With just one month to go before the 84th annual Academy Awards, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences released the nominations list Tuesday morning. Nine films were nominated for the top honor of Best Picture, including the critically acclaimed silent film The Artist and Martin Scorsese’s Hugo. The two films also earned the most nominations with Hugo boasting 11 total nods and The Artist trailing behind with 10. See a complete list of the nominations below. The Oscars will be hosted by Billy Crystal at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles on February 26.
Best Picture: Hugo, The Artist, The Descendants, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, The Help, Midnight in Paris, Moneyball, War Horse, The Tree of Life
Actor: George Clooney, The Descendants; Demian Bichir, A Better Life; Gary Oldman, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy; Jean Dujardin, The Artist; Brad Pitt, Moneyball
Actress: Viola Davis, The Help; Rooney Mara, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo; Glenn Close, Albert Nobbs; Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady; Michelle Williams, My Week with Marilyn
Supporting actor: Jonah Hill, Moneyball; Nick Nolte, Warrior; Kenneth Branagh, My Week with Marilyn; Christopher Plummer, Beginners; Max von Sydow, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Supporting actress: Octavia Spencer, The Help; Jessica Chastain, The Help; Berenice Bejo, The Artist; Melissa McCarthy, Bridesmaids; Janet McTeer, Albert Nobbs
Foreign Language Film: A Separation (Iran), In Darkness (Poland), Bullhead (Belgium), Footnote (Israel), Monsieur Lazhar (Canada)
Animated Feature Film: Kung Fu Panda 2, Puss in Boots, Rango, A Cat in Paris, Chico & Rita
Documentary Feature: Hell and Back Again, Pina, If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front, Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory, Undefeated
Documentary (short subject): The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement, God Is the Bigger Elvis, Incident in New Baghdad, Saving Face, The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom
Animated Short Film: Dimanche/Sunday, The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore, La Luna, A Morning Stroll, Wild Life
Live Action Short Film: Pentecost, Raju, The Shore, Time Freak, Tuba Atlantic
Directing: Alexander Payne, The Descendants; Martin Scorsese, Hugo; Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist; Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris; Terrence Malick, The Tree of Life
Original Screenplay: Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist; Annie Mumolo and Kristen Wiig, Bridesmaids; J.C. Chandor, Margin Call; Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris; Asghar Farhadi, A Separation
Adapted Screenplay: John Logan, Hugo; Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash, The Descendants; George Clooney, Grant Heslov and Beau Willimon, The Ides of March; Bridget O'Connor and Peter Straughan, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy; Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin and Stan Chervin, Moneyball
Original Score: Hugo, Howard Shore; The Adventures of Tintin, John Williams; War Horse, John Williams; The Artist, Ludovic Bource; Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Alberto Iglesias
Art Direction: The Artist, Hugo, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, War Horse, Midnight in Paris
Film Editing: Hugo, The Artist, The Descendants, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Moneyball
Visual Effects: Hugo, Real Steel, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Sound Mixing: War Horse, Hugo, Moneyball, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Sound Editing: Drive, War Horse, Hugo, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Cinematography: The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, The Artist, Hugo, War Horse, The Tree of Life
Costume: The Artist, Jane Eyre, W.E., Hugo, Anonymous
Makeup: Albert Nobbs, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, The Iron Lady
Original Song: Bret McKenzie, Man or Muppet from The Muppets; Sergio Mendes, Carlinhos Brown and Siedah Garret, Real in Rio from Rio
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