Oscar nominations: Top nominees

Best picture

Best actor: Colin Firth

Best supporting actor: Geoffrey Rush

Best supporting actress: Helena Bonham Carter

Best director: Tom Hooper

Best art direction: Eve Stewart (production design) and Judy Farr (set decoration)

Best cinematography: Danny Cohen

Best costume design: Jenny Beavan

Best film editing: Tariq Anwar

Best original score: Alexandre Desplat

Best sound mixing: Paul Hamblin, Martin Jensen and John Midgley

Best original screenplay: David Seidler (Laurie Sparham / Associated Press)

Jan. 25, 2011 8:36 AM PT

Best picture

Best art direction: Guy Hendrix Dyas (production design), Larry Dias and Doug Mowat (set decoration)

Best cinematography: Wally Pfister

Best original score: Hans Zimmer

Best sound editing: Richard King

Best sound mixing: Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo and Ed Novick

Best visual effects: Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb

Best original screenplay: Christopher Nolan (Stephen Vaughan / Associated Press)

Best picture

Best supporting actor: Christian Bale

Best supporting actress: Amy Adams

Best supporting actress: Melissa Leo

Best director: David O. Russell

Best film editing: Pamela Martin

Best original screenplay: Screenplay by Scott Silver, Paul Tamasy and Eric Johnson. Story by Keith Dorrington, Paul Tamasy and Eric Johnson (Jojo Whilden / Associated Press)

Best picture

Best actress: Annette Bening

Best supporting actor: Mark Ruffalo

Best original screenplay: Written by Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg (Suzanne Tenner / Associated Press)