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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