| Best Science Fiction Film | Best Fantasy Film |
- The Avengers
- Chronicle
- Cloud Atlas
- The Hunger Games
- Looper
- Prometheus
| Life of Pi The Amazing Spider-Man ' Ruby Sparks Snow White and the Huntsman Ted |
| Best Horror or Thriller Film | Best Action or Adventure Film |
| The Cabin in the Woods Argo The Impossible Seven Psychopaths The Woman in Black Zero Dark Thirty | Skyfall The Bourne Legacy The Dark Knight Rises Django Unchained Les Misérables Taken 2 |
| Best Director | Best Writing |
| Joss Whedon – The Avengers William Friedkin – Killer Joe Peter Jackson – ' Rian Johnson – Looper Ang Lee – Life of Pi Christopher Nolan – The Dark Knight Rises | Quentin Tarantino – Django Unchained Tracy Letts – Killer Joe Martin McDonagh – Seven Psychopaths David Magee – Life of Pi Joss Whedon – The Avengers Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard – The Cabin in the Woods |
| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| Matthew McConaughey – Killer Joe as Killer Joe Christian Bale – The Dark Knight Rises as Batman Daniel Craig – Skyfall as James Bond Martin Freeman – ' as Bilbo Baggins Hugh Jackman – Les Misérables as Jean Valjean Joseph Gordon-Levitt – Looper as Joe | Jennifer Lawrence – The Hunger Games as Katniss Everdeen Jessica Chastain – Zero Dark Thirty as Maya Ann Dowd – Compliance as Sandra Zoe Kazan – Ruby Sparks as Ruby Sparks Helen Mirren – Hitchcock as Alma Reville Naomi Watts – The Impossible as Maria Bennett |
| Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress |
| Clark Gregg – The Avengers as Phil Coulson Javier Bardem – Skyfall as Raoul Silva Michael Fassbender – Prometheus as David 8 Joseph Gordon-Levitt – The Dark Knight Rises as John Blake Ian McKellen – ' as Gandalf Christoph Waltz – Django Unchained as Dr. King Schultz | Anne Hathaway – The Dark Knight Rises as Catwoman Judi Dench – Skyfall as M Gina Gershon – Killer Joe as Sharla Smith Anne Hathaway – Les Misérables as Fantine Nicole Kidman – The Paperboy as Charlotte Bless Charlize Theron – Snow White and the Huntsman as Queen Ravenna |
| Best Performance by a Younger Actor | Best Music |
| Suraj Sharma – Life of Pi as Pi Patel CJ Adams – The Odd Life of Timothy Green as Timothy Green Tom Holland – The Impossible Daniel Huttlestone – Les Misérables as Gavroche Chloë Grace Moretz – Dark Shadows as Carolyn Stoddard Quvenzhané Wallis – Beasts of the Southern Wild as Hushpuppy | Danny Elfman – Frankenweenie Mychael Danna – Life of Pi Dario Marianelli – Anna Karenina Thomas Newman – Skyfall Howard Shore – ' Hans Zimmer – The Dark Knight Rises |
| Best Production Design | Best Editing |
| Dan Hennah – Hugh Bateup and Uli Hanisch – Cloud Atlas Sarah Greenwood – Anna Karenina David Gropman – Life of Pi Rick Heinrichs – Dark Shadows Eve Stewart – Les Misérables | Alexander Berner – Cloud Atlas Stuart Baird and Kate Baird – Skyfall Bob Ducsay – Looper Jeffrey Ford and Lisa Lassek – The Avengers John Gilroy – The Bourne Legacy Tim Squyres – Life of Pi |
| Best Costume | Best Make-up |
| Paco Delgado – Les Misérables Jacquline Durran – Anna Karenina Kym Barrett and Pierre-Yves Gayraud – Cloud Atlas Sharen Davis – Django Unchained Bob Buck, Ann Maskrey and Richard Taylor – ' Colleen Atwood – Snow White and the Huntsman | Heike Merker, Daniel Parker and Jeremy Woodhead – Cloud Atlas Greg Nicotero, Howard Berger, Peter Montagna and Julie Hewitt – Hitchcock Peter Swords King, Rick Findlater and Tami Lane – ' David Martí, Montse Ribé and Vasit Suchitta – The Impossible Naomi Donne, Donald Mowat and Love Larson – Skyfall Jean Ann Black and Fay Von Schroeder – ' |
| Best Special Effects | Best International Film |
| Janek Sirrs, Jeff White, Guy Williams, and Dan Sudick – The Avengers Grady Cofer, Pablo Helman, Jeanie King and Burt Dalton – Battleship Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton and R. Christopher White – Chris Corbould, Peter Chiang, Scott R. Fisher and Sue Rowe – John Carter Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik-Jan De Boer, Donald R. Elliott – Life of Pi Cedric Nichols-Troyan, Philip Brennan, Neil Corbould and Michael Dawson – Snow White and the Huntsman | Headhunters Anna Karenina Chicken with Plums The Fairy My Way Pusher |
| Best Independent Film | Best Animated Film |
| Killer Joe Compliance Hitchcock The Paperboy Robot and Frank Safety Not Guaranteed Seeking a Friend for the End of the World | Frankenweenie Brave ParaNorman Wreck-It Ralph |
| Best DVD or Blu-ray Release | Best DVD or Blu-ray Special Edition Release |
- Touchback
- '
- Chained
- Cosmopolis
- The Possession
- A Thousand Cuts
| Little Shop of Horrors: The Director's Cut Jaws: Universal 100th Anniversary Edition Lawrence of Arabia: 50th Anniversary Collector's Edition Les Vampires Classics Edition Stanley Kubrick's Fear and Desire |
| Best DVD or Blu-ray Collection | Best DVD or Blu-ray TV Series |
| Universal Classic Monsters: The Essentials Collection Alfred Hitchcock: The Masterpiece Collection Battle Royale: The Complete Collection Bond 50: The Complete 22 Film Collection Dark Shadows: The Complete Original Series The Ultimate Buster Keaton Blu-ray Collection | : Seasons and ' In Search Of...: The Complete Series Logan's Run: The Complete Series The River: The Complete First Season Shazam! The Complete Live-Action Series Spartacus: '' |
