The Washington, D.C. Area Film Critics Association

Best Film: Argo Les Misérables Lincoln Silver Linings Playbook Zero Dark Thirty Best Director: Ben Affleck (Argo) Paul Thomas Anderson (The Master) Kathryn Bigelow (Zero Dark Thirty) Tom Hooper (Les Misérables) Steven Spielberg (Lincoln) Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis (Lincoln) John Hawkes (The Sessions) Hugh Jackman (Les Misérables) Joaquin Phoenix (The Master) Denzel Washington (Flight) Best Actress: Jessica Chastain (Zero Dark Thirty) Marion Cotillard (Rust and Bone) Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Linings Playbook) Helen Mirren (Hitchcock) Emmanuelle Riva (Amour) Best Supporting Actor: Alan Arkin (Argo) Javier Bardem (Skyfall) Leonardo DiCaprio (Django Unchained) Philip Seymour Hoffman (The Master) Tommy Lee Jones (Lincoln) Best Supporting Actress: Amy Adams (The Master) Samantha Barks (Les Misérables) Sally Field (Lincoln) Anne Hathaway (Les Misérables) Helen Hunt (The Sessions) Best Acting Ensemble: Argo Les Misérables Lincoln Moonrise Kingdom Zero Dark Thirty Best Adapted Screenplay: Chris Terrio (Argo) David Magee (Life of Pi) Tony Kushner (Lincoln) Stephen Chbosky (The Perks of Being a Wallflower) David O. Russell (Silver Linings Playbook) Best Original Screenplay: Quentin Tarantino (Django Unchained) Rian Johnson (Looper) Paul Thomas Anderson (The Master) Wes Anderson & Roman Coppola (Moonrise Kingdom) Mark Boal (Zero Dark Thirty) Best Animated Feature: Brave Frankenweenie Rise of the Guardians Wreck-It Ralph ParaNorman Best Documentary: Bully The Imposter The Invisible War The Queen of Versailles Searching for Sugar Man Best Foreign Language Film: Amour The Intouchables I Wish A Royal Affair Rust and Bone Best Art Direction: Sarah Greenwood - Production Designer; Katie Spencer - Set Decorator (Anna Karenina) Uli Hanisch, Hugh Bateup - Production Designers; Peter Walpole, Rebecca Alleway - Set Decorators (Cloud Atlas) Eve Stewart - Production Designer; Anna Lynch-Robinson - Set Decorator (Les Misérables) Rick Carter - Production Designer; Jim Erickson - Set Decorator (Lincoln) Adam Stockhausen - Production Designer; Kris Moran - Set Decorator (Moonrise Kingdom) Best Cinematography: Danny Cohen (Les Misérables) Claudio Miranda (Life of Pi) Mihai Malaimare Jr. (The Master) Roger Deakins (Skyfall) Greig Fraser (Zero Dark Thirty) Best Score: Dan Romer & Benh Zeitlin (Beasts of the Southern Wild) Howard Shore (The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey) John Williams (Lincoln) Jonny Greenwood (The Master) Alexandre Desplat (Moonrise Kingdom) Best Youth Performance: Jared Gilman (Moonrise Kingdom) Kara Hayward (Moonrise Kingdom) Tom Holland (The Impossible) Logan Lerman (The Perks of Being a Wallflower) Quvenzhané Wallis (Beasts of the Southern Wild)