Avatar won for Best Picture – Drama and The Hangover won for Best Picture – Comedy in the 3rd Annual Silver Reels Awards.
The awards were announced on a UATV special from 8 pm to 9 pm. The winners were voted on by UATV viewers.
Inglourious Basterds was the only multiple winner, taking home Silver Reels in both Best Catchphrase and Best Actor.
102 eligible ballots were cast in 10 different categories. The full results are below.
| Best Picture – DRAMA | |
|---|---|
| Avatar | 25 |
| Inglourious Basterds | 24 |
| The Hurt Locker | 18 |
| Up in the Air | 11 |
| Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire | 6 |
| Moon | 3 |
Write-ins: Anvil! The Story of Anvil, The Blind Side, Crazy Heart, District 9, Star Trek, Up, Where the Wild Things Are
| Best Picture – COMEDY | |
|---|---|
| The Hangover | 50 |
| Zombieland | 17 |
| Up | 9 |
| (500) Days of Summer | 8 |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox | 4 |
| It’s Complicated | 3 |
Write-ins: The Goods, The Informant!, Inglourious Basterds, The Invention of Lying, The Proposal, Where the Wild Things Are
| Best Picture – ANIMATED | |
|---|---|
| Up | 44 |
| Avatar | 27 |
| The Princess and the Frog | 10 |
| Coraline | 5 |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox | 5 |
| Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | 3 |
Write-ins: 9
| Best Picture – MUSICAL | |
|---|---|
| The Princess and the Frog | 20 |
| Nine | 19 |
| Anvil! The Story of Anvil | 17 |
| Michael Jackson’s This Is It | 12 |
| Hannah Montana The Movie | 4 |
| Fame | 3 |
| Best Picture – ACTION | |
|---|---|
| Star Trek | 33 |
| Inglourious Basterds | 20 |
| Avatar | 18 |
| District 9 | 16 |
| Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | 6 |
| 2012 | 1 |
| Best Picture – ROMANCE | |
|---|---|
| (500) Days of Summer | 32 |
| I Love You, Man | 19 |
| Julie & Julia | 12 |
| The Twilight Saga: New Moon | 12 |
| Adventureland | 8 |
| Duplicity | 2 |
Write-ins: The Brothers Bloom, Paper Heart, The Proposal
| Best Picture – HORROR | |
|---|---|
| Zombieland | 32 |
| Paranormal Activity | 22 |
| Drag Me to Hell | 16 |
| The Haunting in Connecticut | 5 |
| Pandorum | 2 |
| Friday the 13th | 1 |
Write-ins: Antichrist, Orphan, The Proposal
| Best Actor | |
|---|---|
| Christoph Waltz as ‘SS Colonel Hans Landa’ in Inglourious Basterds | 32 |
| Zach Galifinakis as ‘Alan Garner’ in The Hangover | 20 |
| George Clooney as ‘Ryan Bingham’ in Up in the Air | 17 |
| Jeff Bridges as ‘Bad Blake’ in Crazy Heart | 8 |
| Matt Damon as ‘Mark Whitacre’ in The Informant! | 5 |
| Sam Rockwell as ‘Sam Bell’ in Moon | 2 |
Write-ins: Gerard Butler as ‘Kable’ in Gamer ; John Cusack as ‘Jackson Curtis’ in 2012 ; Steve “Lips” Kudlow in Anvil! The Story of Anvil ; Morgan Freeman as ‘Nelson Mandela’ in Invictus
| Best Actress | |
|---|---|
| Sandra Bullock as ‘Leigh Anne Tuohy’ in The Blind Side | 32 |
| Meryl Streep as ‘Julia Child’ in Julie & Julia | 17 |
| Mo’Nique as ‘Mary Lee Johnston’ in Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire | 12 |
| Anna Kendrick as ‘Natalie Keener’ in Up in the Air | 10 |
| Gabby Sidibe as ‘Claireece Precious Jones’ in Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire | 7 |
| Carey Mulligan as ‘Jenny Miller’ in An Education | 4 |
Write-ins: Sasha Grey as ‘Christine’ in The Girlfriend Experience ; Melanie Laurent as ‘Shosanna Dreyfus in Inglourious Basterds ; Zoe Saldana as ‘Neytiri’ in Avatar
| Best Catchphrase | |
|---|---|
| “You probably heard we ain’t in the prisoner-takin’ business we in the killin’ Nazi business. And cousin business is a-boomin’.” – Inglourious Basterds | 30 |
| “He was a re-tard.” – The Hangover | 26 |
| “I didn’t know they gave out rings at the Holocaust.” – The Hangover | 14 |
| “Slappin’ da bass.” – I Love you Man | 14 |
| “I see you.” – Avatar | 5 |
| “What do you think? Zombie Kill of the Week?” – Zombieland | 2 |
Write-ins: “I want to talk about how bad you make this room look.” – Crazy Heart ; “I’m gonna give you something you can’t take off.” – Inglourious Basterds ; “SQUIRREL!” – Up ; “That’s Sergeant Donny Donowitz. But you might know him better by his nickname – the Bear Jew. Now, if you heard of Aldo the Apache, you gotta heard about the Bear Jew.” – Inglourious Basterds ; “You know, fighting in a basement offers a lot of difficulties. Number one being, you’re fighting in a basement!” – Inglourious Basterds