gere [1]
(years are of film release; ceremonies are the next year)