'Avatar,' Sandra Bullock, Meryl Streep and More: 2010 Oscar Nominees
Check out the nominees for Oscar's most prominent categories.
ByABC News
February 2, 2010, 3:46 AM
Feb. 2, 2010 — -- Below, check out who's up for some of the most prominent Academy Awards at the 2010 Oscars. Tune in to see who wins March 7 at 8 p.m. ET on ABC.
Best Picture
- "Avatar"
- "The Hurt Locker"
- "Up in the Air"
- "Precious"
- "Inglourious Basterds"
- "An Education"
- "District 9"
- "Up"
- "The Blind Side"
- "A Serious Man"
Best Actress
- Sandra Bullock ("The Blind Side")
- Meryl Streep ("Julie & Julia")
- Carey Mulligan ("An Education")
- Gabourey Sidibe ("Precious")
- Helen Mirren ("The Last Station")
Best Actor
- Jeff Bridges ("Crazy Heart")
- George Clooney ("Up in the Air")
- Colin Firth ("A Single Man")
- Morgan Freeman ("Invictus")
- Jeremy Renner ("The Hurt Locker")
Best Supporting Actress
- Mo'Nique ("Precious")
- Vera Farmiga ("Up in the Air")
- Anna Kendrick ("Up in the Air")
- Penelope Cruz ("The Nine")
- Maggie Gyllenhaal ("Crazy Heart")
Best Supporting Actor
- Christoph Waltz ("Inglourious Basterds")
- Woody Harrelson ("The Messenger")
- Stanley Tucci ("The Lovely Bones")
- Matt Damon ("Invictus")
- Christopher Plummer ("The Last Station")
Best Director
- Kathryn Bigelow ("The Hurt Locker")
- James Cameron ("Avatar")
- Jason Reitman ("Up in the Air")
- Quentin Tarantino ("Inglourious Basterds")
- Lee Daniels ("Precious")
Best Animated Feature Film
- "Coraline"
- "Fantastic Mr. Fox"
- "The Princess and the Frog"
- "The Secret of Kells"
- "Up"
Best Original Screenplay
- Mark Boal ("The Hurt Locker")
- Joel & Ethan Coen ("A Serious Man")
- Peter Doctor & Bob Peterson ("Up")
- Quentin Tarantino ("Inglourious Basterds")
- Oren Moverman and Alessandro Camon ("The Messenger")
Best Adapted Screenplay
- Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner ("Up in the Air")
- Nick Hornby ("An Education")
- Geoffrey Fletcher ("Precious")
- Neil Blomkamp, Terri Tatchell ("District 9")
- Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche ("In the Loop")
Best Cinematography
- Mauro Fiore ("Avatar")
- Bruno Delbonnel ("Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince")
- Robert Richardson ("Inglourious Basterds")
- Barry Ackroyd ("The Hurt Locker")
- Christian Berger ("The White Ribbon")
Best Documentary
- "Burma VJ"
- "Food Inc."
- "The Cove"
- "The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers"
- "Which Way Home"
Best Foreign Language Film
- "Ajami" (Israel)
- "El Secreto de Sus Ojos" (Argentina)
- "The Milk of Sorrow" (Peru)
- "Un Prophète" (France)
- "The White Ribbon" (Germany)