This past Sunday, the New York Film Critics Online named James Cameron’s “Avatar” Best Picture of 2009 at NYFCO’s tenth annual meeting.

Quentin Tarantino’s “Inglourious Basterds” took the most awards this year, taking home four awards including best supporting and breakthrough actor for Christoph Waltz, best cinematography, best screenplay as well as being listed on the best eleven films of the year.

Disney/ Pixar’s “Up” won the best Animated feature award.

Here is the breakdown of the categories and award winners for 2009:

BEST PICTURE
Avatar (20th Century Fox)

DIRECTOR
Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker)
ACTORJeff Bridges (Crazy Heart)

ACTRESS
Meryl Streep (Julie & Julia)

SUPPORTING ACTOR
Christoph Waltz (Inglourious Basterds)

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Mo’Nique (Precious)

CINEMATOGRAPHY
Inglourious Basterds – Robert Richardson

SCREENPLAY
Inglourious Basterds – Quentin Tarantino

FOREIGN LANGUAGE PICTURE
The White Ribbon (Sony Classics)

DOCUMENTARY
The Cove (Roadside Attractions)

ANIMATED FEATURE
Up (Disney/Pixar)

FILM MUSIC OR SCORE
Crazy Heart – Steve Bruton & T. Bone Burnett, music supervisor, Jeffrey Pollack

BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMER
Christoph Waltz (Inglourious Basterds)

DEBUT AS DIRECTOR
Marc Webb [(500) Days of Summer]

ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE
In the Loop (IFC Films)

BEST 11 PICTURES (Alphabetical)
Adventureland (Miramax Films)
Avatar (20th Century Fox)
Fantastic Mr. Fox (Fox Searchlight)
The Hurt Locker (Summit Entertainment)
Inglourious Basterds (The Weinstein Company)
The Messenger (Oscilloscope)
Precious (Lionsgate)
A Serious Man (Focus Features)
Two Lovers (MagnoliaUp (Disney/Pixar)
Up in the Air (Paramount)

[Source] Newsblaze