Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 2008

The 21st Chicago Film Critics Association Awards, given by the CFCA on December 18, 2008, honored the best in film for 2008. Disney/Pixar's WALL-E was the most successful film in the ceremony, winning four awards, including Best Film, out of five nominations.^[1] Slumdog Millionaire won three awards, and Let the Right One In won two awards.^[1]

Mickey Rourke – The Wrestler

• Clint Eastwood – Gran Torino
• Richard Jenkins – The Visitor
• Frank Langella – Frost/Nixon
• Sean Penn – Milk

Anne Hathaway – Rachel Getting Married

• Sally Hawkins – Happy-Go-Lucky
• Angelina Jolie – Changeling
• Melissa Leo – Frozen River
• Meryl Streep – Doubt

WALL-E

• Bolt
• Kung Fu Panda
• The Tale of Despereaux
• Waltz with Bashir

Slumdog Millionaire – Anthony Dod Mantle

• Australia – Mandy Walker
• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Claudio Miranda
• The Dark Knight – Wally Pfister
• The Fall – Colin Watkinson

Danny Boyle – Slumdog Millionaire

• David Fincher – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• Christopher Nolan – The Dark Knight
• Andrew Stanton – WALL-E
• Gus Van Sant – Milk

Man on Wire

• American Teen
• Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father
• I.O.U.S.A.
• Standard Operating Procedure

WALL-E

• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• The Dark Knight
• Milk
• Slumdog Millionaire

Let the Right One In (Låt den rätte komma in), Sweden

• The Band's Visit (Bikur Ha-Tizmoret), Israel
• Che, France, Spain, & USA
• A Christmas Tale (Un conte de Noël), France
• I've Loved You So Long (Il y a longtemps que je t'aime), France

WALL-E – Thomas Newman

• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Alexandre Desplat
• The Dark Knight – Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard
• Milk – Danny Elfman
• Slumdog Millionaire – A. R. Rahman

Slumdog Millionaire – Simon Beaufoy

• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Eric Roth
• The Dark Knight – Jonathan Nolan and Christopher Nolan
• Doubt – John Patrick Shanley
• Frost/Nixon – Peter Morgan

WALL-E – Andrew Stanton and Jim Reardon

• In Bruges – Martin McDonagh
• Milk – Dustin Lance Black
• Rachel Getting Married – Jenny Lumet
• Synecdoche, New York – Charlie Kaufman

Heath Ledger – The Dark Knight (posthumously)

• Robert Downey Jr. – Tropic Thunder
• Philip Seymour Hoffman – Doubt
• Bill Irwin – Rachel Getting Married
• Michael Shannon – Revolutionary Road

Kate Winslet – The Reader

• Amy Adams – Doubt
• Penélope Cruz – Vicky Cristina Barcelona
• Viola Davis – Doubt
• Rosemarie DeWitt – Rachel Getting Married

Tomas Alfredson – Let the Right One In (Låt den rätte komma in)

• Lance Hammer – Ballast
• Courtney Hunt – Frozen River
• Martin McDonagh – In Bruges
• Steve McQueen – Hunger

Dev Patel – Slumdog Millionaire

• Russell Brand – Forgetting Sarah Marshall
• David Kross – The Reader
• Lina Leandersson – Let the Right One In (Låt den rätte komma in)
• Brandon Walters – Australia