Special thanks to Variety‘s Jon Weisman for compiling this invaluable list that details which films and performances have been awarded by the various critics groups and orgs for the season so far. Look for additional updates as the season progresses.
Holding strong: “The Artist,” Albert Brooks, Emmanuel Lubezki
On the rise: Viola Davis
What happened? Elizabeth Olsen
Newcomers of the half-week: Nicholas Winding Refn, Brit Marling
2011-12 film kudos
PICTURE
“50/50”
Golden Globes nom
“The Artist”
Boston Society of Film Critics
Golden Globes nom
Indiana Film Critics
Las Vegas Film Critics Society
New York Film Critics Circle
New York Film Critics Online
San Diego Film Critics
Screen Actors Guild nom (ensemble cast)
Washington, D.C. Area Film Critics Assn.
“Beginners”
Gotham Independent Film Awards (tie)
“Bridesmaids”
Golden Globes nom
Screen Actors Guild nom (ensemble cast)
“The Descendants”
Golden Globes nom
Houston Film Critics Society
Los Angeles Film Critics
Screen Actors Guild nom (ensemble cast)
“The Help”
Golden Globes nom
Screen Actors Guild nom (ensemble cast)
“Hugo”
National Board of Review
“The Ides of March”
Golden Globes nom
“Midnight in Paris”
Golden Globes nom
Screen Actors Guild nom (ensemble cast)
“Moneyball”
Golden Globes nom
“My Week with Marilyn”
Golden Globes nom
“The Tree of Life”
African-American Film Critics
Gotham Independent Film Awards (tie)
San Francisco Film Critics Circle
Toronto Film Critics
“War Horse”
Golden Globes nom
LEAD ACTOR
Demian Bechir, “A Better Life”
Screen Actors Guild nom
George Clooney, “The Descendants”
Golden Globes nom
National Board of Review
Screen Actors Guild nom
Washington, D.C. Area Film Critics Assn.
Leonardo Di Caprio, “J. Edgar”
Golden Globes nom
Screen Actors Guild nom
Jean Dujardin, “The Artist”
Golden Globes nom
Las Vegas Film Critics Society
Screen Actors Guild nom
Michael Fassbender, “Shame”
Golden Globes nom
Houston Film Critics Society
Los Angeles Film Critics (for multiple roles)
Paul Giamatti, “Win Win”
Indiana Film Critics
Ryan Gosling, “The Ides of March” and “Crazy, Stupid, Love”
Golden Globes nom
Brendan Gleeson, “The Guard”
Golden Globes nom
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, “50/50”
Golden Globes nom
Woody Harrelson, “Rampart”
African-American Film Critics
Gary Oldman, “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy”
San Francisco Film Critics Circle
Brad Pitt, “Moneyball”
Boston Society of Film Critics
Golden Globes nom
New York Film Critics Circle (co-recognized with his perf in “The Tree of Life”)
Screen Actors Guild nom
Michael Shannon, “Take Shelter”
New York Film Critics Online
San Diego Film Critics
Toronto Film Critics
Owen Wilson, “Midnight in Paris”
Golden Globes nom
LEAD ACTRESS
Glenn Close, “Albert Nobbs”
Golden Globes nom
Screen Actors Guild nom
Viola Davis, “The Help”
African-American Film Critics
Golden Globes nom
Indiana Film Critics (as supporting actress)
Screen Actors Guild nom
Jodie Foster, “Carnage”
Golden Globes nom
Rooney Mara, “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo”
Golden Globes nom
Brit Marling, “Another Earth”
San Diego Film Critics
Elizabeth Olsen, “Martha Marcy May Marlene”
Indiana Film Critics
Meryl Streep, “The Iron Lady”
Golden Globes nom
New York Film Critics Circle
New York Film Critics Online
Screen Actors Guild nom
Tilda Swinton, “We Need to Talk About Kevin”
Golden Globes nom
Houston Film Critics Society
National Board of Review
San Francisco Film Critics Circle
Screen Actors Guild nom
Charlize Theron, “Young Adult”
Golden Globes nom
Kristen Wiig, “Bridesmaids”
Golden Globes nom
Michelle Williams, “My Week With Marilyn”
Boston Society of Film Critics
Golden Globes nom
Las Vegas Film Critics Society
Screen Actors Guild nom
Toronto Film Critics
Washington, D.C. Area Film Critics Assn.
