Best Motion Picture-Drama
* The Descendants
The Help
Hugo
The Ides of March
Moneyball
War Horse

Best Motion Picture-Musical or Comedy
* The Artist
50/50
Bridesmaids
Midnight in Paris
My Week with Marilyn

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
* George Clooney – The Descendants as Matt King
Leonardo DiCaprio – J. Edgar as J. Edgar Hoover
Michael Fassbender – Shame as Brandon Sullivan
Ryan Gosling – The Ides of March as Stephen Meyers
Brad Pitt – Moneyball as Billy Beane

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama
* Meryl Streep – The Iron Lady as Margaret Thatcher
Glenn Close – Albert Nobbs as Albert Nobbs
Viola Davis – The Help as Aibileen Clark
Rooney Mara – The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo as Lisbeth Salander
Tilda Swinton – We Need to Talk About Kevin as Eva Khatchadourian

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
* Jean Dujardin – The Artist as George Valentin
Brendan Gleeson – The Guard as Gerry Boyle
Joseph Gordon-Levitt – 50/50 as Adam Lerner
Ryan Gosling – Crazy, Stupid, Love. as Jacob Palmer
Owen Wilson – Midnight in Paris as Gil Pender

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
* Michelle Williams – My Week with Marilyn as Marilyn Monroe
Jodie Foster – Carnage as Penelope Longstreet
Charlize Theron – Young Adult as Mavis Gary
Kristen Wiig – Bridesmaids as Annie Walker
Kate Winslet – Carnage as Nancy Cowan

Best Supporting Actor
* Christopher Plummer – Beginners as Hal Fields
Kenneth Branagh – My Week with Marilyn as Laurence Olivier
Albert Brooks – Drive as Bernie Rose
Jonah Hill – Moneyball as Peter Brand
Viggo Mortensen – A Dangerous Method as Sigmund Freud

Best Supporting Actress
* Octavia Spencer – The Help as Minny Jackson
Bérénice Bejo – The Artist as Peppy Miller
Jessica Chastain – The Help as Celia Foote
Janet McTeer – Albert Nobbs as Hubert Page
Shailene Woodley – The Descendants as Alexandra King

Best Director
* Martin Scorsese – Hugo
Woody Allen – Midnight in Paris
George Clooney – The Ides of March
Michel Hazanavicius – The Artist
Alexander Payne – The Descendants

Best Screenplay
* Woody Allen – Midnight in Paris
George Clooney, Grant Heslov, and Beau Willimon – The Ides of March
Michel Hazanavicius – The Artist
Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, and Jim Rash – The Descendants
Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin – Moneyball

Best Original Score
* Ludovic Bource – The Artist
Abel Korzeniowski – W.E.
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross – The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Howard Shore – Hugo
John Williams – War Horse

Best Original Song
* “Masterpiece” (music and lyrics by Madonna, Julie Frost, and Jimmy Harry) – W.E.
“Hello Hello” (music by Elton John, lyrics by Bernie Taupin) – Gnomeo & Juliet
“The Keeper” (music & lyrics by Chris Cornell) – Machine Gun Preacher
“Lay Your Head Down” (music by Brian Byrne, lyrics by Glenn Close) – Albert Nobbs
“The Living Proof” (music by Thomas Newman, Mary J. Blige, and Harvey Mason Jr., lyrics by Blige, Mason, and Damon Thomas) – The Help

Best Animated Feature Film
* The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn
Arthur Christmas
Cars 2
Puss in Boots
Rango

Best Foreign Language Film
* A Separation • Iran
The Flowers of War • China
In the Land of Blood and Honey • United States (in Bosnian/Serbian)
The Kid with a Bike • Belgium/France
The Skin I Live In • Spain