Best Picture

• The Artist
• War Horse
• Moneyball
• The Descendants
• Tree of Life
• Midnight in Paris
• The Help
• Hugo
• Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

Best Actress

• Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady
• Viola Davis, The Help
• Michelle Williams, My Week With Marilyn
• Glenn Close, Albert Nobbs
• Rooney Mara, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

Best Actor

• Jean Dujardin, The Artist
• Gary Oldman, Tinker Tailer Soldier Spy
• George Clooney, The Descendants
• Brad Pitt, Moneyball
• Demian Bichir, A Better Life

Best Supporting Actress:

• Octavia Spencer, The Help
• Bérénice Bejo, The Artist
• Jessica Chastain, The Help
• Melissa McCarthy, Bridesmaids
• Janet McTeer, Albert Nobbs

Best Supporting Actor:

• Christopher Plummer, Beginners
• Kenneth Branagh, My Week With Marilyn
• Nick Nolte, Warrior
• Jonah Hill, Moneyball
• Max Von Sydow, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

Best Director

• Alexander Payne, The Descendants
• Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist
• Martin Scorsese, Hugo
• Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris
• Terrence Malick, Tree of Life

Best Original Screenplay:

• Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist
• Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo, Bridesmaids
• J.C. Chandor, Margin Call
• Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris
• Asgar Farhadi, A Separation

Best Adapted Sceenplay

• Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash, The Descendants
• John Logan, Hugo
• Steven Zaillian, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
• Aaron Sorkin and Steven Zaillian, Moneyball
• George Clooney, Ides of March
• Peter Straughan and Bridget O’Connor, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy