Now that Oscar nominations were announced, I’ll be mostly following their category system. I have seen over 60 movies from 2011, you can see what I think about them all here. You can already see my picks for the best movies of 2011 with this tag, so there are my picks for other categories. I’m ignoring the arbitrary five-slots that AMPAS allots for most categories.
Best Director
- Gore Verbinski, “Rango”
- Steven Spielberg, “War Horse” and “The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn”
- Martin Scorsese, “Hugo”
- Brad Bird, “Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol”
- Asghar Farhadi, “A Separation”
- Michel Hazanavicius, “The Artist”
- Terrence Malick, “The Tree of Life”
- Kelly Reichardt, “Meek’s Cutoff”
Best Actor
- Joseph Gordon-Levitt, “50/50”
- Jean Dujardin, “The Artist”
- Hunter McCracken, “The Tree of Life”
- Hamish Linklater, “The Future”
- Tommy Lee Jones, “The Sunset Limited”
- Samuel L. Jackson, “The Sunset Limited”
- Peyman Moadi, “A Separation”
- Ewan McGregor, “Beginners”
Best Actress
- Kristen Wiig, “Bridesmaids”
- Miranda July, “The Future”
- Leila Hatami, “A Separation”
- Michelle Williams, “Meek’s Cutoff”
- Saoirse Ronan, “Hanna”
Best Supporting Actor
- Bruce Greenwood, “Meek’s Cutoff”
- Brad Pitt, “The Tree of Life”
- Albert Brooks, “Drive”
- Alan Rickman, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2”
- Ralph Fiennes, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2”
- Andy Serkis, “Rise of the Planet of the Apes” and “The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn”
- Corey Stoll, “Midnight in Paris”
- Colin Firth, “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy”
Best Supporting Actress
- Berenice Bejo, “The Artist”
- Jessica Chastain, “The Tree of Life”
- Melissa McCarthy, “Bridesmaids”
- Marion Cotillard, “Midnight in Paris”
- Sareh Bayat, “A Separation”
Best Ensemble
- “A Separation”
- “The Artist”
- “Midnight in Paris”
- “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy”
- “The Ides of March”
- “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2”
- “War Horse”
Best Adapted Screenplay
- “The Muppets”
- “Hugo”
- “The Sunset Limited”
- “War Horse”
- “Moneyball”
- “Winnie the Pooh”
Best Original Screenplay
- “Beginners”
- “The Artist”
- “The Tree of Life”
- “Crazy, Stupid, Love”
- “Midnight in Paris”
- “The Future”
- “Rango”
- “A Separation”
- “50/50”
Best Art Direction
- “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2”
- “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy”
- “Hugo”
- “The Artist”
- “The Tree of Life”
- “War Horse”
Best Cinematography
- “The Tree of Life”
- “Hugo”
- “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2”
- “The Artist”
- “War Horse”
- “The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn”
- “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy”
- “Moneyball”
- “The Ides of March”
- “Meek’s Cutoff”
Best Editing
- “The Artist”
- “The Tree of Life”
- “War Horse”
- “Life in a Day”
- “Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol”
- “A Separation”
Best Score
- “The Artist”
- “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2”
- “Hugo”
- “War Horse”
- “Drive”
- “Kung-Fu Panda 2”
- “Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol”
Best Use of Visual Effects
- “Hugo”
- “The Tree of Life”
- “Melancholia”
- “Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol”
- “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2”
- “The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn”
- “Rise of the Planet of the Apes”
Best Animated Feature Film
- “Rango”
- “Winnie the Pooh”
- “Kung-Fu Panda 2”
- “Arthur Christmas”
- “The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn”
Nomination Tallies
9: The Artist, The Tree of Life
7: A Separation, War Horse, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
6: Hugo
5: The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn
4: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol, Midnight in Paris, Meek’s Cutoff
3: Rango, The Future, The Sunset Limited
2: 50/50, Beginners, Drive, Bridesmaids, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Moneyball, Winne the Pooh, The Ides of March, Kung-Fu Panda 2
