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Numbers are cumulative points based on Shadows' complex, highly secret scoring system,
combining year-end awards, Oscar-watchers, top-ten lists and much more.








A N D   T H E Y ’ R E   O F F . . .
the standings on 3.Feb.12 with 188 awards tabulated
oscar: *nominee       guilds: +nominee ++winner

F I L M
includes foreign, animated and docs...

787 The Artist *++
 735 A Separation *
630 The Tree of Life *
580 The Descendants *+
460 Drive
422 Hugo *
386 Rango *+
301 Moneyball *+
283 The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of The Unicorn ++
275 Melancholia
268 The Help *+
257 Senna
238 Midnight in Paris *+
232 Cave of Forgotten Dreams
227 We Need to Talk About Kevin
220 The Skin I Live in
215 Project Nim
207 Pina *
204 War Horse *+
195 Bridesmaids +
175 Shame
172 Puss in Boots *+
170 Kung Fu Panda 2 *+
166 Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
161 The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo +
145 Arthur Christmas +
132 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
127 Take Shelter
119 Mysteries of Lisbon
116 The Kid With a Bike
112 Le Havre
103 Poetry
97 Buck
96 Weekend
96 The Interrupters
96 Into the Abyss
91 Certified Copy
87 Chico & Rita *+

D I R E C T O R

399 Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist) *++
 302 Martin Scorsese (Hugo) *+
279 Terrence Malick (The Tree of Life) *
237 Nicolas Winding Refn (Drive)
169 Alexander Payne (The Descendants) *+
120 Woody Allen (Midnight in Paris) *+
92 Lynne Ramsay (We Need to Talk About Kevin)
77 Lars Von Trier (Melancholia)
59 Tomas Alfredson (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy)
57 Asghar Farhadi (A Separation)

S C R E E N P L A Y

337 The Descendants (Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash) *+
 325 Moneyball (Aaron Sorkin, Seven Zaillian) *+
288 Midnight in Paris (Woody Allen). *+
238 The Artist (Michel Hazanavicius). *
186 A Separation (Asghar Farhadi) *
143 Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (Bridget O'Connor, Peter Straughan) *
129 The Ides of March (George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Beau Williamson) *
113 Bridesmaids (Kristen Wiig, Annie Munro). *+
107 Win Win (Tom McCarthy). +
106 Hugo (John Logan) *+

A C T R E S S

375 Meryl Streep (The Iron Lady) *+
341 Michelle Williams (My Week With Marilyn*+, Take This Waltz)
303 Tilda Swinton (We Need to Talk About Kevin) +
296 Viola Davis (The Help) *++
164 Kirsten Dunst (Melancholia)
145 Glenn Close (Albert Nobbs) *+
133 Elizabeth Olsen (Martha Marcy May Marlene)
130 Olivia Colman (Tyrannosaur, The Iron Lady)
106 Rooney Mara (The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo) *
89 Anna Paquin (Margaret)

A C T O R

440 Jean Dujardin (The Artist) *++
372 Michael Fassbender (Shame, Jane Eyre, A Dangerous Method)
348 George Clooney (The Descendants *+, The Ides of March)
340 Brad Pitt (Moneyball *+, The Tree of Life)
201 Gary Oldman (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy) *
182 Michael Shannon (Take Shelter)
156 Ryan Gosling (Drive, The Ides of March, Crazy Stupid Love)
103 Leonardo DiCaprio (J Edgar) +
57 Demian Bichir (A Better Life) *+
51 Brendan Gleeson (The Guard)

S U P P O R T I N G   A C T R E S S

409 Jessica Chastain (The Help *+, The Tree of Life, Take Shelter)
277 Octavia Spencer (The Help) *++
202 Melissa McCarthy (Bridesmaids) *+
188 Berenice Bejo (The Artist) *+
182 Shailene Woodley (The Descendants)
172 Carey Mulligan (Shame, Drive)
148 Vanessa Redgrave (Coriolanus, Anonymous)
143 Janet McTeer (Albert Nobbs) *+
90 Sareh Bayat (A Separation)
41 Judi Dench (J Edgar, My Week With Marilyn)

S U P P O R T I N G   A C T O R

427 Christopher Plummer (Beginners *++, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo)
348 Albert Brooks (Drive)
202 Kenneth Branagh (My Week With Marilyn) *+
121 Nick Nolte (Warrior) *+
108 Jonah Hill (Moneyball) *+
59 Viggo Mortensen (A Dangerous Method)
58 Patton Oswalt (Young Adult)
49 Andy Serkis (Rise of the Planet of the Apes)
45 Max von Sydow (Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close) *
42 John Hawkes (Martha Marcy May Marlene)

