best picture
Top 10 of 2010
1. Inception – Christopher Nolan
2. I Am Love – Luca Guadagnino
3. Animal Kingdom – David Michôd
4. The Fighter – David O. Russell
5. The King’s Speech – Tom Hooper
6. The Social Network – David Fincher
7. Blue Valentine – Derek Cianfrance
8. Barney’s Version – Richard Lewis
9. Black Swan – Darren Aronofsky
10. The Ghost Writer – Roman Polanski
Honourable Mentions:
The Company Men – John Wells
Daybreakers – Michael Spierig & Peter Spierig
Fair Game – Doug Liman
127 Hours – Danny Boyle
Restrepo – Tim Hetherington & Sebastian Junger
Shutter Island – Martin Scorsese
The Town – Ben Affleck
best director
Winner:
Christopher Nolan – Inception
Nominees:
David Michôd Animal Kingdom
Derek Cianfrance Blue Valentine
David O. Russell The Fighter
Luca Guadagnino I Am Love
David Fincher The Social Network
best lead actor
Winner:
Ryan Gosling – Blue Valentine
Nominees:
Paul Giamatti – Barney’s Version
Ben Affleck – The Company Men
Mark Wahlberg – The Fighter
Colin Firth – The King’s Speech
James Franco – 127 Hours
best lead actress
Winner:
Natalie Portman – Black Swan
Nominees:
Lesley Manville – Another Year
Michelle Williams – Blue Valentine
Naomi Watts – Fair Game
Tilda Swinton – I Am Love
Annette Bening – Mother and Child & The Kids Are All Right
best supporting actor
Winner:
Geoffrey Rush – The King’s Speech
Nominees:
Dustin Hoffman – Barney’s Version
Sean Penn – Fair Game
Mark Ruffalo – The Kids Are All Right
Richard Jenkins – Let Me In
Andrew Garfield – The Social Network
best supporting actress
Winner:
Jacki Weaver – Animal Kingdom
Nominees:
Rosamund Pike – Barney’s Version
Barbara Hershey – Black Swan
Amy Adams – The Fighter
Marion Cotillard – Inception
Kerry Washington – Mother and Child
best limited/cameo performance – male
Winner:
Jack McGee – The Fighter
Nominees:
Saul Rubinek – Barney’s Version
Bruce McGill – Fair Game
Guy Pearce – The King’s Speech
Tom Wilkinson – The Ghost Writer
Pete Postlethwaite – The Town
best limited/cameo performance – female
Winner:
Rooney Mara – The Social Network
Nominees:
Imelda Staunton – Another Year
Sally Hawkins – Never Let Me Go
Juliette Lewis – Conviction
Sandra Oh – Rabbit Hole
Patricia Clarkson – Shutter Island
best original screenplay
Winner:
Derek Cianfrance, Cami Delavigne & Joey Curtis – Blue Valentine
Nominees:
David Michôd – Animal Kingdom
Mark Heyman, Andres Heinz & John J. McLaughlin – Black Swan
Christopher Nolan – Inception
David Seidler – The King’s Speech
best adapted screenplay
Winner:
Aaron Sorkin – The Social Network
Nominees:
Michael Konyves – Barney’s Version
John Wells – The Company Men
Jez Butterworth & John Butterworth – Fair Game
Robert Harris & Roman Polanski – The Ghost Writer
best dramatic score
Winner:
Hans Zimmer – Inception
Nominees:
Anthony Partos – Animal Kingdom
John Adams – I Am Love
Alexandre Desplat – The King’s Speech
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross – The Social Network
Daft Punk – Tron: Legacy
best comedy/musical score
Winner:
John Powell – How To Train Your Dragon
Nominees:
Pasquale Catalano – Barney’s Version
David Arnold – Made in Dagenham
Alan Menken – Tangled
Randy Newman – Toy Story 3
best original song
Winner:
“Bound to You” – Christina Aguilera, Samuel Dixon & Sia Furler – Burlesque
Nominees:
“Sticks & Stones” – Jonsi – How To Train Your Dragon
“Little One” – Lucy Schwartz – Mother and Child
“If I Rise” – Dido, Rollo & A.R. Rahman – 127 Hours
“Shine” – John Legend – Waiting For ‘Superman’
best non-english language film
I Am Love (Italy)
best cinematography
Winner:
Wally Pfister – Inception
Nominees:
Matthew Libatique Black Swan
Pawel Edelman The Ghost Writer
Yorick Le Saux I Am Love
Robert Richardson Shutter Island
Roger Deakins True Grit
best film editing
Winner:
Lee Smith – Inception
Nominees:
Tariq Anwar – The King’s Speech
Jon Harris – 127 Hours
