| 8th San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle Awards (2009) |
| Best Picture: |
| The Hurt Locker |
| Best Director: |
| Kathryn Bigelow - The Hurt Locker |
| Best Actor: |
| Colin Firth - A Single Man |
| Best Actress: |
| Meryl Streep - Julie & Julia |
| Best Supporting Actor: |
| Christian McKay - Me and Orson Welles |
| Best Supporting Actress: |
| Mo'Nique - Precious |
| Best Original Screenplay: |
| Inglourious Basterds - Quentin Tarantino |
| Best Adapted Screenplay: |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox - Wes Anderson |
| Best Cinematography: |
| A Serious Man - Roger Deakins |
| Best Foreign Language Film: |
| You, the Living (Du levande) • Sweden/Germany/France/Denmark/Norway/Japan |
| Best Documentary: |
| Anvil! The Story of Anvil |
| Best Animated Feature: |
| Coraline |
| Marlon Riggs Award (for courage & vision in the Bay Area film community): |
| Frazer Bradshaw - Everything Strange and New | |
| Barry Jenkins - Medicine for Melancholy |
| Special Citation: |
| Sita Sings the Blues |
| In Memoriam: |
| Rose Kaufman |