E N S E M B L E

162 The Help ++
108 Bridesmaids +
72 The Descendants +
63 Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
62 Margin Call
51 Midnight in Paris +
38 A Separation
31 Carnage
27 The Artist +
26 Contagion

B R E A K T H R O U G H
A C T O R

108 Jessica Chastain (The Tree of Life, Take Shelter, The Help)
66 Shailene Woodley (The Descendants)
64 Elizabeth Olsen (Martha Marcy May Marlene)
50 Craig Roberts (Submarine)
42 Thomas Horn (Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close)
40 Felicity Jones (Like Crazy, Albatross)
35 Asa Butterfield (Hugo)
32 John Boyega (Attack the Block)
31 Adepero Oduye (Pariah)
30 Tom Cullen (Weekend)

B R E A K T H R O U G H
F I L M M A K E R

109 Paddy Considine (Tyrannosaur)
67 Andrew Haigh (Weekend)
65 Sean Durkin (Martha Marcy May Marlene)
60 Joe Cornish (Attack the Block)
60 JC Chandor (Margin Call)
48 Richard Ayoade (Submarine)
32 John Michael McDonagh (The Guard)
30 Ralph Fiennes (Coriolanus)
20 Will Sharpe & Tom Kingsley (Black Pond)
20 Mike Cahill (Another Earth)

S C O R E

274 The Artist (Ludovic Bource) *
 118 Hugo (Howard Shore) *
110 Drive (Cliff Martinez)
103 The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross)
102 War Horse (John Williams) *
99 Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (Alberto Iglesias) *
58 Hanna (Chemical Brothers)
46 The Adventures of Tintin (John Williams) *
43 The Tree of Life (Alexandre Desplat)
39 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (Alexandre Desplat)

E D I T I N G

137 The Artist (Anne-Sophie Bion, Michel Hazanavicius) *+
 126 Hugo (Thelma Schoonmaker) *+
106 The Tree of Life (Hank Corwin, Jay Rabinowitz, et al)
93 The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Kirk Baxter, Angus Wall) *+
70 Drive (Mat Newman)
63 The Descendants (Kevin Tent) *+
63 Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (Dino Jonsater)
61 War Horse (Michael Kahn) *+
52 Moneyball (Christopher Tellefsen) +
50 Senna (Chris King, Gregers Sall)

C I N E M A T O G R A P H Y

399 The Tree of Life (Emmanuel Lubezki) *+
 212 Hugo (Robert Richardson) *+
184 The Artist (Guillaume Schiffman) *+
134 War Horse (Janusz Kaminski) *
105 Melancholia (Manuel Alberto Claro)
105 Drive (Newton Thomas Sigel)
96 The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Jeff Cronenweth) *+
78 Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (Hoyte Van Hoytema) +
25 J Edgar (Tom Stern)
24 The Skin I Live In (Jose Luis Alcaine)

W O R S T   F I L M

143 Sucker Punch
75 The Hangover Part II
74 The Dilemma
62 New Year's Eve
58 Horrid Henry
57 Love's Kitchen
48 The Green Hornet
47 Your Highness
46 You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
44 Transformers: Dark of the Moon
A W A R D S   &   B U Z Z   I N C L U D E D . . . back to the top
Guilds: ACE Eddies (18 Feb). ADG (4 Feb). Annies (4 Feb). ASC (12 Feb). CAS (18 Feb). CDG (21 Feb). DGA. MPSE (19 Feb). PGA. SAG. VES (7 Feb). WGA (19 Feb). Awards: 3D Society. Aacta. AFI. Bafta (12 Feb). BIFAs. Black Reels (10 Feb). Cinema Eye. Cesars (25 Feb). Chlotrudis (18 Mar). EFAs . Evening Standard (6 Feb). Genies (8 Mar). Golden Globes. Gothams. Goyas (19 Feb). Grammys (12 Feb). Guldbagges. Image (Mar). International Cinephile Society (21 Feb). Next Projection. Oscar (26 Feb). People's Choice. Rober (26 Feb). Scripters (18 Feb). Spirits (24 Feb). Critics: African-American. Austin. Black. Boston. Broadcast . Chicago. Critics Choice. Dallas Ft Worth. Denver. Detroit. Dublin. Fipresci. Gay & Lesbian. Houston. Iowa. Kansas City. Las Vegas. London. Los Angeles. Metacritic. National Board of Review. National Society. Nevada. New York. New York Online. Ohio. Oklahoma. Online. Phoenix. St Louis. San Diego. San Francisco. Satellites. Toronto. Utah. Vancouver. Washington DC. Women-Alliance (10 Jan). Women-Circle. Festivals: Berlinale. Cannes. Edinburgh. London. Palm Springs. Raindance. San Sebastian. Santa Barbara. Sundance. SXSW. Toronto. Torino. Tribeca. Venice. And lots of journalists and Oscarwatchers...
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