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16th Critics' Choice Awards

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Best Film
  
The Social Network

Most nominations
  
Black Swan (12)

Date
  
14 January 2011

Most awards
  
Inception (6)

Network
  
VH1

Other ceremonies
  
2010, 2012

Location
  
Sunset Boulevard, California, United States

The 16th Critics' Choice Awards, which were presented on January 14, 2011, at the Hollywood Palladium, honored the finest achievements in 2010 filmmaking. The ceremony was broadcast on VH1.

Contents

Nominees were announced on December 13, 2010.

Best Picture

The Social Network

  • 127 Hours
  • Black Swan
  • The Fighter
  • Inception
  • The King's Speech
  • The Town
  • Toy Story 3
  • True Grit
  • Winter's Bone

    • Best Actor

    Colin Firth – The King's Speech

  • Jeff Bridges – True Grit
  • Robert Duvall – Get Low
  • Jesse Eisenberg – The Social Network
  • James Franco – 127 Hours
  • Ryan Gosling – Blue Valentine

    • Best Actress

    Natalie Portman – Black Swan

  • Annette Bening – The Kids Are All Right
  • Nicole Kidman – Rabbit Hole
  • Jennifer Lawrence – Winter's Bone
  • Noomi Rapace – The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
  • Michelle Williams – Blue Valentine

    • Best Supporting Actor

    Christian Bale – The Fighter

  • Andrew Garfield – The Social Network
  • Jeremy Renner – The Town
  • Sam Rockwell – Conviction
  • Mark Ruffalo – The Kids Are All Right
  • Geoffrey Rush – The King's Speech

    • Best Supporting Actress

    Melissa Leo – The Fighter

  • Amy Adams – The Fighter
  • Helena Bonham Carter – The King's Speech
  • Mila Kunis – Black Swan
  • Hailee Steinfeld – True Grit
  • Jacki Weaver – Animal Kingdom

    • Best Young Actor/Actress

    Hailee Steinfeld – True Grit

  • Elle Fanning – Somewhere
  • Jennifer Lawrence – Winter's Bone
  • Chloë Grace Moretz – Let Me In
  • Chloë Grace Moretz – Kick-Ass
  • Kodi Smit-McPhee – Let Me In

    • Best Acting Ensemble

    The Fighter

  • The Kids Are All Right
  • The King's Speech
  • The Social Network
  • The Town

    • Best Director

    David Fincher – The Social Network

  • Darren Aronofsky – Black Swan
  • Danny Boyle – 127 Hours
  • Joel Coen and Ethan Coen – True Grit
  • Tom Hooper – The King's Speech
  • Christopher Nolan – Inception

    • Best Original Screenplay

    The King's Speech – David Seidler

  • Another Year – Mike Leigh
  • Black Swan – Mark Heyman, Andres Heinz and John McLaughlin
  • The Fighter – Scott Silver, Paul Tamasy, and Eric Johnson (story by Keith Dorrington, Paul Tamasy, and Eric Johnson)
  • Inception – Christopher Nolan
  • The Kids Are All Right – Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg

    • Best Adapted Screenplay

    The Social Network – Aaron Sorkin

  • 127 Hours – Simon Beaufoy and Danny Boyle
  • The Town – Ben Affleck, Peter Craig and Aaron Stockard
  • Toy Story 3 – Michael Arndt (Story by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich)
  • True Grit – Joel and Ethan Coen
  • Winter's Bone – Debra Granik and Anne Rosellini

    • Best Cinematography

    Inception – Wally Pfister

  • 127 Hours – Anthony Dod Mantle
  • Black Swan – Matthew Libatique
  • The King's Speech – Danny Cohen
  • True Grit – Roger Deakins

    • Best Art Direction

    Inception – Guy Hendrix Dyas

  • Alice in Wonderland – Stefan Dechant
  • Black Swan – Therese DePrez and Tora Peterson
  • The King's Speech – Netty Chapman
  • True Grit – Jess Gonchor and Nancy Haigh

    • Best Editing

    Inception – Lee Smith

  • 127 Hours – Jon Harris
  • Black Swan – Andrew Weisblum
  • The Social Network – Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall

    • Best Costume Design

    Alice in Wonderland – Colleen Atwood

  • Black Swan – Amy Westcott
  • The King's Speech – Jenny Beavan
  • True Grit – Mary Zophres

    • Best Makeup

    Alice in Wonderland

  • Black Swan
  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1
  • True Grit

    • Best Visual Effects

    Inception

  • Alice in Wonderland
  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1
  • Tron: Legacy

    • Best Sound

    Inception

  • 127 Hours
  • Black Swan
  • The Social Network
  • Toy Story 3

    • Best Animated Feature

    Toy Story 3

  • Despicable Me
  • How to Train Your Dragon
  • The Illusionist
  • Tangled

    • Best Action Movie

    Inception

  • Kick-Ass
  • Red
  • The Town
  • Unstoppable

    • Best Comedy

    Easy A

  • Cyrus
  • Date Night
  • Get Him to the Greek
  • I Love You Phillip Morris
  • The Other Guys

    • Best Picture Made for Television

    The Pacific

  • Temple Grandin
  • You Don't Know Jack

    • Best Foreign Language Film

    The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

  • Biutiful
  • I Am Love

    • Best Documentary Feature

    Waiting for Superman

  • Exit Through the Gift Shop
  • Inside Job
  • Restrepo
  • Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work
  • The Tillman Story

    • Best Song

    "If I Rise" – performed by Dido and A. R. Rahman; music by A. R. Rahman; lyrics by Dido and Rollo Armstrong; from 127 Hours

  • "I See the Light" – performed by Mandy Moore & Zachary Levi; written by Alan Menken & Glenn Slater; from Tangled
  • "Shine" – performed and written by John Legend; from Waiting for Superman
  • "We Belong Together" – performed and written by Randy Newman; from Toy Story 3
  • "You Haven't Seen the Last of Me" – performed by Cher; written by Diane Warren; from Burlesque

    • Best Score

    The Social Network – Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross

  • Black Swan – Clint Mansell
  • Inception – Hans Zimmer
  • The King's Speech – Alexandre Desplat
  • True Grit – Carter Burwell

    • Joel Siegel Award

    Matt Damon

    Music+Film Award

    Quentin Tarantino

    Awards breakdown

    Number of nominations (minimum 2)

    12 – Black Swan 11 – The King's Speech and True Grit 10 – Inception 9 – The Social Network 8 – 127 Hours 6 – The Fighter 5 – Toy Story 3 and The Town 4 – Winter's Bone, The Kids Are All Right, and Alice in Wonderland 2 – Blue Valentine, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1, Tangled, and Waiting for "Superman"

    Number of awards (minimum 2)

    6 – Inception 4 – The Social Network 3 – The Fighter 2 – The King's Speech and Alice in Wonderland

    References

    16th Critics' Choice Awards Wikipedia
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