16th Critics' Choice Awards

16th Critics' Choice Awards
Date	January 14, 2011
Highlights
Best Film	The Social Network
Most awards	Inception (6)
Most nominations	Black Swan (12)
Television coverage
Network	VH1

The 16th Critics' Choice Awards, which were presented on January 14, 2011, at the Hollywood Palladium, honored the finest achievements in 2010 filmmaking.^[1] The ceremony was broadcast on VH1.

Nominees were announced on December 13, 2010.

Winners and nominees

Best Picture

The Social Network

• 127 Hours
• Black Swan
• The Fighter
• Inception
• The King's Speech
• The Town
• Toy Story 3
• True Grit
• Winter's Bone

Best Actor

Colin Firth – The King's Speech

• Jeff Bridges – True Grit
• Robert Duvall – Get Low
• Jesse Eisenberg – The Social Network
• James Franco – 127 Hours
• Ryan Gosling – Blue Valentine

Best Actress

Natalie Portman – Black Swan

• Annette Bening – The Kids Are All Right
• Nicole Kidman – Rabbit Hole
• Jennifer Lawrence – Winter's Bone
• Noomi Rapace – The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
• Michelle Williams – Blue Valentine

Best Supporting Actor

Christian Bale – The Fighter

• Andrew Garfield – The Social Network
• Jeremy Renner – The Town
• Sam Rockwell – Conviction
• Mark Ruffalo – The Kids Are All Right
• Geoffrey Rush – The King's Speech

Best Supporting Actress

Melissa Leo – The Fighter

• Amy Adams – The Fighter
• Helena Bonham Carter – The King's Speech
• Mila Kunis – Black Swan
• Hailee Steinfeld – True Grit
• Jacki Weaver – Animal Kingdom

Best Young Actor/Actress

Hailee Steinfeld – True Grit

• Elle Fanning – Somewhere
• Jennifer Lawrence – Winter's Bone
• Chloë Grace Moretz – Let Me In
• Chloë Grace Moretz – Kick-Ass
• Kodi Smit-McPhee – Let Me In

Best Acting Ensemble

The Fighter

• The Kids Are All Right
• The King's Speech
• The Social Network
• The Town

Best Director

David Fincher – The Social Network

• Darren Aronofsky – Black Swan
• Danny Boyle – 127 Hours
• Joel and Ethan Coen – True Grit
• Tom Hooper – The King's Speech
• Christopher Nolan – Inception

Best Original Screenplay

The King's Speech – David Seidler

• Another Year – Mike Leigh
• Black Swan – Mark Heyman, Andres Heinz and John McLaughlin
• The Fighter – Scott Silver, Paul Tamasy, and Eric Johnson (story by Keith Dorrington, Paul Tamasy, and Eric Johnson)
• Inception – Christopher Nolan
• The Kids Are All Right – Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg

Best Adapted Screenplay

The Social Network – Aaron Sorkin

• 127 Hours – Simon Beaufoy and Danny Boyle
• The Town – Ben Affleck, Peter Craig and Aaron Stockard
• Toy Story 3 – Michael Arndt (Story by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich)
• True Grit – Joel and Ethan Coen
• Winter's Bone – Debra Granik and Anne Rosellini

Best Cinematography

Inception – Wally Pfister

• 127 Hours – Anthony Dod Mantle
• Black Swan – Matthew Libatique
• The King's Speech – Danny Cohen
• True Grit – Roger Deakins

Best Art Direction

Inception – Guy Hendrix Dyas

• Alice in Wonderland – Stefan Dechant
• Black Swan – Therese DePrez and Tora Peterson
• The King's Speech – Netty Chapman
• True Grit – Jess Gonchor and Nancy Haigh

Best Editing

Inception – Lee Smith

• 127 Hours – Jon Harris
• Black Swan – Andrew Weisblum
• The Social Network – Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall

Best Costume Design

Alice in Wonderland – Colleen Atwood

• Black Swan – Amy Westcott
• The King's Speech – Jenny Beavan
• True Grit – Mary Zophres

Best Makeup

Alice in Wonderland

• Black Swan
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1
• True Grit

Best Visual Effects

Inception

• Alice in Wonderland
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1
• Tron: Legacy

Best Sound

Inception

• 127 Hours
• Black Swan
• The Social Network
• Toy Story 3

Best Animated Feature

Toy Story 3

• Despicable Me
• How to Train Your Dragon
• The Illusionist
• Tangled

Best Action Movie

Inception

• Kick-Ass
• Red
• The Town
• Unstoppable

Best Comedy

Easy A

• Cyrus
• Date Night
• Get Him to the Greek
• I Love You Phillip Morris
• The Other Guys

Best Picture Made for Television

The Pacific

• Temple Grandin
• You Don't Know Jack

Best Foreign Language Film

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

• Biutiful
• I Am Love

Best Documentary Feature

Waiting for Superman

• Exit Through the Gift Shop
• Inside Job
• Restrepo
• Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work
• The Tillman Story

Best Song

"If I Rise" – performed by Dido and A. R. Rahman; music by A. R. Rahman; lyrics by Dido and Rollo Armstrong; from 127 Hours

• "I See the Light" – performed by Mandy Moore & Zachary Levi; written by Alan Menken & Glenn Slater; from Tangled
• "Shine" – performed and written by John Legend; from Waiting for Superman
• "We Belong Together" – performed and written by Randy Newman; from Toy Story 3
• "You Haven't Seen the Last of Me" – performed by Cher; written by Diane Warren; from Burlesque

Best Score

The Social Network – Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross

• Black Swan – Clint Mansell
• Inception – Hans Zimmer
• The King's Speech – Alexandre Desplat
• True Grit – Carter Burwell

Joel Siegel Award

Matt Damon ^[2]

Music+Film Award

Quentin Tarantino ^[3]

Awards breakdown

Number of nominations (minimum 2)

12 – Black Swan

11 – The King's Speech and True Grit

10 – Inception

9 – The Social Network

8 – 127 Hours

6 – The Fighter

5 – Toy Story 3 and The Town

4 – Winter's Bone, The Kids Are All Right, and Alice in Wonderland

2 – Blue Valentine, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1, Tangled, and Waiting for "Superman"

Number of awards (minimum 2)

6 – Inception

4 – The Social Network

3 – The Fighter

2 – The King's Speech and Alice in Wonderland

References

1. "Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards Nominees". Broadcast Film Critics Association. 2010-12-13.
2. "Matt Damon Recognized At Critics’ Choice Awards For Water.org Charity". MTV.com. 15 January 2011. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
3. "Quentin Tarantino to Receive First-Ever Critics’ Choice Music+Film Award". The Hollywood Reporter. 10 January 2011. Retrieved 19 August 2015.