My Current Personal Oscars.

What I've Seen: American Teen, Australia, The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The Dark Knight, Doubt, Happy-Go-Lucky, Horton Hears a Who, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Kung Fu Panda, Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist, Slumdog Millionaire, The Spiderwick Chronicles, The Tale of Despereaux, The Visitor, WALL-E, Young @ Heart


Best Picture
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Doubt
Slumdog Millionaire
WALL-E

Best Director
Danny Boyle- Slumdog Millionaire
David Fincher- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Thomas McCarthy- The Visitor
Christopher Nolan- The Dark Knight
Andrew Stanton- WALL-E

Best Actor
Michael Cera- Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist
Hugh Jackman- Australia
Richard Jenkins- The Visitor
Dev Patel- Slumdog Millionaire
Brad Pitt- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Best Actress
Cate Blanchett- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Kat Dennings- Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist
Sally Hawkins- Happy-Go-Lucky
Nicole Kidman- Australia
Meryl Streep- Doubt

Best Supporting Actor
Philip Seymour Hoffman- Doubt
Heath Ledger- The Dark Knight
Eddie Marsan- Happy-Go-Lucky
Haaz Sleiman- The Visitor
Brandon Walters- Australia

Best Supporting Actress
Hiam Abbass- The Visitor
Amy Adams- Doubt
Viola Davis- Doubt
Ari Graynor- Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist
Tilda Swinton- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button


Other winners:
Best Original Screenplay: Andrew Stanton & Jim Reardon- WALL-E
Best Adapted Screenplay: John Patrick Shanley- Doubt
Best Cinematography: Claudio Miranda- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Best Editing: Lee Smith- The Dark Knight
Best Art Direction: Catherine Martin- Australia
Best Costume Design: Jacqueline West- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Best Original Score: Alexandre Desplat- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Best Sound Mixing & Best Sound Editing: WALL-E
Best Visual Effects & Best Makeup: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Best Ensemble Cast: The cast of Doubt- Amy Adams, Viola Davis, Philip Seymour Hoffman, & Meryl Streep

Grade-A acting: 2000's.

Top 10 Acting Lineups for the Decade.

Best Actor in a Leading Role

01.] Paul Giamatti [Sideways] "Miles"
02.] Daniel Day-Lewis [There Will Be Blood] "Daniel Plainview"
03.] Jim Carrey [Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind] "Joel Barrish"
04.] Javier Bardem [The Sea Inside] "Ramón Sampedro"
05.] Gordon Pinsent [Away from Her] "Grant Anderson"
06.] Don Cheadle [Hotel Rwanda] "Paul Rusesabagina"
07.] Ryan Gosling [Lars and the Real Girl] "Lars Lindstrom"
08.] Albert Finney [Big Fish] "Edward Bloom, Older"
09.] Russell Crowe [A Beautiful Mind] "John Nash"
10.] Ewan McGregor [Moulin Rouge!] "Christian"

Best Actress in a Leading Role

01.] Kate Winslet [Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind] "Clementine Kruczynski"
02.] Nicole Kidman [Moulin Rouge!] "Satine"
03.] Julianne Moore [The Hours] "Laura Brown"
04.] Marion Cotillard [La Vie en Rose] "Edith Piaf"
05.] Audrey Tautou [Amélie] "Amélie Poulain"
06.] Julie Christie [Away from Her] "Fiona Anderson"
07.] Nicole Kidman [The Hours] "Virginia Woolf"
08.] Meryl Streep [The Hours] "Clarissa Vaughn"
09.] Julianne Moore [Far From Heaven] "Cathy Whitaker"
10.] Ellen Page [Juno] "Juno MacGuff"

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

01.] Steve Carell [Little Miss Sunshine] "Uncle Frank"
02.] Clive Owen [Closer] "Larry"
03.] Sergí López [Pan's Labyrinth] "Captain Vidal"
04.] Djimon Hounsou [In America] "Mateo"
05.] Heath Ledger [The Dark Knight] "The Joker"
06.] Thomas Haden Church [Sideways] "Jack"
07.] Matthieu Kassovitz [Amélie] "Nino Quincampoix"
08.] Jude Law [A.I. Artificial Intelligence] "Gigolo Joe"
09.] Jim Broadbent [Moulin Rouge!] "Harold Zidler"
10.] Greg Kinnear [Little Miss Sunshine] "Richard Hoover"

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

01.] Patricia Clarkson [Pieces of April] "Joy Burns"
02.] Natalie Portman [Closer] "Alice"
03.] Virginia Madsen [Sideways] "Maya"
04.] Toni Collette [Little Miss Sunshine] "Sheryl Hoover"
05.] Emma Thompson [Stranger Than Fiction] "Karen Eiffel"
06.] Parker Posey [Best in Show] "Meg Swan"
07.] Emily Blunt [The Devil Wears Prada] "Emily"
08.] Maribel Verdú [Pan's Labyrinth] "Mercedes"
09.] Rachel McAdams [Mean Girls] "Regina George"
10.] Emmanuelle Seigner [The Diving Bell and the Butterfly] "Céline"

One hundred for the ages.

