| Best Picture | Best Director |
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- The King's Speech – Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, and Gareth Unwin
- 127 Hours – Danny Boyle and Christian Colson
- Black Swan – Scott Franklin, Mike Medavoy, and Brian Oliver
- The Fighter – David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman, and Mark Wahlberg
- Inception – Christopher Nolan and Emma Thomas
- The Kids Are All Right – Gary Gilbert, Jeffrey Levy-Hinte, and Celine Rattray
- The Social Network – Dana Brunetti, Ceán Chaffin, Michael De Luca, and Scott Rudin
- Toy Story 3 – Darla K. Anderson
- True Grit – Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, and Scott Rudin
- Winter's Bone – Alix Madigan and Anne Rosellini
| - Tom Hooper – The King's Speech
- Darren Aronofsky – Black Swan
- Ethan Coen and Joel Coen – True Grit
- David Fincher – The Social Network
- David O. Russell – The Fighter
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| Best Actor | Best Actress |
- Colin Firth – The King's Speech as Prince Albert, Duke of York / King George VI
- Javier Bardem – Biutiful as Uxbal
- Jeff Bridges – True Grit as Rooster Cogburn
- Jesse Eisenberg – The Social Network as Mark Zuckerberg
- James Franco – 127 Hours as Aron Ralston
| - Natalie Portman – Black Swan as Nina Sayers
- Annette Bening – The Kids Are All Right as Nic
- Nicole Kidman – Rabbit Hole as Becca Corbett
- Jennifer Lawrence – Winter's Bone as Ree Dolly
- Michelle Williams – Blue Valentine as Cindy
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| Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress |
- Christian Bale – The Fighter as Dicky Eklund
- John Hawkes – Winter's Bone as Teardrop
- Jeremy Renner – The Town as James "Jem" Coughlin
- Mark Ruffalo – The Kids Are All Right as Paul
- Geoffrey Rush – The King's Speech as Lionel Logue
| - Melissa Leo – The Fighter as Alice Ward
- Amy Adams – The Fighter as Charlene Fleming
- Helena Bonham Carter – The King's Speech as Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon / Queen Elizabeth
- Hailee Steinfeld – True Grit as Mattie Ross
- Jacki Weaver – Animal Kingdom as Janine "Smurf" Cody
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| Best Writing – Original Screenplay | Best Writing – Adapted Screenplay |
- The King's Speech – David Seidler
- Another Year – Mike Leigh
- The Fighter – Scott Silver, Paul Tamasy, and Eric Johnson
- Inception – Christopher Nolan
- The Kids Are All Right – Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg
| - The Social Network – Aaron Sorkin from The Accidental Billionaires by Ben Mezrich
- 127 Hours – Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy from Between a Rock and a Hard Place by Aron Ralston
- Toy Story 3 – Michael Arndt, John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton, and Lee Unkrich; characters based on Toy Story and Toy Story 2
- True Grit – Ethan Coen and Joel Coen from True Grit by Charles Portis
- Winter's Bone – Debra Granik and Anne Rosellini from Winter's Bone by Daniel Woodrell
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| Best Animated Feature | Best Foreign Language Film |
- Toy Story 3 – Lee Unkrich
- How to Train Your Dragon – Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois
- The Illusionist – Sylvain Chomet
| - In a Better World (Denmark) in Danish, Swedish, and English – Susanne Bier
- Biutiful (Mexico) in Spanish and English – Alejandro González Iñárritu
- Dogtooth (Greece) in Greek – Yorgos Lanthimos
- Incendies (Canada) in French and Arabic – Denis Villeneuve
- Outside the Law (Algeria) in Arabic and French – Rachid Bouchareb
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| Best Documentary – Feature | Best Documentary – Short Subject |
- Inside Job – Charles H. Ferguson and Audrey Marrs
- Exit Through the Gift Shop – Banksy and Jaimie D'Cruz
- Gasland – Josh Fox and Trish Adlesic
- Restrepo – Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger
