Daniel Day-Lewis – Lincoln
Bradley Cooper – Silver Linings Playbook
John Hawkes – The Sessions
Hugh Jackman – Les Misérables
Joaquin Phoenix – The Master
Michelle Williams – Take This Waltz
Jessica Chastain – Zero Dark Thirty
Helen Hunt – The Sessions
Jennifer Lawrence – Silver Linings Playbook
Naomi Watts – The Impossible
ParaNorman
Brave
Frankenweenie
Rise of the Guardians
Wreck-It Ralph
Life of Pi – Claudio Miranda
Beasts of the Southern Wild – Ben Richardson
Django Unchained – Robert Richardson
The Master – Mihai Mălaimare Jr.
Les Misérables – Danny Cohen
Ben Affleck – Argo
Paul Thomas Anderson – The Master
Kathryn Bigelow – Zero Dark Thirty
Ang Lee – Life of Pi
David O. Russell – Silver Linings Playbook
The Invisible War
Bully
Jiro Dreams of Sushi
The Queen of Versailles
Samsara
Argo – William Goldenberg
Killing Them Softly – Brian A. Kates and John Paul Horstmann
Life of Pi – Tim Squyres
The Master – Leslie Jones and Peter McNulty
Zero Dark Thirty – William Goldenberg and Dylan Tichenor
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Argo
Django Unchained
Les Misérables
Seven Psychopaths
Argo
Django Unchained
The Master
Silver Linings Playbook
Zero Dark Thirty
The Kid with a Bike (Le gamin au vélo) • Belgium/France/Italy
Amour • Austria/France/Germany
Headhunters (Hodejegerne) • Norway
Holy Motors • France/Germany
The Intouchables (Intouchables) • France
Cloud Atlas – Hugh Bateup and Uli Hanisch
Anna Karenina – Sarah Greenwood
Argo – Sharon Seymour
Les Misérables – Eve Stewart
Moonrise Kingdom – Adam Stockhausen
The Master – Jonny Greenwood
Argo – Alexandre Desplat
Beasts of the Southern Wild – Benh Zeitlin and Dan Romer
Life of Pi – Mychael Danna
Moonrise Kingdom – Alexandre Desplat
The Master – Paul Thomas Anderson
The Cabin in the Woods – Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard
Django Unchained – Quentin Tarantino
Moonrise Kingdom – Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola
Take This Waltz – Sarah Polley
Argo – Chris Terrio
Life of Pi – David Magee
Lincoln – Tony Kushner
The Perks of Being a Wallflower – Stephen Chbosky
Silver Linings Playbook – David O. Russell
Christoph Waltz – Django Unchained
Alan Arkin – Argo
Philip Seymour Hoffman – The Master
Matthew McConaughey – Killer Joe
Christopher Walken – Seven Psychopaths
Emma Watson – The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Amy Adams – The Master
Samantha Barks – Les Misérables
Anne Hathaway – Les Misérables
Rebel Wilson – Pitch Perfect