11th Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association (2012)

Best Film

	Zero Dark Thirty
	Argo
	Les Misérables
	Lincoln
	Silver Linings Playbook

Best Director

	Kathryn Bigelow - Zero Dark Thirty
	Ben Affleck - Argo
	Paul Thomas Anderson - The Master
	Tom Hooper - Les Misérables
	Steven Spielberg - Lincoln

Best Ensemble

	Les Misérables
	Argo
	Lincoln
	Moonrise Kingdom
	Zero Dark Thirty

Best Actor

	Daniel Day-Lewis - Lincoln
	John Hawkes - The Sessions
	Hugh Jackman - Les Misérables
	Joaquin Phoenix - The Master
	Denzel Washington - Flight

Best Actress

	Jessica Chastain - Zero Dark Thirty
	Marion Cotillard - Rust and Bone
	Jennifer Lawrence - Silver Linings Playbook
	Helen Mirren - Hitchcock
	Emmanuelle Riva - Amour

Best Supporting Actor

	Philip Seymour Hoffman - The Master
	Alan Arkin - Argo
	Javier Bardem - Skyfall
	Leonardo DiCaprio - Django Unchained
	Tommy Lee Jones - Lincoln

Best Supporting Actress

	Anne Hathaway - Les Misérables
	Amy Adams - The Master
	Samantha Barks - Les Misérables
	Sally Field - Lincoln
	Helen Hunt - The Sessions

Best Adapted Screenplay

	Silver Linings Playbook - David O. Russell
	Argo - Chris Terrio
	Life of Pi - David Magee
	Lincoln - Tony Kushner
	The Perks of Being a Wallflower - Stephen Chbosky

Best Original Screenplay

	Looper - Rian Johnson
	Django Unchained - Quentin Tarantino
	The Master - Paul Thomas Anderson
	Moonrise Kingdom - Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola
	Zero Dark Thirty - Mark Boal

Best Cinematography

	Life of Pi
	Les Misérables
	The Master
	Skyfall
	Zero Dark Thirty

Best Art Direction

	Cloud Atlas
	Anna Karenina
	Les Misérables
	Lincoln
	Moonrise Kingdom

Best Score

	The Master - Jonny Greenwood
	Beasts of the Southern Wild - Dan Romer and Benh Zeitlin
	The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - Howard Shore
	Lincoln - John Williams
	Moonrise Kingdom - Alexandre Desplat

Best Foreign Language Film

	Amour • Austria
	The Intouchables • France
	I Wish • Japan
	A Royal Affair • Hungary
	Rust and Bone • Belgium

Best Documentary Film

	Bully
	The Imposter
	The Invisible War
	The Queen of Versailles
	Searching for Sugar Man

Best Animated Film

	ParaNorman
	Brave
	Frankenweenie
	Rise of the Guardians
	Wreck-It Ralph

Best Youth Performance

	Quvenzhané Wallis - Beasts of the Southern Wild
	Jared Gilman - Moonrise Kingdom
	Kara Hayward - Moonrise Kingdom
	Tom Holland - The Impossible
	Logan Lerman - The Perks of Being a Wallflower