18th Critics' Choice Movie Awards (2013)

The 18th Annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards nominations were announced on December 11th, 2012 and were presented on January 11th, 2013 to honor the finest achievements in 2012 filmmaking.

8:00 PM

The show opens with a couple of critics talking about their first movies.

8:01 PM

Host Sam Rubin takes to the stage to welcome us to the show. He's obviously a critic, not a comedian.

8:04 PM

Henry Cavill and Nina Dobrev are here to present the first award. Their presenting Best Acting Ensemble. And the Critics' Choice Award goes to Silver Linings Playbook. The cast takes to the stage to accept.

8:09 PM

Nina and Henry return to the mic to present the night's next award, Best Young Actor/Actress. And the Critics' Choice Award goes to nine-year-old Quvenzhane Wallis for Beasts of the Southern Wild. She reads her speech from an iPhone. She's a cute kid.

8:16 PM

Rob Riggle and Famke Janssen are presenting Best Actress in an Action Movie. And the Critics' Choice Award goes to Jennifer Lawrence for The Hunger Games. "Critics aren't so bad," says Lawrence.

Riggle and Janssen then present the Acor version of the category. And the Critics' Choice Award goes to Daniel Craig for Skyfall. Craig's not there to accept.

Moving right along, the duo now present Best Action Movie. And the Critics' Choice Award goes to Skyfall. MGM's Gary Barber accepts.

8:28 PM

Sam Rubin talks to Anne Hathaway and they joke about junkets.

8:29 PM

Les Miserables Eddie Redmayne is here now to present Best Supporting Actress. And the Critics' Choice Award goes to Eddie's co-star Anne Hathaway. She calls director Tom Hooper "the captain" of the cast and also points out the CCMA's spelled her name wrong.

8:33 PM

Octavia Spencer, looking lovely in black, presents Best Supporting Actor. And the Critics' Choice Award goes to Philip Seymour Hoffman. He's not there to accept.

8:40 PM

Corey Monteith and Emmy Rossum are presenting Best Foreign Language Film. And the Critics' Choice Award goes to Amour. Producer Stefan Arndt accepts and thanks the U.S. critics for seeing it as a film about love and not end of life.

8:50 PM

Sam Rubin and Hugh Jackman talk about hosting. He tells Sam to speed up.

8:51 PM

Rebel Wilson takes to the stage to present Judd Apatow with the Genius Award. She reads a comedic speech, that she says was written by Apatow, to praise him.

8:56 PM

Apatow takes to the stage and demands a standing ovation "just so we can stretch". He also jokes that "we're running fourteen minutes under."

Pointing to Leslie Mann, he says "I'm a genius if only for figuring out how to get her to marry me."

9:06 PM

Ian Somerhalder and Jaime King present the award for Sci-Fi/Horrow Movie. And the Critics' Choice Award goes to Looper/i>.

9:14 PM

Sam Rubin talks to John Goodman. Goodman calls the bit "Communist torture."

9:15 PM

Eva Longoria and Paul Wesley are out now to present the comedy acting awards. Best Actress in a Comedy goes to Jennifer Lawrence for Silver Linings Playbook. "No, seriously, I love critics."

The duo now present the Comedy Actor trophy. And the Critics' Choice Award goes to Bradley Cooper for Silver Linings Playbook.

Eva and Paul now present Comedy Movie. And the Critics' Choice Award goes to Silver Linings Playbook.

9:29 PM

Sam Rubin announces the winner of the fan-voted franchise awards: Twilight.

9:30 PM

RAy Liotta's here to present Best Director. And the Critics' Choice Award goes to Ben Affleck for Argo. He seems surprised as he didn't get an Oscar nod this morning. He gets a standing ovation. "I would like to thank the Academy..."

9:38 PM

Joseph Gordon-Levitt is presenting Best Actress. And the Critics' Choice Award goes to Jessica Chastain for Zero Dark Thirty. She thanks the folks "at table five."

