Pre-Oscar Standings: 2009

I did this in 2007 and completely skipped last year, but I’ll try to catch it up so when people are looking for trends or what is most dominating the season, they can just source this and do so with greater ease.

BEST PICTURE

THE HURT LOCKER: 11
Austin Film Critics
Boston Society of Film Critics
Chicago Film Critics
Houston Film Critics
Los Angeles Film Critics
Las Vegas Film Critics
National Society of Film Critics
New York Film Critics Circle
Oklahoma Film Critics
San Francisco Film Critics
Satellite Awards (Drama)

UP IN THE AIR: 9
Dallas Fort Worth Critics
Florida Film Critics
Indiana Film Critics
Kansas City Film Critics
National Board of Reviewers
Southeastern Film Critics Association
St. Louis Film Critics
Utah Film Critics
Washington D.C. Film Critics Society

INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS: 3
Phoenix Film Critics
San Diego Film Critics
Toronto Film Critics (tie)

NINE: 1
Satellite Awards (Comedy/Musical)

AVATAR: 1
New York Film Critics Online

UP: 1
Detroit Film Critics

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

GEORGE CLOONEY, UP IN THE AIR: 11
Dallas Fort Worth Critics
Florida Film Critics
Houston Film Critics
Indiana Film Critics
Kansas City Film Critics
National Board of Reviewers (tie)
New York Film Critics Circle
Oklahoma Film Critics
Phoenix Film Critics
Southeastern Film Critics Association
St. Louis Film Critics
Washington D.C. Film Critics Society

COLIN FIRTH, A SINGLE MAN: 4
Austin Film Critics
Detroit Film Critics
San Diego Film Critics
San Francisco Film Critics

JEREMY RENNER, THE HURT LOCKER: 5
Boston Society of Film Critics
Chicago Film Critics
Las Vegas Film Critics
National Society of Film Critics
Satellite Awards (Drama)

JEFF BRIDGES, CRAZY HEART: 2
Los Angeles Film Critics
New York Film Critics Online

VIGGO MORTENSEN, THE ROAD: 1
Utah Film Critics

NICOLAS CAGE, BAD LIEUTENANT: PORT OF CALL NEW ORLEANS: 1
Toronto Film Critics

MORGAN FREEMAN, INVICTUS: 1
National Board of Reviewers (tie)

MICHAEL STUHLBERG, A SERIOUS MAN: 1
Satellite Awards (Comedy/Musical)

BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

CAREY MULLIGAN, AN EDUCATION: 9
Chicago Film Critics
Dallas Fort Worth Critics
Houston Film Critics
Indiana Film Critics
National Board of Reviewers
St. Louis Film Critics
Toronto Film Critics
Utah Film Critics
Washington D.C. Film Critics Society

MERYL STREEP, JULIE AND JULIA: 9
Boston Society of Film Critics
Kansas City Film Critics
New York Film Critics Circle
New York Film Critics Online
Oklahoma Film Critics
Phoenix Film Critics
San Francisco Film Critics
Satellite Awards (Comedy/Musical)
Southeastern Film Critics Association

GABOUREY SIDIBE, PRECIOUS: 3
Detroit Film Critics
Florida Film Critics
Las Vegas Film Critics

YOLANDE MOREAU, SERAPHINE: 2
Los Angeles Film Critics
National Society of Film Critics

SHOHREH AGHDASHLOO, THE STONING OF SORAYA M: 1
Satellite Awards (Drama)

MELANIE LAURENT, INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS: 1
Austin Film Critics

MICHELLE MONAGHAN, TRUCKER: 1
San Diego Film Critics

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

CHRISTOPH WALTZ, INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS: 21
Austin Film Critics
Boston Film Critics Society
Chicago Film Critics
Dallas Fort Worth Critics
Detroit Film Critics
Florida Film Critics
Houston Film Critics
Indiana Film Critics
Kansas City Film Critics
Los Angeles Film Critics
Las Vegas Film Critics
National Society of Film Critics (tie)
New York Film Critics Circle
New York Film Critics Online
Oklahoma Film Critics
Phoenix Film Critics
San Diego Film Critics
Satellite Awards
Southeastern Film Critics Association
St. Louis Film Critics
Toronto Film Critics
Washington D.C. Film Critics Society

CHRISTIAN MCKAY, ME AND ORSON WELLES: 2
San Francisco Film Critics
Utah Film Critics

PAUL SCHNEIDER, BRIGHT STAR: 1
National Society of Film Critics (tie)

WOODY HARRELSON, THE MESSENGER: 1
National Board of Reviewers

BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

MO’NIQUE, PRECIOUS: 19
Boston Film Critics Society
Chicago Film Critics
Dallas Fort Worth Critics
Detroit Film Critics
Florida Film Critics
Indiana Film Critics
Kansas City Film Critics
Los Angeles Film Critics
Las Vegas Film Critics
National Society of Film Critics
New York Film Critics Circle
New York Film Critics Online
Oklahoma Film Critics
Phoenix Film Critics
San Francisco Film Critics
Satellite Awards
Southeastern Film Critics Association
St. Louis Film Critics
Utah Film Critics
Washington D.C. Film Critics Society

