hardercore

Picture
1. The Social Network [54] NBR, BSFC, LAFCA, NYFCC, AFI**, WAFCA, NYFCO, INFC, SEFCA, BFCA*
2. Toy Story 3 [12] BSFC***, AFI**, NBR*, BFCA*
3. Winter’s Bone [12] AFI**, NBR*, GIFA, BFCA*
4. Inception [10] AFI**, NBR*, BFCA*, INFC***
5. The King’s Speech [10] NBR*, BIFA, BFCA*, SEFCA***
6. The Fighter [8] AFI**, NBR*, BFCA*
6. The Town [8] AFI**, NBR*, BFCA*
6. True Grit [8] AFI**, NBR*, BFCA*
9. 127 Hours [6] AFI**, BFCA*
9. Black Swan [6] AFI**, BFCA*

Director
1. David Fincher/The Social Network [42] NBR, BSFC, NYFCC, LAFCA**, WAFCA, NYFCO, SEFCA, BFCA*
2. Christopher Nolan/Inception [8] INFC, BFCA*, SEFCA***
3. Darren Aronofsky/Black Swan [6] BSFC***, BFCA*
4. Olivier Assayas/Carlos [4] LAFCA**
5. Gareth Edwards/Monsters [4] BIFA

Actor
1. Colin Firth/The King’s Speech [32] LAFCA, NYFCC, BSFC***, BIFA, WAFCA, SEFCA, BFCA*
2. Jesse Eisenberg/The Social Network [18] NBR, BSFC, INFC***, BFCA*
3. James Franco/127 Hours [10] NYFCO, INFC, BFCA*, SEFCA***
4. Edgar Ramirez/Carlos [4] LAFCA***
5. Jeff Bridges/True Grit [2] BFCA*
5. Robert Duvall/Get Low [2] BFCA*
5. Ryan Gosling/Blue Valentine [2] BFCA*

Actress
1. Natalie Portman/Black Swan [22] BSFC, NYFCO, INFC, SEFCA, BFCA*
2. Annette Bening/The Kids are All Right [14] NYFCC, BSFC***, BFCA*
3. Jennifer Lawrence/Winter’s Bone [14] LAFCA***, WAFCA, INFC***, BFCA*, SEFCA***
4. Kim Hye-ja/Mother [8] LAFCA
4. Lesley Manville/Another Year [8] NBR

Supporting Actor
1. Christian Bale/The Fighter [32] NBR, BSFC, WAFCA, NYFCO, INFC, BFCA*, SEFCA***
2. Geoffrey Rush/The King’s Speech [14] LAFCA***, BIFA, SEFCA, BFCA*
3. Mark Ruffalo/The Kids Are All Right [10] NYFCC, BFCA*
4. Andrew Garfield/The Social Network [6] BSFC***, BFCA*
5. Jeremy Renner/The Town [2] BFCA*
5. Sam Rockwell/Conviction [2] BFCA*

Supporting Actress
1. Melissa Leo/The Fighter [26] NYFCC, BSFC***, WAFCA, NYFCO, INFC***, BFCA*, SEFCA***
2. Jacki Weaver/Animal Kingdom [18] NBR, LAFCA, BFCA*
3. Hailee Stienfeld/True Grit [10] INFC, SEFCA, BFCA*
4. Juliette Lewis/Conviction [8] BSFC
5. Helena Bonham Carter/The King’s Speech [6] BIFA, BFCA*

Screenplay, Adapted
1. Aaron Sorkin/The Social Network [50] NBR, BSFC, LAFCA, NYFCC, WAFCA, NYFCO, INFC, SEFCA, BFCA*
2. Nicole Holofcener/Please Give [4] BSFC***
3. Debra Granik & Anne Rosellini/Winter’s Bone [4] BFCA*, SEFCA***
4. Simon Beaufoy & Danny Boyle/127 Hours [2] BFCA*
4. Ben Affleck, Steven Craig & Sheldon Turner/The Town [2] BFCA*
4. Michael Arndt/Toy Story 3 [2] BFCA*
4. Joel & Ethan Coen/True Grit [2] BFCA*

