The 13th Online Film Critics Society Awards, honoring the best in film for 2009, were announced on 5 January 2010.^[1][2]

Winners and nominees

Best Picture

The Hurt Locker

• Inglourious Basterds
• A Serious Man
• Up
• Up in the Air

Best Director

Kathryn Bigelow – The Hurt Locker

• Neill Blomkamp – District 9
• James Cameron – Avatar
• Joel Coen and Ethan Coen – A Serious Man
• Quentin Tarantino – Inglourious Basterds

Best Actor

Jeremy Renner – The Hurt Locker

• Jeff Bridges – Crazy Heart
• George Clooney – Up in the Air
• Sharlto Copley – District 9
• Joaquin Phoenix – Two Lovers

Best Actress

Mélanie Laurent – Inglourious Basterds

• Carey Mulligan – An Education
• Gabourey Sidibe – Precious
• Meryl Streep – Julie & Julia
• Tilda Swinton – Julia

Best Supporting Actor

Christoph Waltz – Inglourious Basterds

• Peter Capaldi – In the Loop
• Jackie Earle Haley – Watchmen
• Woody Harrelson – The Messenger
• Anthony Mackie – The Hurt Locker

Best Supporting Actress

Mo'Nique – Precious

• Vera Farmiga – Up in the Air
• Anna Kendrick – Up in the Air
• Diane Kruger – Inglourious Basterds
• Julianne Moore – A Single Man

Best Original Screenplay

Inglourious Basterds – Quentin Tarantino

• (500) Days of Summer – Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber
• The Hurt Locker – Mark Boal
• A Serious Man – Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
• Up – Bob Peterson

Best Adapted Screenplay

Fantastic Mr. Fox – Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach

• District 9 – Neill Blomkamp & Terri Tatchell
• In the Loop – Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci and Tony Roche
• Up in the Air – Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner
• Where the Wild Things Are – Spike Jonze & Dave Eggers

Best Foreign Language Film

The White Ribbon

• Broken Embraces
• Police, Adjective
• Silent Light
• Summer Hours

Best Documentary

Anvil! The Story of Anvil

• The Beaches of Agnès
• Capitalism: A Love Story
• The Cove
• Food, Inc.

Best Animated Feature

Up

• Coraline
• Fantastic Mr. Fox
• Ponyo
• The Princess and the Frog

Best Cinematography

Inglourious Basterds – Robert Richardson

• Avatar – Mauro Fiore
• District 9 – Trent Opaloch
• The Hurt Locker – Barry Ackroyd
• A Serious Man – Roger Deakins

Best Editing

The Hurt Locker – Chris Innis and Bob Murawski

• (500) Days of Summer – Alan Edward Bell
• Avatar – Steve R. Moore, John Refoua & Stephen Rivkin
• District 9 – Julian Clarke
• Inglourious Basterds – Sally Menke

Best Original Score

Up – Michael Giacchino

• Fantastic Mr. Fox – Alexandre Desplat
• The Informant! – Marvin Hamlisch
• Star Trek – Michael Giacchino
• Where the Wild Things Are – Carter Burwell and Karen O