best picture
Top 10 of 2011
1. Contagion – Steven Soderbergh
2. The Tree of Life -Terrence Malick
3. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy – Tomas Alfredson
4. The Skin I Live In – Pedro Almodovar
5. The Artist – Michel Hazanavicius
6. Incendies – Denis Villeneuve
7. Bridesmaids – Paul Feig
8. My Week with Marilyn – Simon Curtis
9. The Ides of March – George Clooney
10. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – David Fincher
Honourable Mentions:
50/50 – Jonathan Levine
Margin Call – J.C. Chandor
Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol – Brad Bird
Point Blank – Fred Cavayé
Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory – Joe Berlinger & Bruce Sinofsky
Senna – Asif Kapadia
A Separation – Asghar Farhadi
We Need to Talk About Kevin – Lynne Ramsay
best director
Winner:
Steven Soderbergh – Contagion
Nominees:
Michel Hazanavicius The Artist
David Fincher The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Pedro Almodovar The Skin I Live In
Tomas Alfredson Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Terrence Malick The Tree of Life
best lead actor
Winner:
Gary Oldman – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Nominees:
Jean Dujardin – The Artist
Demian Bichir – A Better Life
Joseph Gordon Levitt – 50/50
Ryan Gosling – Drive & The Ides of March
Michael Fassbender – Shame
best lead actress
Winner:
Michelle Williams – My Week with Marilyn
Nominees:
Rooney Mara – The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Lubna Azabal – Incendies
Meryl Streep – The Iron Lady
Olivia Colman – Tyrannosaur
Charlize Theron – Young Adult
best supporting actor
Winner:
Brad Pitt – The Tree of Life
Nominees:
Bryan Cranston – Drive
Kevin Spacey b – Margin Call
Benedict Cumberbatch – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Tom Hardy – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Nick Nolte – Warrior
best supporting actress
Winner:
Sareh Bayat – A Separation
Nominees:
Berenice Bejo – The Artist
Melissa McCarthy – Bridesmaids
Jessica Chastain – The Help, The Tree of Life & Take Shelter
Viola Davis – The Help
Octavia Spencer – The Help
best limited/cameo performance – male
Winner:
Corey Stoll – Midnight in Paris
Nominees:
Alan Rickman – Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2
Eddie Marsan – Tyrannosaur
Niels Arestrup – War Horse
Tom Hiddleston – War Horse
Kevin Dunn – Warrior
best limited/cameo performance – female
Winner:
Judy Greer – The Descendants
Nominees:
Angelica Huston – 50/50
Jennifer Aniston – Horrible Bosses
Marisa Tomei – The Ides of March
Alison Pill – Midnight in Paris
Kathy Burke – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
best original screenplay
Winner:
Kristin Wiig & Annie Mumolo – Bridesmaids
Nominees:
Scott Z. Burns – Contagion
Will Reiser – 50/50
Woody Allen – Midnight in Paris
Asghar Farhadi – A Separation
Diablo Cody – Young Adult
best adapted screenplay
Winner:
George Clooney, Grant Heslov & Beau Willimon – The Ides of March
Nominees:
George Nolfi – The Adjustment Bureau
Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin & Stan Chervin – Moneyball
Pedro Almodovar & Agustin Almodovar – The Skin I Live In
Peter Straughan & Bridget O’Connor – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Lynne Ramsay & Rory Kinnear – We Need to Talk About Kevin
best dramatic score
Winner:
Alberto Iglesias – The Skin I Live In
Nominees:
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross – The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
The Chemical Brothers – Hanna
Alexandre Desplat – The Ides of March
Dario Marianelli – Jane Eyre
Antonio Pinto – Senna
best comedy/musical score
Winner:
Ludovic Bource – The Artist
Nominees:
Bebo Valdés – Chico & Rita
Hans Zimmer – Rango
John Powell – Rio
Lyle Workman – Win Win
Henry Jackman – Winnie the Pooh
best original song
Winner:
“Life’s a Happy Song” – Bret McKenzie – The Muppets
Nominees:
“Lay Your Head Down” – Glenn Close & Brian Byrne – Albert Nobbs
“Star-Spangled Man” – Alan Menken – Captain America: The First Avenger
“Hanna’s Theme” – Chemical Brothers – Hanna
“Pictures in My Head”- Jeannie Lurie, Aris Archontis & Chen Neeman – The Muppets
“Real in Rio”- Sergio Mendes, Carlinhos Brown & Seidah Garrett – Rio
best non-english language film
Winner:
The Skin I Live In (Spain)
Nominees:
Incendies (Canada)
Point Blank (France)
A Separation (Iran)
We Have a Pope (Italy)
best cinematography
Winner:
Emmanuel Lubezki – The Tree of Life
Nominees:
Robert Richardson – Hugo
Phedon Papamichael – The Ides of March
Wally Pfister – Moneyball
José Luis Alcaine – The Skin I Live In
Hoyte Van Hoytema – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
best film editing
Winner:
Stephen Mirrione – Contagion
Nominees:
Kirk Baxter & Angus Wall – The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Zachary Stuart-Pontier – Martha Marcy May Marlene
Benjamin Weill – Point Blank
Chris King & Gregers Sall – Senna
