CRITICS CHOICE NOMINATIONS

Best Film

·          Argo

·          Beasts of the Southern Wild

·          Django Unchained

·          Life of Pi

·          Lincoln

·          The Master

·          Les Misérables

·          Moonrise Kingdom

·          Silver Linings Playbook

·          Zero Dark Thirty

Best Director

·          Ben Affleck (Argo)

·          Kathryn Bigelow (Zero Dark Thirty)

·          Tom Hooper (Les Misérables)

·          Ang Lee (Life of Pi)

·          David O. Russell (Silver Linings Playbook)

·          Steven Spielberg (Lincoln)

Best Actor

·          Bradley Cooper (Silver Linings Playbook)

·          Daniel Day-Lewis (Lincoln)

·          John Hawkes (The Sessions)

·          Hugh Jackman (Les Misérables)

·          Joaquin Phoenix (The Master)

·          Denzel Washington (Flight)

Best Actress

·          Jessica Chastain (Zero Dark Thirty)

·          Marion Cotillard (Rust and Bone)

·          Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Lining Playbook)

·          Emmanuelle Riva (Amour)

·          Quvenzhané Wallis (Beasts of the Southern Wild)

·          Naomi Watts (The Impossible)

Best Supporting Actor

·          Alan Arkin (Argo)

·          Javier Bardem (Skyfall)

·          Robert De Niro (Silver Linings Playbook)

·          Philip Seymour Hoffman (The Master)

·          Tommy Lee Jones (Lincoln)

·          Matthew McConaughey (Magic Mike)

Best Supporting Actress

·          Amy Adams (The Master)

·          Judi Dench (Skyfall)

·          Ann Dowd (Compliance)

·          Sally Field (Lincoln)

·          Anne Hathaway (Les Misérables)

·          Helen Hunt (The Sessions)

Best Original Screenplay

·          Paul Thomas Anderson (The Master)

·          Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola (Moonrise Kingdom)

·          Mark Boal (Zero Dark Thirty)

·          John Gatins (Flight)

·          Rian Johnson (Looper)

·          Quentin Tarantino (Django Unchained)

Best Adapted Screenplay

·          Stephen Chbosky (The Perks of Being a Wallflower)

·          Tony Kushner (Lincoln)

·          David Magee (Life of Pi)

·          David O. Russell (Silver Linings Playbook)

·          Chris Terrio (Argo)

Best Cinematography

·          Danny Cohen (Les Misérables)

·          Roger Deakins (Skyfall)

·          Janusz Kaminski (Lincoln)

·          Mihai Malaimare Jr. (The Master)

·          Claudio Miranda (Life of Pi)

Best Editing

·          Chris Dickens and Melanie Oliver (Les Misérables)

·          William Goldenberg (Argo)

·          William Goldenberg and Dylan Tichenor (Zero Dark Thirty)

·          Michael Kahn (Lincoln)

·          Tim Squyres (Life of Pi)

Best Art Direction

·          Simon Bright, Dan Hennah and Ra Vincent (The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey)

·          Rick Carter and Jim Erickson (Lincoln)

·          Sarah Greenwood and Katie Spencer (Anna Karenina)

·          David Gropman and Anna Pinnock (Life of Pi)

·          Anna Lynch-Robinson and Eve Stewart (Les Misérables)

Best Costume Design

·          Kim Barrett and Pierre-Yves Gayraud (Cloud Atlas)

·          Bob Buck, Ann Maskrey and Richard Taylor (The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey)

·          Paco Delgado (Les Misérables)

·          Jacqueline Durran (Anna Karenina)

·          Joanna Johnston (Lincoln)

Best Visual Effects

·          The Avengers

·          Cloud Atlas

·          The Dark Knight Rises

·          The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

·          Life of Pi

Best Make-Up

·          Cloud Atlas

·          The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

·          Lincoln

·          Les Misérables

Best Score

·          Mychael Danna (Life of Pi)

·          Alexandre Desplat (Argo)

·          Alexandre Desplat (Moonrise Kingdom)