9:46 PM

Melissa Leo struts out to present Best Actor. And the Critics' Choice Award goes to Daniel Day-Lewis for Lincoln.

9:54 PM

Matthew McConaughey is presenting Best Picture...and then we're done. And the Critics' Choice Award goes to Argo. The Argo table cheers and takes to the stage. Producer Grant Heslov accepts.

9:59 PM

Sam Rubin bids us goodnight.

Here are the nominees:

BEST PICTURE

• Argo
• Beasts of the Southern Wild
• Django Unchained
• Les Miserables
• 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 Miserables
• 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
• Quvenzhane 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 Miserables
• Helen Hunt – The Sessions

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
• Quvenzhane Wallis – Beasts of the Southern Wild

BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE

• Argo
• The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
• Les Miserables
• Lincoln
• Moonrise Kingdom
• Silver Linings Playbook

BEST DIRECTOR

• Ben Affleck – Argo
• Kathryn Bigelow – Zero Dark Thirty
• Tom Hooper – Les Miserables
• Ang Lee – Life of Pi
• David O. Russell – Silver Linings Playbook
• Steven Spielberg – Lincoln

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
• Tony Kushner – Lincoln
• David O. Russell – Silver Linings Playbook
• David Magee – Life of Pi
• Stephen Chbosky – The Perks of Being a Wallflower

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

• Life of Pi – Claudio Miranda
• Lincoln – Janusz Kaminski
• Les Miserables – Danny Cohen
• The Master – Mihai Malaimare Jr.
• Skyfall – Roger Deakins

BEST ART DIRECTION

• Anna Karenina – Sarah Greenwood/Production Designer, Katie Spencer/Set Decorator
• The Hobbit – Dan Hennah/Production Designer, Ra Vincent & Simon Bright/Set Decorators
• Les Miserables – Eve Stewart/Production Designer, Anna Lynch-Robinson/Set Decorator
• Life of Pi – David Gropman/Production Designer, Anna Pinnock/Set Decorator
• Lincoln – Rick Carter/Production Designer, Jim Erickson/Set Decorator

BEST EDITING

• Argo – William Goldenberg
• Les Miserables – Melanie Ann Oliver, Chris Dickens
• Life of Pi – Tim Squyres
• Lincoln – Michael Kahn
• Zero Dark Thirty – William Goldenberg, Dylan Tichenor

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

• Anna Karenina – Jacqueline Durran
• Cloud Atlas – Kym Barrett, Pierre-Yves Gayraud
• The Hobbit – Bob Buck, Ann Maskrey, Richard Taylor
• Les Miserables – Paco Delgado
• Lincoln – Joanna Johnston

BEST MAKEUP

• Cloud Atlas
• The Hobbit
• Les Miserables
• 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

• Bernie
• Silver Linings Playbook
• Ted
• This Is 40
• 21 Jump Street

BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY

• 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

• 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

• Cabin in the Woods
• Looper
• Prometheus

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

• Amour
• The Intouchables
• A Royal Affair
• Rust and Bone

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

• Bully
• The Imposter
• Queen of Versailles
• Searching for Sugar Man
• The Central Park Five
• West of Memphis

BEST SONG

• “For You” – performed by Keith Urban/written by Monty Powell & Keith Urban – Act of Valor
• “Skyfall” – performed by Adele/written by Adele Adkins & Paul Epworth – Skyfall
• “Still Alive” – performed by Paul Williams/written by Paul Williams – Paul Williams Still Alive
• “Suddenly” – performed by Hugh Jackman/written by Claude-Michel Schonberg & Alain Boublil & Herbert Kretzmer – Les Miserables
• “Learn Me Right” – performed by Birdy with Mumford & Sons/written by Mumford & Sons – Brave

BEST SCORE

• Argo – Alexandre Desplat
• Life of Pi – Mychael Danna
• Lincoln – John Williams
• The Master – Jonny Greenwood
• Moonrise Kingdom – Alexandre Desplat

Favorite Film Franchise

Public vote

• The Twilight Saga