Kate Winslet, “Carnage”
Golden Globes nom
Yun Jung-hee, “Poetry”
Los Angeles Film Critics
SUPPORTING ACTOR
Kenneth Branagh, “My Week With Marilyn”
Golden Globes nom
Screen Actors Guild nom
Albert Brooks, “Drive”
African-American Film Critics
Boston Society of Film Critics
Golden Globes nom
Houston Film Critics Society
Las Vegas Film Critics Society
New York Film Critics Circle
New York Film Critics Online
San Francisco Film Critics Circle
Washington, D.C. Area Film Critics Assn.
Armie Hammer, “J. Edgar”
Screen Actors Guild nom
Jonah Hill, “Moneyball”
Golden Globes nom
Screen Actors Guild nom
Viggo Mortensen, “A Dangerous Method”
Golden Globes nom
Nick Nolte, “Warrior”
San Diego Film Critics
Screen Actors Guild nom
Christopher Plummer, “Beginners”
Golden Globes nom
Indiana Film Critics
Los Angeles Film Critics
National Board of Review
Screen Actors Guild nom
Toronto Film Critics
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Berenice Bejo, “The Artist”
Golden Globes nom
Screen Actors Guild nom
Jessica Chastain, “The Help”
Golden Globes nom
New York Film Critics Circle (co-recognized with perfs in “Take Shelter” and “The Tree of Life”)
Los Angeles Film Critics (for multiple performances)
Screen Actors Guild nom
Toronto Film Critics (for “Take Shelter”)
Melissa McCarthy, “Bridesmaids”
Boston Society of Film Critics
Las Vegas Film Critics Society
New York Film Critics Online
Screen Actors Guild nom
Janet McTeer, “Albert Nobbs”
Golden Globes nom
Screen Actors Guild nom
Vanessa Redgrave, “Coriolanus”
San Francisco Film Critics Circle
Octavia Spencer, “The Help”
African-American Film Critics
Golden Globes nom
Screen Actors Guild nom
Washington, D.C. Area Film Critics Assn.
Shailene Woodley, “The Descendants”
Golden Globes nom
Houston Film Critics Society
National Board of Review
San Diego Film Critics
DIRECTOR
Woody Allen, “Midnight in Paris”
Golden Globes nom
George Clooney, “The Ides of March”
Golden Globes nom
Michel Hazanavicius, “The Artist”
Golden Globes nom
Indiana Film Critics
New York Film Critics Circle
New York Film Critics Online
Terrence Malick, “The Tree of Life”
Los Angeles Film Critics
San Francisco Film Critics Circle
Toronto Film Critics
Steve McQueen, “Shame”
African-American Film Critics
Alexander Payne, “The Descendants”
Golden Globes nom
Nicholas Winding Refn, “Drive”
Houston Film Critics Society
Las Vegas Film Critics Society
San Diego Film Critics
Martin Scorsese, “Hugo”
Boston Society of Film Critics
Golden Globes nom
National Board of Review
Washington, D.C. Area Film Critics Assn.
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
*one combined screenplay award by this group
George Clooney, Grant Heslov and Beau Willimon, “The Ides of March”
Golden Globes nom*
Bridget O’Connor & Peter Straughan, “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy”
San Francisco Film Critics Circle
Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash, “The Descendants”
Golden Globes nom*
Houston Film Critics Society*
Indiana Film Critics
National Board of Review
New York Film Critics Online*
Washington, D.C. Area Film Critics Assn.
Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin – “Moneyball”
Boston Society of Film Critics*
Golden Globes nom*
Las Vegas Film Critics Society*
New York Film Critics Circle*
San Diego Film Critics
Toronto Film Critics*
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
*one combined screenplay award by this group
Woody Allen, “Midnight in Paris”
Golden Globes nom*
San Diego Film Critics
J.C. Chandor, “Margin Call”
San Francisco Film Critics Circle
Ava DuVernay, “I Will Follow”
African-American Film Critics*
Asghar Farhadi, “A Separation”
Los Angeles Film Critics*
Michael Hazanavicius, “The Artist”
Golden Globes nom*
Will Reiser, “50/50”
National Board of Review
Washington, D.C. Area Film Critics Assn.
“Win Win”
Indiana Film Critics
ANIMATED FEATURE
“The Adventures of Tintin”
Golden Globes nom
New York Film Critics Online
Toronto Film Critics
“Arthur Christmas”
Golden Globes nom
San Diego Film Critics
“Cars 2”
Golden Globes nom
“Puss ’n Boots”
Golden Globes nom
“Rango”
Boston Society of Film Critics
Golden Globes nom
Houston Film Critics Society
Indiana Film Critics
National Board of Review
San Francisco Film Critics Circle
Washington, D.C. Area Film Critics Assn.
