Academy Award Nominees Posted

Here's Slumdog's awards, also from Wiki. Please tell me you see the difference in the amount of noms and wins for Slumdog in comparison to Benjamin Button.

Top ten lists

The film appeared on many critics' top ten lists of the best films of 2008.^[1]

1st - Andrea Gronvall, Chicago Reader^[1]
1st - Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times^[1]
1st - Kirk Honeycutt, The Hollywood Reporter^[1]
1st - Kyle Smith, New York Post^[1]
1st - Lou Lumenick, New York Post^[1]
1st - Marc Savlov, The Austin Chronicle^[1]
1st - Rene Rodriguez, The Miami Herald^[1]
1st - Richard Roeper, Chicago Sun-Times
1st - Robert Mondello, NPR^[1]
1st - Steve Rea, The Philadelphia Inquirer^[1]
2nd - Joe Morgenstern, The Wall Street Journal^[1]
2nd - Peter Travers, Rolling Stone^[1]
2nd - Ty Burr, The Boston Globe^[1]
2nd - Ben Lyons, At the Movies
2nd - Stephen King, Entertainment Weekly
3rd - Michael O'Conor, [1]
3rd - Jake Hamilton, KHOU-TV
3rd - James Berardinelli, ReelViews^[1]

3rd - Michael Sragow, The Baltimore Sun^[1]
3rd - Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle^[1]
3rd - Ray Bennett, The Hollywood Reporter^[1]
3rd - Stephen Farber, The Hollywood Reporter^[1]
5th - Michael Rechtshaffen, The Hollywood Reporter^[1]
6th - Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News^[1]
6th - Marc Doyle, Metacritic.com^[1]
7th - Ella Taylor, LA Weekly^[1]
7th - Richard Corliss, TIME magazine^[1]
8th - Carrie Rickey, The Philadelphia Inquirer^[1]
8th - Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter^[1]
10th - Marjorie Baumgarten, The Austin Chronicle^[1]
10th - Rick Groen , The Globe and Mail^[1]
Top 20 - Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times^[1] (Ebert gave a top 20 list in no particular order)

2009

2009 Academy Awards

Nominated:Best Picture
Nominated:Best Director
Nominated:Best Adapted Screenplay
Nominated:Best Cinematography
Nominated:Best Film Editing
Nominated:Best Original Score
Nominated:Best Original Song (2 nominations)
Nominated:Best Sound Editing
Nominated:Best Sound Mixing

2009 British Academy of Film and Television Arts

Nominated: Best Film
Nominated: Outstanding British Film
Nominated: Best Director – Danny Boyle
Nominated: Best Adapted Screenplay – Simon Beaufoy
Nominated: Best Leading Actor – Dev Patel
Nominated: Best Supporting Actress - Freida Pinto
Nominated: Best Music - A.R. Rahman
Nominated: Best Cinematography - Anthony Dod Mantle
Nominated: Best Editing - Chris Dickens
Nominated: Best Production Design - Mark Digby, Michelle Day
Nominated: Best Sound - Glenn Freemantle, Resul Pookutty, Richard Pryke, Tom Sayers, Ian Tapp

2009 Broadcast Film Critics Association The Critics' Choice Award

Won: Best Picture
Won: Best Director – Danny Boyle
Won: Best Writer – Simon Beaufoy
Won: Best Young Actor/Actress (under 21) – Dev Patel
Won: Best Composer - A.R. Rahman
Nominated: Best Song – "Jai ho" performed by Sukhwinder Singh, written by Gulzar

2009 Chicago Film Critics Association

Won: Best Director - Danny Boyle
Won: Best Adapted Screenplay - Simon Beaufoy
Won: Most Promising Performer - Dev Patel
Nominated: Best Picture
Nominated: Best Cinematography - Anthony Dod Mantle
Nominated: Best Original Score - A.R. Rahman

2009 Directors Guild of America

Nominated: Best Director - Danny Boyle

2009 Golden Globe Awards^[2]

Won: Best Motion Picture - Drama
Won: Best Director - Motion Picture - Danny Boyle
Won: Best Screenplay - Simon Beaufoy
Won: Best Original Score - A. R. Rahman

2009 Producers Guild of America Awards

Nominated: Best Theatrical Picture

2009 Screen Actors Guild Awards

Nominated: Best Ensemble
Nominated: Best Supporting Actor - Dev Patel

[edit] 2008

In addition to the awards below, in December of 2008 the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures named Slumdog Millionaire as the best film of 2008. It also named Patel's performance as the Best Breakthrough by an actor, and Beaufoy's script the Best Adapted Screenplay (shared with Eric Roth for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button).^[3].

