- Picture - Slumdog Millionaire
- Director - Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire
- Lead Actor - Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler(For me, this is the hardest race to predict. This could easily go to Sean Penn. They have won almost an exactly equal amount of awards. I'm giving Rourke the edge because he won the BAFTA and that awards show has matched up with Oscar in the acting categories every year since 2001.)
- Lead Actress: Kate Winslet, The Reader
- Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
(This is the most sure-fire of the night) - Supporting Actress: Penélope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
- Original Screenplay: Dustin Lance Black, Milk
- Adapted Screenplay: Simon Beaufoy, Slumdog Millionaire
- Animated Film: Wall-E
- Foreign-Language Film: Waltz With Bashir
- Documentary Feature: Man On Wire
- Documentary Short: The Witness: From the Balcony of Room 306
- Editing: Slumdog Millionaire
- Cinematography: Slumdog Millionaire
- Art Direction: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- Costume Design: The Duchess
- Makeup: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- Score: A.R. Rahman, Slumdog Millionaire
- Song: "Down To Earth" - Peter Gabriel, Wall-E
- Visual Effects: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- Sound Editing: Wall-E? (I may change this before the show)
- Sound Mixing: Slumdog Millionaire? (this one too)
- Live Action Short: Spielzugland (Toyland)
- Animated Short: Presto
