17th Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards (2011)

Best Picture

	1. The Descendants
	2. The Artist
	3. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
	4. Midnight in Paris
	5. The Tree of Life
	6. Hugo
	7. 50/50
	8. Drive
	9. Shame
	10. Moneyball

Best Director

	1. Alexander Payne - The Descendants
	2. Michel Hazanavicius - The Artist
	3. Terrence Malick - The Tree of Life
	4. Martin Scorsese - Hugo
	5. Woody Allen - Midnight in Paris

Best Actor

	1. George Clooney - The Descendants as Matt King
	2. Jean Dujardin - The Artist as George Valentin
	3. Michael Fassbender - Shame as Brandon Sullivan
	4. Brad Pitt - Moneyball as Billy Beane
	5. Michael Shannon - Take Shelter as Curtis LaForche

Best Actress

	1. Michelle Williams - My Week with Marilyn as Marilyn Monroe
	2. Tilda Swinton - We Need to Talk About Kevin as Eva Khatchadourian
	3. Meryl Streep - The Iron Lady as Margaret Thatcher
	4. Charlize Theron - Young Adult as Mavis Gary
	5. Kirsten Dunst - Melancholia as Justine

Best Supporting Actor

	1. Christopher Plummer - Beginners as Hal Fields
	2. Albert Brooks - Drive as Bernie Rose
	3. Max von Sydow - Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close as The Renter
	4. Armie Hammer - J. Edgar as Clyde Tolson
	5. Kenneth Branagh - My Week with Marilyn as Laurence Olivier

Best Supporting Actress

	1. Shailene Woodley - The Descendants as Alexandra King
	2. Bérénice Bejo - The Artist as Peppy Miller
	3. Octavia Spencer - The Help as Minny Jackson
	4. Melissa McCarthy - Bridesmaids as Megan Price
	5. Carey Mulligan - Shame as Sissy Sullivan

Best Screenplay

	1. Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, and Jim Rash - The Descendants
	2. Woody Allen - Midnight in Paris

Best Cinematography

	1. Emmanuel Lubezki - The Tree of Life
	2. Janusz Kamiński - War Horse

Best Foreign Language Film

	1. A Separation • Iran
	2. The Skin I Live In • Spain
	3. Incendies • Canada
	4. 13 Assassins • Japan
	5. Of Gods and Men • France (TIE)
	5. Certified Copy • France (TIE)

Best Documentary Film

	1. Cave of Forgotten Dreams
	2. Project Nim
	3. The Interrupters
	4. Page One: Inside the New York Times
	5. Buck

Best Animated Film

	1. Rango
	2. The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn

Individual awards (Russell Smith Award)

We Need to Talk About Kevin, for "best low-budget or cutting-edge independent film"