2008 Alliance of Women Film Journalists Awards

Won: Best Film
Won: Best Director – Danny Boyle
Won: Unforgettable Moment Award
Won: Cultural Crossover Award
Nominated: Best Adapted Screenplay – Simon Beaufoy

2008 Black Reel Awards

Won: Best Actor - Dev Patel
Won: Breakthrough Performance - Dev Patel
Won: Best Original Soundtrack - A.R. Rahman
Nominated: Best Ensemble

2008 American Society of Cinematographers Awards

Nominated: Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Theatrical Releases - Anthony Dod Mantle

2008 Austin Film Festival

Won: Audience Award – Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy

2008 Boston Society of Film Critics Award

Won: Best Picture (shared with Wall-E)
Won: Best Film Editing – Chris Dickens

2008 British Independent Film Awards

Won: Best British Independent Film
Won: Best Director – Danny Boyle
Won: Most Promising Newcomer – Dev Patel
Nominated: Best Screenplay – Simon Beaufoy
Nominated: Best Technical Achievement (cinematography – Anthony Dod Mantle)
Nominated: Most Promising Newcomer – Ayush Mahesh Khedekar

2008 Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards

Won: Best Film
Won: Best Director – Danny Boyle
Nominated: Best Adapted Screenplay – Simon Beaufoy

2008 Detroit Film Critics Society Awards

Won: Best Film
Won: Best Director – Danny Boyle
Nominated: Best Newcomer – Dev Patel

2008 Florida Film Critics Circle Awards

Won: Best Picture
Won: Best Director – Danny Boyle
Won: Best Adapted Screenplay – Simon Beaufoy

2008 Houston Film Critics Society Awards

Won: Best Director – Danny Boyle
Won: Best Adapted Screenplay – Simon Beaufoy
Runner-up: Best Cinematography – Anthony Dod Mantle
Runner-up: Best Original Score - A.R. Rahman
Runner-up: Best Original Song - "Jai ho" performed by Sukhwinder Singh, written by Gulzar

2008 London Film Critics' Circle

Nominated: The Attenborough Award: British Film Of The Year
Nominated: Best Director Of The Year – Danny Boyle
Nominated: Best British Director Of The Year – Danny Boyle
Nominated: Best British Actor Of The Year - Dev Patel
Nominated: Best Screenwriter Of The Year – Simon Beaufoy
Nominated: The NSPCC Award: Young British Performer Of The Year - Dev Patel

2008 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

Won: Best Director – Danny Boyle
Won: Best Music Score – A. R. Rahman
Runner-up: Best Cinematography – Anthony Dod Mantle

2008 National Board of Review Awards

Won: Best Film
Won: Best Breakthrough Performance, Male – Dev Patel
Won: Best Screenplay – Simon Beaufoy

2008 National Society of Film Critics Awards

Won: Best Cinematography - Anthony Dod Mantle

2008 New York Film Critics Circle Awards

Won: Best Cinematography – Anthony Dod Mantle

2008 New York Film Critics Online

Won: Best Picture
Won: Best Director – Danny Boyle with Loveleen Tandan
Won: Best Cinematography – Anthony Dod Mantle
Won: Best Screenplay – Simon Beaufoy
Won: Best Music Score – A. R. Rahman

2008 Oklahoma Film Critics Circle

Won: Best Film
Won: Best Director – Danny Boyle
Won: Best Screenplay – Simon Beaufoy

2008 Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards

Won: Best Picture
Won: Best Director – Danny Boyle
Won: Best Film Editing – Chris Dickens
Won: Best Screenplay – Simon Beaufoy
Won: Best Music Score – A. R. Rahman
Won: Break Out On Camera - Dev Patel
Won: Best Performance By a Youth, Male - Ayush Mahesh Khedekar

2008 San Diego Film Critics Society Award

Won: Best Film
Won: Best Director – Danny Boyle
Won: Best Adapted Screenplay – Simon Beaufoy
Won: Best Cinematography – Anthony Dod Mantle
Won: Best Film Editing – Chris Dickens
Won: Best Music Score – A. R. Rahman

2008 Satellite Awards International Press Academy

Won: Best Motion Picture - Drama
Won: Best Director – Danny Boyle
Won: Best Original Score - A.R. Rahman
Nominated: Best Adapted Screenplay – Simon Beaufoy
Nominated: Best Original Song - "Jai ho" performed by Sukhwinder Singh, written by Gulzar
Nominated: Best Film Editing - Chris Dickens

2008 Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards