Best Picture
TIE, The Dark Knight Rises, Christopher Nolan and Holy Motors, Leo Carax
Rounding out the Ten Best Films of 2012:
- Amour, Michael Haneke
- Lincoln, Steven Spielberg
- The Master, Paul Thomas Anderson
- Once Upon a Time in Anatolia, Nuri Bilge Ceylan
- How to Survive a Plague, David France
- Beasts of the Southern Wild, Benh Zeitlin
- Django Unchained, Quentin Taratino
- Tabu, Miguel Gomes
Best Actor:
Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln
Considered:
- Denis Lavant, Holy Motors
- John Hawkes, The Sessions
- Jean-Louis Trintignant, Amour
- Denzel Washington, Flight
- Joaquin Phoenix, The Master
Best Actress
Marion Cotillard, Rust and Bone
Considered:
- Emmanuelle Riva, Amour
- Rachel Weisz, The Deep Blue Sea
- Quvenzhane Wallis, Beasts of the Southern Wild
- Naomi Watts, The Impossible
Best Supporting Actor
Dwight Henry, Beasts of the Southern Wild
Considered:
- Matthew McConaughey, Magic Mike
- Samuel L. Jackson, Django Unchained
- Leonardo DiCaprio, Django Unchained
- Tommy Lee Jones, Lincoln
- Phillip Seymour Hoffman, The Master
Best Supporting Actress
Anne Dowd, Compliance
Considered:
- Sally Field, Lincoln
- Amy Adams, The Master
- Juno Temple, Killer Joe
- Helen Hunt, The Sessions
- Anne Hathaway, The Dark Knight Rises
- Gina Gershon, Killer Joe
Director: Leo Carax, Holy Motors
Considered:
- Christopher Nolan, The Dark Knight
- Michael Haneke, Amour
- Paul Thomas Anderson, The Master
- Steven Spielberg, Lincoln
Biggest Disappointment
Prometheus
Most Overrated Films of the Year
- Argo, Ben Affleck
- Silver Linings Playbook, David O. Russell
- Searching for Sugar Man, Malik Bendjelloul
- Zero Dark Thirty, Kathryn Bigelow
- Keep the lights On, Ira Sachs
- Not Fade Away, David Chase
Worst Picture
Battleship
Rounding out the ten worst pictures of 2012 are:
- 2016: Obama’s America
- The Words
- Anna Karenina
- Red Tails
- Cloud Atlas
- October Baby
- This Means War
- Alex Cross
- Rock of Ages
Worst Actor: Tyler Perry, Alex Cross
Worst Actress: Katherine Heigl, One for the Money
Worst Supporting Actor: Russell Crowe, Les Miserables
Worst Supporting Actress: Nicole Kidman, The Paperboy
Worst Director: Joe Wright, Anna Kareninia
Kevin Costner Award for Distinguished Career in Mediocrity: Adam Sandler