Meryl Streep Among Nominees for 17th Annual BFCA Movie Awards

The Broadcast Film Critics Association has announced its nominees for the 17th annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards. 'The Artist' and 'Hugo' tied for first place with 11 nominations each, while 'Drive' and 'The Help' each garnered 8 nominations. The complete list of nominees is as follows:

BEST PICTURE

The Artist
The Descendants
Drive
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
The Help
Hugo
Midnight in Paris
Moneyball
The Tree of Life
War Horse

BEST ACTOR
George Clooney - "The Descendants"
Leonardo DiCaprio - "J. Edgar"
Jean Dujardin - "The Artist"
Michael Fassbender - "Shame"
Ryan Gosling - "Drive"
Brad Pitt - "Moneyball"

BEST ACTRESS
Viola Davis - "The Help"
Elizabeth Olsen - "Martha Marcy May Marlene"
Meryl Streep - "The Iron Lady"
Tilda Swinton - "We Need to Talk About Kevin"
Charlize Theron - "Young Adult"
Michelle Williams - "My Week With Marilyn"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Kenneth Branagh - "My Week With Marilyn"
Albert Brooks - "Drive"
Nick Nolte - "Warrior"
Patton Oswalt - "Young Adult"
Christopher Plummer - "Beginners"
Andrew Serkis - "Rise of the Planet of the Apes"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Berenice Bejo - "The Artist"
Jessica Chastain - "The Help"
Melissa McCarthy - "Bridesmaids"
Carey Mulligan - "Shame"
Octavia Spencer - "The Help"
Shailene Woodley - "The Descendants"

BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS
Asa Butterfield - "Hugo"
Elle Fanning - "Super 8"
Thomas Horn - "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close"
Ezra Miller - "We Need to Talk About Kevin"
Saoirse Ronan - "Hanna"
Shailene Woodley - "The Descendants"

BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE
The Artist
Bridesmaids
The Descendants
The Help
The Ides of March

BEST DIRECTOR
Stephen Daldry - "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close"
Michel Hazanavicius - "The Artist"
Alexander Payne - "The Descendants"
Nicolas Winding Refn - "Drive"
Martin Scorsese - "Hugo"
Steven Spielberg - "War Horse"

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
"The Artist" - Michel Hazanavicius
"50/50" - Will Reiser
"Midnight in Paris" - Woody Allen
"Win Win" - Screenplay by Tom McCarthy, Story by Tom McCarthy & Joe Tiboni
"Young Adult" - Diablo Cody

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
"The Descendants" - Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash
"Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close" - Eric Roth
"The Help" - Tate Taylor
"Hugo" - John Logan
"Moneyball" - Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin, Story by Stan Chervin

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
"The Artist" - Guillaume Schiffman
"Drive" - Newton Thomas Sigel
"Hugo" - Robert Richardson
"The Tree of Life" - Emmanuel Lubezki
"War Horse" - Janusz Kaminski

BEST ART DIRECTION
"The Artist" - Production Designer: Laurence Bennett, Art Director: Gregory S. Hooper
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2" - Production Designer: Stuart Craig, Set Decorator: Stephenie McMillan
"Hugo" - Production Designer: Dante Ferretti, Set Decorator: Francesca Lo Schiavo
"The Tree of Life" - Production Designer: Jack Fisk, Art Director: David Crank
"War Horse" - Production Designer: Rick Carter, Set Decorator: Lee Sandales

BEST EDITING
"The Artist" - Michel Hazanavicius and Anne-Sophie Bion
"Drive" - Matthew Newman
"The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" - Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall
"Hugo" - Thelma Schoonmaker
"War Horse" - Michael Kahn

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
"The Artist" - Mark Bridges
"The Help" - Sharen Davis
"Hugo" - Sandy Powell
"Jane Eyre" - Michael O'Connor
"My Week With Marilyn" - Jill Taylor

BEST MAKEUP
Albert Nobbs
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
The Iron Lady
J. Edgar (lmao)
My Week With Marilyn

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Hugo
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Super 8
The Tree of Life

BEST SOUND
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Hugo
Super 8
The Tree of Life
War Horse

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
The Adventures of Tintin
Arthur Christmas
Kung Fu Panda 2
Puss in Boots
Rango

BEST ACTION MOVIE
Drive
Fast Five
Hanna
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Super 8

BEST COMEDY
Bridesmaids
Crazy, Stupid, Love
Horrible Bosses
Midnight in Paris
The Muppets

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
In Darkness
Le Havre
A Separation
The Skin I Live In
Where Do We Go Now

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Buck
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
George Harrison: Living in the Material World
Page One: Inside the New York Times
Project Nim
Undefeated

BEST SONG
"Hello Hello" - performed by Elton John and Lady Gaga/written by Elton John and Bernie Taupin - Gnomeo & Juliet
"Life's a Happy Song" - performed by Jason Segel, Amy Adams and Walter/written by Bret McKenzie - The Muppets
"The Living Proof" - performed by Mary J. Blige/written by Mary J. Blige, Thomas Newman and Harvey Mason, Jr. - The Help
"Man or Muppet" - performed by Jason Segel and Walter/written by Bret McKenzie - The Muppets
"Pictures in My Head" - performed by Kermit and the Muppets/written by Jeannie Lurie, Aris Archontis and Chen Neeman - The Muppets

BEST SCORE
"The Artist" - Ludovic Bource
"Drive" - Cliff Martinez
"The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" - Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross
"Hugo" - Howard Shore
"War Horse" - John Williams

Founded in 1995, the BFCA presents its Critics' Choice Movie Awards each year to honor the finest achievements in filmmaking. A portion of the proceeds from the awards presentation ceremony at the Beverly Hills Hotel is donated to the Starlight Children's Fund.

The BFCA also selects a Film of the Month and officially recommends other worthy films throughout the course of the year. As an additional service to moviegoers, each film is given a Critics' Choice Rating (on a 1-10 scale, 10 being the highest), based on the cumulative grades each film receives in the monthly balloting. More information on these ratings is available in the New Movies area . The BFCA is led by its President and Board of Directors. Joey Berlin is currently serving as President. The Board of Directors are John De Simio, Jim Ferguson, Mark Ramsey and Sara Voorhees.

Winners will be announced on Thursday, January 12, 2012 at 8PM at the Hollywood Palladium, airing on VH1.