·          Jonny Greenwood (The Master)

·          John Williams (Lincoln)

Best Song

·          Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth – ‘Skyfall’ (Skyfall)

·          Alain Boublil, Herbert Kretzmer and Claude-Michel Schönberg – ‘Suddenly’ (Les Misérables)

·          Ted Dwane, Ben Lovett, Winston Marshall, Marcus Mumford and Jasmine van den Bogaerde – ‘Learn Me Right’ (Brave)

·          Monty Powell and Keith Urban – ‘For You’ (Act of Valour)

·          Paul Williams – ‘Still Alive’ (Paul Williams Still Alive)

Best Acting Ensemble

·          Argo

·          The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

·          Lincoln

·          Les Misérables

·          Moonrise Kingdom

·          Silver Linings Playbook

Best Animated Feature

·          Brave

·          Frankenweenie

·          Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted

·          ParaNorman

·          Rise of the Guardians

·          Wreck-It Ralph

Best Documentary Feature

·          Bully

·          The Central Park Five

·          The Imposter

·          The Queen of Versailles

·          Searching for Sugar Man

·          West of Memphis

Best Foreign Language Film

·          Amour

·          The Intouchables

·          A Royal Affair

·          Rust and Bone

Best Action Movie

·          The Avengers

·          The Dark Knight Rises

·          Looper

·          Skyfall

Best Comedy

·          21 Jump Street

·          Bernie

·          Silver Linings Playbook

·          Ted

·          This Is 40

Best Sci-Fi / Horror Movie

·          The Cabin in the Woods

·          Looper

·          Prometheus

Best Young Actor / Actress

·          Elle Fanning (Ginger & Rosa)

·          Kara Hayward (Moonrise Kingdom)

·          Tom Holland (The Impossible)

·          Logan Lerman (The Perks of Being a Wallflower)

·          Suraj Sharma (Life of Pi)

·          Quvenzhané Wallis (Beasts of the Southern Wild)

Best Actor in an Action Movie

·          Christian Bale (The Dark Knight Rises)

·          Daniel Craig (Skyfall)

·          Robert Downey Jr. (The Avengers)

·          Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Looper)

·          Jake Gyllenhaal (End of Watch)

Best Actor in a Comedy

·          Jack Black (Bernie)

·          Bradley Cooper (Silver Linings Playbook)

·          Paul Rudd (This is 40)

·          Channing Tatum (21 Jump Street)

·          Mark Wahlberg (Ted)

Best Actress in an Action Movie

·          Emily Blunt (Looper)

·          Gina Carano (Haywire)

·          Judi Dench (Skyfall)

·          Anne Hathaway (The Dark Knight Rises)

·          Jennifer Lawrence (The Hunger Games)

Best Actress in a Comedy

·          Mila Kunis (Ted)

·          Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Linings Playbook)

·          Shirley MacLaine (Bernie)

·          Leslie Mann (This Is 40)

·          Rebel Wilson (Pitch Perfect)

Lincoln leads with 13, a record for the BFCA, and that has nothing to do with the additional action and comedy acting categories. Indeed, with the Best Sound category out this year, it has potentially missed out on a 14th nomination! All those extra categories bump up the nomination counts for Jennifer Lawrence (four including Ensemble) and Bradley Cooper (three including Ensemble), but also don't bolster Les Miserables' total, which is at 11, and that doesn't include a screenplay nod. The Master misses out on Director but Life of Pi confirms its status as a frontrunner for Oscar nominations after a wobbly start to the season. Matthew McConaughey makes it in for Magic Mike, and Moonrise Kingdom's ineligible score is one of two for Alexandre Desplat, including Argo and not Zero Dark Thirty, which scores five nominations (it isn't an action movie, then). Skyfall also continues to perform well, scoring two acting nominations. Last year, the BFCA's Best Picture list featured all nine of the Academy's, including Extremely loud and Incredibly Close (which they loved). This year's list looks likely to include all of Oscar's once more, be that nine or not. The awards will be handed out on the telly on the 10th of January.