Osim pomenuta dva, u konkurenciji za najbolji film su „Ratni konj” (War Horse), sportska drama „Formula uspeha” (Moneyball), kanski pobjednik „Drvo života” (The Tree of Life), „Ponoć u Parizu” (Midnight in Paris), južnjačka drama iz šezdesetih „Služavke” (The Help) i priča o 11. septembru „Extremely Loudn and Incredebly Close”, koja predstavlja svopjevrsno iznenađenje.
Dvostruka Oskarovka Meril Strip postavila je rekord kao glumica sa najviše nominacija – 17 – pet više od drugoplasiranih Ketrin Hepbern i Džeka Nikolsona. Ona je nominovana za ulogu Margaret Tačer u „Čeličnoj lejdi” (Iron Lady), pored Glen Klouz (Albert Nobbs), Vajole Dejvis (Služavke/The Help), Runi Mare (Muškarci koji mrze žene/Girl With Dragoon Tattoo) i Mišel Vilijams (Moja nedelja sa Merilin/My Week With Marilyn).
Za najboljeg glavnog glumca nadmetaće se Demijan Bišir (A Better Life), Džordž Kuni (Potomci), Žan Dižarden (Umjetnik), Geri Oldman (Dečko, dama, kralj, špijun/ Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy) i Bred Pit (Formula uspjeha/Moneyball).
Lista nominovanih:
Film
“The Artist” Thomas Langmann, Producer
“The Descendants” Jim Burke, Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor, Producers
“Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close” Scott Rudin, Producer
“The Help” Brunson Green, Chris Columbus and Michael Barnathan, Producers
“Hugo” Graham King and Martin Scorsese, Producers
“Midnight in Paris” Letty Aronson and Stephen Tenenbaum, Producers
“Moneyball” Michael De Luca, Rachael Horovitz and Brad Pitt, Producers
“The Tree of Life” Nominees to be determined
“War Horse” Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy, Producers
Režija
“The Artist” Michel Hazanavicius
“The Descendants” Alexander Payne
“Hugo” Martin Scorsese
“Midnight in Paris” Woody Allen
“The Tree of Life” Terrence Malick
Glavna ženska uloga
Glenn Close in “Albert Nobbs”
Viola Davis in “The Help”
Rooney Mara in “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”
Meryl Streep in “The Iron Lady”
Michelle Williams in “My Week with Marilyn”
Glavna muška uloga:
Demián Bichir in “A Better Life”
George Clooney in “The Descendants”
Jean Dujardin in “The Artist”
Gary Oldman in “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy”
Brad Pitt in “Moneyball”
Sporedna ženska uloga
Bérénice Bejo in “The Artist
Jessica Chastain in “The Help”
Melissa McCarthy in “Bridesmaids”
Janet McTeer in “Albert Nobbs”
Octavia Spencer in “The Help”
Sporedna muška uloga:
Kenneth Branagh in “My Week with Marilyn”
Jonah Hill in “Moneyball”
Nick Nolte in “Warrior”
Christopher Plummer in “Beginners”
Max von Sydow in “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close”
Adaptirani scenario
“The Descendants” Screenplay by Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash
“Hugo” Screenplay by John Logan
“The Ides of March” Screenplay by George Clooney & Grant Heslov and Beau Willimon
“Moneyball” Screenplay by Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin Story by Stan Chervi
“Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy” Screenplay by Bridget O'Connor & Peter Straughan
Originalni scenario
“The Artist” Written by Michel Hazanavicius
“Bridesmaids” Written by Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig
“Margin Call” Written by J.C. Chandor
“Midnight in Paris” Written by Woody Allen
“A Separation” Written by Asghar Farhadi
Animirani film
“A Cat in Paris” Alain Gagnol and Jean-Loup Felicioli
“Chico & Rita” Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal
“Kung Fu Panda 2” Jennifer Yuh Nelson
“Puss in Boots” Chris Miller
“Rango” Gore Verbinski
Strani film
“Bullhead” Belgium
“Footnote” Israel
“In Darkness” Poland
“Monsieur Lazhar” Canada
“A Separation” Iran
Dokumentarni dugometražni film
“Hell and Back Again” (Danfung Dennis and Mike Lerner)
“If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front” (Marshall Curry and Sam Cullman)
“Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory (Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs)
“Pina” (Wim Wenders and Gian-Piero Ringel)
“Undefeated” (TJ Martin, Dan Lindsay and Richard Middlemas)
Dokumentarni kratki film
“The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement”
Robin Fryday and Gail Dolgin
“God Is the Bigger Elvis”
Rebecca Cammisa and Julie Anderson
“Incident in New Baghdad”
James Spione
“Saving Face”
Daniel Junge and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
“The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom”
Lucy Walker and Kira Carstensen
Scenografija
“The Artist”
Production Design: Laurence Bennett; Set Decoration: Robert Gould
“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2”
Production Design: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan
“Hugo”
Production Design: Dante Ferretti; Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo
“Midnight in Paris”
Production Design: Anne Seibel; Set Decoration: Hélène Dubreuil
“War Horse”
Production Design: Rick Carter; Set Decoration: Lee Sandales
Fotografija
“The Artist” Guillaume Schiffman
“The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” Jeff Cronenweth
“Hugo” Robert Richardson
“The Tree of Life” Emmanuel Lubezki
“War Horse” Janusz Kaminski
Kostim
“Anonymous” Lisy Christl
“The Artist” Mark Bridges
“Hugo” Sandy Powell
“Jane Eyre” Michael O'Connor
“W.E.” Arianne Phillips
Dobitnici 84. Oskara će biti proglašeni 26. februara na ceremoniji koju će, iz holivudskog Kodak teatra, voditi Bili Kristal.
Producenti se nadaju da će Kristalovo učešće doprinijeti većoj gledanosti često preduge i iscrpljujuće ceremonije za gledaoce, koji su sve manje zainetersovani za praćenje ovog događaja.
Najveću gledanost dodjela Oskara je imala kada su u trci bili blokbasteri poput “Titanika” ili “Gospodara prstenova”. Ove godine, međutim, nema tako kolosalnih “razbijača blagajni”.