One of the groups with the most awards overall, the Phoenix Film Critics have been doing this type of awards layout longer than any other, but that doesn’t mean that they are very frequently accurate. Five films tied for the most awards with three each. One was named Best Picture, one carried two of the Breakthrough categories and one took the two music categories. There really isn’t much new here, nor anything that seems prescient.

Award Tallies

(3) Argo, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Life of Pi, Moonrise Kingdom, Skyfall
(2) Zero Dark Thirty

The Awards

Best Picture

Argo

Best Animated Film

Wreck-It Ralph

Best Director

Kathryn Bigelow – Zero Dark Thirty

Best Actor

Daniel Day-Lewis – Lincoln

Best Actress

Jessica Chastain – Zero Dark Thirty

Best Supporting Actor

Philip Seymour Hoffman – The Master

Best Supporting Actress

Anne Hathaway – Les Misérables

Best Original Screenplay

Moonrise Kingdom

Best Adapted Screenplay

Argo

Best Original Score

Skyfall

Best Original Song

“Skyfall” – Skyfall

Best Film Editing

Argo

Best Cinematography

Life of Pi

Best Production Design

Moonrise Kingdom

Best Costume Design

Anna Karenina

Best Visual Effects

Life of Pi

Best Foreign Language Film

The Intouchables

Best Documentary Film

Searching for Sugar Man

Best Ensemble

Moonrise Kingdom

Best Live Action Family Film

Life of Pi

Overlooked Film of the Year

Safety Not Guaranteed

Best Stunts

Skyfall

Best Breakthrough Performance on Camera

Quvenzhané Wallis – Beasts of the Southern Wild

Best Breakthrough Performance Behind the Camera

Benh Zeitlin – Beasts of the Southern Wild

Best Male Youth Performance

Tom Holland – The Impossible

Best Female Youth Performance

Quvenzhané Wallis – Beasts of the Southern Wild

Ten Best Films

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

Phoenix Film Critics Society Data

Year Founded: October 2000
First Awards: 2001 (12)