Screenplay, Original
1. David Seidler/The King’s Speech [14] LAFCA***, BIFA, SEFCA, BFCA*
2. Christopher Nolan/Inception [10] WAFCA, INFC***, BFCA*, SEFCA***
3. Chris Sparling/Buried [8] NBR
4. Mike Leigh/Another Year [2] BFCA*
4. Mark Heyman, Andres Heinz & John Mclaughlin/Black Swan [2] BFCA*
4. Scott Silver, Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson/The Fighter [2] BFCA*
4. Lisa Cholodenko & Stuart Blumberg/The Kids Are All Right [2] BFCA*

Animated
1. Toy Story 3 [38] NBR, BSFC, LAFCA, WAFCA, NYFCO, SEFCA, INFC***
2. The Illusionist [16] NYFCC, BSFC***, LAFCA***
3. How To Train Your Dragon [6] INFC, SEFCA***

Documentary
1. Inside Job [22] NYFCC, PGA*, BSFC***, SEFCA, NBR*
2. Exit Through the Gift Shop [18] LAFCA***, WAFCA, NYFCO, INFC, SEFCA***
3. Waiting for Superman [12] PGA*, NBR
4. Last Train Home [8] LAFCA
4. Marwencol [8] BSFC

Foreign Film
1. France/Carlos [16] LAFCA, NYFCC
2. Korea/Mother [16] BSFC, LAFCA***, SEFCA
3. France/Of Gods and Men [8] NBR
4. Italy/I Am Love [8] BSFC***, NYFCO
5. Mexico/Biutiful [8] WAFCA, INFC***, SEFCA***

Music (Score)
1. Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross/The Social Network [14] BSFC, LAFCA**, BFCA*
2. Clint Mansell/Black Swan [14] NYFCC, NYFCO, BFCA*
3. Carter Burwell/True Grit [6] BSFC***, BFCA*
4. Hans Zimmer/Inception [6] WAFCA, BFCA*
5. Alexandre Desplat/The Ghost Writer [4] LAFCA**

Music (Song)
1. I See The Light/Tangled [2] BFCA*
1. If I Rise/127 Hours [2] BFCA*
1. Shine/Waiting For Superman [2] BFCA*
1. We Belong Together/Toy Story 3 [2] BFCA*
1. You Haven’t Seen the Last of Me Yet/Burlesque [2] BFCA*

Editing
1. Black Swan [8] BSFC
2. Inception [4] BSFC***
3. 127 Hours [2] BFCA*
3. The Social Network [2] BFCA*

Sound Mixing
1. 127 Hours [2] BFCA*
1. Black Swan [2] BFCA*
1. Inception [2] BFCA*
1. The Social Network [2] BFCA*
1. Toy Story 3 [2] BFCA*

Sound Editing
1. 127 Hours [2] BFCA*
1. Black Swan [2] BFCA*
1. Inception [2] BFCA*
1. The Social Network [2] BFCA*
1. Toy Story 3 [2] BFCA*

Visual Effects
1. Alice in Wonderland [2] BFCA*
1. Inception [2] BFCA*
1. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I [2] BFCA*
1. Tron: Legacy [2] BFCA*

Cinematography
1. Matthew Libatique/Black Swan [26] LAFCA, NYFCC, BSFC***, NYFCO, BFCA*
2. Roger Deakins/True Grit [18] BSFC, LAFCA***, SEFCA, BFCA*
3. Wally Pfister/Inception [8] WAFCA, BFCA*, SEFCA***
4. Anthony Dod Mantle/127 Hours [2] BFCA*
4. Danny Cohen/The King’s Speech [2] BFCA*

Art Direction
1. Inception [10] LAFCA, WAFCA, BFCA*
2. The King’s Speech [6] LAFCA***, BFCA*
3. Monsters [4] BIFA
4. Alice In Wonderland [2] BFCA*
4. Black Swan [2] BFCA*
4. True Grit [2] BFCA*

Costume Design
1. Alice in Wonderland [2] BFCA*
1. Black Swan [2] BFCA*
1. The King’s Speech [2] BFCA*
1. True Grit [2] BFCA*

Makeup
1. Alice in Wonderland [2] BFCA*
1. Black Swan [2] BFCA*
1. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I [2] BFCA*
1. True Grit [2] BFCA*

Rypro 525

Is Carlos elegible for Oscars this year? Since i know it "debuted' on sundance channel. Did any of the art theaters in la or nyc play it before then?

