18th Critics' Choice Awards

Argo

• Beasts of the Southern Wild
• Django Unchained
• Les Misérables
• Life of Pi
• Lincoln
• The Master
• Moonrise Kingdom
• Silver Linings Playbook
• Zero Dark Thirty

Ben Affleck – Argo

• Kathryn Bigelow – Zero Dark Thirty
• Tom Hooper – Les Misérables
• Ang Lee – Life of Pi
• David O. Russell – Silver Linings Playbook
• Steven Spielberg – Lincoln

Daniel Day-Lewis – Lincoln as Abraham Lincoln

• Bradley Cooper – Silver Linings Playbook as Patrizio "Pat" Solitano Jr.
• John Hawkes – The Sessions as Mark O'Brien
• Hugh Jackman – Les Misérables as Jean Valjean
• Joaquin Phoenix – The Master as Freddie Quell
• Denzel Washington – Flight as William "Whip" Whitaker Sr.

Jessica Chastain – Zero Dark Thirty as Maya Harris

• Marion Cotillard – Rust and Bone as Stéphanie
• Jennifer Lawrence – Silver Linings Playbook as Tiffany Maxwell
• Emmanuelle Riva – Amour as Anne Laurent
• Quvenzhané Wallis – Beasts of the Southern Wild as Hushpuppy
• Naomi Watts – The Impossible as Maria Bennett

Philip Seymour Hoffman – The Master as Lancaster Dodd

• Alan Arkin – Argo as Lester Siegel
• Javier Bardem – Skyfall as Raoul Silva
• Robert De Niro – Silver Linings Playbook as Patrizio "Pat" Solitano Sr.
• Tommy Lee Jones – Lincoln as Thaddeus Stevens
• Matthew McConaughey – Magic Mike as Dallas

Anne Hathaway – Les Misérables as Fantine

• Amy Adams – The Master as Peggy Dodd
• Judi Dench – Skyfall as M
• Ann Dowd – Compliance as Sandra Frum
• Sally Field – Lincoln as Mary Todd Lincoln
• Helen Hunt – The Sessions as Cheryl Cohen-Greene

Quvenzhané Wallis – Beasts of the Southern Wild as Hushpuppy

• Elle Fanning – Ginger & Rosa as Ginger
• Kara Hayward – Moonrise Kingdom as Suzy Bishop
• Tom Holland – The Impossible as Lucas Bennett
• Logan Lerman – The Perks of Being a Wallflower as Charlie Kelmeckis
• Suraj Sharma – Life of Pi as Piscine "Pi" Patel

Silver Linings Playbook

• Argo
• The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
• Les Misérables
• Lincoln
• Moonrise Kingdom

Django Unchained – Quentin Tarantino

• Flight – John Gatins
• Looper – Rian Johnson
• The Master – Paul Thomas Anderson
• Moonrise Kingdom – Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola
• Zero Dark Thirty – Mark Boal

Lincoln – Tony Kushner

• Argo – Chris Terrio
• Life of Pi – David Magee
• The Perks of Being a Wallflower – Stephen Chbosky
• Silver Linings Playbook – David O. Russell

Wreck-It Ralph

• Brave
• Frankenweenie
• Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
• ParaNorman
• Rise of the Guardians

Skyfall

• The Avengers
• The Dark Knight Rises
• Looper

Daniel Craig – Skyfall as James Bond

• Christian Bale – The Dark Knight Rises as Bruce Wayne / Batman
• Robert Downey Jr. – The Avengers as Tony Stark / Iron Man
• Joseph Gordon-Levitt – Looper as Joe
• Jake Gyllenhaal – End of Watch as Officer Brian Taylor

Jennifer Lawrence – The Hunger Games as Katniss Everdeen

• Emily Blunt – Looper as Sara
• Gina Carano – Haywire as Mallory Kane
• Judi Dench – Skyfall as M
• Anne Hathaway – The Dark Knight Rises as Selina Kyle / Catwoman

Searching for Sugar Man

• Bully
• The Central Park Five
• The Imposter
• The Queen of Versailles
• West of Memphis

Silver Linings Playbook

• 21 Jump Street
• Bernie
• Ted
• This Is 40

Bradley Cooper – Silver Linings Playbook as Patrizio "Pat" Solitano Jr.

• Jack Black – Bernie as Bernie Tiede
• Paul Rudd – This Is 40 as Pete
• Channing Tatum – 21 Jump Street as Greg Jenko
• Mark Wahlberg – Ted as John Bennett

Jennifer Lawrence – Silver Linings Playbook as Tiffany Maxwell

• Mila Kunis – Ted as Lori Collins
• Shirley MacLaine – Bernie as Marjorie Nugent
• Leslie Mann – This Is 40 as Debbie
• Rebel Wilson – Pitch Perfect as Patricia "Fat Amy" Hobart

Looper

• The Cabin in the Woods
• Prometheus

Amour • Austria / France / Germany

• The Intouchables • France
• A Royal Affair • Denmark
• Rust and Bone • France

Anna Karenina – Sarah Greenwood (Production Design) / Katie Spencer (Set Decoration)

• The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey – Dan Hennah (Production Design) / Simon Bright and Ra Vincent (Set Decoration)
• Les Misérables – Eve Stewart (Production Design) / Anna Lynch-Robinson (Set Decoration)
• Life of Pi – David Gropman (Production Design) / Anna Pinnock (Set Decoration)
• Lincoln – Rick Carter (Production Design) / Jim Erickson (Set Decoration)

Life of Pi – Claudio Miranda

• Les Misérables – Danny Cohen
• Lincoln – Janusz Kamiński
• The Master – Mihai Mălaimare Jr.
• Skyfall – Roger Deakins

Anna Karenina – Jacqueline Durran

• Cloud Atlas – Kym Barrett and Pierre-Yves Gayraud
• The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey – Bob Buck, Ann Maskrey, and Richard Taylor
• Les Misérables – Paco Delgado
• Lincoln – Joanna Johnston

Zero Dark Thirty – William Goldenberg and Dylan Tichenor

• Argo – William Goldenberg
• Les Misérables – Chris Dickens and Melanie Oliver
• Life of Pi – Tim Squyres
• Lincoln – Michael Kahn

Lincoln – John Williams

• Argo – Alexandre Desplat
• Life of Pi – Mychael Danna
• The Master – Jonny Greenwood
• Moonrise Kingdom – Alexandre Desplat

"Skyfall" – Skyfall

• "For You" – Act of Valor
• "Learn Me Right" – Brave
• "Still Alive" – Paul Williams Still Alive
• "Suddenly" – Les Misérables

Cloud Atlas

• The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
• Les Misérables
• Lincoln

Life of Pi

• The Avengers
• Cloud Atlas
• The Dark Knight Rises
• The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey