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• The "Best Picture" Academy Award is presented to the film that the members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences believe is the year's best movie.Official Site: Best Picture Facts

• Fast Facts

  1. 2009 nominees: Slumdog Millionaire, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Frost Nixon, The Reader, Milk
  2. 2009 winner: Slumdog Millionaire
  3. 5 nominees each year
  4. In 2009, the same films were nominated for best Picture and Best DirectorGold Derby (LAT): Oscar Nominations: Fascinating Facts, Figures and Milestones (January 22, 2009)
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  6. Every member of the Academy can nominate a film
  7. 2009 nominees have received 41 total Oscar nominations
  8. The Dark Knight received 8 nominations but was not nominated for Best PictureGold Derby (LAT): Oscar Nominations: Fascinating Facts, Figures and Milestones (January 22, 2009)
  9. Studio with most nominations: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 38 (1927-1950)Official Site: Best Picture Facts
  10. Producer with most nominations: Stanley Kramer, Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy, 6 (1951-2009)Gold Derby (LAT): Oscar Nominations: Fascinating Facts, Figures and Milestones (January 22, 2009)
  11. Director with most nominations: William Wyler, 13 (through 2008)Official Site: Best Picture Nomination Director Facts
  12. Director with most consecutive nominations: William Wyler, 7 (1936-1942) (through 2008)Official Site: Best Picture Nomination Director Facts

• Slumdog Millionaire

  Slumdog Millionaire, which received 10 Oscar nominations, is about an 18-year-old boy who wins the jackpot on India's version of Who Wants to be a Millionaire? He is arrested on suspicion of cheating and is forced to tell the story of his past. He recalls growing up in the slums of Mumbai, and explains how his memories helped him answer the jackpot question on the show.Rotten Tomatoes: Slumdog Millionaire Reviews

• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

  The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, which has been nominated for 13 Academy Awards, is a loosely based on a short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald,. In the film, Benjamin Button (Brad Pitt) ages in reverse. Set between 1919 and 2000, Button traverses the globe while observing key moments in history, such as World War II.Variety: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Review (November 23, 2008)

• Frost/Nixon

  Frost/Nixon is a film adaptation of Peter Morgan's play of the same name which chronicles the post-Watergate television interviews between British talk-show host David Frost and former President of the United States Richard Nixon. The film has been nominated for 5 Academy Awards.

• The Reader

  In The Reader, Michael (David Kross), falls in love with an older woman Hanna (Kate Winslet), in Germany after World War II, while he is a teenager. Eight years later they meet again, when Michael is a law student observing the war crimes trials, and Hanna is one of the accused criminals. The film has received for 5 Oscar nominations.

• Milk

  Milk, directed by Gus Van Sant, is a film about California's first openly gay elected official, Harvey Milk, who was assassinated on November 27, 1978. The film was shot on location in San Francisco and has been nominated for 8 Oscars.

• 2008 Nominees

  1. Atonement
  2. Juno
  3. Michael Clayton
  4. There Will Be Blood
  5. No Country for Old Men - winner

  
  

  
  

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