Steve McQueen’s 12 Years a Slave leads a hefty pack of nominations for the San Diego Film Critics nominations. Short Term 12 continues to impress as one of the least seen Oscar season contenders out there. The Academy won’t give it any respect, but these awards might at least give them a chance to consider it. (NOTE: These nominations were announced on 12/10/13)

Nominations Tallies

(10) 12 Years a Slave
(7) Gravity, Her
(5) Inside Llewyn Davis, Short Term 12
(3) Blue Jasmine, Captain Phillips, Prisoners

The Nominations

Best Picture

12 Years a Slave
Gravity
Her
Inside Llewyn Davis
Short Term 12

Best Animated Film

Despicable Me 2
The Croods
Frozen
Get a Horse
The Wind Rises

Best Director

Alfonso Cuaron – Gravity
Destin Cretton – Short Term 12
Joel Coen, Ethan Coen – Inside Llewyn Davis
Spike Jonze – Her
Steve McQueen – 12 Years a Slave

Best Actor

Chiwetel Ejiofor – 12 Years a Slave
Tom Hanks – Captain Phillips
Oscar Isaac – Inside Llewyn Davis
Matthew McConaughey – Dallas Buyers Club
Joaquin Phoenix – Her

Best Actress

Cate Blanchett – Blue Jasmine
Sandra Bullock – Gravity
Adele Exarchopoulos – Blue Is the Warmest Color
Brie Larson – Short Term 12
Emma Thompson – Saving Mr. Banks

Best Supporting Actor

Daniel Bruhl – Rush
Michael Fassbender – 12 Years a Slave
James Gandolfini – Enough Said
Jared Leto – Dallas Buyers Club
Sam Rockwell – The Way, Way Back

Best Supporting Actress

Elizabeth Banks – The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Sally Hawkins – Blue Jasmine
Jennifer Lawrence – American Hustle
Lupita Nyong’o – 12 Years a Slave
Shailene Woodley – The Spectacular Now

Best Original Screenplay

Blue Jasmine
Enough Said
Her
Inside Llewyn Davis
Prisoners

Best Adapted Screenplay

12 Years a Slave
Before Midnight
Captain Phillips
Short Term 12
The Spectacular Now

Best Score

12 Years a Slave
The Broken Circle Breakdown
Gravity
Her
Rush

Best Editing

12 Years a Slave
Captain Phillips
Gravity
Her
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

Best Cinematography

The Great Gatsby
Gravity
Inside Llewyn Davis
Prisoners
To the Wonder

Best Production Design

12 Years a Slave
The Great Gatsby
Gravity
Her
Saving Mr. Banks

Best Foreign Film

Blue Is the Warmest Color
The Broken Circle Breakdown
Drug War
The Hunt
No

Best Documentary

20 Feet from Stardom
The Act of Killing
Blackfish
Let the Fire Burn
Stories We Tell

Best Ensemble Performance

12 Years a Slave
American Hustle
Prisoners
Short Term 12
The Way, Way Back

Kyle Counts Award

Destin Cretton

San Diego Film Critics Society Data

First Awards: 1996 (18)