Best Supporting Actress
- Jessica Chastain: The Help
- Octavia Spencer: The Help
- Bérénice Bejo: The Artist
- Melissa McCarthy: Bridesmaids
- Janet McTeer: Albert Nobbs
Supporting Actor
- Kenneth Branagh: My Week with Marilyn
- Jonah Hill: Moneyball
- Nick Nolte: Warrior
- Christopher Plummer: Beginners
- Max von Sydow: Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Best Actress
- Glenn Close: Albert Nobbs
- Viola Davis: The Help
- Rooney Mara: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
- Meryl Streep: The Iron Lady
- Michelle Williams: My Week with Marilyn
Best Actor
- Demián Bichir: A Better Life
- George Clooney: The Descendants
- Jean Dujadin: The Artist
- Brad Pitt: Moneyball
- Gary Oldman: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Director
- Martin Scorsese: Hugo
- Woody Allen: MIdnight in Paris
- Terrence Malick: The Tree of Life
- Alexander Payne: The Descendants
- Michael Hazanavicius: The Artist
Best Original Screenplay
- The Artists: Michael Hazanavicius
- Bridesmaids: Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo
- Margin Call: J.C. Chandor
- Midnight in Paris: Woody Allen
- A Separation: Asghar Farhadi
Best Adapted Screenplay
- The Descendants: Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, and Jim Rash
- Hugo: John Logan
- The Ides of March: George Clooney, Grant Heslov and Beau Willimon
- Moneyball: Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin, and Stan Chervin
- Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy: Bridget O'Connor and Peter Straughan
Best Animated Film
- A Cat in Paris: Alain Gagnol and Jean-Loup Felicioli
- Chico & Rita: Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal
- Kung Fu Panda 2: Jennifer Yuh Nelson
- Puss in Boots: Chris Miller
- Rango: Gore Verbinski
Best Picture
- Moneyball: Brad Pitt, Michael De Luca, and Rachael Horovitz
- The Descendants: Jim Burke, Alexander Payne, and Jim Taylor
- The Tree of Life: Nominees TBD
- Midnight in Paris: Letty Aronson and Stephen Tenenbaum
- The Help: Brunson Green, Chris Columbus, and Michael Barnathan
- Hugo: Martin Scorsese and Graham King
- Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close: Scott Rudin
- War Horse: Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy
- The Artist: Tomas Langmann
Best Art Direction
- The Artist: Laurence Bennett, Gregory S. Hooper
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2: Stuart Craig, Stephenie McMillan
- Hugo: Dante Ferretti, Francesca Lo Schiavo
- Midnight in Paris: Anne Seibel, Hélène Dubreuil
- War Horse: Rick Carter, Lee Sandales
Best Cinematography
- The Artist: Guillaume Schiffman
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Jeff Cronenweth
- Hugo: Robert Richardson
- The Tree of Life: Emmanuel Lubezki
- War Horse: Janusz Kaminski
Best Costume Design
- Anonymous: Lisy Christl
- The Artist: Mark Bridges
- Hugo: Sandy Powell
- Jane Eyre: Michael O'Connor
- W.E.: Arianne Phillips
Best Film Editing
- The Artist: Anne-Sophie Bion, Michel Hazanavicius
- The Descendants: Kevin Tent
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Angus Wall, Kirk Baxter
- Hugo: Thelma Schoonmaker
- Moneyball: Christopher Tellefsen
Best Foreign Language Film
- Bullhead: Michael R. Roskam (Belgium)
- Footnote: Joseph Cedar (Israel)
- In Darkness: Agnieszka Holland (Poland)
- Monsieur Lazhar: Philippe Falardeau (Canada)
- A Separation: Asghar Farhadi (Iran)
Best Makeup
- Albert Nobbs: Martial Corneville, Lynn Johnston, Matthew W. Mungle
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2: Nick Dudman, Amanda Knight, Lisa Tomblin
- The Iron Lady: Mark Coulier, J. Roy Helland
Best Original Score
- The Adventures of Tintin: John Williams
- The Artist: Ludovic Bource
- Hugo: Howard Shore
- Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy: Alberto Iglesias
- War Horse: John Williams
Best Documentary
- Hell and Back Again: Danfung Dennis, Mike Lerner
- If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front: Marshall Curry, Sam Cullman
- Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory: Joe Berlinger, Bruce Sinofsky
- Pina: Wim Wenders, Gian-Piero Ringel
- Undefeated: TJ Martin, Dan Lindsay, Richard Middlemas
Best Visual Effects
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2: Tim Burke, David Vickery, Greg Butler, John Richardson
- Hugo: Rob Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossman, Alex Henning
- Real Steel: Erik Nash, John Rosengrant, Dan Taylor, Swen Gillberg
- Rise of the Planet of the Apes: Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, R. Christopher White, Daniel Barrett
- Transformers: Dark of the Moon: Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Matthew Butler, John Frazier
Best Original Song
- The Muppets: Bret McKenzie ("Man or Muppet")
- Rio: Sergio Mendes, Carlinhos Brown, Siedah Garrett ("Real in Rio")
Best Sound Editing
- Drive: Lon Bender, Victor Ray Ennis
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Ren Klyce
- Hugo: Philip Stockton, Eugene Gearty
- Transformers: Dark of the Moon: Ethan Van der Ryn, Erik Aadahl
- War Horse: Richard Hymns, Gary Rydstrom
