2010 Oscars: Winners and Nominees

57 films were recognised at the 2010 Academy Awards, across 24 categories. 14 of them took home at least one award.

The biggest winner of the year was The Hurt Locker, with 6 awards, ahead of Avatar with 3. The categories below run from Best Picture, Actor in a Leading Role and Actor in a Supporting 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

Best Picture

The Hurt Locker(2008)
Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Nicolas Chartier and Greg Shapiro, Producers
Winner
A Serious Man(2009)
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, Producers
An Education(2009)
Finola Dwyer and Amanda Posey, Producers
Avatar(2009)
James Cameron and Jon Landau, Producers
District 9(2009)
Peter Jackson and Carolynne Cunningham, Producers
Inglourious Basterds(2009)
Lawrence Bender, Producer
Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire(2009)
Lee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness and Gary Magness, Producers
The Blind Side(2009)
Gil Netter, Andrew A. Kosove and Broderick Johnson, Producers
Up(2009)
Jonas Rivera, Producer
Up in the Air(2009)
Daniel Dubiecki, Ivan Reitman and Jason Reitman, Producers

Actor in a Leading Role

Crazy Heart(2009)
Jeff Bridges
Winner
A Single Man(2009)
Colin Firth
Invictus(2009)
Morgan Freeman
The Hurt Locker(2008)
Jeremy Renner
Up in the Air(2009)
George Clooney

Actor in a Supporting Role

Inglourious Basterds(2009)
Christoph Waltz
Winner
Invictus(2009)
Matt Damon
The Last Station(2009)
Christopher Plummer
The Lovely Bones(2009)
Stanley Tucci
The Messenger(2009)
Woody Harrelson

Actress in a Leading Role

The Blind Side(2009)
Sandra Bullock
Winner
An Education(2009)
Carey Mulligan
Julie & Julia(2009)
Meryl Streep
Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire(2009)
Gabourey Sidibe
The Last Station(2009)
Helen Mirren

Animated Feature Film

Up(2009)
Pete Docter
Winner
Coraline(2009)
Henry Selick
Fantastic Mr. Fox(2009)
Wes Anderson
The Princess and the Frog(2009)
John Musker and Ron Clements
The Secret of Kells(2009)
Tomm Moore

Cinematography

Avatar(2009)
Mauro Fiore
Winner
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince(2009)
Bruno Delbonnel
Inglourious Basterds(2009)
Robert Richardson
The Hurt Locker(2008)
Barry Ackroyd
The White Ribbon(2009)
Christian Berger

Directing

The Hurt Locker(2008)
Kathryn Bigelow
Winner
Avatar(2009)
James Cameron
Inglourious Basterds(2009)
Quentin Tarantino
Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire(2009)
Lee Daniels
Up in the Air(2009)
Jason Reitman

Documentary (Feature)

The Cove(2009)
Louie Psihoyos and Fisher Stevens
Winner
Burma VJ: Reporting from a Closed Country(2008)
Burma VJ
Food, Inc.(2008)
Robert Kenner and Elise Pearlstein
The Most Dangerous Man in America(2009)
Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith
Which Way Home(2009)
Rebecca Cammisa

Documentary (Short Subject)

Music by Prudence(2010)
Roger Ross Williams and Elinor Burkett
Winner
China's Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province(2009)
Jon Alpert and Matthew O'Neill
Rabbit à la Berlin(2009)
Bartek Konopka and Anna Wydra
The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner(2009)
Daniel Junge and Henry Ansbacher
The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant(2009)
Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert

Film Editing

The Hurt Locker(2008)
Bob Murawski and Chris Innis
Winner
Avatar(2009)
Stephen Rivkin, John Refoua and James Cameron
District 9(2009)
Julian Clarke
Inglourious Basterds(2009)
Sally Menke
Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire(2009)
Joe Klotz

International Feature Film

The Secret in Their Eyes(2009)
Argentina
Winner
A Prophet(2009)
France
Ajami(2009)
Israel
The Milk of Sorrow(2009)
Peru
The White Ribbon(2009)
Germany

Music (Original Score)

