17th Critics' Choice Awards

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

Best Picture

The Artist

The Descendants

Drive

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

The Help

Hugo

Midnight in Paris

Moneyball

The Tree of Life

War Horse

Best Actor

George Clooney – The Descendants as Matt King

Leonardo DiCaprio – J. Edgar as J. Edgar Hoover

Jean Dujardin – The Artist as George Valentin

Michael Fassbender – Shame as Brandon Sullivan

Ryan Gosling – Drive as The Driver

Brad Pitt – Moneyball as Billy Beane

Best Actress

Viola Davis – The Help as Aibileen Clarke

Elizabeth Olsen – Martha Marcy May Marlene as Martha

Meryl Streep – The Iron Lady as Margaret Thatcher

Tilda Swinton – We Need to Talk about Kevin as Eve Khatchadourian

Charlize Theron – Young Adult as Mavis Gary

Michelle Williams – My Week with Marilyn as Marilyn Monroe

Best Supporting Actor

Christopher Plummer – Beginners as Hal Fields

Kenneth Branagh – My Week with Marilyn as Laurence Olivier

Albert Brooks – Drive as Bernie Rose

Nick Nolte – Warrior as Paddy Conlon

Patton Oswalt – Young Adult as Matt Freehoff

Andy Serkis – Rise of the Planet of the Apes as Caesar

Best Supporting Actress

Octavia Spencer – The Help as Minny Jackson

Berenice Bejo – The Artist as Peppy Miller

Jessica Chastain – The Help as Celia Foote

Melissa McCarthy – Bridesmaids as Megan Price

Carey Mulligan – Shame as Sissy Sullivan

Shailene Woodley – The Descendants as Alexandra King

Best Young Actor/Actress

Thomas Horn – Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close as Oskar Schell

Asa Butterfield – Hugo as Hugo Cabret

Elle Fanning – Super 8 as Alice Dainard

Ezra Miller – We Need to Talk about Kevin as Kevin Khatchadourian

Saoirse Ronan – Hanna as Hanna

Shailene Woodley – The Descendants as Alexandra King

Best Acting Ensemble

The Help

The Artist

Bridesmaids

The Descendants

The Ides of March

Best Director

Michel Hazanavicius – The Artist

Stephen Daldry – Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

Alexander Payne – The Descendants

Nicolas Winding Refn – Drive

Martin Scorsese – Hugo

Steven Spielberg – War Horse

Best Original Screenplay

Woody Allen – Midnight in Paris

Michel Hazanavicius – The Artist

Will Reiser – 50/50

Tom McCarthy and Joe Tiboni – Win Win

Diablo Cody – Young Adult

Best Adapted Screenplay

Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin, and Stan Chervin – Moneyball

Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, and Jim Rash – The Descendants

Eric Roth – Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

Tate Taylor – The Help

John Logan – Hugo

Best Cinematography

Janusz Kamiński – War Horse (TIE)
Emmanuel Lubezki – The Tree of Life (TIE)

Robert Richardson – Hugo

Guillaume Schiffman – The Artist

Newton Thomas Sigel – Drive

Best Art Direction

Dante Ferretti (Production Designer), Francesca Lo Schiavo (Set Decorator) – Hugo

Jack Fisk (Production Designer), David Crank (Art Director) – The Tree of Life

Laurence Bennett (Production Designer), Gregory S. Hooper (Art Director) – The Artist

Rick Carter (Production Designer), Lee Sandales (Set Decorator) – War Horse

Stuart Craig (Production Designer), Stephenie McMillan (Set Decorator) – Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2

Best Editing

Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall – The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Matthew Newman – Drive

Thelma Schoonmaker – Hugo

Michel Hazanavicius and Anne-Sophie Bion – The Artist

Michael Kahn – War Horse

Best Costume Design

Mark Bridges – The Artist

Jill Taylor – My Week with Marilyn

Michael O'Connor – Jane Eyre

Sandy Powell – Hugo

Sharen Davis – The Help

Best Makeup

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2

Albert Nobbs

J. Edgar

My Week with Marilyn

The Iron Lady

Best Visual Effects

Rise of the Planet of the Apes

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2

Hugo

Super 8

The Tree of Life

Best Sound

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2

Hugo

Super 8

The Tree of Life

War Horse

Best Animated Feature

Rango

Arthur Christmas

Kung Fu Panda 2

Puss in Boots

The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn

Best Action Movie

Drive

Fast Five

Hanna

Rise of the Planet of the Apes

Super 8

Best Comedy

Bridesmaids

Crazy, Stupid, Love

Horrible Bosses

Midnight in Paris

The Muppets

Best Foreign Language Film

A Separation

In Darkness

Le Havre

The Skin I Live In

Where Do We Go Now?

Best Documentary Feature

George Harrison: Living in the Material World

Buck

Cave of Forgotten Dreams

Page One: Inside the New York Times

Project Nim

Undefeated

Best Song

"Life’s A Happy Song" – performed by Jason Segel, Amy Adams, and Walter/written by Bret McKenzie – The Muppets

"Hello Hello" – performed by Elton John and Lady Gaga/written by Elton John and Bernie Taupin – Gnomeo & Juliet

"Man or Muppet" – performed by Jason Segel and Walter/written by Bret McKenzie – The Muppets

"Pictures in My Head" – performed by Kermit and The Muppets/written by Jeannie Lurie, Aris Archontis, and Chen Neeman –The Muppets

"The Living Proof" – performed by Mary J. Blige/written by Mary J. Blige, Thomas Newman, and Harvey Mason, Jr. – The Help

Best Score

Ludovic Bource – The Artist

Cliff Martinez – Drive

Howard Shore – Hugo

John Williams – War Horse

Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross – The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

Joel Siegel Award

Sean Penn

Music+Film Award

Martin Scorsese