As promised, here are my picks for the best of the year for 2009. Some of my picks mirror what most awards shows have picked, while some are different. I’m sure some of my choices will be met with opposition or some questioning. But they are my picks, and I stand by them. So without further ado, here are the winners of the 5th Annual ThirdMan Awards.

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Best Movie:


Best Lead Actor:



- Souleymane Sy Savane - Goodbye Solo

Best Lead Actress:


- Sandra Bullock - The Blind Side

Best Supporting Actor:


- Christoph Waltz - Inglourious Basterds

Best Supporting Actress:


- Mo’Nique - Precious

Best Breakthrough Performance - Male:


- Algenis Perez Soto - Sugar

Best Breakthrough Performance - Female:


- Gabourey Sidibe - Precious

Best Director:


- Pete Docter, Bob Peterson (not pictured) - Up

Best Original Screenplay:
- Up - Bob Peterson, Pete Docter and Thomas McCarthy

Best Adapted Screenplay:
- Fantastic Mr. Fox - Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach

Best Cinematography:
- The House of the Devil - Eliot Rockett

Best Editing:
- Trick ‘R Treat - Robert Ivison

Best Song:
- “All is Love” - Karen O and Nick Zinner - Where the Wild Things Are

Best Original Score:
- Up - Michael Giacchino

Best Hair/Make-Up:
- Inglourious Basterds

Best Costume Design:
- Where the Wild Things Are

Best Art Direction:
- Where the Wild Things Are

Best Special Effects:
- Where the Wild Things Are

Best Sound Editing:
- Avatar

Best Sound Mixing:
-The Sky Crawlers

Best Foreign Language Film:
- The Good, the Bad, the Weird

Best Animated Movie:
- Up

Best Documentary:
- Anvil! The Story of Anvil

Best Horror/Suspense Movie:
- The House of the Devil

Best Comedy Movie:
- The Hangover

Best Action/Adventure Movie:
- Star Trek

Best Science Fiction/Fantasy Movie:
- District 9

Best Straight to Video/Made for T.V. Movie:
- Wonder Woman

Best Movie You Might Have Missed:
- World’s Greatest Dad

Best Guilty Pleasure:
- 2012