- Waste Land – Lucy Walker and Angus Aynsley
| - Strangers No More – Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon
- Killing in the Name – Jed Rothstein
- Poster Girl – Sara Nesson
- Sun Come Up – Jennifer Redfearn and Tim Metzger
- The Warriors of Qiugang – Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon
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| Best Live Action Short Film | Best Animated Short Film |
- God of Love – Luke Matheny
- The Confession – Tanel Toom
- The Crush – Michael Creagh
- Na Wewe – Ivan Goldschmidt
- Wish 143 – Ian Barnes
| - The Lost Thing – Andrew Ruhemann and Shaun Tan
- Day & Night – Teddy Newton
- The Gruffalo – Max Lang and Jakob Schuh
- Let's Pollute – Geefwee Boedoe
- Madagascar, a Journey Diary – Bastien Dubois
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| Best Original Score | Best Original Song |
- The Social Network – Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
- 127 Hours – A.R. Rahman
- How to Train Your Dragon – John Powell
- Inception – Hans Zimmer
- The King's Speech – Alexandre Desplat
| - "We Belong Together" from Toy Story 3 – Randy Newman
- "Coming Home" from Country Strong – Bob DiPiero, Tom Douglas, Hillary Lindsey, and Troy Verges
- "I See the Light" from Tangled – Alan Menken and Glenn Slater
- "If I Rise" from 127 Hours – A.R. Rahman, Rollo Armstrong, and Dido
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| Best Sound Editing | Best Sound Mixing |
- Inception – Richard King
- Toy Story 3 – Tom Myers and Michael Silvers
- Tron: Legacy – Gwendolyn Yates Whittle and Addison Teague
- True Grit – Skip Lievsay and Craig Berkey
- Unstoppable – Mark P. Stoeckinger
| - Inception – Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo, and Ed Novick
- The King's Speech – Paul Hamblin, Martin Jensen, and John Midgley
- Salt – Jeffrey J. Haboush, Greg P. Russell, Scott Millan, and William Sarokin
- The Social Network – Ren Klyce, David Parker, Michael Semanick, and Mark Weingarten
- True Grit – Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff, and Peter F. Kurland
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| Best Art Direction | Best Cinematography |
- Alice in Wonderland – Art Direction: Robert Stromberg; Set Decoration: Karen O'Hara
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 – Art Direction: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan
- Inception – Art Direction: Guy Hendrix Dyas; Set Decoration: Larry Dias and Doug Mowat
- The King's Speech – Art Direction: Eve Stewart; Set Decoration: Judy Farr
- True Grit – Art Direction: Jess Gonchor; Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh
| - Inception – Wally Pfister
- Black Swan – Matthew Libatique
- The King's Speech – Danny Cohen
- The Social Network – Jeff Cronenweth
- True Grit – Roger Deakins
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| Best Makeup | Best Costume Design |
- The Wolfman – Rick Baker and Dave Elsey
- Barney's Version – Adrien Morot
- The Way Back – Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk, and Yolanda Toussieng
| - Alice in Wonderland – Colleen Atwood
- I Am Love – Antonella Cannarozzi
- The King's Speech – Jenny Beavan
- The Tempest – Sandy Powell
- True Grit – Mary Zophres
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| Best Film Editing | Best Visual Effects |
- The Social Network – Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter
- 127 Hours – Jon Harris
- Black Swan – Andrew Weisblum
- The Fighter – Pamela Martin
- The King's Speech – Tariq Anwar
| - Inception – Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley, and Peter Bebb
- Alice in Wonderland – Ken Ralston, David Schaub, Carey Villegas, and Sean Phillips
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 – Tim Burke, John Richardson, Christian Manz, and Nicolas Aithadi
- Hereafter – Michael Owens, Bryan Grill, Stephan Trojanski, and Joe Farrell
- Iron Man 2 – Janek Sirrs, Ben Snow, Ged Wright, and Daniel Sudick
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