The 46th National Society of Film Critics Awards, given on 7 January 2012, honored the best in film for 2011.
Winners
Film titles are listed, following the number of votes each received:
Best Picture
1. Melancholia (29)
2. The Tree of Life (28)
3. A Separation (20)
Best Director
1. Terrence Malick – The Tree of Life (31)
2. Martin Scorsese – Hugo (29)
3. Lars von Trier – Melancholia (23)
Best Actor
1. Brad Pitt – Moneyball and The Tree of Life (35)
2. Gary Oldman – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (22)
3. Jean Dujardin – The Artist (19)
Best Actress
1. Kirsten Dunst – Melancholia (39)
2. Yoon Jeong-hee – Poetry (25)
3. Meryl Streep – The Iron Lady (20)
Best Supporting Actor
1. Albert Brooks – Drive (38)
2. Christopher Plummer – Beginners (24)
3. Patton Oswalt – Young Adult (19)
Best Supporting Actress
1. Jessica Chastain – The Help, Take Shelter, and The Tree of Life (30)
2. Jeannie Berlin – Margaret (19)
3. Shailene Woodley – The Descendants (17)
Best Screenplay
1. Asghar Farhadi – A Separation (39)
2. Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin – Moneyball (22)
3. Woody Allen – Midnight in Paris (16)
Best Cinematography
1. Emmanuel Lubezki – The Tree of Life (76)
2. Manuel Alberto Claro – Melancholia (41)
3. Robert Richardson – Hugo (33)
Best Foreign Language Film
1. A Separation (67)
2. Mysteries of Lisbon (28)
3. Le Havre (22)
Best Non-Fiction Film
1. Cave of Forgotten Dreams (35)
2. The Interrupters (26)
3. Into the Abyss (18)
Best Experimental Film
Seeking the Monkey King
Film Heritage Awards
- BAMcinématek for its complete Vincente Minnelli retrospective with all titles shown on 16 mm or 35 mm film.
- Lobster Films, Groupama Gan Foundation for Cinema, and Technicolor Foundation for Cinema Heritage for the restoration of the color version of Georges Méliès' A Trip to the Moon.
- Museum of Modern Art for its extensive retrospective of Weimar Cinema.
- Flicker Alley for their box set Landmarks of Early Soviet Film.
- The Criterion Collection for its 2-disc DVD package of The Complete Jean Vigo.
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