BEST PICTURE

• 1. “An Education”
• 2. “Avatar”
• 3. “The Blind Side”
• 4. “District 9”
• 5. “The Hurt Locker”
  
• 6. “Inglourious Basterds”
• 7. “Precious”
• 8. “A Serious Man”
• 9. “Up”
• 10. “Up in the Air”

BEST DIRECTOR

• 1. Kathryn Bigelow (“The Hurt Locker”)
  
• 2. James Cameron (“Avatar”)
• 3. Lee Daniels (“Precious”)
• 4. Jason Reitman (“Up in the Air”)
• 5. Quentin Tarantino (“Inglourious Basterds”)

BEST ACTOR

• 1. Jeff Bridges (“Crazy Heart”)
  
• 2. George Clooney (“Up in the Air”)
• 3. Colin Firth (“A Single Man”)
• 4. Morgan Freeman (“Invictus”)
• 5. Jeremy Renner (“The Hurt Locker”)

BEST ACTRESS

• 1. Sandra Bullock (“The Blind Side”)
• 2. Helen Mirren (“The Last Station”)
• 3. Carey Mulligan (“An Education”)
• 4. Gabby Sidibe (“Precious”)
• 5. Meryl Streep (“Julie & Julia”)
  

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

• 1. Matt Damon (“Invictus”)
• 2. Woody Harrelson (“The Messenger”)
• 3. Christopher Plummer (“The Last Station”)
• 4. Stanley Tucci (“The Lovely Bones”)
• 5. Christoph Waltz (“Inglourious Basterds”)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

• 1. Mo’Nique (“Precious”)
• 2. Penelope Cruz (“Nine”)
• 3. Vera Farmiga (“Up in the Air”)
• 4. Maggie Gyllenhaal (“Crazy Heart”)
• 5. Anna Kendrick (“Up in the Air”)

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

• 1. Neill Blomkamp, Terri Tatchell (“District 9″)
• 2. Geoffrey Fletcher (“Precious”)
• 3. Nick Hornby (“An Education”)
• 4. Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche (“In The Loop”)
  
• 5. Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner (“Up in the Air”)

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

• 1. Mark Boal (“The Hurt Locker”)
• 2. Alessandro Camon, Oren Moverman (“The Messenger”)
• 3. Ethan Coen, Joel Coen (“A Serious Man”)
• 4. Pete Docter, Bob Peterson (“Up”)
• 5. Quentin Tarantino (“Inglourious Basterds”)

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

• 1. “Coraline”
• 2. “Fantastic Mr. Fox”
• 3. “The Princess and the Frog”
• 4. “The Secret of Kells”
• 5. “Up”

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

• 1. “Ajami” (Israel)
• 2. “The Milk of Sorrow” (Peru)
• 3. “A Prophet” (France)
• 4. “The Secret in Their Eyes” (Argentina)
• 5. “The White Ribbon” (Germany)

BEST DOCUMENTARY (FEATURE)

• 1. “Burma VJ”
• 2. “The Cove”
• 3. “Food, Inc.”
• 4. “The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers”
• 5. “Which Way Home”

Photo: A scene from “Avatar.” Credit: 20th Century Fox.