The nominees for the 16th Annual Critics’ Choice Awards have officially been announced! With a record-breaking 12 nominations, Black Swan (Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis) leads the pack, with True Grit and The King’s Speech close behind with 11 nominations each. Inception scored an impressive 10 nominations, and The Social Network received 9. The awards show will air Friday, January 14 on VH1, live from the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles, California! Check out the full list of nominations below.
BEST PICTURE * 127 Hours * Black Swan * The Fighter * Inception * The King’s Speech * The Social Network * The Town * Toy Story 3 * True Grit * Winter’s Bone BEST ACTOR * Jeff Bridges – “True Grit” * Robert Duvall – “Get Low” * Jesse Eisenberg – “The Social Network” * Colin Firth – “The King’s Speech” * James Franco – “127 Hours” * Ryan Gosling – “Blue Valentine” BEST ACTRESS * Annette Bening – “The Kids Are All Right” * Nicole Kidman – “Rabbit Hole” * Jennifer Lawrence – “Winter’s Bone” * Natalie Portman – “Black Swan” * 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 * Amy Adams – “The Fighter” * Helena Bonham Carter – “The King’s Speech” * Mila Kunis – “Black Swan” * Melissa Leo – “The Fighter” * Hailee Steinfeld – “True Grit” * Jacki Weaver – “Animal Kingdom” BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS * Elle Fanning – “Somewhere” * Jennifer Lawrence – “Winter’s Bone” * Chloe Grace Moretz – “Let Me In” * Chloe Grace Moretz – “Kick-Ass” * Kodi Smit-McPhee – “Let Me In” * Hailee Steinfeld – “True Grit” BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE * The Fighter * The Kids Are All Right * The King’s Speech * The Social Network * The Town BEST DIRECTOR * Darren Aronofsky – “Black Swan” * Danny Boyle – “127 Hours” * Joel Coen & Ethan Coen – “True Grit” * David Fincher – “The Social Network” * Tom Hooper – “The King’s Speech” * Christopher Nolan – “Inception” BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY * “Another Year” – Mike Leigh * “Black Swan” – Mark Heyman and Andres Heinz and John McLaughlin * “The Fighter” – Scott Silver and Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson (Story by Keith Dorrington & Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson) * “Inception” – Christopher Nolan * “The Kids Are All Right” – Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg * “The King’s Speech” – David Seidler BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY * “127 Hours” – Simon Beaufoy and Danny Boyle * “The Social Network” – Aaron Sorkin * “The Town” – Peter Craig and Ben Affleck & Aaron Stockard * “Toy Story 3” – Michael Arndt (Story by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich) * “True Grit” – Joel Coen & Ethan Coen * “Winter’s Bone” – Debra Granik and Anne Rosellini BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY * “127 Hours” – Anthony Dod Mantle and Enrique Chediak * “Black Swan” – Matthew Libatique * “Inception” – Wally Pfister * “The King’s Speech” – Danny Cohen * “True Grit” – Roger Deakins BEST ART DIRECTION * “Alice in Wonderland” – Robert Stromberg * “Black Swan” – Therese DePrez and Tora Peterson * “Inception” – Guy Hendrix Dyas * “The King’s Speech” – Eve Stewart * “True Grit” – Jess Gonchor and Nancy Haigh BEST EDITING * “127 Hours” – Jon Harris * “Black Swan” – Andrew Weisblum * “Inception” – Lee Smith * “The Social Network” – Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter 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 * Alice in Wonderland * Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 * Inception * Tron: Legacy BEST SOUND * 127 Hours * Black Swan * Inception * The Social Network * Toy Story 3 BEST ANIMATED FEATURE * Despicable Me * How to Train Your Dragon * The Illusionist * Tangled * Toy Story 3 BEST ACTION MOVIE * Inception * Kick-Ass * Red * The Town * Unstoppable BEST COMEDY * Cyrus * Date Night * Easy A * 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 * Biutiful * I Am Love * The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE * Exit Through the Gift Shop * Inside Job * Restrepo * Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work * The Tillman Story * Waiting for Superman BEST SONG * “I See the Light” – performed by Mandy Moore & Zachary Levi/written by Alan Menken & Glenn Slater – Tangled * “If I Rise” – performed by Dido and A.R. Rahman/music by A.R. Rahman/lyrics by Dido Armstrong and Rollo Armstrong – 127 Hours * “Shine” – performed and written by John Legend – Waiting for Superman * “We Belong Together” – performed and written by Randy Newman – Toy Story 3 * “You Haven’t Seen the Last of Me Yet” – performed by Cher/written by Diane Warren – Burlesque BEST SCORE * “Black Swan” – Clint Mansell * “Inception” – Hans Zimmer * “The King’s Speech” – Alexandre Desplat * “The Social Network” – Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross * “True Grit” – Carter Burwell Airing on January 14th on VH1, the Critics’ Choice Movie Awards honors the best in cinematic achievement and has cultivated an outstanding record for predicting nominees and winners for the Academy Awards. Be sure to also check out the Critics’ Choice Mashup, a new, weekly web show where movie fans can see their favorite stars talking about the latest movies on CriticsChoice.com. With special insider access available only from the BFCA, this show is an up-close and personal look at the hottest stars, their new movies and their Critics’ Choice Ratings in bite-sized pieces. Hosted by Holley Sinn, weekly episodes of the Critics’ Choice Mashup are available every Wednesday! Stay tuned for more exciting updates from the 16th annual Critics’ Choice Movie Awards. The road to the Oscars begins here!
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