Houston Film Critics Society Awards 2008

Best Picture

	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
	The Dark Knight
	Milk
	Slumdog Millionaire
	WALL-E

Best Director

	Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire
	David Fincher - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
	Christopher Nolan - The Dark Knight
	Ron Howard - Frost/Nixon
	Gus Van Sant - Milk

Best Cast

	Doubt
	The Dark Knight
	Milk
	Rachel Getting Married
	Tropic Thunder
	Valkyrie

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role

	Sean Penn - Milk as Harvey Milk
	Leonardo DiCaprio - Revolutionary Road as Frank Wheeler
	Richard Jenkins - The Visitor as Walter Vale
	Frank Langella - Frost/Nixon as Richard Nixon
	Brad Pitt - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button as Benjamin Button
	Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler as Randy "The Ram" Robinson

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role

	Anne Hathaway - Rachel Getting Married as Kym
	Cate Blanchett - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button as Daisy Fuller
	Angelina Jolie - Changeling as Christine Collins
	Melissa Leo - Frozen River as Ray Eddy
	Meryl Streep - Doubt as Sister Aloysius Beauvier
	Kate Winslet - Revolutionary Road as April Wheeler

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role

	Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight as The Joker
	Josh Brolin - Milk as Dan White
	Tom Cruise - Tropic Thunder as Les Grossman
	Robert Downey Jr. - Tropic Thunder as Kirk Lazarus
	Brad Pitt - Burn After Reading as Chad Feldheimer

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role

	Viola Davis - Doubt as Mrs. Miller
	Amy Adams - Doubt as Sister James
	Penélope Cruz - Vicky Cristina Barcelona as María Elena
	Taraji P. Henson - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button as Queenie
	Marisa Tomei - The Wrestler as Pam / Cassidy

Best Screenplay

	Slumdog Millionaire - Simon Beaufoy
	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Eric Roth
	The Dark Knight - Christopher Nolan and Jonathan Nolan
	Doubt - John Patrick Shanley
	Milk - Dustin Lance Black

Best Cinematography

	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Claudio Miranda
	The Dark Knight - Wally Pfister
	Milk - Harris Savides
	Revolutionary Road - Roger Deakins
	Slumdog Millionaire - Anthony Dod Mantle

Best Original Score

	Miracle at St. Anna - Terence Blanchard
	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Alexandre Desplat
	The Dark Knight - Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard
	Revolutionary Road - Thomas Newman
	Slumdog Millionaire - A. R. Rahman

Best Original Song

	"Down to Earth" - WALL-E
	"Another Way to Die" by The White Stripes - Quantum of Solace
	"I Thought I Lost You" by Miley Cyrus and Jeffrey Steele - Bolt
	"Jai Ho" by A. R. Rahman - Slumdog Millionaire
	"Rock Me Sexy Jesus" by Ralph Sall - Hamlet 2
	"The Wrestler" by Bruce Springsteen - The Wrestler

Best Foreign Language Film

	Mongol • Kazakhstan
	Che • Spain
	Gomorra • Italy
	I've Loved You So Long • France
	Let the Right One In • Sweden

Best Documentary Feature

	Man on Wire
	Bigger, Stronger, Faster*
	Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
	I.O.U.S.A.
	Standard Operating Procedure
	Young@Heart

Best Animated Feature Film

	WALL-E
	Bolt
	Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!
	Waltz with Bashir