The 8th Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards were given on December 7, 2009.
- Up in the Air
- The Hurt Locker
- Inglourious Basterds
- Precious
- Up
Best Director
- Kathryn Bigelow – The Hurt Locker
- Lee Daniels – Precious
- Clint Eastwood – Invictus
- Jason Reitman – Up in the Air
- Quentin Tarantino – Inglourious Basterds
Best Actor
- George Clooney – Up in the Air
- Colin Firth – A Single Man
- Morgan Freeman – Invictus
- Viggo Mortensen – The Road
- Jeremy Renner – The Hurt Locker
Best Actress
- Carey Mulligan – An Education
- Sandra Bullock – The Blind Side
- Maya Rudolph – Away We Go
- Gabourey Sidibe – Precious
- Meryl Streep – Julie & Julia
Best Supporting Actor
- Christoph Waltz – Inglourious Basterds
- Woody Harrelson – The Messenger
- Anthony Mackie – The Hurt Locker
- Alfred Molina – An Education
- Stanley Tucci – Lovely Bones
Best Supporting Actress
- Mo’Nique – Precious
- Vera Farmiga – Up in the Air
- Anna Kendrick – Up in the Air
- Julianne Moore – A Single Man
- Samantha Morton – The Messenger
Best Adapted Screenplay
- Up in the Air – Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner
- An Education – Nick Hornby
- The Blind Side – John Lee Hancock
- Precious – Geoffrey S. Fletcher
- The Road – Joe Penhall
Best Original Screenplay
- Inglourious Basterds – Quentin Tarantino
- (500) Days of Summer – Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber
- The Hurt Locker – Mark Boal
- A Serious Man – Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
- Up – Pete Docter, Bob Peterson, and Tom McCarthy
Best Breakthrough Performance
- Gabourey Sidibe – Precious
- Anna Kendrick – Up in the Air
- Christian McKay – Me and Orson Welles
- Carey Mulligan – An Education
- Jeremy Renner – The Hurt Locker
Best Cast
- The Hurt Locker
- Nine
- Precious
- Star Trek
- Up in the Air
Best Animated Film
- Up
- 9
- Coraline
- Fantastic Mr. Fox
- Ponyo
Best Documentary Film
- Food, Inc.
- Anvil! The Story of Anvil
- Capitalism: A Love Story
- The Cove
- Good Hair
Best Foreign Language Film
- Sin Nombre • Mexico
- Broken Embraces • Spain
- Red Cliff • China
- Summer Hours • France
- The White Ribbon • Austria-Germany
Best Art Direction
- Nine
- Lovely Bones
- Star Trek
- Where the Wild Things Are
- The Young Victoria