The Social Network

• 127 Hours
• Black Swan
• The Fighter
• Inception
• The King's Speech
• The Town
• Toy Story 3
• True Grit
• Winter's Bone

David Fincher – The Social Network

• Darren Aronofsky – Black Swan
• Danny Boyle – 127 Hours
• Joel Coen and Ethan Coen – True Grit
• Tom Hooper – The King's Speech
• Christopher Nolan – Inception

Colin Firth – The King's Speech as King George VI

• Jeff Bridges – True Grit as Deputy U.S. Marshal Rooster Cogburn
• Robert Duvall – Get Low as Felix Bush
• Jesse Eisenberg – The Social Network as Mark Zuckerberg
• James Franco – 127 Hours as Aron Ralston
• Ryan Gosling – Blue Valentine as Dean Pereira

Natalie Portman – Black Swan as Nina Sayers

• Annette Bening – The Kids Are All Right as Dr. Nicole "Nic" Allgood
• Nicole Kidman – Rabbit Hole as Becca Corbett
• Jennifer Lawrence – Winter's Bone as Ree Dolly
• Noomi Rapace – The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo as Lisbeth Salander
• Michelle Williams – Blue Valentine as Cindy Heller

Christian Bale – The Fighter as Dicky Eklund

• Andrew Garfield – The Social Network as Eduardo Saverin
• Jeremy Renner – The Town as James "Jem" Coughlin
• Sam Rockwell – Conviction as Kenny Waters
• Mark Ruffalo – The Kids Are All Right as Paul Hatfield
• Geoffrey Rush – The King's Speech as Lionel Logue

Melissa Leo – The Fighter as Alice Eklund-Ward

• Amy Adams – The Fighter as Charlene Fleming
• Helena Bonham Carter – The King's Speech as Queen Elizabeth
• Mila Kunis – Black Swan as Lily
• Hailee Steinfeld – True Grit as Mattie Ross
• Jacki Weaver – Animal Kingdom as Janine "Smurf" Cody

Hailee Steinfeld – True Grit as Mattie Ross

• Elle Fanning – Somewhere as Cleo
• Jennifer Lawrence – Winter's Bone as Ree Dolly
• Chloë Grace Moretz – Kick-Ass as Mindy Macready / Hit-Girl
• Chloë Grace Moretz – Let Me In as Abby
• Kodi Smit-McPhee – Let Me In as Owen

The Fighter

• The Kids Are All Right
• The King's Speech
• The Social Network
• The Town

The King's Speech – David Seidler

• Another Year – Mike Leigh
• Black Swan – Mark Heyman, Andres Heinz, and John McLaughlin
• The Fighter – Scott Silver, Paul Tamasy, and Eric Johnson (story by Keith Dorrington, Paul Tamasy, and Eric Johnson)
• Inception – Christopher Nolan
• The Kids Are All Right – Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg

The Social Network – Aaron Sorkin

• 127 Hours – Simon Beaufoy and Danny Boyle
• The Town – Ben Affleck, Peter Craig, and Aaron Stockard
• Toy Story 3 – Michael Arndt (story by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton, and Lee Unkrich)
• True Grit – Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
• Winter's Bone – Debra Granik and Anne Rosellini

Toy Story 3

• Despicable Me
• How to Train Your Dragon
• The Illusionist
• Tangled

Waiting for "Superman"

• Exit Through the Gift Shop
• Inside Job
• Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work
• Restrepo
• The Tillman Story

Inception

• Kick-Ass
• Red
• The Town
• Unstoppable

Easy A

• Cyrus
• Date Night
• Get Him to the Greek
• I Love You Phillip Morris
• The Other Guys

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo • Denmark / Germany / Sweden

• Biutiful • Mexico / Spain
• I Am Love • Italy

Inception – Guy Hendrix Dyas (Production Design) / Larry Dias and Doug Mowat (Set Decoration)

• Alice in Wonderland – Robert Stromberg (Production Design) / Karen O'Hara (Set Decoration)
• Black Swan – Thérèse DePrez (Production Design) / Tora Peterson (Set Decoration)
• The King's Speech – Eve Stewart (Production Design) / Judy Farr (Set Decoration)
• True Grit – Jess Gonchor (Production Design) / Nancy Haigh (Set Decoration)

Inception – Wally Pfister

• 127 Hours – Anthony Dod Mantle and Enrique Chediak
• Black Swan – Matthew Libatique
• The King's Speech – Danny Cohen
• True Grit – Roger Deakins

Alice in Wonderland – Colleen Atwood

• Black Swan – Amy Westcott
• The King's Speech – Jenny Beavan
• True Grit – Mary Zophres

Inception – Lee Smith

• 127 Hours – Jon Harris
• Black Swan – Andrew Weisblum
• The Social Network – Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall

Alice in Wonderland

• Black Swan
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1
• True Grit

The Social Network – Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross

• Black Swan – Clint Mansell
• Inception – Hans Zimmer
• The King's Speech – Alexandre Desplat
• True Grit – Carter Burwell

"If I Rise" – 127 Hours

• "I See the Light" – Tangled
• "Shine" – Waiting for "Superman"
• "We Belong Together" – Toy Story 3
• "You Haven't Seen the Last of Me" – Burlesque

Inception

• 127 Hours
• Black Swan
• The Social Network
• Toy Story 3

Inception

• Alice in Wonderland
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1
• Tron: Legacy