Best Picture
- WINNERThe Artist
- The Descendants
- The Help
- Hugo
- The Tree of Life
- Midnight in Paris
- Moneyball
- War Horse
- Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Best Actor
- George Clooney, The Descendants
- Demian Bichir, A Better Life
- WINNERJean Dujardin, The Artist
- Brad Pitt, Moneyball
- Gary Oldman, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Best Actress
- Glenn Close, Albert Nobbs
- Viola Davis, The Help
- Michelle Williams, My Week With Marilyn
- WINNERMeryl Streep, The Iron Lady
- Rooney Mara, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Best Supporting Actor
- Kenneth Branagh, My Week With Marilyn
- Nick Nolte, Warrior
- Jonah Hill, Moneyball
- WINNERChristopher Plummer, Beginners
- Max Von Sydow, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Best Supporting Actress
- Berenice Bejo, The Artist
- Jessica Chastain, The Help
- Melissa McCarthy, Bridesmaids
- Janet McTeer, Albert Nobbs
- WINNEROctavia Spencer, The Help
Best Director
- Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris
- WINNERMichel Hazanavicius, The Artist
- Alexander Payne, The Descendants
- Martin Scorsese, Hugo
- Terrence Malick, The Tree of Life
Best Original Screenplay
- The Artist
- Bridesmaids
- Margin Call
- WINNERMidnight in Paris
- A Separation
Best Adapted Screenplay
- WINNERThe Descendants
- Hugo
- Moneyball
- The Ides of March
- Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Best Animated Film
- A Cat in Paris
- Chico & Rita
- Kung Fu Panda 2
- Puss in Boots
- WINNERRango
Best Foreign Language Film
- Bullhead
- Footnote
- In Darkness
- Monsieur Lazhar
- WINNERA Separation
Best Art Direction
- The Artist
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
- WINNERHugo
- Midnight in Paris
- War Horse
Cinematography
- The Artist
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
- WINNERHugo
- The Tree of Life
- War Horse
Costume Design
- Anonymous
- WINNERThe Artist
- Hugo
- Jane Eyre
- W.E.
Editing
- The Artist
- The Descendants
- WINNERThe Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
- Hugo
- Moneyball
Sound Editing
- Drive
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
- WINNERHugo
- Transformers: Dark of the Moon
- War Horse
Sound Mixing
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
- WINNERHugo
- Moneyball
- Transformers: Dark of the Moon
- War Horse
Original Score
- The Adventures of Tintin
- WINNERThe Artist
- Hugo
- Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
- War Horse
Original Song
- WINNER"Man or Muppet" from The Muppets
- "Real in Rio" from Rio
Documentary Feature
- Hell and Back Again
- If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front
- Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory
- Pina
- WINNERUndefeated
Documentary (short subject)
- The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement
- God Is the Bigger Elvis
- Incident in New Baghdad
- WINNERSaving Face
- The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom
Makeup
- Albert Nobbs
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
- WINNERThe Iron Lady
Animated Short Film
- Dimanche/Sunday
- WINNERThe Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
- La Luna
- A Morning Stroll
- Wild Life
Live Action Short Film
- Pentecost
- Raju
- WINNERThe Shore
- Time Freak
- Tuba Atlantic
Visual Effects
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
- WINNERHugo
- Real Steel
- Rise of the Planet of the Apes
- Transformers: Dark of the Moon
