2010 Chicago Film Critics Association Award Nominees

The Nominees for this year's Chicago Film Critics Association Awards are:

Best Picture
“Black Swan”
“Inception”
“The King’s Speech”
“The Social Network”
“Winter’s Bone”



 Best Director
Darren Aronofsky - “Black Swan”
David Fincher - “The Social Network”
Debra Granik – “Winter’s Bone”
Tom Hooper – “The King’s Speech”
Christopher Nolan - “Inception”


Best Actor
Jeff Bridges - “True Grit”
Jesse Eisenberg - “The Social Network”
Colin Firth - “The King’s Speech”
James Franco - “127 Hours”
Ryan Gosling – “Blue Valentine”


Best Actress
Annette Bening – “The Kids Are All Right”
Jennifer Lawrence - “Winter’s Bone”
Lesley Manville – “Another Year”
Natalie Portman - “Black Swan”
Michelle Williams – “Blue Valentine”

Best Supporting Actor
Christian Bale - “The Fighter”
Andrew Garfield - “The Social Network”
John Hawkes - “Winter’s Bone”
Mark Ruffalo – “The Kids Are All Right”
Geoffrey Rush - “The King’s Speech”

Best Supporting Actress
Amy Adams – “The Fighter”
Helena Bonham Carter - “The King’s Speech”
Melissa Leo - “The Fighter”
Hallie Steinfeld – “True Grit”
Jacki Weaver - “Animal Kingdom”


Best Adapted Screenplay
“Rabbit Hole”
“The Social Network”
“Toy Story 3”
“True Grit”
“Winter’s Bone”

Best Original Screenplay
“Black Swan”
“Four Lions”
“Inception”
“The Kids Are All Right”
“The King’s Speech”

Best Animated Feature
“Despicable Me”
“How to Train Your Dragon”
“The Illusionist”
“Tangled”
“Toy Story 3”

Best Cinematography
“Black Swan”
“Inception”
“Shutter Island”
“The Social Network”
“True Grit”

Best Documentary
“Exit Through the Gift Shop”
“Inside Job”
“Restrepo”
“The Tillman Story”
“Waiting for ‘Superman’”

Best Foreign Language Film
“Biutiful”
“The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”
“I Am Love”
“Mother”
“A Prophet”

Best Score
Clint Mansell -“Black Swan”
John Adams – “I Am Love”
Hans Zimmer - “Inception”
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross - “The Social Network”
Carter Burwell - “True Grit”

Most Promising Performer
Armie Hammer - "The Social Network"
Katie Jarvis - "Fish Tank"
Jennifer Lawrence - "Winter’s Bone"
Tahar Rahim - "A Prophet"
Hailee Steinfeld - "True Grit"

Most Promising Filmmaker
Banksy - "Exit Through the Gift Shop”
Derek Cianfrance - "Blue Valentine"
David Michod - "Animal Kingdom"
Aaron Schneider - "Get Low"
John Wells - "The Company Men"

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