GenPion

How the hell are shows like Lost and Dexter missing from this list, or even an awesome (and supremely underrated) show like Chuck while Glee gets some major freakin' recognition from AFI? Am I missing something on their TV front?

The film list is pretty good though, overall.

GenPion

Question: How does Toy Story 3 count as best "adapted" screenplay? Because it's a sequel based on another writer's story?

Rypro 525

Glee is def an aquried taste. And it also depends on what episode you watch first (if you've only seen say the britney spears episode, def give it another chance)

hardercore

Any sequel is considered adapted from characters originally created for the first part. Even if the same writers from Toy Story 1 had returned to pen the 3rd film, it would still be considered an adapted screenplay as far as oscars go.

dino88

Even if it wins Best Picture it will still be the Facebook movie.

There's 4 on that list I still have to see: True Grit, The Fighter, Black Swan (seeing Friday), and Toy Story 3 (not sure if I saw 2, so might have to have a marathon one of these weekends). The only one I'd take of the list is Winter's Bone. I'd put Shutter Island or The Ghost Writer in it's place.

Michael Corvin

Nice, I agree about your top 3 except I liked Inception, so overall I'd put them:

1. TS3
2. How to Train Your Dragon
3. Tangled
4. Inception

I really like the Walking Dead even with the questionable acting. It doesn't bother me because it just seems par for the course for the genre.

Best animated flick from Dreamworks since Prince of Egypt.

PopcornTreeCt

Weird, I've been trained to think every animated non-Pixar film is sub-par and according to this list, I'm right.

Drexl

I liked the movie and would give it 3 stars out of 4. I just don't see why it's a serious BP contender. Maybe you have to be into Facebook to really appreciate it? To me, it shows what a weak year this was if TSN is really considered the best.

Supermallet

Actually, my top 5 of the year list would go like this:

1. The Social Network
2. Black Swan
3. Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
4. Toy Story 3
5. How To Train Your Dragon

Inception won't make my top 10. Those rankings may also change based on how much I like True Grit.

Try it again. Fincher made a fascinating and riveting character study. The fact it was about the Facebook guy was just incidental.

JumpCutz

I hate Facebook with a passion and it's the best film I've seen this year.

It's a superbly crafted film, impeccably directed with nary a wasted shot.
It's breathtakingly beautiful, incredibly well written and technically flawless.

Yeah it's that good.

Travis McClain

I don't think you needed to be "into" 60 Minutes or tobacco lawsuits to appreciate The Insider; not sure how relevant one's interest in Facebook should be to the film. But then, I've not seen it so I'm merely speculating here.

Supermallet

That's funny, because I thought The Insider was significantly more boring than your average 60 Minutes report.

Drexl

Well, I didn't find the characters in TSN all that interesting. But, I will see it again, so maybe I'll feel differently on a second viewing.

Dr Mabuse

Not a bad list for movies.

Glad to see 'Winter's Bone' getting a nod. A modern masterpiece.

Michael Corvin

The Insider was a fucking snoozefest.

RichC2

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PopcornTreeCt

The Insider was one of the greatest films of the decade.

Michael Corvin

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RichC2

Semi-related. Ebert released his Top 10, some picks are a little different:

1. The Social Network
2. The King's Speech
3. Black Swan (surprising as it got a 3.5)
4. I Am Love
5. Winter's Bone
6. Inception
7. The Secret In Their Eyes
8. The American
9. The Kids Are All Right
10. The Ghost Writer

Honorable Mention:
127 Hours
All Good Things (very surprising as this movie mostly got slammed)
Carlos
Chloe
Greenberg
Hereafter
Monsters
Never Let Me Go
Rabbit Hole
Secretariat
Solitary Man

Dr Mabuse

That's a hell of a list.

Good stuff from Ebert yet again.

Supermallet

This reminds me that I have to see The Ghost Writer.

Rypro 525

had to semi laugh at Chloe making honerable mentions

Daytripper

(Spits my Zima out) You haven't see that yet!??