The 8th Annual Central Ohio Film Critics Association Awards, honoring the best in film for 2009, were announced on January 7, 2010.
Best Film
- Up in the Air
- Up
- An Education
- Fantastic Mr. Fox
- Inglourious Basterds
- The Hurt Locker
- In the Loop
- A Serious Man
- (500) Days of Summer
- A Single Man
Best Director
- Jason Reitman – (Up in the Air)
- Runner-Up: Quentin Tarantino – (Inglourious Basterds)
Best Actor
- George Clooney – (Up in the Air)
- Runner-Up: Jeff Bridges – (Crazy Heart)
Best Actress
- Carey Mulligan – (An Education)
- Runner-Up: Charlotte Gainsbourg – (Antichrist)
Best Supporting Actor
- Christoph Waltz – (Inglourious Basterds)
- Runner-Up: Peter Capaldi – (In the Loop)
Best Supporting Actress
- Mo’Nique – (Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire)
- Runner-Up: Mélanie Laurent – (Inglourious Basterds)
Best Ensemble
- Inglourious Basterds
- Runner-Up: Up in the Air
Actor of the Year (for an exemplary body of work)
- George Clooney – (Fantastic Mr. Fox, The Men Who Stare at Goats, Up in the Air)
- Runner-Up: Woody Harrelson – (The Messenger, Zombieland)
Breakthrough Film Artist
- Carey Mulligan – (An Education) – (for acting)
- Runner-Up: Neill Blomkamp – (District 9) – (for directing and screenwriting)
Best Cinematography
- Robert Richardson – (Inglourious Basterds)
- Runner-Up: Anthony Dod Mantle – (Antichrist)
Best Adapted Screenplay
- Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner – (Up in the Air)
- Runner-Up: Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach – (Fantastic Mr. Fox)
Best Original Screenplay
- Quentin Tarantino – (Inglourious Basterds)
- Runner-Up: Pete Docter and Bob Peterson – (Up)
Best Score
- Michael Giacchino – (Up)
- Runner-Up: Carter Burwell and Karen O. – (Where the Wild Things Are)
Best Documentary
- Anvil! The Story of Anvil
- Runner-Up: The Cove
Best Foreign Language Film
- Waltz with Bashir (Vals Im Bashir )
- Runner-Up: Summer Hours (L’heure d’été )
Best Animated Film
- Up
- Runner-Up: Fantastic Mr. Fox
Best Overlooked Film
- Goodbye Solo
- Runner-Up: Moon