Below are the ranked lists of the Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics. They release their information differently than other groups. The film at the head of the list is the actual winner, but they rank the top 5 (in some cases top 1 or 2) and list them in that order. These were announced December 16, 2009.

Top 10 Films:

1. Up in the Air
2. The Hurt Locker
3. Precious
4. Up
5. An Education
6. A Serious Man
7. Inglourious Basterds
8. District 9
9. Avatar
10. Fantastic Mr. Fox

Best Actor:

1. George Clooney – Up in the Air
2. Jeff Bridges – Crazy Heart
3. Jeremy Renner – The Hurt Locker
4. Colin Firth – A Single Man
5. Morgan Freeman – Invictus

Best Actress:

1. Carey Mulligan – An Education
2. Meryl Streep – Julie & Julia
3. Gabourey Sidibe – Precious
4. Emily Blunt – The Young Victoria
5. Sandra Bullock – The Blind Side

Best Supporting Actor:

1. Christoph Waltz – Inglourious Basterds
2. Woody Harrelson – The Messenger
3. Stanley Tucci – The Lovely Bones
4. Alfred Molina – An Education
5. Christian McKay – Me & Orson Welles

Best Supporting Actress:

1. Mo’Nique – Precious
2. Anna Kendrick – Up in the Air
3. Vera Farmiga – Up in the Air
4. Marion Cotillard – Nine
5. Maggie Gyllenhaal – Crazy Heart

Best Director:

1. Jason Reitman – Up in the Air
2. Kathryn Bigelow – The Hurt Locker
3. Lee Daniels – Precious
4. Joel & Ethan Coen – A Serious Man
5. Quentin Tarantino – Inglourious Basterds

Best Foreign Film:

1. Sin Nombre
2. Broken Embraces
3. Summer Hours
4. The Baader Meinhoff Complex
5. Red Cliff

Best Animated Film:

1. Up
2. Fantastic Mr. Fox

Best Cinematography:

1. The Lovely Bones
2. The Hurt Locker

Best Documentary:

1. The Cove
2. Anvil!: The Story of Anvil
3. Capitalism: A Love Story
4. This Is It
5. Burma VJ
5. The September Issue

Best Screenplay:

1. Up in the Air
2. A Serious Man

Russell Smith Award (low-budget, cutting edge independent film):

1. Precious