- Black Swan (Fox Searchlight)
- The Fighter (Paramount)
- Inception (Warner Bros.)
- The Kids Are All Right (Focus Features)
- The King's Speech (The Weinstein Company)
- 127 Hours (Fox Searchlight)
- The Social Network (Sony Pictures Releasing)
- Toy Story 3 (Walt Disney)
- True Grit (Paramount)
- Winter's Bone (Roadside Attractions)
Performance by an actor in a leading role- Javier Bardem in "Biutiful" (Roadside Attractions)
- Jeff Bridges in "True Grit" (Paramount)
- Jesse Eisenberg in "The Social Network" (Sony Pictures Releasing)
- Colin Firth in "The King's Speech" (The Weinstein Company)
- James Franco in "127 Hours" (Fox Searchlight)
Performance by an actor in a supporting role- Christian Bale in "The Fighter" (Paramount)
- John Hawkes in "Winter's Bone" (Roadside Attractions)
- Jeremy Renner in "The Town" (Warner Bros.)
- Mark Ruffalo in "The Kids Are All Right" (Focus Features)
- Geoffrey Rush in "The King's Speech" (The Weinstein Company)
Performance by an actress in a leading role- Annette Bening in "The Kids Are All Right" (Focus Features)
- Nicole Kidman in "Rabbit Hole" (Lionsgate)
- Jennifer Lawrence in "Winter's Bone" (Roadside Attractions)
- Natalie Portman in "Black Swan" (Fox Searchlight)
- Michelle Williams in "Blue Valentine" (The Weinstein Company)
Performance by an actress in a supporting role- Amy Adams in "The Fighter" (Paramount)
- Helena Bonham Carter in "The King's Speech" (The Weinstein Company)
- Melissa Leo in "The Fighter" (Paramount)
- Hailee Steinfeld in "True Grit" (Paramount)
- Jacki Weaver in "Animal Kingdom" (Sony Pictures Classics)
Best animated feature film of the year- How to Train Your Dragon (Paramount) Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois
- The Illusionist (Sony Pictures Classics) Sylvain Chomet
- Toy Story 3 (Walt Disney) Lee Unkrich
Art Direction- Alice in Wonderland (Walt Disney), Robert Stromberg (Production Design), Karen O'Hara (Set Decoration)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 (Warner Bros.), Stuart Craig (Production Design), Stephenie McMillan (Set Decoration)
- Inception (Warner Bros.), Guy Hendrix Dyas (Production Design), Larry Dias and Doug Mowat (Set Decoration)/span>
- The King's Speech (Paramount), Eve Stewart (Production Design), Judy Farr (Set Decoration)
- True Grit (Paramount), Jess Gonchor (Production Design), Nancy Haigh (Set Decoration)
Achievement in Cinematography- Black Swan (Fox Searchlight) Matthew Libatique
- Inception (Warner Bros.) Wally Pfister
- The King's Speech (The Weinstein Company) Danny Cohen
- The Social Network (Sony Pictures Releasing) Jeff Cronenweth
- True Grit (Paramount) Roger Deakins
Achievement in costume design- Alice in Wonderland (Walt Disney) Colleen Atwood
- I Am Love (Magnolia Pictures) Antonella Cannarozzi
- The King's Speech (The Weinstein Company) Jenny Beavan
- The Tempest (Miramax) Sandy Powell
- True Grit (Paramount) Mary Zophres
Achievement in directing- Black Swan (Fox Searchlight), Darren Aronofsky
- The Fighter (Paramount), David O. Russell
- The King's Speech (The Weinstein Company), Tom Hooper
- The Social Network (Sony Pictures Releasing), David Fincher
- True Grit (Paramount), Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
Best Documentary Feature- Exit through the Gift Shop (Producers Distribution Agency)
- Inside Job (Sony Pictures Classics)
- Restrepo (National Geographic Entertainment)
- Waste Land Lucy Walker and Angus Aynsley (Arthouse Films)
Best documentary short subject- Killing in the Name Nominees to be determined A Moxie Firecracker Films Production
- Poster Girl Nominees to be determined A Portrayal Films Production
- Strangers No More Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon A Simon & Goodman Picture Company Production
- Sun Come Up Jennifer Redfearn and Tim Metzger A Sun Come Up Production
- The Warriors of Qiugang Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon A Thomas Lennon Films Production
Achievement in film editing- Black Swan (Fox Searchlight) Andrew Weisblum
- The Fighter Paramount Pamela Martin
- The King's Speech (The Weinstein Company) Tariq Anwar
- 127 Hours (Fox Searchlight) Jon Harris
- The Social Network (Sony Pictures Releasing) Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter
Best foreign language film of the year- Biutiful Mexico
- Dogtooth Greece
- In a Better World Denmark
- Incendies Canada
- Outside the Law (Hors-la-loi) Algeria
Achievement in makeup- Achievement in makeup (Sony Pictures Classics) Adrien Morot
- The Way Back (Newmarket Films in association with Wrekin Hill Entertainment and Image Entertainment) Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk and Yolanda Toussieng
- The Wolfman (Universal) Rick Baker and Dave Elsey
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)- How to Train Your Dragon (Paramount) John Powell
- Inception (Warner Bros.) Hans Zimmer
- The King's Speech (The Weinstein Company) Alexandre Desplat
- 127 Hours (Fox Searchlight) A.R. Rahman
- The Social Network (Sony Pictures Releasing) Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)- Coming Home from Country Strong (Sony Pictures Releasing (Screen Gems)) Music and Lyric by Tom Douglas, Troy Verges and Hillary Lindsey
- I See the Light from Tangled (Walt Disney) Music by Alan Menken Lyric by Glenn Slater
- If I Rise from 127 Hours (Fox Searchlight) Music by A.R. Rahman Lyric by Dido and Rollo Armstrong
- We Belong Together from Toy Story 3 (Walt Disney) Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
Best animated short film- Day & Night (Walt Disney) A Pixar Animation Studios Production Teddy Newton
- The Gruffalo A Magic Light Pictures Production Jakob Schuh and Max Lang
- Let's Pollute A Geefwee Boedoe Production Geefwee Boedoe
- The Lost Thing (Nick Batzias for Madman Entertainment) A Passion Pictures Australia Production Shaun Tan and Andrew Ruhemann
- Madagascar, carnet de voyage (Madagascar, a Journey Diary) A Sacrebleu Production Bastien Dubois
Best live action short film- The Confession (National Film and Television School) A National Film and Television School Production Tanel Toom
- The Crush (Network Ireland Television) A Purdy Pictures Production Michael Creagh
- God of Love A Luke Matheny Production Luke Matheny
- Na Wewe (Premium Films) A CUT! Production Ivan Goldschmidt
- Wish 143 A Swing and Shift Films/Union Pictures Production Ian Barnes and Samantha Waite
Achievement in sound editing- Inception (Warner Bros.) Richard King
- Toy Story 3 (Walt Disney) Tom Myers and Michael Silvers
- Tron: Legacy (Walt Disney) Gwendolyn Yates Whittle and Addison Teague
- True Grit (Paramount) Skip Lievsay and Craig Berkey
- Unstoppable (20th Century Fox) Mark P. Stoeckinger
Achievement in sound mixing- Inception (Warner Bros.) Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo and Ed Novick
- The King's Speech (The Weinstein Company) Paul Hamblin, Martin Jensen and John Midgley
- Salt (Sony Pictures Releasing) Jeffrey J. Haboush, Greg P. Russell, Scott Millan and William Sarokin
- The Social Network (Sony Pictures Releasing) Ren Klyce, David Parker, Michael Semanick and Mark Weingarten
- True Grit (Paramount) Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff and Peter F. Kurland
Achievement in visual effects- Alice in Wonderland (Walt Disney) Ken Ralston, David Schaub, Carey Villegas and Sean Phillips
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 (Warner Bros.) Tim Burke, John Richardson, Christian Manz and Nicolas Aithadi
- Hereafter (Warner Bros.) Michael Owens, Bryan Grill, Stephan Trojanski and Joe Farrell
- Inception (Warner Bros.) Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb
- Iron Man 2 (Paramount and Marvel Entertainment, Distributed by Paramount) Janek Sirrs, Ben Snow, Ged Wright and Daniel Sudick
Adapted screenplay- 127 Hours (Fox Searchlight), Screenplay by Danny Boyle & Simon Beaufoy
- The Social Network (Sony Pictures Releasing), Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin
- Toy Story 3 (Walt Disney), Screenplay by Michael Arndt. Story by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich
- True Grit (Paramount), Written for the screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
- Winter's Bone (Roadside Attractions), Adapted for the screen by Debra Granik & Anne Rosellini
Original screenplay
- Another Year (Sony Pictures Classics), Written by Mike Leigh
- The Fighter (Paramount), Screenplay by Scott Silver and Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson. Story by Keith Dorrington & Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson
- Inception (Warner Bros.), Written by Christopher Nolan
- The Kids Are All Right (Focus Features), Written by Lisa Cholodenko & Stuart Blumberg
- The King's Speech (The Weinstein Company), Screenplay by David Seidler
