Nominalizarile pentru cea de-a 84-a editie a Premiilor Oscar au fost anuntate in aceasta dupa amiaza, la Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, in cadrul unei ceremonii prezentate de actrita Jennifer Lawrence si de presedintele Academiei Americane de Film – Tom Sherak. Cel mai nominalizat film al anului a fost "Hugo" al lui Martin Scorsese (11 categorii), urmat de "The Artist" al regizorului francez Michel Hazanavicius (10 nominalizari). Iata nominalizarile la principalele categorii.
Cel mai bun film:
•War Horse
•The Artist
•Moneyball
•The Descendants
•The Tree of Life
•Midnight in Paris
•The Help
•Hugo
•Extremly Loud and Incredibly Close
Cel mai bun actor intr-un rol principal
•Demi¡n Bichir – „A Better Life'
•George Clooney – „The Descendants'
•Jean Dujardin – „The Artist'
•Gary Oldman – „Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy'
•Brad Pitt – „Moneyball'
Cel mai bun actor intr-un rol secundar
•Kenneth Branagh – „My Week with Marilyn'
•Jonah Hill – „Moneyball'
•Nick Nolte – „Warrior'
•Christopher Plummer – „Beginners'
•Max von Sydow – „Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close'
Cea mai buna actrita intr-un rol principal
•Glenn Close – „Albert Nobbs'
•Viola Davis – „The Help'
•Rooney Mara – „The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo'
•Meryl Streep – „The Iron Lady'
•Michelle Williams – „My Week with Marilyn'
Cea mai buna actrita intr-un rol secundar
•Bérénice Bejo – „The Artist'
•Jessica Chastain – „The Help'
•Melissa McCarthy – „Bridesmaids'
•Janet McTeer – „Albert Nobbs'
•Octavia Spencer – „The Help'
Cea mai buna regie
•'The Artist' Michel Hazanavicius
•'The Descendants' Alexander Payne
•'Hugo' Martin Scorsese
•'Midnight in Paris' Woody Allen
•'The Tree of Life' Terrence Malick
Cel mai bun scenariu
•'The Artist' – Michel Hazanavicius
•'Bridesmaids' – Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig
•'Margin Call' – J.C. Chandor
•'Midnight in Paris' – Woody Allen
•'A Separation' – Asghar Farhadi
Cea mai buna imagine
•'The Artist'
•'The Descendants'
•'Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close'
•'The Help'
•'Hugo'
•'Midnight in Paris'
•'Moneyball'
•'The Tree of Life'
•'War Horse'
Cel mai bun film strain
•'Bullhead' Belgium
•'Footnote' Israel
•'In Darkness' Poland
•'Monsieur Lazhar' Canada
•'A Separation' Iran
Cel mai bun film de animatie
•'A Cat in Paris'
•'Chico & Rita'
•'Kung Fu Panda 2
•'Puss in Boots'
•'Rango'
Cea mai buna muzica
•'The Adventures of Tintin' John Williams
•'The Artist' Ludovic Bource
•'Hugo' Howard Shore
•'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy' Alberto Iglesias
•'War Horse' John Williams