2008 Oscars: Winners and Nominees

58 films were recognised at the 2008 Academy Awards, across 24 categories. 17 of them took home at least one award.

The biggest winner of the year was No Country for Old Men, with 4 awards, ahead of The Bourne Ultimatum with 3. The categories below run from Actor in a Leading Role, Actor in a Supporting Role and Actress in a Leading Role to the smaller prizes, and in every one the winner is listed first, followed by the other nominees.

Each title links to the film's full award history at all four awards, and the links at the bottom step to the previous and next ceremony.

Last updated August 12, 2026

Actor in a Leading Role

There Will Be Blood(2007)
Daniel Day-Lewis
Winner
Eastern Promises(2007)
Viggo Mortensen
In the Valley of Elah(2007)
Tommy Lee Jones
Michael Clayton(2007)
George Clooney
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street(2007)
Johnny Depp

Actor in a Supporting Role

No Country for Old Men(2007)
Javier Bardem
Winner
Charlie Wilson's War(2007)
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Into the Wild(2007)
Hal Holbrook
Michael Clayton(2007)
Tom Wilkinson
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford(2007)
Casey Affleck

Actress in a Leading Role

La Vie en Rose(2007)
Marion Cotillard
Winner
Away from Her(2007)
Julie Christie
Elizabeth: The Golden Age(2007)
Cate Blanchett
Juno(2007)
Ellen Page
The Savages(2007)
Laura Linney

Actress in a Supporting Role

Michael Clayton(2007)
Tilda Swinton
Winner
American Gangster(2007)
Ruby Dee
Atonement(2007)
Saoirse Ronan
Gone Baby Gone(2007)
Amy Ryan
I'm Not There(2007)
Cate Blanchett

Art Direction

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street(2007)
Art Direction: Dante Ferretti; Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo
Winner
American Gangster(2007)
Art Direction: Arthur Max; Set Decoration: Beth A. Rubino
Atonement(2007)
Art Direction: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer
The Golden Compass(2007)
Art Direction: Dennis Gassner; Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock
There Will Be Blood(2007)
Art Direction: Jack Fisk; Set Decoration: Jim Erickson

Best Picture

No Country for Old Men(2007)
Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, Producers
Winner
Atonement(2007)
Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner and Paul Webster, Producers
Juno(2007)
Lianne Halfon, Mason Novick and Russell Smith, Producers
Michael Clayton(2007)
Sydney Pollack, Jennifer Fox and Kerry Orent, Producers
There Will Be Blood(2007)
JoAnne Sellar, Paul Thomas Anderson and Daniel Lupi, Producers

Cinematography

There Will Be Blood(2007)
Robert Elswit
Winner
Atonement(2007)
Seamus McGarvey
No Country for Old Men(2007)
Roger Deakins
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford(2007)
Roger Deakins
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly(2007)
Janusz Kaminski

Costume Design

Elizabeth: The Golden Age(2007)
Alexandra Byrne
Winner
Across the Universe(2007)
Albert Wolsky
Atonement(2007)
Jacqueline Durran
La Vie en Rose(2007)
Marit Allen
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street(2007)
Colleen Atwood

Directing

No Country for Old Men(2007)
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
Winner
Juno(2007)
Jason Reitman
Michael Clayton(2007)
Tony Gilroy
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly(2007)
Julian Schnabel
There Will Be Blood(2007)
Paul Thomas Anderson

Documentary (Feature)

Taxi to the Dark Side(2008)
Alex Gibney and Eva Orner
Winner
No End in Sight(2007)
Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs
Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience(2007)
Richard E. Robbins
Sicko(2007)
Michael Moore and Meghan O'Hara
War Dance(2007)
Andrea Nix Fine and Sean Fine

Film Editing

The Bourne Ultimatum(2007)
Christopher Rouse
Winner
Into the Wild(2007)
Jay Cassidy
No Country for Old Men(2007)
Roderick Jaynes
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly(2007)
Juliette Welfling
There Will Be Blood(2007)
Dylan Tichenor

