Best Motion Picture of the Year

Amour (2012)

Argo (2012)

Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012)

Django Unchained (2012)

Les Misérables (2012)

Life of Pi (2012)

Lincoln (2012)

Silver Linings Playbook (2012)

Zero Dark Thirty (2012)



Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role

Bradley Cooper for Silver Linings Playbook (2012)

Daniel Day-Lewis for Lincoln (2012)

Hugh Jackman for Les Misérables (2012)

Joaquin Phoenix for The Master (2012)

Denzel Washington for Flight (2012/I)



Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role

Jessica Chastain for Zero Dark Thirty (2012)

Jennifer Lawrence for Silver Linings Playbook (2012)

Emmanuelle Riva for Amour (2012)

Quvenzhané Wallis for Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012)

Naomi Watts for The Impossible (2012)



Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role

Alan Arkin for Argo (2012)

Robert De Niro for Silver Linings Playbook (2012)

Philip Seymour Hoffman for The Master (2012)

Tommy Lee Jones for Lincoln (2012)

Christoph Waltz for Django Unchained (2012)



Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role

Amy Adams for The Master (2012)

Sally Field for Lincoln (2012)

Anne Hathaway for Les Misérables (2012)

Helen Hunt for The Sessions (2012)

Jacki Weaver for Silver Linings Playbook (2012)



Best Achievement in Directing

Michael Haneke for Amour (2012)

Ang Lee for Life of Pi (2012)

David O. Russell for Silver Linings Playbook (2012)

Steven Spielberg for Lincoln (2012)

Benh Zeitlin for Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012)



Best Animated Feature Film of the Year

Brave (2012): Mark Andrews, Brenda Chapman

Frankenweenie (2012): Tim Burton

ParaNorman (2012): Sam Fell, Chris Butler

The Pirates! Band of Misfits (2012): Peter Lord

Wreck-It Ralph (2012): Rich Moore



Best Achievement in Visual Effects

The Avengers (2012): Janek Sirrs, Jeff White, Guy Williams, Daniel Sudick

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012): Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton, R. Christopher White

Life of Pi (2012): Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik De Boer, Donald Elliott

Prometheus (2012/I): Richard Stammers, Trevor Wood, Charley Henley, Martin Hill

Snow White and the Huntsman (2012): Cedric Nicolas-Troyan, Phil Brennan, Neil Corbould, Michael Dawson

Originally Posted by Ice Pik (Post 943595) I could of sworn that more then 5 movies came out last year....yet it seems like only those 5 movies get nominated....smh. I haven't seen not one of those movies but my brother said Django Unchained was a kick ass movie and topped Kill Bill.

Originally Posted by hammerfan (Post 945971) I'm glad Argo won, but I think Ben Affleck should have been nominated for Best Director. Was surprised that DeNiro didn't win, knew Daniel Day-Lewis would win but wanted Hugh Jackman to win, figured Anne Hathaway would take it (she was excellent in Les Miserables). I went to bed after the Les Miserables cast performance.

Originally Posted by ChronoGrl (Post 946091) Agree on all of that - Affleck is a damn good director and Jackman should have one. Also - What the HELL - Frankenweenie got beat out by BRAVE?! Seriously?! F the Oscars.

Originally Posted by hammerfan (Post 943550) Finally saw "Les Miserables" last night. Thoroughly enjoyed it. Who knew Russell Crowe could sing?! :D

Originally Posted by hammerfan (Post 946096) Haven't seen either Frankenweenie or Brave.....but they're both in the Netflix queue.