• Amour – Margaret Menegoz, Stefan Arndt, Veit Heiduschka, Michael Katz.
• Beasts of the Southern Wild – Dan Janvey, Josh Penn, Michael Gottwald.
• Django Unchained – Stacey Sher, Reginald Hudlin, and Pilar Savone.
• Les Misérables – Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Debra Hayward, Cameron Mackintosh.
• Life of Pi – Gil Netter, Ang Lee, David Womark.
• Lincoln – Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy.
• Silver Linings Playbook – Donna Gigliotti, Bruce Cohen, Jonathan Gordon.
• Zero Dark Thirty – Mark Boal, Kathryn Bigelow, Megan Ellison.

• Michael Haneke – Amour
• David O. Russell – Silver Linings Playbook
• Steven Spielberg – Lincoln
• Benh Zeitlin – Beasts of the Southern Wild

• Bradley Cooper – Silver Linings Playbook como Patrizio "Pat Jr" Solitano"
• Hugh Jackman – Les Misérables como Jean Valjean
• Joaquin Phoenix – The Master como Freddie Quell
• Denzel Washington – Flight como William "Whip" Whitaker

• Jessica Chastain – Zero Dark Thirty como Maya
• Emmanuelle Riva – Amour como Anne
• Quvenzhané Wallis – Beasts of the Southern Wild como Hushpuppy
• Naomi Watts – Lo imposible como María Bennett

• Alan Arkin – Argo como Lester Siegel
• Robert De Niro – Silver Linings Playbook como Patrizio "Pat Sr" Solitano
• Philip Seymour Hoffman – The Master como Lancaster Dodd
• Tommy Lee Jones – Lincoln como Thaddeus Stevens

• Amy Adams – The Master como Peggy Dodd
• Sally Field – Lincoln como Mary Todd Lincoln
• Helen Hunt – The Sessions como Cheryl Cohen Greene
• Jacki Weaver – Silver Linings Playbook como Dolores Solitano

• Amour – Michael Haneke.
• Flight – John Gatins.
• Moonrise Kingdom – Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola.
• Zero Dark Thirty – Mark Boal.

• Beasts of the Southern Wild – Lucy Alibar, Benh Zeitlin; basados en Juicy and Delicious de Lucy Alibar.
• Life of Pi – David Magee; basado en La vida de Pi de Yann Martel.
• Lincoln – Tony Kushner; basado en Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln de Doris Kearns Goodwin.
• Silver Linings Playbook – David O. Russell; basado en The Silver Linings Playbook de Matthew Quick.

• Frankenweenie – Tim Burton.
• ParaNorman – Sam Fell, Chris Butler.
• The Pirates! Band of Misfits – Peter Lord.
• Wreck-It Ralph – Rich Moore.

• Kon-Tiki (Noruega), en noruego.
• No (Chile), en español.
• Rebelle (Canadá), en francés.
• Un asunto real (Dinamarca), en danés.

• 5 Broken Cameras – Emad Burnat, Guy Davidi.
• The Gatekeepers – Dror Moreh, Philippa Kowarsky, Estelle Fialon.
• How to Survive a Plague – David France, Howard Gertler.
• The Invisible War – Kirby Dick, Amy Ziering.

• Kings Point – Sari Gilman, Jedd Wider.
• Mondays at Racine – Cynthia Wade, Robin Honan.
• Open Heart – Kief Davidson, Cori Shepherd Stern.
• Redemption – Jon Alpert, Matthew O'Neill.

• Asad – Bryan Buckley, Mino Jarjoura.
• Buzkashi Boys – Sam French, Ariel Nasr.
• Death of a Shadow (Dood Van Een Schaduw) – Tom Van Avermaet, Ellen De Waele.
• Henry – Yan England.

• Adam and Dog – Minkyu Lee.
• Fresh Guacamole – Adam Pesapane (Pes)
• Head over Heels – Timothy Reckart, Fodhla Cronin O'Reilly.
• The Longest Daycare – David Silverman.

• Anna Karenina – Dario Marianelli.
• Argo – Alexandre Desplat.
• Lincoln – John Williams.
• Skyfall – Thomas Newman.

• «Before My Time» de Chasing Ice – J. Ralph.
• «Everybody Needs a Best Friend» de Ted – Walter Murphy, Seth MacFarlane.
• «Pi's Lullaby» de Life of Pi – Mychael Danna, Bombay Jayashri.
• «Suddenly» de Les Misérables – Claude-Michel Schönberg, Herbert Kretzmer, Alain Boublil.

Zero Dark Thirty – Paul N. J. Ottosson.

• Argo – Erik Aadahl, Ethan Van der Ryn.
• Django Unchained – Wylie Stateman.
• Life of Pi – Eugene Gearty, Philip Stockton.

• Argo – John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff, José Antonio García.
• Life of Pi – Ron Bartlett, D. M. Hemphill, Drew Kunin.
• Lincoln – Andy Nelson, Gary Rydstrom, Ronald Judkins.
• Skyfall – Scott Millan, Greg P. Russell, Stuart Wilson.

• Anna Karenina – Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer.
• The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey – Dan Hennah, Ra Vincent, Simon Bright.
• Les Misérables – Eve Stewart, Anna Lynch-Robinson.
• Life of Pi – David Gropman, Anna Pinnock.

• Anna Karenina – Seamus McGarvey.
• Django Unchained – Robert Richardson.
• Lincoln – Janusz Kamiński.
• Skyfall – Roger Deakins.

• Hitchcock – Howard Berger, Peter Montagna, Martin Samuel.
• The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey – Peter Swords King, Rick Findlater, Tami Lane.

• Les Misérables – Paco Delgado.
• Lincoln – Joanna Johnston.
• Mirror Mirror – Eiko Ishioka.
• Snow White and the Huntsman – Colleen Atwood.

• Life of Pi – Tim Squyres.
• Lincoln – Michael Kahn.
• Silver Linings Playbook – Jay Cassidy, Crispin Struthers.
• Zero Dark Thirty – Dylan Tichenor, William Goldenberg.

• The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey – Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton, R. Christopher White.
• Marvel's The Avengers – Janek Sirrs, Jeff White, Guy Williams, Dan Sudick.
• Prometheus – Richard Stammers, Trevor Wood, Charley Henley, Martin Hill.
• Snow White and the Huntsman – Cedric Nicolas-Troyan, Philip Brennan, Neil Corbould, and Michael Dawson.