2012 Awards -- Phoenix Film Critcs

And now the Phoenix Film Critics have chimed in with their mostly similar thoughts. Although I would like to point out that, for variety's sake, they did have both The Avengers and Skyfall in their top choices.

BEST PICTURE
Argo
The Avengers
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Les Miserables
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Moonrise Kingdom
Silver Linings Playbook
Zero Dark Thirty

BEST DIRECTOR
Ben Affleck -- "Argo"
Kathryn Bigelow -- "Zero Dark Thirty"
Tom Hooper -- "Les Miserables"
Ang Lee -- "Life of Pi"
Steven Spielberg -- "Lincoln"

BEST ACTOR
Daniel Day-Lewis -- "Lincoln"
John Hawkes -- "The Sessions"
Anthony Hopkins -- "Hitchcock"
Hugh Jackman -- "Les Miserables"
Joaquin Phoenix -- "The Master"

BEST ACTRESS
Jessica Chastain -- "Zero Dark Thirty"
Jennifer Lawrence -- "Silver Lininks Playbook"
Quvenzhane Wallis -- "Beasts of the Southern Wild"
Mary Elizabeth Winstead -- "Smashed"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Javier Bardem -- "Skyfall"
Robert De Niro -- "Silver Linings Playbook"
Philip Seymour Hoffman -- "The Master"
Tommy Lee Jones -- "Lincoln"
Ezra Miller -- "The Perks of Being a Wallflower"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Judi Dench -- "Skyfall"
Sally Field -- "Lincoln"
Anne Hathaway -- "Les Miserables"
Helen Hunt -- "The Sessions"
Emma Watson -- "The Perks of Being a Wallflower"

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST
Argo
Les Miserables
Moonrise Kingdom
Silver Linings Playbook

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Abitrage
The Master
Moonrise Kingdom
Zero Dark Thirty

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Argo
Les Miserables
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Silver Linings Playbook

BEST ANIMATED FILM
Brave
Frankenweenie
ParaNorman
Wreck-It Ralph

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Les Miserables
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Skyfall
Zero Dark Thirty

BEST FILM EDITING
Argo
The Dark Knight Rises
Life of Pi
Skyfall
Zero Dark Thirty

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Anna Karenina
Cloud Atlas
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Les Miserables
Moonrise Kingdom

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Anna Karenina
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Les Miserables
Lincoln
A Royal Affair

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
The Avengers
Cloud Atlas
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Life of Pi
Prometheus

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Hitchcock
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Skyfall

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
"Skyfall" -- Skyfall
"Suddenly" -- Les Miserables
"When Can I See You Again" -- Wreck-It Ralph 

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Amour
Headhunters
The Intouchables
Jiro Dreams of Sushi
A Royal Affair

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Bully
Jiro Dreams of Sushi
The Queen of Versailles
Searching for Sugar Man

BEST BREAKTHROUGH FILMMAKER
Stephen Chbosky -- "The Perks of Being a Wallflower"
Seth MacFarlane -- "Ted"
Benh Zeitlin -- "Beasts of the Southern Wild"
Craig Zobel -- "Compliance"

BEST BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE
Mark Duplass -- "Safety Not Guaranteed"
Dwight Henry -- "Beasts of the Southern Wild"
Suraj Sharma -- "Life of Pi"
Quvenzhane Wallis -- "Beasts of the Southern Wild"

BEST LIVE-ACTION FAMILY FILM
Big Miracle
Chimpanzee
Life of Pi
The Odd Life of Timothy Green

BEST MALE YOUTH PERFORMANCE
CJ Adams -- "The Odd Life of Timothy Green"
Jared Gilman -- "Moonrise Kingdom"
Tom Holland -- "The Impossible"
Daniel Huttlestone -- "Les Miserables"

BEST FEMALE YOUTH PERFORMANCE
Isabelle Allen -- "Les Miserables"
Maude Apatow -- "This is 40"
Kara Hayward -- "Moonrise Kingdom"
Quvenzhane Wallis -- "Beasts of the Southern Wild"

BEST STUNTS
The Avengers
The Bourne Legacy
The Dark Knight Rises
Looper
Skyfall

MOST OVERLOOKED FILM
The Cabin in the Woods
Jeff, Who Lives at Home
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Safety Not Guaranteed
Sound of My Voice