100. The Breakfast Club. [John Hughes\1985]
099. A Christmas Story. [Bob Clark\1983]
098. I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK. [Chan-wook Park\2006]
097. Lars and the Real Girl. [Scott Gillespie\2007]
096. Doubt. [John Patrick Shanley\2008]
095. The Painted Veil. [John Curran\2006]
094. Aladdin. [Ron Clements & John Musker\1992]
093. The Illusionist. [Neil Burger\2006]
092. Some Like it Hot. [Billy Wilder\1959]
091. House of Flying Daggers. [Yimou Zhang\2004]

090. Groundhog Day. [Harold Ramis\1994]
089. Love Actually. [Richard Curtis\2003]
088. Stranger Than Fiction. [Marc Forster\2006]
087. Garden State. [Zach Braff\2004]
086. The Seventh Seal. [Ingmar Bergman\1957]
085. Breakfast at Tiffany's. [Blake Edwards\1961]
084. Pan's Labyrinth. [Guillermo del Toro\2006]
083. Tootsie. [Sydney Pollack\1982]
082. Shakespeare in Love. [John Madden\1998]
081. Moonstruck. [Norman Jewison\1987]

080. Young Frankenstein. [Mel Brooks\1974]
079. The Fountain. [Darren Aronofsky\2006]
078. Away from Her. [Sarah Polley\2007]
077. Sense and Sensibility. [Ang Lee\1995]
076. The Prestige. [Christopher Nolan\2006]
075. Ferris Bueller's Day Off. [John Hughes\1986]
074. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. [David Fincher\2008]
073. To Kill a Mockingbird. [Robert Mulligan\1962]
072. Cabaret. [Bob Fosse\1972]
071. Fiddler on the Roof. [Norman Jewison\1971]

070. Waitress. [Adrienne Shelly\2007]
069. Rope. [Alfred Hitchcock\1948]
068. West Side Story. [Jerome Robbins & Robert Wise\1961]
067. Roman Holiday. [William Wyler\1953]
066. The Princess Bride. [Rob Reiner\1987]
065. Howl's Moving Castle. [Hayao Miyazaki\2004]
064. Ratatouille. [Brad Bird\2007]
063. Drop Dead Gorgeous. [Michael Patrick Jann\1999]
062. Pride & Prejudice. [Joe Wright\2005]
061. Clue. [Jonathan Lynn\1985]

060. Closer. [Mike Nichols\2004]
059. Donnie Darko. [Richard Kelly\2001]
058. The Lion King. [Roger Allers & Rob Minkoff\1994]
057. Sideways. [Alexander Payne\2004]
056. Waiting for Guffman. [Christopher Guest\1997]
055. Pieces of April. [Peter Hedges\2003]
054. Casablanca. [Michael Curtiz\1942]
053. As Good as it Gets. [James L. Brooks\1997]
052. Monty Python and the Holy Grail. [Terry Gilliam & Terry Jones\1975]
051. Finding Nemo. [Andrew Stanton\2003]

050. Airplane! [Jim Abrahams, David Zucker & Jerry Zucker\1980]
049. In America. [Jim Sheridan\2003]
048. The Sixth Sense. [M. Night Shyamalan\1999]
047. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie. [Luis Buñuel\1972]
046. A Streetcar Named Desire. [Elia Kazan\1951]
045. Princess Mononoke. [Hayao Miyazaki\1997]
044. Children of Men. [Alfonso Cuaron\2006]
043. In the Mood for Love. [Wong Kar Wai\2000]
042. Pleasantville. [Gary Ross\1998]
041. The New World. [Terrence Malick\2005]

040. Chicago. [Rob Marshall\2002]
039. Memento. [Christopher Nolan\2001]
038. Once. [John Carney\2007]
037. The Apartment. [Billy Wilder\1960]
036. Gone With the Wind. [Victor Fleming\1939]
035. Barry Lyndon. [Stanley Kubrick\1975]
034. Sunset Blvd. [Billy Wilder\1950]
033. Days of Heaven. [Terrence Malick\1978]
032. The Hours. [Stephen Daldry\2002]
031. Beauty and the Beast. [Gary Trousdale & Kirk Wise\1991]

030. O Brother, Where Art Thou? [Ethan & Joel Coen\2000]
029. Edward Scissorhands. [Tim Burton\1990]
028. Marie Antoinette. [Sofia Coppola\2006]
027. WALL-E. [Andrew Stanton\2008]
026. All About Eve. [Joseph L. Mankiewicz\1950]
025. Chungking Express. [Wong Kar Wai\1994]
024. Breathless. [Jean-Luc Godard\1960]
023. Smiles of a Summer Night. [Ingmar Bergman\1955]
022. Titanic. [James Cameron\1997]
021. Rear Window. [Alfred Hitchcock\1954]

020. 2001: A Space Odyssey. [Stanley Kubrick\1968]
019. The Triplets of Belleville. [Sylvain Chomet\2003]
018. Bonnie and Clyde. [Arthur Penn\1967]
017. Big Fish. [Tim Burton\2003]
016. American Beauty. [Sam Mendes\1999]
015. City Lights. [Charles Chaplin\1931]
014. Vertigo. [Alfred Hitchcock\1958]
013. Little Miss Sunshine. [Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Faris\2006]
012. The Color Purple. [Stephen Spielberg\1985]
011. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly. [Julian Schnabel\2007]

010. The Truman Show. [Peter Weir\1998]
009. 8 ½. [Fredrico Fellini\1963]
008. There Will Be Blood. [Paul Thomas Anderson\2007]
007. Spirited Away. [Hayao Miyazaki\2001]
006. Psycho. [Alfred Hitchcock\1960]
005. Moulin Rouge! [Baz Luhrmann\2001]
004. Amélie. [Jean-Pierre Jeunet\2001]
003. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? [Mike Nichols\1966]
002. The Wizard of Oz. [Victor Fleming\1939]
001. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. [Michel Gondry\2004]