Sean Albertson, Matt Chesse, John Gilroy & Aaron Marshall – Warrior
best production design
Winner:
Maria Djurkovic – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Nominees:
Stuart Craig – Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2
Dante Ferretti – Hugo
Antxón Gómez – The Skin I Live In
Martin Whist – Super 8
Jack Fisk – The Tree of Life
best costume design
Winner:
Jill Taylor – My Week with Marilyn
Nominees:
Pierre-Yves Gayraud – Albert Nobbs
Mark Bridges – The Artist
Eiko Ishioka – Immortals
Michael O’Connor – Jane Eyre
Kazuhiro Sawataishi – 13 Assassins
best sound mixing
Winner:
Hanna
Nominees:
The Adjustment Bureau
Contagion
Drive
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
best sound editing
Winner:
Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol
Nominees:
Drive
Hanna
Super 8
War Horse
We Need to Talk About Kevin
best makeup/hairstyling
Winner:
The Iron Lady
Nominees:
Albert Nobbs
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2
My Week With Marilyn
X-Men: First Class
best visual effects
Winner:
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Nominees:
Captain America: The First Avenger
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2
Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol
Real Steel
The Tree of Life
best stunt direction
Winner:
Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol
Nominees:
Hanna
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
War Horse
Warrior
X-Men: First Class
best documentary
Winner:
Senna
Nominees:
The Arbor
Bill Cunningham New York
Nostalgia For the Light
Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory
Project Nim
best ensemble
Winner:
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Nominees:
Contagion
The Descendants
The Help
The Ides of March
Margin Call
best breakthrough/debut
Winner:
Hunter McCracken – The Tree of Life
Nominees:
Shailene Woodley – The Descendants
Will Reiser & Jonathan Levine – 50/50
JC Chandor – Margin Call
Jeremy Irvine – War Horse
Ezra Miller – We Need to Talk About Kevin
best animated feature
Winner:
Rango
Nominees:
Chico & Rita
Kung Fu Panda 2
Puss in Boots
Rio
best voiceover performance
Winner:
Antonio Banderas – Puss in Boots
best titles sequence
Winner:
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Nominees:
Gainsbourg: An Heroic Life
X-Men: First Class
best poster
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
The Ides of March
In The Land of Blood and Honey
The Tree of Life
Tyrannosaur
We Need to Talk About Kevin
best scene
Winner:
Incendies – “Bus Attack”
Nominees:
The Artist – “Sound Arrives”
The Artist – “Nightmare”
Bridesmaids – “Food Poisoning”
Drive – “Opening Car Chase”
Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol – “Burj Khalifa Climb”
My Week with Marilyn – “Shall I Be Her?”
Take Shelter – “First Premonition”
Tyrannosaur – “Hold Me”
War Horse – “Running the Gauntlet”
wins tally
Contagion – 3
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy – 3
The Tree of Life – 3
The Ides of March – 2
Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol – 2
My Week with Marilyn – 2
The Skin I Live In – 2
The Artist – 1
Bridesmaids – 1
The Descendants – 1
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – 1
Hanna – 1
Incendies – 1
The Iron Lady – 1
Midnight in Paris – 1
The Muppets – 1
Puss in Boots – 1
Rango – 1
Rise of the Planet of the Apes – 1
Senna – 1
A Separation – 1
multiple nominations tally
The Tree of Life – 11
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – 8
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy – 8
The Artist – 7
The Ides of March – 7
The Skin I Live In – 7
Contagion – 6
War Horse – 6
Drive – 5
50/50 – 4
Hanna – 4
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2 – 4
The Help – 4
Incendies – 4
Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol – 4
My Week with Marilyn – 4
Tyrannosaur – 4
Warrior – 4
We Need to Talk About Kevin – 4
Albert Nobbs – 3
Bridesmaids – 3
The Descendants – 3
Margin Call -3
Midnight in Paris – 3
Rio – 3
Senna – 3
A Separation – 3
X-Men: First Class – 3
The Adjustment Bureau -2
Captain America: The First Avenger – 2
Hugo – 2
Moneyball – 2
The Iron Lady – 2
Jane Eyre – 2
King Fu Panda 2 – 1
The Muppets – 2
Point Blank – 2
Puss in Boots – 2
Rango – 2
Rise of the Planet of the Apes – 2
Shame – 1
Super 8 – 2
Take Shelter – 2
Young Adult – 2
The Arbor – 1
A Better Life – 1
Bill Cunningham New York – 1
Chico & Rita – 1
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close – 1
Gainsbourg: An Heroic Life – 1
Horrible Bosses – 1
Immortals – 1
In the Land of Blood and Honey – 1
Martha Marcy May Marlene – 1
Nostalgia For the Light – 1
Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory – 1
Project Nim – 1
Real Steel – 1
13 Assassins – 1
We Have a Pope – 1
Win Win – 1
Winnie the Pooh – 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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