Tracking the awards: A list of movie awards leading up to the Oscars

Tracking the awards leading up to the Oscars

As awards season winds down and the Academy Awards near, “Avatar” has emerged as a favorite. Can “The Hurt Locker,” ”Up in the Air” or “Inglourious Basterds” compete with the box-office behemoth? Oscar nominations will be announced Feb. 2 and the ceremony will take place March 7.

A summary of the top film honors leading up to the Oscars:

AVATAR

Best Picture: Golden Globe (for drama), New York Film Critics Online

Best Director, James Cameron: Golden Globe

Best Cinematography: Critics Choice

Best Art Direction: Critics Choice

Best Editing: Critics Choice

Best Visual Effects: Critics Choice

Best Sound: Critics Choice

THE BEACHES OF AGNES

Best Documentary: National Society of Film Critics, Los Angeles Film Critics Association (co-winner)

THE BLIND SIDE

Best Actress, Sandra Bullock: Golden Globe (drama), Screen Actors Guild, Critics Choice (co-winner)

BRIGHT STAR:

Best Supporting Actor, Paul Schneider: National Society of Film Critics (co-winner)

CORALINE

Top 10: American Film Institute

THE COVE

Best Documentary: Producers Guild, National Board of Review, Los Angeles Film Critics Association (co-winner)

CRAZY HEART

Best Actor, Jeff Bridges: Golden Globe (drama), Screen Actors Guild, Los Angeles Film Critics Association, Critics Choice

Best Score: Los Angeles Film Critics Association

Best Original Song, “The Weary Kind (Theme From Crazy Heart)” by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett: Golden Globe

DISTRICT 9

Best Production Design: Los Angeles Film Critics Association

Best Makeup: Critics Choice

AN EDUCATION

Best Actress, Carey Mulligan: National Board of Review

FANTASTIC MR. FOX

Best Animated Film: New York Film Critics Circle, Los Angeles Critics Association

Best Actor, George Clooney: New York Film Critics Circle

Best Production Design, Nelson Lowry: National Society of Film Critics

JULIE & JULIA

Best Picture: Golden Globe (comedy or musical)

Best Actress, Meryl Streep: Golden Globe (comedy or musical), New York Film Critics Circle, Critics Choice (co-winner)

THE HANGOVER

Best Picture: Golden Globe (comedy or musical)

Top 10: American Film Institute

THE HURT LOCKER

Best Picture: Producers Guild, National Society of Film Critics, New York Film Critics Circle, Los Angeles Film Critics Association, Critics Choice, Boston Society of Film Critics

Best Director, Kathryn Bigelow: National Society of Film Critics, New York Film Critics Circle, Los Angeles Film Critics Association, Critics Choice

Best Actor, Jeremy Renner: National Society of Film Critics

Top 10: American Film Institute

INGLORIOUS BASTERDS

Best Ensemble: Screen Actors Guild, Critics Choice

Best Supporting Actor, Christoph Waltz: Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild, National Society of Film Critics (co-winner), New York Film Critics Circle, Los Angeles Film Critics Association, Critics Choice

Best Screenplay, Quentin Tarantino: Critics Choice

IN THE LOOP

Best Screenplay: New York Film Critics Circle

INVICTUS

Best Actor, Morgan Freeman: National Board of Review (co-winner)

Best Director, Clint Eastwood: National Board of Review

IT’S COMPLICATED

Best Ensemble: National Board of Review

THE LOVELY BONES

Best Young Actor/Actress, Saoirse Ronan: Critics Choice

THE MESSENGER

Best Supporting Actor, Woody Harrelson: National Board of Review

Top 10: American Film Institute

OF TIME AND THE CITY

Best Nonfiction Film: New York Film Critics Circle

PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL ‘PUSH’ BY SAPPHIRE

Best Supporting Actress, Mo’Nique: Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild, National Society of Film Critics, New York Film Critics Circle, Los Angeles Film Critics Association, Critics Choice

Stanley Kramer Award: Producers Guild

Top 10: American Film Institute

A PROPHET

Best Foreign Language Film: National Board of Review

SERAPHINE

Best Actress, Yolande Moreau: National Society of Film Critics, Los Angeles Film Critics Association

A SERIOUS MAN

Best Original Screenplay: National Board of Review, National Society of Film Critics

Top 10: American Film Institute

SHERLOCK HOLMES

Best Actor, Robert Downey Jr.: Golden Globe (comedy or musical)

A SINGLE MAN

Top 10: American Film Institute

SUGAR

Top 10: American Film Institute

SUMMER HOURS

Best Foreign Language Film: National Society of Film Critics, New York Film Critics Circle, Los Angeles Film Critics Association

UP

Best Animated Film: Golden Globe, Producers Guild, Critics Choice

Best Original Score, Michael Giacchino: Golden Globe

Top 10: American Film Institute

UP IN THE AIR

Best Picture: National Board of Review, Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association

Best Actor, George Clooney: National Board of Review (co-winner), New York Film Critics Circle

Best Supporting Actress, Anna Kendrick: National Board of Review

Best Screenplay, Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner: Golden Globe National Board of Review, Los Angeles Film Critics Association, Critics Choice

Top 10: American Film Institute

THE WHITE RIBBON

Best Foreign Language Film: Golden Globe

Best Cinematographer, Christian Berger: National Society of Film Critics, New York Film Critics Circle, Los Angeles Film Critics Association

THE YOUNG VICTORIA

Best Costume Design: Critics Choice