The 23rd Chicago Film Critics Association Awards, honoring the best in film for 2010, were announced on December 20, 2010.
Colin Firth – The King's Speech
Jeff Bridges – True Grit
Jesse Eisenberg – The Social Network
James Franco – 127 Hours
Ryan Gosling – Blue Valentine
Natalie Portman – Black Swan
Annette Bening – The Kids Are All Right
Jennifer Lawrence – Winter's Bone
Lesley Manville – Another Year
Michelle Williams – Blue Valentine
Toy Story 3
Despicable Me
How to Train Your Dragon
The Illusionist
Tangled
Inception – Wally Pfister
Black Swan – Matthew Libatique
Shutter Island – Robert Richardson
The Social Network – Jeff Cronenweth
True Grit – Roger Deakins
David Fincher – The Social Network
Darren Aronofsky – Black Swan
Debra Granik – Winter's Bone
Tom Hooper – The King's Speech
Christopher Nolan – Inception
Exit Through the Gift Shop
Inside Job
Restrepo
The Tillman Story
Waiting for "Superman"
The Social Network
Black Swan
Inception
The King's Speech
Winter's Bone
A Prophet, France
Biutiful, Mexico
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Sweden
I Am Love, Italy
Mother, South Korea
Black Swan – Clint Mansell
I Am Love – John Adams
Inception – Hans Zimmer
The Social Network – Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
True Grit – Carter Burwell
The Social Network – Aaron Sorkin
Rabbit Hole – David Lindsay-Abaire
Toy Story 3 – Michael Arndt
True Grit – Joel and Ethan Coen
Winter's Bone – Debra Granik and Anne Rosellini
Inception – Christopher Nolan
Black Swan – Mark Heyman, Andres Heinz and John McLaughlin
Four Lions – Chris Morris, Jesse Armstrong and Sam Bain
The Kids Are All Right – Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg
The King's Speech – David Seidler
Christian Bale – The Fighter
Andrew Garfield – The Social Network
John Hawkes – Winter's Bone
Mark Ruffalo – The Kids Are All Right
Geoffrey Rush – The King's Speech
Hailee Steinfeld – True Grit
Amy Adams – The Fighter
Helena Bonham Carter – The King's Speech
Melissa Leo – The Fighter
Jacki Weaver – Animal Kingdom
Derek Cianfrance – Blue Valentine
Banksy – Exit Through the Gift Shop
David Michôd – Animal Kingdom
Aaron Schneider – Get Low
John Wells – The Company Men
Jennifer Lawrence – Winter's Bone
Armie Hammer – The Social Network
Katie Jarvis – Fish Tank
Tahar Rahim – A Prophet
Hailee Steinfeld – True Grit