2008 St. Louis Film Critics Association Awards

The 5th St. Louis Film Critics Association Awards were awarded on December 15, 2008.

• Sean Penn – Milk as Harvey Milk^[1]
  • Frank Langella – Frost/Nixon
  • Richard Jenkins – The Visitor
  • Mickey Rourke – The Wrestler
  • Leonardo DiCaprio – Revolutionary Road

• Kate Winslet – Revolutionary Road as April Wheeler and The Reader as Hanna Schmidtz^[1]
  • Angelina Jolie – Changeling
  • Cate Blanchett – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
  • Anne Hathaway – Rachel Getting Married

• WALL-E^[1]
  • Kung Fu Panda
  • Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
  • Bolt
  • Chicago 10
  • Waltz With Bashir

• Australia – Mandy Walker
  • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Claudio Miranda
  • The Dark Knight – Wally Pfister
  • Revolutionary Road – Roger Deakins
  • Slumdog Millionaire – Anthony Dod Mantle
  • Milk – Harris Savides

• Danny Boyle – Slumdog Millionaire
  • Ron Howard – Frost/Nixon
  • David Fincher – The Curious Case of BenjaminButton
  • Gus Van Sant – Milk
  • Christopher Nolan – The Dark Knight

• Man on Wire^[1]
  • Body of War
  • Pray the Devil Back to Hell
  • Shine a Light
  • Standard Operating Procedure

• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button^[1]
  • Milk
  • Slumdog Millionaire
  • The Dark Knight
  • Frost/Nixon

• Burn After Reading^[1]
  • Zack and Miri Make a Porno
  • Tropic Thunder
  • Forgetting Sarah Marshall
  • Role Models

• Slumdog Millionaire • India/UK/United States
  • Let the Right One In • Sweden
  • The Class • France
  • I've Loved You So Long • France
  • Tell No One • France

• The Visitor^[1]
  • Gran Torino
  • WALL-E
  • Cadillac Records
  • The Dark Knight

• Frost/Nixon – Peter Morgan^[1]
  • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Eric Roth and Robin Swicord
  • Gran Torino – Nick Schenk
  • Slumdog Millionaire – Simon Beaufoy
  • Milk – Dustin Lance Black

• Heath Ledger – The Dark Knight as The Joker posthumous win^[1]
  • Josh Brolin – Milk
  • Robert Downey Jr. – Tropic Thunder
  • Michael Shannon – Revolutionary Road
  • Jeffrey Wright – Cadillac Records
  • John Malkovich – Burn After Reading

• Viola Davis – Doubt as Mrs. Miller^[1]
  • Taraji P. Henson – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
  • Penélope Cruz – Vicky Cristina Barcelona
  • Marisa Tomei – The Wrestler
  • Frances McDormand – Burn After Reading
  • Amy Adams – Doubt

• The Dark Knight^[1]
  • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
  • Iron Man
  • Speed Racer
  • WALL-E
  • Synecdoche, New York

• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button^[1]
  • Wall-E
  • Speed Racer
  • Waltz With Bashir
  • Slumdog Millionaire
  • Synecdoche, New York