OSCAR WATCH: Critics Choice Nominations

This is the first in a very important trifecta of nominations announcements (BFCA-SAG-HFPA) this week. If you don't show up in any of these 3 groups, then you probably won't be nominated for the Oscar. Here are the nominees for the 18th Annual Critics Choice Awards:

Best Picture
Argo
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Django Unchained
Les Misérables
Life of Pi
Lincoln
The Master
Moonrise Kingdom
Silver Linings Playbook
Zero Dark Thirty

Best Actor
Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook
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
Emmanuelle Riva, Amour
Quvenzhané Wallis, Beasts of the Southern Wild
Naomi Watts, The Impossible

Best Supporting Actor
Alan Arkin, Argo
Javier Bardem, Skyfall
Robert De Niro, Silver Linings Playbook
Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Master
Tommy Lee Jones, Lincoln
Matthew McConaughey, Magic Mike

Best Supporting Actress
Amy Adams, The Master
Judi Dench, Skyfall
Ann Dowd, Compliance
Sally Field, Lincoln
Anne Hathaway, Les Misérables
Helen Hunt, The Sessions

Best Director
Ben Affleck, Argo
Kathryn Bigelow, Zero Dark Thirty
Tom Hooper, Les Misérables
Ang Lee, Life of Pi
David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook
Steven Spielberg, Lincoln

Best Young Actor/Actress
Elle Fanning, Ginger & Rosa
Kara Hayward, Moonrise Kingdom
Tom Holland, The Impossible
Logan Lerman, The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Suraj Sharma, Life of Pi
Quvenzhané Wallis, Beasts of the Southern Wild

Best Acting Ensemble
Argo
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Les Misérables
Lincoln
Moonrise Kingdom
Silver Linings Playbook

Best Original Screenplay
Quentin Tarantino, Django Unchained
John Gatins, Flight
Rian Johnson, Looper
Paul Thomas Anderson, The Master
Wes Anderson & Roman Coppola, Moonrise Kingdom
Mark Boal, 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 Cinematography
Les Misérables
Life of Pi
Lincoln
The Master
Skyfall

Best Art Direction
Anna Karenina
The Hobbit
Les Misérables
Life of Pi
Lincoln

Best Editing
Argo
Les Misérables
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Zero Dark Thirty

Best Costume Design
Anna Karenina
Cloud Atlas
The Hobbit
Les Misérables
Lincoln

Best Makeup
Cloud Atlas
The Hobbit
Les Misérables
Lincoln

Best Visual Effects
The Avengers
Cloud Atlas
The Dark Knight Rises
The Hobbit
Life of Pi

Best Animated Feature
Brave
Frankenweenie
Madagascar 3
ParaNorman
Rise of the Guardians
Wreck-It Ralph

Best Action Movie
The Avengers
The Dark Knight Rises
Looper
Skyfall

Best Actor in an Action Movie
Christian Bale, The Dark Knight Rises
Daniel Craig, Skyfall
Robert Downey Jr., The Avengers
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Looper
Jake Gyllenhaal, End of Watch

Best Actress in an Action Movie
Emily Blunt, Looper
Gina Carano, Haywire
Judi Dench, Skyfall
Anne Hathaway, The Dark Knight Rises
Jennifer Lawrence, The Hunger Games

Best Comedy Movie
Bernie
Silver Linings Playbook
Ted
This Is 40
21 Jump Street

Best Actor in a Comedy Movie
Jack Black, Bernie
Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook
Paul Rudd, This Is 40
Channing Tatum, 21 Jump Street
Mark Wahlberg, Ted

Best Actress in a Comedy Movie
Mila Kunis, Ted
Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook
Shirley MacLaine, Bernie
Leslie Mann, This Is 40
Rebel Wilson, Pitch Perfect

Best Sci-Fi/Horror Movie
The Cabin in the Woods
Looper
Prometheus

Best Foreign Language Film
Amour
The Intouchables
A Royal Affair
Rust and Bone

Best Documentary Feature
Bully
The Central Park Five
The Imposter
The Queen of Versailles
Searching for Sugar Man
West of Memphis

Best Song
"For You", Act of Valor
"Learn Me Right", Brave
"Skyfall", Skyfall
"Still Alive", Paul Williams Still Alive
"Suddenly", Les Miserables

Best Score
Argo
Life of Pi
Lincoln
The Master
Moonrise Kingdom

It was a great day for Lincoln and Les Miserables, leading the field with 13 and 11 nominations respectively. The most interesting surprises were the various nominations for Skyfall, especially in Best Supporting Actor (Javier Bardem) and Best Supporting Actress (Judi Dench). Are Oscar nominations in store?