Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards 2011

Best Film

• The Artist

• The Descendants
• Drive
• Hugo
• Win Win

Best Director

• Martin Scorsese – Hugo

• Woody Allen – Midnight in Paris
• Michel Hazanavicius – The Artist
• Alexander Payne – The Descendants
• Nicolas Winding Refn – Drive

Best Actor

• George Clooney – The Descendants as Matt King

• Jean Dujardin – The Artist as George Valentin
• Michael Fassbender – Shame as Brandon Sullivan
• Brad Pitt – Moneyball as Billy Beane
• Michael Shannon – Take Shelter as Curtis LaForche

Best Actress

• Michelle Williams – My Week with Marilyn as Marilyn Monroe

• Viola Davis – The Help as Aibileen Clarke
• Elizabeth Olsen – Martha Marcy May Marlene as Martha
• Meryl Streep – The Iron Lady as Margaret Thatcher
• Tilda Swinton – We Need to Talk About Kevin as Eve Khatchadourian

Best Supporting Actor

• Albert Brooks – Drive as Bernie Rose

• Kenneth Branagh – My Week with Marilyn as Laurence Olivier
• John Hawkes – Martha Marcy May Marlene as Patrick
• Christopher Plummer – Beginners as Hal
• Andy Serkis – Rise of the Planet of the Apes as Caesar

Best Supporting Actress

• Octavia Spencer – The Help as Minny Jackson

• Bérénice Bejo – The Artist as Peppy Miller
• Melissa McCarthy – Bridesmaids as Megan
• Carey Mulligan – Shame as Sissy Sullivan
• Shailene Woodley – The Descendants as Alexandra King

Best Adapted Screenplay

• The Descendants – Nat Faxon, Jim Rash, and Alexander Payne

• The Help – Tate Taylor
• Hugo – John Logan
• Moneyball – Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin
• Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy – Bridget O'Connor and Peter Straughan

Best Original Screenplay

• 50/50 – Will Reiser

• The Artist – Michel Hazanavicius
• Bridesmaids – Annie Mumolo and Kristen Wiig
• Midnight in Paris – Woody Allen
• Win Win – Tom McCarthy

Best Cast

• Bridesmaids

• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2
• The Help
• Hugo
• Margin Call

Best Animated Film

• Rango

• The Adventures of Tintin
• Arthur Christmas
• Puss in Boots
• Winnie the Pooh

Best Documentary Film

• Cave of Forgotten Dreams

• Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey
• Buck
• Into the Abyss
• Project Nim

Best Foreign Language Film

• The Skin I Live In • Spain

• 13 Assassins • Japan
• Certified Copy • France
• I Saw the Devil • South Korea
• Pina • Germany

Best Art Direction

• Hugo

• The Artist
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2
• The Tree of Life
• War Horse

Best Cinematography

• The Tree of Life

• The Artist
• Hugo
• Melancholia
• War Horse

Best Score

• The Artist – Ludovic Bource

• Drive – Cliff Martinez
• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
• Hugo – Howard Shore
• War Horse – John Williams