15th Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards (2009)
Best Picture
1. Up in the Air
2. The Hurt Locker
3. Precious
4. Up
5. An Education
6. A Serious Man
7. Inglourious Basterds
8. District 9
9. Avatar
10. Fantastic Mr. Fox
Best Director
1. Jason Reitman - Up in the Air
2. Kathryn Bigelow - The Hurt Locker
3. Lee Daniels - Precious
4. Joel Coen and Ethan Coen - A Serious Man
5. Quentin Tarantino - Inglourious Basterds
Best Actor
1. George Clooney - Up in the Air as Ryan Bingham
2. Jeff Bridges - Crazy Heart as Otis "Bad" Blake
3. Jeremy Renner - The Hurt Locker as SFC. William James
4. Colin Firth - A Single Man as George Falconer
5. Morgan Freeman - Invictus as Nelson Mandela
Best Actress
1. Carey Mulligan - An Education as Jenny Miller
2. Meryl Streep - Julie and Julia as Julia Child
3. Gabourey Sidibe - Precious as Precious
4. Emily Blunt - The Young Victoria as Queen Victoria
5. Sandra Bullock - The Blind Side as Leigh Anne Tuohy
Best Supporting Actor
1. Christoph Waltz - Inglourious Basterds as Col. Hans Landa
2. Woody Harrelson - The Messenger as Cpt. Tony Stone
3. Stanley Tucci - The Lovely Bones as George Harvey
4. Alfred Molina - An Education as Jack Miller
5. Christian McKay - Me and Orson Welles as Orson Welles
Best Supporting Actress
1. Mo'Nique - Precious as Mary
2. Anna Kendrick - Up in the Air as Natalie Keener
3. Vera Farmiga - Up in the Air as Alex Goran
4. Marion Cotillard - Nine as Luisa Contini
5. Maggie Gyllenhaal - Crazy Heart as Jean Craddock
Best Screenplay
1. Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner - Up in the Air
2. Joel Coen and Ethan Coen - A Serious Man
Best Cinematography
1. The Lovely Bones - Andrew Lesnie
2. The Hurt Locker - Barry Ackroyd
Best Foreign Language Film
1. Sin Nombre • Mexico
2. Broken Embraces • Spain
3. Summer Hours • France
4. Der Baader Meinhof Komplex • Germany
5. Red Cliff • China/Hong Kong
Best Documentary Film
1. The Cove
2. Anvil! The Story of Anvil
3. Capitalism: A Love Story
4. Michael Jackson's This Is It
5. Burma VJ (TIE)
5. The September Issue (TIE)
Best Animated Film
1. Up
2. Fantastic Mr. Fox
Individual awards (Russell Smith Award)
Precious, for "best low-budget or cutting-edge independent film