International Feature Film

The Counterfeiters(2007)
Austria
Winner
12(2007)
Russia
Beaufort(2007)
Israel
Katyn(2007)
Poland
Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan(2007)
Kazakhstan

Music (Original Score)

Atonement(2007)
Dario Marianelli
Winner
3:10 to Yuma(2007)
Marco Beltrami
Michael Clayton(2007)
James Newton Howard
Ratatouille(2007)
Michael Giacchino
The Kite Runner(2007)
Alberto Iglesias

Music (Original Song)

Once(2007)
Falling Slowly in "Once" Music and Lyric by Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova
Winner
August Rush(2007)
Raise It Up in "August Rush" Music and Lyric by Jamal Joseph, Charles Mack and Tevin Thomas
Enchanted(2007)
Happy Working Song in "Enchanted" Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by Stephen Schwartz
Enchanted(2007)
So Close in "Enchanted" Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by Stephen Schwartz
Enchanted(2007)
That's How You Know in "Enchanted" Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by Stephen Schwartz

Short Film (Animated)

Peter & the Wolf(2006)
Suzie Templeton and Hugh Welchman
Winner
Even Pigeons Go to Heaven(2007)
Samuel Tourneux and Simon Vanesse
I Met the Walrus(2007)
Josh Raskin
Madame Tutli-Putli(2007)
Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski
My Love(2006)
Alexander Petrov

Short Film (Live Action)

The Mozart of Pickpockets(2006)
Philippe Pollet-Villard
Winner
At Night(2007)
Tanghi Argentini(2006)
Guido Thys and Anja Daelemans
The Substitute(2007)
Andrea Jublin
The Tonto Woman(2008)
Daniel Barber and Matthew Brown

Sound Editing

The Bourne Ultimatum(2007)
Karen Baker Landers and Per Hallberg
Winner
No Country for Old Men(2007)
Skip Lievsay
Ratatouille(2007)
Randy Thom and Michael Silvers
There Will Be Blood(2007)
Christopher Scarabosio and Matthew Wood
Transformers(2007)
Ethan Van der Ryn and Mike Hopkins

Sound Mixing

The Bourne Ultimatum(2007)
Scott Millan, David Parker and Kirk Francis
Winner
3:10 to Yuma(2007)
Paul Massey, David Giammarco and Jim Stuebe
No Country for Old Men(2007)
Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff and Peter Kurland
Ratatouille(2007)
Randy Thom, Michael Semanick and Doc Kane
Transformers(2007)
Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell and Peter J. Devlin

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

No Country for Old Men(2007)
Written for the screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
Winner
Atonement(2007)
Screenplay by Christopher Hampton
Away from Her(2007)
Written by Sarah Polley
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly(2007)
Screenplay by Ronald Harwood
There Will Be Blood(2007)
Written for the Screen by Paul Thomas Anderson

Writing (Original Screenplay)

Juno(2007)
Written by Diablo Cody
Winner
Lars and the Real Girl(2007)
Written by Nancy Oliver
Michael Clayton(2007)
Written by Tony Gilroy
Ratatouille(2007)
Screenplay by Brad Bird; Story by Jan Pinkava, Jim Capobianco, Brad Bird
The Savages(2007)
Written by Tamara Jenkins

Documentary (Short Subject)

Freeheld(2007)
Cynthia Wade and Vanessa Roth
Winner
La Corona (La Corona (The Crown))(2008)
Amanda Micheli and Isabel Vega
Salim Baba(2007)
Tim Sternberg and Francisco Bello
Sari's Mother(2006)
James Longley

Animated Feature Film

Ratatouille(2007)
Brad Bird
Winner
Persepolis(2007)
Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud
Surf's Up(2007)
Ash Brannon and Chris Buck

Makeup

La Vie en Rose(2007)
Didier Lavergne and Jan Archibald
Winner
Norbit(2007)
Rick Baker and Kazuhiro Tsuji
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End(2007)
Ve Neill and Martin Samuel

Visual Effects

The Golden Compass(2007)
Michael Fink, Bill Westenhofer, Ben Morris and Trevor Wood
Winner
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End(2007)
John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and John Frazier
Transformers(2007)
Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Russell Earl and John Frazier