2009 MTV Movie Awards - Nominees

Vampire inspired flick "Twilight" and Mumbai's "Slumdog Millionaire" will battle it out as both blockbuster films received nominations in six award categories including Best Movie, Best Kiss, and Breakthrough Male Performance in the 18th Annual MTV Movie Awards.

MTV also came up with two new categories Best Song from a Movie and Best WTF Moment which will surely bring a cinematic fun quotient.

The 2009 MTV Movie Awards marks the first year in which the final nominees were decided on by the fans. From May 4 - May 27, viewers can visit MovieAwards.MTV.com (www.MovieAwards.MTV.com) to vote for their favorite film moments and actors but the category of Best Movie will be a fight to the end as voting for favorite film of the year will remain open throughout the live show.

Here is the official list of nominees for the 2009 MTV Movie Awards:

Best Movie:

The Dark Knight
High School Musical 3: Senior Year
Iron Man
Slumdog Millionaire
Twilight

Best Female Performance:

Angelina Jolie – Wanted (Universal Pictures)
Anne Hathaway – Bride Wars (20th Century Fox)
Kate Winslet – The Reader (The Weinstein Company)
Kristen Stewart – Twilight (Summit Entertainment)
Taraji P. Henson – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Paramount Pictures)

Best Male Performance:

Christian Bale – The Dark Knight (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Robert Downey Jr. – Iron Man (Paramount Pictures)
Shia LaBeouf – Eagle Eye (DreamWorks SKG/ Paramount Pictures)
Vin Diesel – Fast and Furious (Universal Pictures)
Zac Efron – High School Musical 3: Senior Year (Walt Disney Pictures)

Breakthrough Female Performance:

Amanda Seyfried – Mamma Mia! (Universal Pictures)
Ashley Tisdale – High School Musical 3: Senior Year (Walt Disney Pictures)
Freida Pinto – Slumdog Millionaire (Fox Searchlight)
Miley Cyrus – Hannah Montana: The Movie (Walt Disney Pictures)
Vanessa Hudgens – High School Musical 3: Senior Year (Walt Disney Pictures)
Kat Dennings – Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist (Columbia Pictures)

Breakthrough Male Performance:

Robert Pattinson – Twilight (Summit Entertainment)
Taylor Lautner – Twilight (Summit Entertainment)
Ben Barnes – The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (Walt Disney Pictures)
Dev Patel – Slumdog Millionaire (Fox Searchlight)
Bobb’e J. Thompson – Role Models (Universal Pictures)

Best Comedic Performance:

Amy Poehler – Baby Mama (Universal Pictures)
Anna Faris – The House Bunny (Columbia Pictures)
James Franco – Pineapple Express (Columbia Pictures)
Jim Carrey – Yes Man (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Steve Carell – Get Smart (Warner Bros. Pictures)

Best Villain:

Derek Mears – Friday The 13th (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Dwayne Johnson – Get Smart (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Heath Ledger – The Dark Knight (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Johnathon Schaech – Prom Night (Screen Gems)
Luke Goss – Hellboy II: The Golden Army (Universal Pictures)

Best Fight:

Anne Hathaway vs. Kate Hudson – Bride Wars (20th Century Fox)
Cristian Bale vs. Heath Ledger – The Dark Knight (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Ron Perlman vs. Luke Goss – Hellboy II: The Golden Army (Universal Pictures)
Robert Pattinson vs. Cam Gigandet – Twilight (Summit Entertainment)
Seth Rogen and James Franco vs. Danny McBride – Pineapple Express (Columbia Pictures)

Best Kiss:

Angelina Jolie and James McAvoy – Wanted (Universal Pictures)
Freida Pinto and Dev Patel – Slumdog Millionaire (Fox Searchlight)
James Franco and Sean Penn – Milk (Focus Features)
Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson – Twilight (Summit Entertainment)
Paul Rudd and Thomas Lennon – I Love You, Man (Paramount Pictures)
Vanessa Hudgens and Zac Efron – High School Musical 3: Senior Year (Walt Disney Pictures)

Best WTF Moment (New Category):

Amy Poehler – Baby Mama, Peeing In the Sink (Universal Pictures)
Angelina Jolie – Wanted, Curved Bullet Kill (Universal Pictures)
Ayush Mahesh Khedekar – Slumdog Millionaire, Jumping in the Poop Shed (Fox Searchlight)
Ben Stiller – Tropic Thunder, Tasting the Decapitated Head (DreamWorks SKG/ Paramount Pictures)
Jason Segel and Kristen Bell – Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Naked Break-Up (Universal Pictures)

Best Song from a Movie (New Category):

Jai Ho – AR Raham, Slumdog Millionaire (Fox Searchlight)
The Wrestler – Bruce Springsteen, The Wrestler (Fox Searchlight)
The Climb – Miley Cyrus, Hannah Montana: The Movie (Walt Disney Pictures)
Decode – Paramore, Twilight (Summit Entertainment)

The 18th annual MTV Movie Awards show will be hosted by Andy Samberg, and will be broadcast live from the Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City, CA on Sunday, May 31, 2009.