BEVERLY HILLS -- The following is a list of nominees in the major categories for the 81st annual Academy Awards, unveiled here Thursday:

Best Picture:

"Slumdog Millionaire"
"Milk"
"Frost/Nixon"
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
"The Reader"

Best Actor in a Leading Role:

Richard Jenkins "The Visitor"
Sean Penn "Milk"
Frank Langella "Frost/Nixon"
Mickey Rourke "The Wrestler"
Brad Pitt "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"

Best Actress in a Leading Role:

Kate Winslet "The Reader"
Meryl Streep "Doubt"
Anne Hathaway "Rachel Getting Married"
Angelina Jolie "Changeling"
Melissa Leo "Frozen River"

Best Actor in a Supporting Role:

Heath Ledger "The Dark Knight"
Josh Brolin "Milk"
Philip Seymour Hoffman "Doubt"
Robert Downey Jr "Tropic Thunder"
Michael Shannon "Revolutionary Road"

Best Actress in a Supporting Role:

Penelope Cruz "Vicky Cristina Barcelona"
Viola Davis "Doubt"
Marisa Tomei "The Wrestler"
Taraji P. Henson "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
Amy Adams "Doubt"

Best Director:

Danny Boyle "Slumdog Millionaire"
David Fincher "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
Stephen Daldry "The Reader"
Gus Van Sant "Milk"
Ron Howard "Frost/Nixon"

Best Foreign-Language Film:

"Waltz with Bashir" (Israel)
"The Baader Meinhof Complex" (Germany)
"The Class" (France)
"Departures" (Japan)
"Revanche" (Austria)

Best Animated Feature Film:

"WALL-E"
"Kung-Fu Panda"
"Bolt"

Best Adapted Screenplay:

"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" Eric Roth
"Doubt" John Patrick Shanley
"Frost/Nixon" Peter Morgan
"The Reader" David Hare
"Slumdog Millionaire" Simon Beaufoy

Best Original Screenplay:

"Frozen River" Courtney Hunt
"Happy-Go-Lucky" Mike Leigh
"In Bruges" Martin McDonagh
"Milk" Dustin Lance Black
"WALL-E" Andrew Stanton/Jim Reardon

Best Documentary:

"The Betrayal" Ellen Kuras/Thavisouk Phrasavath
"Encounters at the End of the World" Werner Herzog/Henry Kaiser
"The Garden" Scott Hamilton Kennedy
"Man on Wire" James Marsh
"Trouble the Water" Tia Lessin/Carl Deal