The National Society of Film Critics

BEST ACTOR

*1. Daniel Day-Lewis – Lincoln – 59 (Dreamworks/Touchstone)
2. Denis Lavant – 49
3. Joaquin Phoenix – 49

BEST ACTRESS

 *1. Emmanuelle Riva – Amour – 50 (Sony Classics)
2. Jennifer Lawrence - 42
3. Jessica Chastain– 32

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

 *1. Matthew McConaughey – Magic Mike (Warner Bros.), Bernie (Millennium Entertainment) – 27
2. Tommy Lee Jones – 22
3. Philip Seymour Hoffman - 19

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

 *1. Amy Adams – The Master (The Weinstein Co.) – 34
2. Sally Field – 23
3. Anne Hathaway - 13

BEST PICTURE

 *1. Amour (Sony Classics) – 28

2. The Master – 25
3. Zero Dark Thirty – 18

BEST DIRECTOR

 *1. Michael Haneke (Amour) – 27
2. Kathryn Bigelow – 24
2. Paul Thomas Anderson - 24

BEST NONFICTION

 *1. The Gatekeepers - Sony Pictures Classics – 53

2. This Is Not a Film – 45
3. Searching for Sugar Man - 23

BEST SCREENPLAY

 *1. Lincoln (Dreamworks/Touchstone) – Tony Kushner – 59

2. The Master (P.T. Anderson)– 27
3. Silver Linings Playbook (David O. Russell) - 19

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

 *1. Master (Mihai Malaimare, Jr. ) - 60
2. Skyfall (Roger Deakins) – 30
3. Zero Dark Thirty (Greig Fraser) - 21

EXPERIMENTAL: This Is Not a Film (Jafar Panahi)