There’s something almost self-destructive about adding categories to your awards like acting in comedy or action films and then adding a category for sci-fi. While it’s nice to recognize the different aspects of filmmaking, especially in light of the sequestration of the Best Picture category to mainly dramatic pictures, the organization risks looking like a critic-sized version of the Peoples Choice Awards or the MTV Movie Awards. Joking aside, there were no major embarrassments in their new categories, which is something of a relief. As to the main nominations, the broadness of the acting categories, pretty much covers all eventualities. And other than the likes of Helen Mirren missing out for Best Actress or Paul Thomas Anderson missing the Best Director slate, this is a fairly inclusive list, which is pretty much what we expected from this group as they tend to focus less on recognizing the best and more on being an Oscar precursor, a frustrating trend among many critics groups.

Nomination Tallies

(13) Lincoln
(11) Les Misérables
(10) Silver Linings Playbook
(9) Life of Pi
(7) Argo, The Master
(6) Skyfall
(5) Looper, Moonrise Kingdom, Zero Dark Thirty
(4) The Dark Knight Rises
(3) The Avengers, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Bernie, Cloud Atlas, Ted, This Is 40

The Nominations

Best Picture

Argo
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Django Unchained
Les Misérables
Life of Pi
Lincoln
The Master
Moonrise Kingdom
Silver Linings Playbook
Zero Dark Thirty

Best Animated Feature

Brave
Frankenweenie
Madagascar 3
ParaNorman
Rise of the Guardians
Wreck-It Ralph

Best Director

Ben Affleck – Argo
Kathryn Bigelow – Zero Dark Thirty
Tom Hooper – Les Misérables
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
John Hawkes – The Sessions
Hugh Jackman – Les Misérables
Joaquin Phoenix – The Master
Denzel Washington – Flight

Best Actress

Jessica Chastain – Zero Dark Thirty
Marion Cotillard – Rust and Bone
Jennifer Lawrence – Silver Linings Playbook
Emmanuelle Riva – Amour
Quvenzhané 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
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 Misérables
Helen Hunt – The Sessions

Best Original Screenplay

Quentin Tarantino – Django Unchained
John Gatins – Flight
Rian Johnson – Looper
Paul Thomas Anderson – The Master
Wes Anderson & Roman Coppola – Moonrise Kingdom
Mark Boal – Zero Dark Thirty

Best Adapted Screenplay

Chris Terrio – Argo
David Magee – Life of Pi
Tony Kushner – Lincoln
Stephen Chbosky – The Perks of Being a Wallflower
David O. Russell – Silver Linings Playbook

Best Score

Argo – Alexandre Desplat
Life of Pi – Mychael Danna
Lincoln – John Williams
The Master – Jonny Greenwood
Moonrise Kingdom – Alexandre Desplat

Best Song

For You – performed by Keith Urban/written by Monty Powell & Keith Urban – Act of Valor
Learn Me Right – performed by Birdy with Mumford & Sons/written by Mumford & Sons – Brave
Skyfall – performed by Adele/written by Adele Adkins & Paul Epworth – Skyfall
Still Alive – performed by Paul Williams/written by Paul Williams – Paul Williams Still Alive
Suddenly – performed by Hugh Jackman/written by Claude-Michel Schonberg & Alain Boublil & Herbert Kretzmer – Les Misérables

Best Editing

Argo – William Goldenberg
Les Misérables – Melanie Ann Oliver and Chris Dickens
Life of Pi – Tim Squyres
Lincoln – Michael Kahn
Zero Dark Thirty – William Goldenberg and Dylan Tichenor

Best Cinematography

Les Misérables – Danny Cohen
Life of Pi – Claudio Miranda
Lincoln – Janusz Kaminski
The Master – Mihai Malaimare Jr.
Skyfall – Roger Deakins

Best Art Direction

Anna Karenina – Sarah Greenwood/Production Designer; Katie Spencer/Set Decorator
The Hobbit – Dan Hennah/Production Designer; Ra Vincent & Simon Bright/Set Decorators
Les Misérables – Eve Stewart/Production Designer; Anna Lynch-Robinson/Set Decorator
Life of Pi – David Gropman/Production Designer; Anna Pinnock/Set Decorator
Lincoln – Rick Carter/Production Designer; Jim Erickson/Set Decorator

Best Costume Design

Anna Karenina – Jacqueline Durran
Cloud Atlas – Kym Barrett and Pierre-Yves Gayraud
The Hobbit – Bob Buck, Ann Maskrey and Richard Taylor
Les Misérables – Paco Delgado
Lincoln – Joanna Johnston

Best Makeup

Cloud Atlas
The Hobbit
Les Misérables
Lincoln

Best Sound

NO LONGER GIVEN?

Best Visual Effects

The Avengers
Cloud Atlas
The Dark Knight Rises
The Hobbit
Life of Pi

Best Foreign Language Film

Amour
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
West of Memphis

Best Young Actor/Actress

Elle Fanning – Ginger & Rosa
Kara Hayward – Moonrise Kingdom
Tom Holland – The Impossible
Logan Lerman – The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Suraj Sharma – Life of Pi
Quvenzhané Wallis – Beasts of the Southern Wild

Best Acting Ensemble

Argo
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Les Misérables
Lincoln
Moonrise Kingdom
Silver Linings Playbook

Best Action Movie

The Avengers
The Dark Knight Rises
Looper
Skyfall

Best Actor in an Action Movie

Christian Bale – The Dark Knight Rises
Daniel Craig – Skyfall
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

Best Comedy

Bernie
Silver Linings Playbook
Ted
This Is 40
21 Jump Street

Best Actor in a Comedy

Jack Black – Bernie
Bradley Cooper – Silver Linings Playbook
Paul Rudd – This Is 40
Channing Tatum – 21 Jump Street
Mark Wahlberg – Ted

Best Actress in a Comedy

Mila Kunis – Ted
Jennifer Lawrence – Silver Linings Playbook
Shirley MacLaine – Bernie
Leslie Mann – This Is 40
Rebel Wilson – Pitch Perfect

Best Sci-Fi/Horror Movie

The Cabin in the Woods
Looper
Prometheus

Broadcast Film Critics Association Data

Year Founded: 1995
First Awards: 1995 (18)