21st Chicago Film Critics Association Awards (2008)

Best Film

	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 (posthumously)
	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
	Penélope Cruz - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
	Viola Davis - Doubt
	Rosemarie DeWitt - Rachel Getting Married

Best Screenplay - Adapted

	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 Screenplay - Original

	WALL-E - Andrew Stanton and Jim Reardon
	In Bruges - Martin McDonagh
	Milk - Dustin Lance Black
	Rachel Getting Married - Jenny Lumet
	Synecdoche, New York - Charlie Kaufman

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

Best Foreign Language Film

	Let the Right One In (Låt den rätte komma in), Sweden
	The Band's Visit (Bikur Ha-Tizmoret), Israel
	Che, France, Spain, & USA
	A Christmas Tale (Un conte de Noël), France
	I've Loved You So Long (Il y a longtemps que je t'aime), France

Best Documentary Film

	Man on Wire
	American Teen
	Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father
	I.O.U.S.A.
	Standard Operating Procedure

Best Animated Film

	WALL-E
	Bolt
	Kung Fu Panda
	The Tale of Despereaux
	Waltz with Bashir

Most Promising Filmmaker

	Tomas Alfredson - Let the Right One In (Låt den rätte komma in)
	Lance Hammer - Ballast
	Courtney Hunt - Frozen River
	Martin McDonagh - In Bruges
	Steve McQueen - Hunger

Most Promising Performer

	Dev Patel - Slumdog Millionaire
	Russell Brand - Forgetting Sarah Marshall
	David Kross - The Reader
	Lina Leandersson - Let the Right One In (Låt den rätte komma in)
	Brandon Walters - Australia