46th National Society of Film Critics Awards (2011)
Best Picture
1. Melancholia
2. The Tree of Life
3. A Separation
Best Director
1. Terrence Malick - The Tree of Life
2. Martin Scorsese - Hugo
3. Lars von Trier - Melancholia
Best Actor
1. Brad Pitt - Moneyball and The Tree of Life
2. Gary Oldman - Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
3. Jean Dujardin - The Artist
Best Actress
1. Kirsten Dunst - Melancholia
2. Yoon Jeong-hee - Poetry
3. Meryl Streep - The Iron Lady
Best Supporting Actor
1. Albert Brooks - Drive
2. Christopher Plummer - Beginners
3. Patton Oswalt - Young Adult
Best Supporting Actress
1. Jessica Chastain - The Help, Take Shelter, and The Tree of Life
2. Jeannie Berlin - Margaret
3. Shailene Woodley - The Descendants
Best Screenplay
1. Asghar Farhadi - A Separation
2. Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin - Moneyball
3. Woody Allen - Midnight in Paris
Best Cinematography
1. Emmanuel Lubezki - The Tree of Life
2. Manuel Alberto Claro - Melancholia
3. Robert Richardson - Hugo
Best Foreign Language Film
1. A Separation
2. Mysteries of Lisbon
3. Le Havre
Best Non-Fiction Film
1. Cave of Forgotten Dreams
2. The Interrupters
3. Into the Abyss
Best Experimental Film
Seeking the Monkey King