Make your Oscar picks

Best picture

• “Amour”

• “Argo”

• “Beasts of the Southern Wild”

• “Django Unchained”

• “Les Misérables”

• “Life of Pi”

• “Lincoln”

• “Silver Linings Playbook”

• “Zero Dark Thirty”

Actor in a Leading Role

• Bradley Cooper, “Silver Linings Playbook”

• Daniel Day-Lewis, “Lincoln”

• Hugh Jackman, “Les Misérables”

• Joaquin Phoenix, “The Master”

• Denzel Washington, “Flight”

Actor in a Supporting Role

• Alan Arkin, “Argo”

• Robert De Niro, “Silver Linings Playbook”

• Philip Seymour Hoffman, “The Master”

• Tommy Lee Jones, “Lincoln”

• Christoph Waltz, “Django Unchained”

Actress in a Leading Role

• Jessica Chastain, “Zero Dark Thirty”

• Jennifer Lawrence, “Silver Linings Playbook”

• Emmanuelle Riva, “Amour”

• Quvenzhané Wallis, “Beasts of the Southern Wild”

• Naomi Watts, “The Impossible”

Actress in a Supporting Role

• Amy Adams, “The Master”

• Sally Field, “Lincoln”

• Anne Hathaway, “Les Misérables”

• Helen Hunt, “The Sessions”

• Jacki Weaver, “Silver Linings Playbook”

Directing

• “Amour,” Michael Haneke

• “Beasts of the Southern Wild,” Benh Zeitlin

• “Life of Pi,” Ang Lee

• “Lincoln,” Steven Spielberg

• “Silver Linings Playbook,” David O. Russell

Animated Feature Film

• “Brave”

• “Frankenweenie”

• “ParaNorman”

• “The Pirates! Band of Misfits”

• “Wreck-It Ralph”

Foreign Language Film

• “Amour,” Austria

• “Kon-Tiki,” Norway

• “No,” Chile

• “A Royal Affair,” Denmark

• “War Witch,” Canada

Cinematography

• “Anna Karenina,” Seamus McGarvey

• “Django Unchained,” Robert Richardson

• “Life of Pi,” Claudio Miranda

• “Lincoln,” Janusz Kaminski

• “Skyfall,” Roger Deakins

Costume Design

• “Anna Karenina,” Jacqueline Durran

• “Les Misérables,” Paco Delgado

• “Lincoln,” Joanna Johnston

• “Mirror Mirror,” Eiko Ishioka

• “Snow White and the Huntsman,” Colleen Atwood

Documentary Feature

• “5 Broken Cameras”

• “The Gatekeepers”

• “How to Survive a Plague”

• “The Invisible War”

• “Searching for Sugar Man”

Documentary Short Subject

• “Inocente”

• “Kings Point”

• “Mondays at Racine”

• “Open Heart”

• “Redemption”

Film Editing

• “Argo,” William Goldenberg

• “Life of Pi,” Tim Squyres

• “Lincoln,” Michael Kahn

• “Silver Linings Playbook,” Jay Cassidy and Crispin Struthers

• “Zero Dark Thirty,” Dylan Tichenor and William Goldenberg

Makeup and Hairstyling

• “Hitchcock,” Howard Berger, Peter Montagna and Martin Samuel

• “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey,” Peter Swords King, Rick Findlater and Tami Lane

• “Les Misérables,” Lisa Westcott and Julie Dartnell

Music (Original Score)

• “Anna Karenina,” Dario Marianelli

• “Argo,” Alexandre Desplat

• “Life of Pi,” Mychael Danna

• “Lincoln,” John Williams

• “Skyfall,” Thomas Newman

Music (Original Song)

• “Before My Time” from “Chasing Ice,” music and lyric by J. Ralph

• “Everybody Needs a Best Friend” from “Ted,” music by Walter Murphy, lyric by Seth MacFarlane

• “Pi's Lullaby” from “Life of Pi,” music by Mychael Danna, lyric by Bombay Jayashri

• “Skyfall” from “Skyfall,” music and lyric by Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth

• “Suddenly” from “Les Misérables,” music by Claude-Michel Schönberg, lyric by Herbert Kretzmer and Alain Boublil

Production Design

• “Anna Karenina,” production design: Sarah Greenwood, set decoration: Katie Spencer

• “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey,” production design: Dan Hennah, set decoration: Ra Vincent and Simon Bright

• “Les Misérables,” production design: Eve Stewart, set decoration: Anna Lynch-Robinson

• “Life of Pi,” production design: David Gropman, set decoration: Anna Pinnock

• “Lincoln,” production design: Rick Carter, set decoration: Jim Erickson

Short Film (Animated)

• “Adam and Dog”

• “Fresh Guacamole”

• “Head Over Heels”

• Maggie Simpson in “The Longest Daycare”

• “Paperman”

Short Film (Live Action)

• “Asad”

• “Buzkashi Boys”

• “Curfew”

• “Death of a Shadow (Dood van een Schaduw)”

• “Henry”

Sound Editing

• “Argo,” Erik Aadahl and Ethan Van der Ryn

• “Django Unchained,” Wylie Stateman

• “Life of Pi,” Eugene Gearty and Philip Stockton

• “Skyfall,” Per Hallberg and Karen Baker Landers

• “Zero Dark Thirty,” Paul N.J. Ottosson

Sound Mixing

• “Argo,” John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff and Jose Antonio Garcia

• “Les Misérables,” Andy Nelson, Mark Paterson and Simon Hayes

• “Life of Pi,” Ron Bartlett, D.M. Hemphill and Drew Kunin

• “Lincoln,” Andy Nelson, Gary Rydstrom and Ronald Judkins

• “Skyfall,” Scott Millan, Greg P. Russell and Stuart Wilson

Visual Effects

• “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey,” Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton and R. Christopher White

• “Life of Pi,” Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik-Jan De Boer and Donald R. Elliott

• “Marvel's The Avengers,” Janek Sirrs, Jeff White, Guy Williams and Dan Sudick

• “Prometheus,” Richard Stammers, Trevor Wood, Charley Henley and Martin Hill

• “Snow White and the Huntsman,” Cedric Nicolas-Troyan, Philip Brennan, Neil Corbould and Michael Dawson

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

• “Argo,” screenplay by Chris Terrio

• “Beasts of the Southern Wild,” screenplay by Lucy Alibar & Benh Zeitlin

• “Life of Pi,” screenplay by David Magee

• “Lincoln,” screenplay by Tony Kushner

• “Silver Linings Playbook,” screenplay by David O. Russell

Writing (Original Screenplay)

• “Amour,” written by Michael Haneke

• “Django Unchained,” written by Quentin Tarantino

• “Flight,” written by John Gatins

• “Moonrise Kingdom,” written by Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola

• “Zero Dark Thirty,” written by Mark Boal