Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie will compete at the 14th Annual Critics Choice Awards in Los Angeles next year.

The couple - who raise six children together - will see their movies "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" and "Changeling" battle it out for the prestigious Best Picture award at the ceremony next year.

Other competitors in the category include "The Dark Knight", "Doubt", "Frost/Nixon", "Milk", "Wall-E", "The Wrestler" and Kate Winslet"s new film "The Reader".

Brad has also been nominated in the Best Actor category - but faces fierce competition from Clint Eastwood, Sean Penn, Richard Jenkins, Frank Langella and Mickey Rourke for the prize.

Angelina features in the Best Actress category, along with Kate Beckinsale, Cate Blanchett, Anne Hathaway, Melissa Leo and Meryl Streep.

Late actor Heath Ledger - who died of an accidental drugs overdose in January - has been nominated for the Best Supporting Actor accolade for his role as The Joker in "The Dark Knight".

He is joined by Josh Brolin and James Franco for "Milk", Robert Downey, Jr. for "Tropic Thunder" and Philip Seymour Hoffman for "Doubt". Penelope Cruz, Kate Winslet, Viola Davis, Vera Farmiga, Taraji P.

Henson and Marisa Tomei have all been nominated for the Best Supporting Actress prize. Other categories in the nominations include Best Writer, Best Acting Ensemble and Best Song.

The ceremony will take place in Los Angeles on January 8. 14th Annual Critics Choice Awards, full list of nominations:

Best Picture - "Changeling" "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" "The Dark Knight" "Doubt" "Frost/Nixon" "Milk" "The Reader" "Slumdog Millionaire" "Wall-E" "The Wrestler"

Best Actor - Clint Eastwood, "Gran Torino" Richard Jenkins, "The Visitor" Frank Langella, "Frost/Nixon" Sean Penn, "Milk" Brad Pitt, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" Mickey Rourke, "The Wrestler"

Best Actress - Kate Beckinsale, "Nothing But the Truth" Cate Blanchett, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" Anne Hathaway, "Rachel Getting Married" Angelina Jolie, "Changeling" Melissa Leo, "Frozen River" Meryl Streep, "Doubt"

Best Supporting Actor - Josh Brolin, "Milk" Robert Downey, Jr., "Tropic Thunder" Philip Seymour Hoffman, "Doubt" Heath Ledger, "The Dark Knight" James Franco, "Milk"

Best Supporting Actress - Penelope Cruz, "Vicky Cristina Barcelona" Viola Davis, "Doubt" Vera Farmiga, "Nothing But the Truth" Taraji P. Henson, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" Marisa Tomei, "The Wrestler" Kate Winslet, "The Reader"

Best Acting Ensemble - "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" "The Dark Knight" "Doubt" "Milk" "Rachel Getting Married" Best Director - Danny Boyle, "Slumdog Millionaire" David Fincher, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" Ron Howard, "Frost/Nixon" Christopher Nolan, "The Dark Knight" Gus Van Sant, "Milk"

Best Writer (Original or Adapted Screenplay)- Simon Beaufoy, "Slumdog Millionaire" Dustin Lance Black, "Milk" Peter Morgan, "Frost/Nixon" Eric Roth, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" John Patrick Shanley, "Doubt"

Best Animated Feature - "Bolt" "Kung Fu Panda" "Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa" "Wall-E" "Waltz With Bashir"

Best Young Actor/Young Actress (Under 21) - Dakota Fanning, "The Secret Life of Bees" David Kross, "The Reader" Dev Petal, "Slumdog Millionaire" Brandon Walters, "Australia"

Best Action Movie - "The Dark Knight" "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" "Iron Man" "Quantum of Solace" "Wanted"

Best Comedy - "Burn After Reading" "Forgetting Sarah Marshall" "Role Models" "Tropic Thunder" "Vicky Cristina Barcelona"

Best Picture Made for Television - "John Adams" "Recount" "Coco Chanel"

Best Foreign Language Film - "A Christmas Tale" "Gomorrah" "I"ve Loved You So Long" "Let the Right One In" "Mongol" "Waltz With Bashir"

Best Documentary Feature - "I.O.U.S.A." "Man on Wire" "Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired" "Standard Operating Procedure" "Young at Heart"

Best Song - "Another Way to Die," Jack White and Alicia Keys/Jack White, "Quantum of Solace" "Down to Earth," Peter Gabriel/Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman, "Wall-E" "I Thought I Lost You," Miley Cyrus and John Travolta/Miley Cyrus and Jeffrey Steele, "Bolt" "Jaiho," Sukhwinder Singh/A.R. Rahman and Gulzar, "Slumdog Millionaire" "The Wrestler," Bruce Springsteen/Bruce Springsteen, "The Wrestler"

Best Composer - Alexandre Desplat, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" Clint Eastwood, "Changeling" Danny Elfman, "Milk" Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard, "The Dark Knight" A.R. Rahman, "Slumdog Millionaire"

(China Daily/Agencies December 11, 2008)