BFCA Scores by Category: BP, Doc, Acting – UPDATED

We’ve reached a point in the season when many of the eventual nominees have been viewed, at least by critics, and it’s possible to compare them within categories by their Broadcast Film Critics scores. Not necessarily the proof of the pudding, where Oscar nominations are concerned, but still a strong indicator. There are always a few with higher scores that get passed over, while lower ones (Anne Hathaway in Rachel Getting Married) leap to the fore. So take it all with a grain of salt. Last year’s cutoff score for Best Picture was 85. This year, we could conceivably see something in the low 80s, or even high 70s, getting in.

Best Picture Candidates

• Toy Story 3 – 97
• The Social Network – 95
• Inception – 94
• 127 Hours – 87
• The Town – 87
• Hereafter – 86
• The Kids Are All Right – 85
• Winter’s Bone – 85
• Secretariat – 83
• Fair Game – 81
• Shutter Island – 81
• Never Let Me Go – 80
• Conviction – 78
• The King’s Speech – n/r
• True Grit – n/r
• Black Swan – n/r
• Another Year – n/r
• The Way Back – n/r
• The Fighter – n/r
• Somewhere – n/r

Best Documentary

• Inside Job – 88
• Waiting for Superman – 86
• The Tillman Story – 81
• Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work – 79
• Catfish – 78
• Freakonomics – 70
• Exit Through the Gift Shop – n/r
• Restrepo – n/r
• Countdown to Zero – n/r

Best Actor and Sup. Actor

• Jesse Eisenberg¬†- 95
• Leo DiCaprio – 94 Inception / 81 Shutter Island
• James Franco – 87
• Robert Duvall – 82
• Sean Penn – 81
• George Clooney – 71
• Colin Firth – n/r
• Jeff Bridges – n/r
• Ryan Gosling – n/r
• Javier Bardem – n/r
• Stephen Dorff – n/r

• Andrew Garfield – 95 Social Network / 80 Never Let Me Go
• Jeremy Renner – 87
• John Hawkes – 85
• Mark Ruffalo – 85
• Sam Rockwell – 78
• Michael Douglas – 73 Wall Street / n/r Solitary Man
• Geoffrey Rush – n/r
• Jim Broadbent – n/r
• Christian Bale – n/r

Best Actress and Sup. Actress

• Annette Bening – 85 Kids Are All Right / 8o Mother and Child
• Julianne Moore – 85
• Jennifer Lawrence – 85
• Diane Lane – 83
• Carey Mulligan – 80
• Naomi Watts – 80 Mother and Child /¬†81 Fair Game
• Hilary Swank – 78
• Tilda Swinton – 70
• Natalie Portman – n/r
• Michelle Williams – n/r
• Nicole Kidman – n/r
• Sally Hawkins – n/r
• Gwyneth Paltrow – n/r

• Marion Cotillard – 94
• Jacki Weaver – 82
• Olivia Williams – 81
• Hailee Steinfeld – n/r
• Lesley Manville – n/r
• Helena Bonham Carter – n/r
• Barbara Hershey – n/r
• Miranda Richardson – n/r
• Amy Adams – n/r
• Kimberly Elise – n/r