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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:
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‘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
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‘The Beaches of Agnes’
- Best Documentary: National Society of Film Critics, Los Angeles Film Critics Association (co-winner)
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‘The Blind Side’
- Best Actress, Sandra Bullock: Golden Globe (drama), Screen Actors Guild, Critics Choice (co-winner)
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‘Bright Star’
- Best Supporting Actor, Paul Schneider: National Society of Film Critics (co-winner)
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‘Coraline’
- Top 10: American Film Institute
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‘The Cove’
- Best Documentary: Producers Guild, National Board of Review, Los Angeles Film Critics Association (co-winner)
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‘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
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‘District 9’
- Best Production Design: Los Angeles Film Critics Association
- Best Makeup: Critics Choice
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‘An Education’
- Best Actress, Carey Mulligan: National Board of Review
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‘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
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‘Julie & Julia’
- Best Actress, Meryl Streep: Golden Globe (comedy or musical), New York Film Critics Circle, Critics Choice (co-winner)
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‘The Hangover’
- Best Picture: Golden Globe (comedy or musical)
- Top 10: American Film Institute
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‘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, Directors Guild of America
- Best Actor, Jeremy Renner: National Society of Film Critics
- Top 10: American Film Institute
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‘Inglourious 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
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‘In the Loop’
- Best Screenplay: New York Film Critics Circle
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‘Invictus’
- Best Actor, Morgan Freeman: National Board of Review (co-winner)
- Best Director, Clint Eastwood: National Board of Review
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‘It's Complicated’
- Best Ensemble: National Board of Review
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‘The Lovely Bones’
- Best Young Actor/Actress, Saoirse Ronan: Critics Choice
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‘The Messenger’
- Best Supporting Actor, Woody Harrelson: National Board of Review
- Top 10: American Film Institute
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‘Of Time and the City’
- Best Nonfiction Film: New York Film Critics Circle
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‘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
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‘A Prophet’
- Best Foreign Language Film: National Board of Review
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‘Seraphine’
- Best Actress, Yolande Moreau: National Society of Film Critics, Los Angeles Film Critics Association
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‘A Serious Man’
- Best Original Screenplay: National Board of Review, National Society of Film Critics
- Top 10: American Film Institute
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‘Sherlock Holmes’
- Best Actor, Robert Downey Jr.: Golden Globe (comedy or musical)
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‘A Single Man’
- Top 10: American Film Institute
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‘Sugar’
- Top 10: American Film Institute
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‘Summer Hours’
- Best Foreign Language Film: National Society of Film Critics, New York Film Critics Circle, Los Angeles Film Critics Association
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‘Up’
- Best Animated Film: Golden Globe, Producers Guild, Critics Choice
- Best Original Score, Michael Giacchino: Golden Globe
- Top 10: American Film Institute
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‘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
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‘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
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‘The Young Victoria’
- Best Costume Design: Critics Choice
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