Jonathan Amos & Paul Machliss – Scott Pilgrim vs the World
Angus Wall & Kirk Baxter – The Social Network
best production design
Winner:
Eve Stewart, Judy Farr – The King’s Speech
Nominees:
Mark Ricker, Rena DeAngelo – Conviction
Francesca Baletta di Mottola, Monica Sironi – I Am Love
Guy Dyas, Lisa Chugg, Paul Healy, Douglas A. Mowat – Inception
Dante Ferretti, Francesca Lo Schiavo – Shutter Island
best costume design
Winner:
Kate Mulleavy, Laura Mulleavy & Amy Westcott – Black Swan
Nominees:
Colleen Atwood Alice in Wonderland
Antonella Canarozzi I Am Love
Jeffrey Kurland Inception
Mary Zophres True Grit
best sound mixing
Winner:
The Social Network
Nominees:
How to Train Your Dragon
Inception
Shutter Island
The Way Back
best sound editing
Winner:
Inception
Nominees:
Fair Game
RED
The Town
The Way Back
best makeup/hairstyling
Winner:
The Wolfman
Nominees:
Barney’s Version
Black Swan
The Fighter
The Way Back
best visual effects
Winner:
Inception
Nominees:
Hereafter
Scott Pilgrim vs the World
Splice
Tron: Legacy
best stunt direction/ensemble
Winner:
Inception
Nominees:
The Fighter
Kick-Ass
RED
The Town
best australian film
Winner:
Animal Kingdom
Nominees:
Daybreakers
The King’s Speech (co-production)
best documentary
Winner:
Restrepo
Nominees:
Babies
Gasland
Inside Job
Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work
best ensemble
Winner:
The Fighter
Nominees:
Barney’s Version
The King’s Speech
The Social Network
The Town
best breakthrough/debut
Winner:
Armie Hammer – The Social Network
Nominees:
Mila Kunis – Black Swan
Chloe Grace Moretz – Kick-Ass & Let Me In
Miles Teller – Rabbit Hole
Delphine Chaneac – Splice
Hailee Steinfeld – True Grit
best animated feature
Winner:
Toy Story 3
Nominees:
How to Train Your Dragon
The Illusionist
best voiceover performance
Winner:
Jay Baruchel – How to Train Your Dragon
Nominees:
Steve Carell – Despicable Me
Craig Ferguson – How to Train Your Dragon
Aaron Sullivan – Kick-Ass
Ned Beatty – Toy Story 3
best titles sequence
Winner:
Blue Valentine
Nominees:
Devil
I Am Love
127 Hours
Splice
best poster
Animal Kingdom
Black Swan
Buried
For Coloured Girls
Rabbit Hole
best scene
Winner:
Toy Story 3 – “Andy’s Last Ride with Buzz”
Nominees:
The Fighter – “Triumph”
How to Train Your Dragon – “First Flight”
The Ghost Writer – “The Ending”
Inception – “Paris Folded”
Inception – “Zero Gravity Fight”
The King’s Speech – “Cursing”
127 Hours – “Final Premonition”
127 Hours – “The Today Show”
Rabbit Hole – “I Might Have Been Going Too Fast”
wins tally
Inception – 8
The Social Network – 4
Black Swan – 3
Blue Valentine – 3
Animal Kingdom – 2
The Fighter – 2
How to Train Your Dragon – 2
The King’s Speech – 2
Toy Story 3 – 2
Burlesque – 1
I Am Love – 1
Restrepo – 1
The Wolfman – 1
multiple nominations tally
Inception – 15
The King’s Speech – 11
The Social Network – 10
The Fighter – 9
I Am Love – 9
Barney’s Version – 8
Black Swan – 8
Animal Kingdom – 7
How to Train Your Dragon – 7
127 Hours – 6
Blue Valentine – 5
Fair Game – 5
The Ghost Writer – 4
Rabbit Hole – 4
Shutter Island – 4
The Town – 4
Toy Story 3 – 4
Kick-Ass – 3
Mother and Child – 3
Splice – 3
True Grit – 3
The Way Back – 3
Another Year – 2
The Company Men – 2
Conviction – 2
Devil – 2
The Kids Are All Right – 2
Let Me In – 2
RED – 2
Scott Pilgrim vs the World – 2
Tron: Legacy – 2
Alice in Wonderland – 1
Babies – 1
Buried – 1
Burlesque – 1
Daybreakers – 1
Despicable Me – 1
For Colored Girls – 1
Gasland – 1
Hereafter – 1
The Illusionist – 1
Inside Job – 1
Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work – 1
Made in Dagenham – 1
Never Let Me Go – 1
Restrepo – 1
Tangled – 1
Waiting for ‘Superman’ – 1
Please note that eligibility periods and category placements may not be 100% accurate, and is in the sole discretion of the writer to do as he wishes. Thanks.
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