ANNA KENDRICK, UP IN THE AIR: 4
Austin Film Critics
Houston Film Critics
National Board of Reviewers
Toronto Film Critics

SAMANTHA MORTON, THE MESSENGER: 1
San Diego Film Critics

BEST DIRECTOR

KATHRYN BIGELOW, THE HURT LOCKER: 17
Austin Film Critics
Boston Film Critics Society
Chicago Film Critics
Houston Film Critics
Kansas City Film Critics
Los Angeles Film Critics
Las Vegas Film Critics
National Society of Film Critics
New York Film Critics Circle
New York Film Critics Online
Oklahoma Film Critics
San Francisco Film Critics
Satellite Awards
Southeastern Film Critics Association
St. Louis Film Critics
Toronto Film Critics
Washington D.C. Film Critics Society

JASON REITMAN, UP IN THE AIR: 3
Dallas Fort Worth Critics
Florida Film Critics
Utah Film Critics

QUENTIN TARANTINO, INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS: 2
Phoenix Film Critics
San Diego Film Critics

CLINT EASTWOOD, INVICTUS: 1
National Board of Reviewers

SPIKE JONZE, WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE: 1
Indiana Film Critics

PETE DOCTER, UP: 1
Detroit Film Critics

BEST SCREENPLAY [ORIGINAL/ADAPTED]

JASON REITMAN, UP IN THE AIR: 12
Austin Film Critics
Chicago Film Critics
Dallas Fort Worth Critics
Houston Film Critics
Indiana Film Critics
Kansas City Film Critics
Los Angeles Film Critics
Oklahoma Film Critics
Phoenix Film Critics
National Board of Reviewers
Southeastern Film Critics Association
Toronto Film Critics (tie)
Washington D.C. Film Critics Society

QUENTIN TARANTINO, INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS: 7
Austin Film Critics
Kansas City Film Critics
New York Film Critics Online
San Diego Film Critics
San Francisco Film Critics
Toronto Film Critics (tie)
Washington D.C. Film Critics Society

SCOTT NEUSTADTER & MICHAEL H. WEBER, (500) DAYS OF SUMMER: 6
Florida Film Critics
Las Vegas Film Critics
Oklahoma Film Critics
Satellite Awards
Southeastern Film Critics Association
St. Louis Film Critics

WES ANDERSON & NOAH BAUMBACK, FANTASTIC MR. FOX: 3
San Diego Film Critics
San Francisco Film Critics
Utah Film Critics

ETHAN AND JOEL COEN, A SERIOUS MAN: 3
Boston Film Critics Society
National Board of Reviewers
National Society of Film Critics

GEOFFREY FLETCHER, PRECIOUS: 1
Satellite Awards

MARK BOAL, THE HURT LOCKER: 1
Chicago Film Critics

ARMSTRONG, BLACKWELL, IANNUCCI & ROCHE, IN THE LOOP: 1
New York Film Critics Circle

PETE DOCTER, BOB PETERSON & THOMAS MCCARTHY, UP: 1
Phoenix Film Critics

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

BARRY ACKROYD, THE HURT LOCKER: 5
Austin Film Critics
Boston Film Critics Society
Chicago Film Critics
Houston Film Critics
Las Vegas Film Critics

CHRISTIAN BERGER, THE WHITE RIBBON: 3
Los Angeles Film Critics
National Society of Film Critics
New York Film Critics Circle

DION BEEBE, NINE: 2
Satellite Awards
St. Louis Film Critics

MAURO FLORE, AVATAR: 2
Florida Film Critics
Phoenix Film Critics

ROBERT RICHARDSON, INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS: 1
New York Film Critics Online

ANDREW LESNIE, THE LOVELY BONES: 1
Dallas Fort Worth Critics

ROGER DEAKINS, A SERIOUS MAN: 1
San Francisco Film Critics

JAVIER AGUIRRESAROBE, THE ROAD: 1
San Diego Film Critics

BEST FOREIGN FEATURE

SIN NOMBRE (USA): 6
Austin Film Critics
Dallas Fort Worth Critics
Houston Film Critics
Indiana Film Critics
Washington D.C. Film Critics Society

SUMMER HOURS (FRANCE): 6
Boston Society of Film Critics
Florida Film Critics
Los Angeles Film Critics
National Society of Film Critics
New York Film Critics Circle
Southeastern Film Critics Association

THE WHITE RIBBON (GERMANY): 3
Chicago Film Critics
New York Film Critics Online
Toronto Film Critics

BROKEN EMBRACES (SPAIN): 2
Phoenix Film Critics
Satellite Awards (tie)

RED CLIFF (CHINA): 2
Las Vegas Film Critics
St. Louis Film Critics

A PROPHET (FRANCE): 1
National Board of Reviewers

THIRST (SOUTH KOREA): 1
Utah Film Critics

YOU, THE LIVING (SWEDEN): 1
San Francisco Film Critics

IL DIVO (ITALY): 1
San Diego Film Critics

THE MAID (MEXICO): 1
Satellite Awards (tie)

COCO AVANT CHANEL (FRANCE): 1
Oklahoma Film Critics

GOMORRAH (ITALY): 1
Kansas City Film Critics