Peter Bradshaw is so thorough, his year-end round-up reads like a very elegant list of ranked nominations. Nicely done, sir.
Best film
- The Artist (dir. Michel Hazanavicius)
- Margaret (dir. Kenneth Lonergan)
- A Separation (dir. Asghar Farhadi)
- Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (dir. Tomas Alfredson)
- Poetry (dir. Lee Chang-dong)
- The Tree of Life (dir. Terrence Malick)
- Le Quattro Volte (dir. Michelangelo Frammartino)
- We Need to Talk About Kevin (dir. Lynne Ramsay)
- The Skin I Live In (dir. Pedro Almodóvar)
- Bridesmaids (dir. Paul Feig)
Best director
- Michel Hazanavicius for The Artist
- Andrea Arnold for Wuthering Heights
- Terence Davies for The Deep Blue Sea
- Terrence Malick for The Tree of Life
- Semih Kaplanoglu for Honey
- Michelangelo Frammartino for Le Quattro Volte
- Asghar Farhadi for A Separation
- Duncan Jones for Source Code
- Kelly Reichardt for Meek’s Cutoff
- Joanna Hogg for Archipelago
Best actor
- Brad Pitt for The Tree of Life (dir. Terrence Malick)
- Jean Dujardin for The Artist (dir. Michel Hazanavicius)
- Peter Mullan for Tyrannosaur (dir. Paddy Considine)
- Gary Oldman for Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (dir. Tomas Alfredson)
- Daniel Henshall for Snowtown (dir. Justin Kurzel)
- Aiden Gillen for Treacle Jr (dir. Jamie Thraves)
- Gérard Depardieu for Mammuth (dirs. Gustave Kervern, Benoît Delépine)
- Antonio Banderas for The Skin I Live In (dir. Pedro Almodóvar)
- Michael Fassbender for Jane Eyre (dir. Cary Fukunaga)
- Anders Danielsen Lie for Oslo, August 31st (dir. Joachim Trier)
Best supporting actor
- Kenneth Branagh for My Week With Marilyn (dir. Simon Curtis)
- David Wenham for Oranges and Sunshine (dir. Jim Loach)
- Ezra Miller for We Need to Talk About Kevin (dir. Lynne Ramsay)
- Bruce Greenwood for Meek’s Cutoff (dir. Kelly Reichardt)
- Michel Galabru for Love Like Poison (dir. Katell Quillévéré)
- Matthew Lewis for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 (dir. David Yates)
- Christopher Plummer for Beginners (dir. Mike Mills)
- Albert Brooks for Drive (dir. Nicolas Winding Refn)
- Chris Langham for Black Pond (dirs. Tom Kingsley, Will Sharpe)
- Udo Kier for Melancholia (dir. Lars von Trier)
Best actress
- Bérénice Bejo for The Artist (dir. Michel Hazanavicius)
- Anna Paquin for Margaret (dir. Kenneth Lonergan)
- Michelle Williams for My Week With Marilyn (dir. Simon Curtis)
- Rachel Weisz for The Deep Blue Sea (dir. Terence Davies)
- Rinko Kikuchi for Norwegian Wood (dir. Tran Anh Hung)
- Tilda Swinton for We Need to Talk About Kevin (dir. Lynne Ramsay)
- Yun Jung-hee for Poetry (dir. Lee Chang-dong)
- Liana Liberato for Trust (dir. David Schwimmer)
- Olivia Colman for Tyrannosaur (dir. Paddy Considine)
- Catherine Deneuve for Potiche (dir. François Ozon)
Best supporting actress
- Zawe Ashton for Dreams of a Life (dir. Carol Morley)
- Melissa McCarthy for Bridesmaids (dir. Paul Feig)
- Lubna Azabal for Incendies (dir. Denis Villeneuve)
- Sareh Bayat for A Separation (dir. Asghar Farhadi)
- Rachael Blake for Sleeping Beauty (dir. Julia Leigh)
- Valeria De Franciscis Bendoni for The Salt Of Life (dir. Gianni di Gregorio)
- Elle Fanning for Super 8 (dir. JJ Abrams)
- Marion Cotillard for Midnight in Paris (dir. Woody Allen)
- Allison Janney for Margaret (dir. Kenneth Lonergan)
- Sally Hawkins for Submarine (dir. Richard Ayoade)
Best documentary
- Senna (dir. Asif Kapadia)
- George Harrison: Living in the Material World (dir. Martin Scorsese)
- Cave f Forgotten Dreams (dir. oWerner Herzog)
- Pina (dir. Wim Wenders)
- Inside Job (dir. Charles Ferguson)
- Dreams of a Life (dir. Carol Morley)
- Bobby Fischer Against the World (dir. Liz Garbus)
- Waste Land (dir. Lucy Walker)
- Tt3d: Closer to the Edge (dir. Richard de Araques)
- Project Nim (dir. James Marsh)
Best screenplay
- Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin for Moneyball (dir. Bennett Miller)
- George Clooney, Grant Heslov and Beau Willimon for The Ides of March (dir. George Clooney)
- Woody Allen for Midnight in Paris (dir. Woody Allen)
- Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo for Bridesmaids (dir. Paul Feig)
- Richard Ayoade for Submarine (dir. Richard Aoyade)
- Benoît Délepine and Gustave de Kervern for Mammuth (dirs. Benoît Délepine, Gustave de Kervern)
- Joe Cornish for Attack the Block (dir. Joe Cornish)
- Bridget O’Connor and Peter Straughan for tinker tailor soldier spy (dir. Tomas Alfredson)
- Kenneth Lonergan for Margaret (dir. Kenneth Lonergan)
- Asghar Farhadi for A Separation (dir. Asghar Farhadi)