2012 Awards -- Critics Choice Awards nominations & WINNERS

The Broadcast Film Critics have announced the nominees for the 2012 Critics Choice Awards. Almost always a very good preview of how the Oscar ballots might shape up. This year, Lincoln wrote a bit of history and broke Black Swan's previous record of 12 by landing a whopping 13 nominations!!!  Several films in the past few year have had 11 nods, including The Artist and Hugo last year, and True Grit and The King's Speech in 2010. Well we can officially add Les Miserables to that group as well, and it takes the runner-up spot on the nomination list. Here are the full nominees...

BEST PICTURE

• ARGO (winner)
• BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD
• DJANGO UNCHAINED
• LES MIERABLES
• LIFE OF PI
• LINCOLN
• THE MASTER
• MOONRISE KINGDOM
• SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK
• ZERO DARK THIRTY

BEST DIRECTOR

• BEN AFFLECK -- "ARGO" (winner)
• KATHRYN BIGELOW -- "ZERO DARK THIRTY"
• TOM HOOPER -- "LES MISERABLES"
• ANG LEE -- "LIFE OF PI"
• DAVID O. RUSSELL -- "SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK"
• STEVEN SPIELBERG -- "LINCOLN"

BEST ACTOR

• BRADLEY COOPER -- "SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK"
• DANIEL DAY-LEWIS -- "LINCOLN" (winner)
• JOHN HAWKES -- "THE SESSIONS"
• HUGH JACKMAN -- "LES MISERABLES"
• JOAQUIN PHOENIX -- "THE MASTER"
• DENZEL WASHINGTON -- "FLIGHT"

BEST ACTRESS

• JESSICA CHASTAIN -- "ZERO DARK THIRTY" (winner)
• MARION COTILLARD -- "RUST AND BONE"
• JENNIFER LAWRENCE -- "SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK"
• EMMANUELLE RIVA -- "AMOUR"
• QUVENZHANE WALLIS -- "BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD"
• NAOMI WATTS -- "THE IMPOSSIBLE"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

• ALAN ARKIN -- "ARGO"
• JAVIER BARDEM -- "SKYFALL"
• ROBERT DE NIRO -- "SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK"
• PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN -- "THE MASTER" (winner)
• TOMMY LEE JONES -- "LINCOLN"
• MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY -- "MAGIC MIKE"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

• AMY ADAMS -- "THE MASTER"
• JUDI DENCH -- "SKYFALL"
• ANN DOWD -- "COMPLIANCE"
• SALLY FIELD -- "LINCOLN"
• ANNE HATHAWAY -- "LES MISERABLES" (winner)
• HELEN HUNT -- "THE SESSIONS"

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST

• ARGO
• THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL
• LES MISERABLES
• LINCOLN
• MOONRISE KINGDOM
• SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK (winner)

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

• DJANGO UNCHAINED (winner)
• FLIGHT
• LOOPER
• THE MASTER
• MOONRISE KINGDOM
• ZERO DARK THIRTY

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

• ARGO
• LIFE OF PI
• LINCOLN (winner)
• THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER
• SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

• BRAVE
• FRANKENWEENIE
• MADAGASCAR 3: EUROPE'S MOST WANTED
• PARANORMAN
• RISE OF THE GUARDIANS
• WRECK-IT RALPH (winner)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

• LES MISERABLES
• LIFE OF PI (winner)
• LINCOLN
• THE MASTER
• SKYFALL

BEST FILM EDITING

• ARGO
• LES MISERABLES
• LIFE OF PI
• LINCOLN
• ZERO DARK THIRTY (winner)

BEST ART DIRECTION

• ANNA KARENINA (winner)
• THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY
• LES MISERABLES
• LIFE OF PI
• LINCOLN

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

• ANNA KARENINA (winner)
• CLOUD ATLAS
• THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY
• LES MISERABLES
• LINCOLN

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

• THE AVENGERS
• CLOUD ATLAS
• THE DARK KNIGHT RISES
• THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY
• LIFE OF PI (winner)

BEST MAKEUP

• CLOUD ATLAS (winner)
• THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY
• LES MISERABLES
• LINCOLN

BEST SCORE

• ARGO
• LIFE OF PI
• LINCOLN (winner)
• THE MASTER
• MOONRISE KINGDOM

BEST SONG

• "FOR YOU" -- ACT OF VALOR
• "LEARN ME RIGHT" -- BRAVE
• "SKYFALL" -- SKYFALL (winner)
• "STILL ALIVE" -- PAUL WILLIAMS STILL ALIVE
• "SUDDENLY" -- LES MISERABLES

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

• AMOUR (winner)
• THE INTOUCHABLES
• A ROYAL AFFAIR
• RUST AND BONE

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

• BULLY
• THE CENTRAL PARK FIVE
• THE IMPOSTER
• THE QUEEN OF VERSAILLES
• SEARCHING FOR SUGAR MAN (winner)
• WEST OF MEMPHIS

BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS

• ELLE FANNING -- "GINGER & ROSA"
• KARA HAYWARD -- "MOONRISE KINGDOM"
• TOM HOLLAND -- "THE IMPOSSIBLE"
• LOGAN LERMAN -- "THE PARKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER"
• SURAJ SHARMA -- "LIFE OF PI"
• QUVENZHANE WALLIS -- "BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD" (winner)

BEST ACTION MOVIE

• THE AVENGERS
• THE DARK KNIGHT RISES
• LOOPER
• SKYFALL (winner)

BEST ACTOR IN AN ACTION MOVIE

• CHRISTIAN BALE -- "THE DARK KNIGHT RISES"
• DANIEL CRAIG -- "SKYFALL" (winner)
• ROBERT DOWNEY, JR. -- "THE AVENGERS"
• JOSEPH GORDON-LEVITT -- "LOOPER"
• JAKE GYLLENHAAL -- "END OF WATCH"

BEST ACTRESS IN AN ACTION MOVIE

• EMILY BLUNT -- "LOOPER"
• GINA CARANO -- "HAYWIRE"
• JUDI DENCH -- "SKYFALL"
• ANNE HATHAWAY -- "THE DARK KNIGHT RISES"
• JENNIFER LAWRENCE -- "THE HUNGER GAMES" (winner)

BEST COMEDY FILM

• 21 JUMP STREET
• BERNIE
• SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK (winner)
• TED
• THIS IS 40

BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY

• JACK BLACK -- "BERNIE"
• BRADLEY COOPER -- "SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK" (winner)
• PAUL RUDD -- "THIS IS 40"
• CHANNING TATUM -- "21 JUST STREET"
• MARK WAHLBERG -- "TED"

BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY

• MILA KUNIS -- "TED"
• JENNIFER LAWRENCE -- "SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK" (winner)
• SHIRLEY MACLAINE -- "BERNIE"
• LESLIE MANN -- "THIS IS 40"
• REBEL WILSON -- "PITCH PERFECT"

BEST SCI-FI/HORROR MOVIE

• THE CABIN IN THE WOODS
• LOOPER (winner)
• PROMETHEUS

Here's how the films nominated for Best Picture faired in the nomination race:

LINCOLN -- 13

LES MISERABLES -- 11
SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK -- 10

LIFE OF PI -- 9

ARGO -- 7
THE MASTER -- 7 
MOONRISE KINGDOM -- 5
ZERO DARK THIRTY -- 5

BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD -- 3

DJANGO UNCHAINED -- 2