# 18th Critics' Choice Awards

The 18th Critics' Choice Awards were presented on January 10, 2013 at the Barker Hangar at the Santa Monica Airport, honoring the finest achievements of 2012 filmmaking. The ceremony was broadcast on The CW and hosted by Sam Rubin. The nominees were announced on December 11, 2012.

## Winners and nominees

| Best Picture Argo Beasts of the Southern Wild Django Unchained Les Misérables Life of Pi Lincoln The Master Moonrise Kingdom Silver Linings Playbook Zero Dark Thirty | Best Director Ben Affleck – Argo Kathryn Bigelow – Zero Dark Thirty Tom Hooper – Les Misérables Ang Lee – Life of Pi David O. Russell – Silver Linings Playbook Steven Spielberg – Lincoln |
| Best Actor Daniel Day-Lewis – Lincoln as Abraham Lincoln Bradley Cooper – Silver Linings Playbook as Patrizio "Pat" Solitano Jr. John Hawkes – The Sessions as Mark O'Brien Hugh Jackman – Les Misérables as Jean Valjean Joaquin Phoenix – The Master as Freddie Quell Denzel Washington – Flight as William "Whip" Whitaker Sr. | Best Actress Jessica Chastain – Zero Dark Thirty as Maya Harris Marion Cotillard – Rust and Bone as Stéphanie Jennifer Lawrence – Silver Linings Playbook as Tiffany Maxwell Emmanuelle Riva – Amour as Anne Laurent Quvenzhané Wallis – Beasts of the Southern Wild as Hushpuppy Naomi Watts – The Impossible as Maria Bennett |
| Best Supporting Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman – The Master as Lancaster Dodd Alan Arkin – Argo as Lester Siegel Javier Bardem – Skyfall as Raoul Silva Robert De Niro – Silver Linings Playbook as Patrizio "Pat" Solitano Sr. Tommy Lee Jones – Lincoln as Thaddeus Stevens Matthew McConaughey – Magic Mike as Dallas | Best Supporting Actress Anne Hathaway – Les Misérables as Fantine Amy Adams – The Master as Peggy Dodd Judi Dench – Skyfall as M Ann Dowd – Compliance as Sandra Frum Sally Field – Lincoln as Mary Todd Lincoln Helen Hunt – The Sessions as Cheryl Cohen-Greene |
| Best Young Actor/Actress Quvenzhané Wallis – Beasts of the Southern Wild as Hushpuppy Elle Fanning – Ginger & Rosa as Ginger Kara Hayward – Moonrise Kingdom as Suzy Bishop Tom Holland – The Impossible as Lucas Bennett Logan Lerman – The Perks of Being a Wallflower as Charlie Kelmeckis Suraj Sharma – Life of Pi as Piscine "Pi" Patel | Best Acting Ensemble Silver Linings Playbook Argo The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel Les Misérables Lincoln Moonrise Kingdom |
| Best Original Screenplay Django Unchained – Quentin Tarantino Flight – John Gatins Looper – Rian Johnson The Master – Paul Thomas Anderson Moonrise Kingdom – Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola Zero Dark Thirty – Mark Boal | Best Adapted Screenplay Lincoln – Tony Kushner Argo – Chris Terrio Life of Pi – David Magee The Perks of Being a Wallflower – Stephen Chbosky Silver Linings Playbook – David O. Russell |
| Best Animated Feature Wreck-It Ralph Brave Frankenweenie Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted ParaNorman Rise of the Guardians | Best Action Movie Skyfall The Avengers The Dark Knight Rises Looper |
| Best Actor in an Action Movie Daniel Craig – Skyfall as James Bond Christian Bale – The Dark Knight Rises as Bruce Wayne / Batman Robert Downey Jr. – The Avengers as Tony Stark / Iron Man Joseph Gordon-Levitt – Looper as Joe Jake Gyllenhaal – End of Watch as Officer Brian Taylor | Best Actress in an Action Movie Jennifer Lawrence – The Hunger Games as Katniss Everdeen Emily Blunt – Looper as Sara Gina Carano – Haywire as Mallory Kane Judi Dench – Skyfall as M Anne Hathaway – The Dark Knight Rises as Selina Kyle / Catwoman |
| Best Documentary Feature Searching for Sugar Man Bully The Central Park Five The Imposter The Queen of Versailles West of Memphis | Best Comedy Movie Silver Linings Playbook 21 Jump Street Bernie Ted This Is 40 |
| Best Actor in a Comedy Movie Bradley Cooper – Silver Linings Playbook as Patrizio "Pat" Solitano Jr. Jack Black – Bernie as Bernie Tiede Paul Rudd – This Is 40 as Pete Channing Tatum – 21 Jump Street as Greg Jenko Mark Wahlberg – Ted as John Bennett | Best Actress in a Comedy Movie Jennifer Lawrence – Silver Linings Playbook as Tiffany Maxwell Mila Kunis – Ted as Lori Collins Shirley MacLaine – Bernie as Marjorie Nugent Leslie Mann – This Is 40 as Debbie Rebel Wilson – Pitch Perfect as Patricia "Fat Amy" Hobart |
| Best Sci-Fi/Horror Movie Looper The Cabin in the Woods Prometheus | Best Foreign Language Film Amour • Austria / France / Germany The Intouchables • France A Royal Affair • Denmark Rust and Bone • France |
| Best Art Direction Anna Karenina – Sarah Greenwood (Production Design) / Katie Spencer (Set Decoration) The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey – Dan Hennah (Production Design) / Simon Bright and Ra Vincent (Set Decoration) Les Misérables – Eve Stewart (Production Design) / Anna Lynch-Robinson (Set Decoration) Life of Pi – David Gropman (Production Design) / Anna Pinnock (Set Decoration) Lincoln – Rick Carter (Production Design) / Jim Erickson (Set Decoration) | Best Cinematography Life of Pi – Claudio Miranda Les Misérables – Danny Cohen Lincoln – Janusz Kamiński The Master – Mihai Mălaimare Jr. Skyfall – Roger Deakins |
| Best Costume Design Anna Karenina – Jacqueline Durran Cloud Atlas – Kym Barrett and Pierre-Yves Gayraud The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey – Bob Buck, Ann Maskrey, and Richard Taylor Les Misérables – Paco Delgado Lincoln – Joanna Johnston | Best Editing Zero Dark Thirty – William Goldenberg and Dylan Tichenor Argo – William Goldenberg Les Misérables – Chris Dickens and Melanie Oliver Life of Pi – Tim Squyres Lincoln – Michael Kahn |
| Best Score Lincoln – John Williams Argo – Alexandre Desplat Life of Pi – Mychael Danna The Master – Jonny Greenwood Moonrise Kingdom – Alexandre Desplat | Best Song "Skyfall" – Skyfall "For You" – Act of Valor "Learn Me Right" – Brave "Still Alive" – Paul Williams Still Alive "Suddenly" – Les Misérables |
| Best Makeup Cloud Atlas The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Les Misérables Lincoln | Best Visual Effects Life of Pi The Avengers Cloud Atlas The Dark Knight Rises The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey |

### Favorite Film Franchise

(Public voting category)
The Twilight Saga
* Batman
* Harry Potter
* Indiana Jones
* James Bond
* The Lord of the Rings
* Spider-Man
* Star Trek
* Star Wars
* Toy Story

### Louis XIII Genius Award

Judd Apatow

## Statistics

| Nominations | Film |
| 13 | Lincoln |
| 11 | Les Misérables |
| 10 | Silver Linings Playbook |
| 9 | Life of Pi |
| 7 | Argo |
| 7 | The Master |
| 7 | Skyfall |
| 5 | Looper |
| 5 | Moonrise Kingdom |
| 5 | Zero Dark Thirty |
| 4 | The Dark Knight Rises |
| 4 | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey |
| 3 | The Avengers |
| 3 | Beasts of the Southern Wild |
| 3 | Bernie |
| 3 | Cloud Atlas |
| 3 | Ted |
| 3 | This Is 40 |
| 2 | 21 Jump Street |
| 2 | Amour |
| 2 | Anna Karenina |
| 2 | Brave |
| 2 | Django Unchained |
| 2 | Flight |
| 2 | The Impossible |
| 2 | The Perks of Being a Wallflower |
| 2 | Rust and Bone |
| 2 | The Sessions |
| Wins | Film |
| 4 | Silver Linings Playbook |
| 3 | Lincoln |
| 3 | Skyfall |
| 2 | Anna Karenina |
| 2 | Argo |
| 2 | Life of Pi |
| 2 | Zero Dark Thirty |