The Oscar Nominees Are; Comparison to Phoenix Film Critics Society (Video)

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced its nominations for the 85th annual Academy Awards. The nominees for Best Picture are:

"Amour" (5 Nominations)

"Argo" (7 Nominations)
"Beasts of the Southern Wild" (4 Nominations)

"Django Unchained" (5 Nominations)

"Les Miserables"(8 Nominations)

"Life of Pi"(11 Nominations)
"Lincoln"(12 Nominations)
"Silver Linings Playbook"(8 Nominations)

"Zero Dark Thirty"(5 Nominations)

The nominees for Best Director are:

David O. Russell for "Silver Linings Playbook"

Ang Lee for "Life of Pi"

Steven Spielberg for "Lincoln"

Michael Haneke for "Amour"

Benh Zeitlin for "Beasts of the Southern Wild"

Snubs include Ben Affleck (who was not nominated for Director for Argo), Katherine Bigelow (also not nominated for her controversial "Zero Dark Thirty") and Skyfall, which many people thought might be James Bond's first nomination for Best Picture.

The nominees for Best Actor are:

Daniel Day Lewis for "Lincoln" (winner, Phoenix Film Critics Society)

Denzel Washington for "Flight"

Hugh Jackman for "Les Miserables"

Bradley Cooper for "Silver Linings Playbook"

Joaquin Phoenix for "The Master"

The nominees for Best Actress are:

Naomi Watts for "The Impossible"

Jessica Chastain for "Zero Dark Thirty" (winner, Phoenix Film Critics Society)

Jennifer Lawrence for "Silver Linings Playbook"

Emmanuelle Riva for "Amour" (at 85, oldest nominee ever in the category)

Quvenzhane Wallis for "Beasts of the Southern Wild" (at 9, youngest nominee in the category)

The nominees for Best Supporting Actor are:

Christoph Waltz for "Django Unchained"

Philip Seymour Hoffman for "The Master" (winner, Phoenix Film Critics Society)

Robert DeNiro for "Silver Linings Playbook"

Alan Arkin for "Argo"

Tommy Lee Jones for "Lincoln"

The nominees for Best Supporting Actress are:

Sally Field for "Lincoln"

Anne Hathaway for "Les Miserables" (winner, Phoenix Film Critics Society)

Jacki Weaver for "Silver Linings Playbook"

Helen Hunt for "The Sessions"

Amy Adams for "The Master"

And to compare, here are the top 10 movies of the year, as chosen by the Phoenix Film Critics Society. "Argo," the Ben Affleck drama that has garnered major press, eventually was chosen as Best Picture of the Year by the group.

"Argo"
"The Avengers"
"Beasts of the Southern Wild"
"Les Miserables"
"Life of Pi"
"Lincoln"
"Moonrise Kingdom"
"Silver Linings Playbook"
"Skyfall"
"Zero Dark Thirty"

See the full list of nominees at oscars.com. The Oscars will air live on Sunday, February 24th.