Up(2009)
Michael Giacchino
Winner
Avatar(2009)
James Horner
Fantastic Mr. Fox(2009)
Alexandre Desplat
Sherlock Holmes(2009)
Hans Zimmer
The Hurt Locker(2008)
Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders

Short Film (Animated)

Logorama(2009)
Nicolas Schmerkin
Winner
A Matter of Loaf and Death(2008)
Nick Park
French Roast(2008)
Fabrice O. Joubert
Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty(2008)
Nicky Phelan and Darragh O'Connell
The Lady and the Reaper(2009)
Javier Recio Gracia

Short Film (Live Action)

The New Tenants(2009)
Joachim Back and Tivi Magnusson
Winner
Instead of Abracadabra(2008)
Patrik Eklund and Mathias Fjellström
Kavi(2009)
Gregg Helvey
Miracle Fish(2010)
Luke Doolan and Drew Bailey
The Door(2009)

Sound Editing

The Hurt Locker(2008)
Paul N.J. Ottosson
Winner
Avatar(2009)
Christopher Boyes and Gwendolyn Yates Whittle
Inglourious Basterds(2009)
Wylie Stateman
Star Trek(2009)
Mark Stoeckinger and Alan Rankin
Up(2009)
Michael Silvers and Tom Myers

Sound Mixing

The Hurt Locker(2008)
Paul N.J. Ottosson and Ray Beckett
Winner
Avatar(2009)
Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson and Tony Johnson
Inglourious Basterds(2009)
Michael Minkler, Tony Lamberti and Mark Ulano
Star Trek(2009)
Anna Behlmer, Andy Nelson and Peter J. Devlin
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen(2009)
Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers and Geoffrey Patterson

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire(2009)
Screenplay by Geoffrey Fletcher
Winner
An Education(2009)
Screenplay by Nick Hornby
District 9(2009)
Written by Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell
In the Loop(2009)
Screenplay by Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche
Up in the Air(2009)
Screenplay by Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner

Writing (Original Screenplay)

The Hurt Locker(2008)
Written by Mark Boal
Winner
A Serious Man(2009)
Written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
Inglourious Basterds(2009)
Written by Quentin Tarantino
The Messenger(2009)
Written by Alessandro Camon & Oren Moverman
Up(2009)
Screenplay by Bob Peterson, Pete Docter; Story by Pete Docter, Bob Peterson, Tom McCarthy

Actress in a Supporting Role

Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire(2009)
Mo'Nique
Winner
Crazy Heart(2009)
Maggie Gyllenhaal
Up in the Air(2009)
Vera Farmiga
Up in the Air(2009)
Anna Kendrick

Art Direction

Avatar(2009)
Production Design: Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg; Set Decoration: Kim Sinclair
Winner
Sherlock Holmes(2009)
Production Design: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus(2009)
Production Design: Dave Warren and Anastasia Masaro; Set Decoration: Caroline Smith
The Young Victoria(2009)
Production Design: Patrice Vermette; Set Decoration: Maggie Gray

Costume Design

The Young Victoria(2009)
Sandy Powell
Winner
Bright Star(2009)
Janet Patterson
Coco Before Chanel(2009)
Catherine Leterrier
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus(2009)
Monique Prudhomme

Music (Original Song)

Crazy Heart(2009)
The Weary Kind (Theme From Crazy Heart) in "Crazy Heart" Music and Lyric by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett
Winner
Paris 36(2008)
Loin De Paname in "Paris 36" Music by Reinhardt Wagner; Lyric by Frank Thomas
The Princess and the Frog(2009)
Almost There in "The Princess and the Frog" Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
The Princess and the Frog(2009)
Down In New Orleans in "The Princess and the Frog" Music and Lyric by Randy Newman

Makeup

Star Trek(2009)
Barney Burman, Mindy Hall and Joel Harlow
Winner
Il Divo(2008)
Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano
The Young Victoria(2009)
Jon Henry Gordon and Jenny Shircore

Visual Effects

Avatar(2009)
Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham and Andrew R. Jones
Winner
District 9(2009)
Dan Kaufman, Peter Muyzers, Robert Habros and Matt Aitken
Star Trek(2009)
Roger Guyett, Russell Earl, Paul Kavanagh and Burt Dalton