DOCUMENTARY
“Better This World”
Gotham Independent Film Awards
“The Black Power Mixtape”
African-American Film Critics
“Cave of Forgotten Dreams”
Los Angeles Film Critics
New York Film Critics Circle
New York Film Critics Online
Washington, D.C. Area Film Critics Assn.
“Nostalgia for the Light”
Toronto Film Critics
“Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory”
National Board of Review
“Project Nim”
Boston Society of Film Critics
Houston Film Critics Society
Indiana Film Critics
Las Vegas Film Critics Society
San Diego Film Critics
“Tabloid”
San Francisco Film Critics Circle
FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM
“13 Assassins”
Las Vegas Film Critics Society
“Certified Copy”
San Francisco Film Critics Circle
“Incendies”
Boston Society of Film Critics
“I Saw the Devil”
Houston Film Critics Society
“In the Flowers of War”
Golden Globes nom
“In the Land of Blood and Honey”
Golden Globes nom
“The Kid with Bike”
Golden Globes nom
“Kinyarwanda”
African-American Film Critics
“Le Quattro Volte”
San Diego Film Critics
“Mysteries of Lisbon”
Toronto Film Critics
“A Separation”
Golden Globes nom
National Board of Review
New York Film Critics Circle
New York Film Critics Online
“The Skin I Live In”
Golden Globes nom
Indiana Film Critics
Washington, D.C. Area Film Critics Assn.
ART DIRECTION
Dante Ferretti and Francesca Lo Schiavo, “Hugo”
Washington, D.C. Area Film Critics Assn.
Gregory S. Hooper, “The Artist”
Las Vegas Film Critics Society
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Emmanuel Lubezki, “The Tree of Life”
Boston Society of Film Critics
Houston Film Critics Society
Las Vegas Film Critics Society
Los Angeles Film Critics
New York Film Critics Circle
New York Film Critics Online
San Diego Film Critics
San Francisco Film Critics Circle
COSTUME DESIGN
Mark Bridges, “The Artist”
Las Vegas Film Critics Society
EDITING
Oliver Bugge Coutte, “Beginners”
San Diego Film Critics
Christian Marclay, “The Clock”
Boston Society of Film Critics
Thelma Schoonmaker, “Hugo”
Las Vegas Film Critics Society
PRODUCTION DESIGN
Dante Ferretti, “Hugo”
Los Angeles Film Critics
San Diego Film Critics
SCORE
Ludovic Bource, “The Artist”
Boston Society of Film Critics (tie)
Golden Globes nom
Houston Film Critics Society
Indiana Film Critics
Las Vegas Film Critics Society
New York Film Critics Online
Washington, D.C. Area Film Critics Assn.
The Chemical Brothers, “Hanna”
Los Angeles Film Critics
Alexandre Desplat, “Harry Potter and the Deathy Hollows: Part 2”
San Diego Film Critics
“Drive”
Boston Society of Film Critics (tie)
Abel Korzeniowski, “W.E.”
Golden Globes nom
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo”
Golden Globes nom
Howard Shore, “Hugo”
Golden Globes nom
John Williams, “War Horse”
Golden Globes nom
SONG
Mary J. Blige, Thomas Newman, Harvey Mason, Jr., Damon Thomas, “The Living Proof” from “The Help”
Golden Globes nom
Brian Byrne and Glenn Close, “Lay Your Head Down” from “Albert Nobbs”
Golden Globes nom
Chris Cornell, “The Keeper” from “Machine Gun Preacher”
Golden Globes nom
Elton John and Bernie Taupin, “Hello Hello” from “Gnomeo and Juliet”
Golden Globes nom
Madonna, Julie Frost, Jimmy Harry, “Masterpiece” from “W.E.”
Golden Globes nom
Bret McKenzie, “Life’s a Happy Song” from “The Muppets”
Houston Film Critics Society
Bret McKenzie, “Man or Muppet” from “The Muppets”
Las Vegas Film Critics Society
Jason Reeves & Lenka Kripac, writers, “The Show” from “Moneyball”
African-American Film Critics
VISUAL EFFECTS
“Rise of the Planet of the Apes”
Las Vegas Film Critics Society
