81st Academy Awards Nominations - by film, with nomations detailed

List organized by most nominations, then alphabetical. Foreign, documentaries, and all shorts listed separately at the end as the categories lend themselves to only have 1 nomination per film.

See also: film list only or full nominations list

Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The (13)
Best motion picture of the year
David Fincher - Achievement in directing
Brad Pitt - Performance by an actor in a leading role
Taraji P. Henson - Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Achievement in art direction
Achievement in cinematography
Achievement in costume design
Achievement in film editing
Achievement in makeup
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
Achievement in sound mixing
Achievement in visual effects
Adapted screenplay

Slumdog Millionaire (10)
Best motion picture of the year
Danny Boyle - Achievement in directing
Achievement in cinematography
Achievement in film editing
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
Achievement in sound editing
Achievement in sound mixing
Adapted screenplay

Dark Knight, The (8)
Heath Ledger - Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Achievement in art direction
Achievement in cinematography
Achievement in film editing
Achievement in makeup
Achievement in sound editing
Achievement in sound mixing
Achievement in visual effects
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)

Milk (8)
Best motion picture of the year
Gus Van Sant - Achievement in directing
Sean Penn - Performance by an actor in a leading role
Josh Brolin - Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Achievement in costume design
Achievement in film editing
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
Original screenplay

WALL-E (6)
Best animated feature film of the year
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song) "Down To Earth"
Achievement in sound editing
Achievement in sound mixing
Original screenplay

Doubt (5)
Meryl Streep - Performance by an actress in a leading role
Amy Adams - Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Viola Davis - Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Adapted screenplay

Frost/Nixon (5)
Best motion picture of the year
Ron Howard - Achievement in directing
Frank Langella - Performance by an actor in a leading role
Achievement in film editing
Adapted screenplay

Reader, The (5)
Best motion picture of the year
Stephen Daldry - Achievement in directing
Kate Winslet - Performance by an actress in a leading role
Achievement in cinematography
Adapted screenplay

Changeling (3)
Angelina Jolie - Performance by an actress in a leading role
Achievement in art direction
Achievement in cinematography

Revolutionary Road (3)
Michael Shannon - Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Achievement in art direction
Achievement in costume design

Duchess, The (2)
Achievement in art direction
Achievement in costume design

Iron Man (2)
Achievement in sound editing
Achievement in visual effects

Wanted (2)
Achievement in sound editing
Achievement in sound mixing

Wrestler, The (2)
Mickey Rourke - Performance by an actor in a leading role
Marisa Tomei - Performance by an actress in a supporting role

Australia (1)
Achievement in costume design

Bolt (1)
Best animated feature film of the year

Defiance (1)
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)

Happy-Go-Lucky (1)
Original screenplay

Hellboy II: The Golden Army (1)
Achievement in makeup

In Bruges (1)
Original screenplay

Kung Fu Panda (1)
Best animated feature film of the year

Rachel Getting Married (1)
Anne Hathaway - Performance by an actress in a leading role

Tropic Thunder (1)
Robert Downey Jr. - Performance by an actor in a supporting role

Vicky Cristina Barcelona (1)
Penélope Cruz - Performance by an actress in a supporting role

Visitor, The (1)
Richard Jenkins - Performance by an actor in a leading role

One Nomination by the Nature of the Category
Auf der Strecke
Baader Meinhof Complex, The
Betrayal, The
Class, The
Conscience of Nhem En
Departures
Encounters at the End of the World
Final Inch, The
Garden, The
La Maison
Lavatory - Lovestory
Man on Wire
Manon on the Asphalt
New Boy
Oktapodi
Presto
Revenche
Smile Pinki
Spielzeugland
The Pig An
This Way Up
Trouble with Water
Waltz with Bashir
Witness - From the Balcony of Room 306, The