24th Chicago Film Critics Association Awards (2011)

Best Film

	The Tree of Life
	The Artist
	The Descendants
	Drive
	Hugo

Best Director

	Terrence Malick - The Tree of Life
	Michel Hazanavicius - The Artist
	Alexander Payne - The Descendants
	Martin Scorsese - Hugo
	Nicolas Winding Refn - Drive

Best Actor

	Michael Shannon - Take Shelter
	George Clooney - The Descendants
	Jean Dujardin - The Artist
	Michael Fassbender - Shame
	Gary Oldman - Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Best Actress

	Michelle Williams - My Week with Marilyn
	Kirsten Dunst - Melancholia
	Elizabeth Olsen - Martha Marcy May Marlene
	Anna Paquin - Margaret
	Meryl Streep - The Iron Lady

Best Supporting Actor

	Albert Brooks - Drive
	Nick Nolte - Warrior
	Patton Oswalt - Young Adult
	Brad Pitt - The Tree of Life
	Christopher Plummer - Beginners

Best Supporting Actress

	Jessica Chastain - The Tree of Life
	Melissa McCarthy - Bridesmaids
	Carey Mulligan - Shame
	Octavia Spencer - The Help
	Shailene Woodley - The Descendants

Best Screenplay - Adapted

	Moneyball - Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin
	The Descendants - Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash
	Drive - Hossein Amini
	Hugo - John Logan
	Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy - Bridget O'Connor and Peter Straughan

Best Screenplay - Original

	The Artist - Michel Hazanavicius
	Martha Marcy May Marlene - Sean Durkin
	Midnight in Paris - Woody Allen
	A Separation - Asghar Farhadi
	The Tree of Life - Terrence Malick

Best Cinematography

	The Tree of Life - Emmanuel Lubezki
	Drive - Newton Thomas Sigel
	Hugo - Robert Richardson
	Melancholia - Manuel Alberto Claro
	War Horse - Janusz Kamiński

Best Original Score

	Drive - Cliff Martinez
	The Artist - Ludovic Bource
	The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
	Hanna - The Chemical Brothers
	Hugo - Howard Shore

Best Foreign Language Film

	A Separation, Iran
	In a Better World, Denmark/Sweden
	Incendies, Canada
	The Skin I Live In, Spain
	Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives, Thailand

Best Documentary Film

	The Interrupters
	Cave of Forgotten Dreams
	Into the Abyss
	Pina
	Project Nim
	Tabloid

Best Animated Film

	Rango
	The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn
	Arthur Christmas
	Puss in Boots
	Winnie the Pooh

Most Promising Filmmaker

	Sean Durkin - Martha Marcy May Marlene
	J. C. Chandor - Margin Call
	Simon Curtis - My Week with Marilyn
	Drake Doremus - Like Crazy
	Tate Taylor - The Help

Most Promising Performer

	Elizabeth Olsen - Martha Marcy May Marlene
	Liana Liberato - Trust
	Brit Marling - Another Earth
	Hunter McCracken - The Tree of Life
	Shailene Woodley - The Descendants