De nominerede i de største Oscar-kategorier

Bedste film:

- Amour

- Argo

- Beasts of the Southern Wild (på dansk: Hushpuppy)

- Django Unchained

- Les Misérables

- Life of Pi

- Lincoln

- Silver Linings Playbook

- Zero Dark Thirty

Bedste mandlige hovedrolle:

- Bradley Cooper (Silver Linings Playbook)

- Daniel Day-Lewis (Lincoln)

- Hugh Jackman (Les Misérables)

- Joaquin Phoenix (The Master)

- Denzel Washington (Flight)

Bedste kvindelige hovedrolle:

- Jessica Chastain (Zero Dark Thirty)

- Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Linings Playbook)

- Emmanuelle Riva (Amour)

- Quvenzhané Wallis (Beasts of the Southern Wild - Hushpuppy)

- Naomi Watts (The Impossible)

Bedste mandlige birolle:

- Alan Arkin (Argo)

- Robert De Niro (Silver Linings Playbook)

- Philip Seymour Hoffman (The Master)

- Tommy Lee Jones (Lincoln)

- Christoph Waltz (Django Unchained)

Bedste kvindelige birolle:

- Amy Adams (The Master)

- Sally Field (Lincoln)

- Anne Hathaway (Les Misérables)

- Helen Hunt (The Sessions)

- Jacki Weaver (Silver Linings Playbook)

Bedste instruktør:

- Michael Haneke (Amour)

- Benh Zeitlin (Beasts of the Southern Wild)

- Ang Lee (Life of Pi)

- Steven Spielberg (Lincoln)

- David O. Russell (Silver Linings Playbook)

Bedste ikke-engelsksprogede udenlandske film:

- Amour (Østrig)

- Kon-Tiki (Norge)

- No (Chile)

- En kongelig affære (Danmark)

- War Witch (Canada)

Kilde: www.oscar.go.com