Washington D.C. Film Critics Award Nominees

Obviously they decided to stick to their 5 Best Picture format, which most likely shows how they feel about the change (or maybe they just didn't care enough?). Of all of the "cities critics circles," these aren't the most telling/don't carry the most weight, but it's all we've got at the moment in the wake of the NBR awards.

Best Film
The Hurt Locker | Summit Entertainment
Inglourious Basterds | Weinstein Company
Precious | Lionsgate
Up | Walt Disney
Up in the Air | Paramount

Best Director
Kathryn Bigelow | The Hurt Locker
Lee Daniels | Precious
Clint Eastwood | Invictus
Jason Reitman | Up in the Air
Quentin Tarantino | Inglourious Basterds

Best Actor
George Clooney | Up in the Air
Colin Firth | A Single Man
Morgan Freeman | Invictus
Viggo Mortensen | The Road
Jeremy Renner | The Hurt Locker

Best Actress
Sandra Bullock | The Blind Side
Carey Mulligan | An Education
Maya Rudolph | Away We Go
Gabourey Sidibe | Precious
Meryl Streep | Julie & Julia

Best Supporting Actor
Woody Harrelson | The Messenger
Anthony Mackie | The Hurt Locker
Alfred Molina | An Education
Stanley Tucci | The Lovely Bones
Christoph Waltz | Inglourious Basterds

Best Supporting Actress
Vera Farmiga | Up in the Air
Anna Kendrick | Up in the Air
Mo'Nique | Precious
Julianne Moore | A Single Man
Samantha Morton | The Messenger

Best Screenplay, Adapted
The Blind Side | Warner Bros.
An Education | Sony Picture Classics
Precious | Lionsgate
The Road | Dimension
Up in the Air | Paramount

Best Screenplay, Original
(500) Days of Summer | Fox Searchlight
The Hurt Locker | Summit Entertainment
Inglourious Basterds | Weinstein Company
A Serious Man | Focus Features
Up | Walt Disney

Best Breakthrough Performance
Anna Kendrick | Up in The Air
Christian McKay | Me and Orson Welles
Carey Mulligan | An Education
Jeremy Renner | The Hurt Locker
Gabourey Sidibe | Precious

Best Ensemble
The Hurt Locker | Summit Entertainment
Nine | The Weinstein Company
Precious | Lionsgate
Star Trek | Paramount
Up in the Air | Paramount

Best Animated Film
Coraline | Focus Features
Fantastic Mr. Fox | Fox Searchlight
9 | Focus Features
Ponyo | Walt Disney
Up | Walt Disney

Best Foreign Film
Broken Embraces | Sony Picture Classics
Red Cliff | Magnet / Magnolia
Sin Nombre | Focus Features
Summer Hours | IFC Features
The White Ribbon | Sony Picture Classics

Best Art Direction
The Lovely Bones | Paramount
Nine | The Weinstein Company
Star Trek | Paramount
Where the Wild Things Are | Warner Bros.
The Young Victoria | Apparition

Best Documentary
Anvil! The Story of Anvil | Abramorama
Capitalism: A Love Story | Overture
The Cove | Lionsgate
Food, Inc. | Magnolia
Good Hair | Roadside Attractions

Oscar Meter: Up
- Best Picture: Inglourious Basterds and UP
- Best Director: Clint Eastwood - Invictus and Quentin Tarantino - Inglourious Basterds
- Best Actor: Viggo Mortensen - The Road (yay!) and Jeremy Renner - The Hurt Locker (double yay!)
- Best Actress: Sandra Bullock - The Blind Side (it could happen, folks...)
- Best Supporting Actor: Anthony Mackie - The Hurt Locker
- Best Supporting Actress: Samantha Morton - The Messenger and Vera Farmiga - Up in the Air
- Best Adapted Screenplay: The Road (nice!) and The Blind Side (que?)
- Best Original Screenplay: (500) Days of Summer, Inglourious Basterds, and A Serious Man
- Best Foreign Language Film: Broken Embraces and Sin Nombre

Oscar Meter: Down
- Best Picture: Nine (*sad face*), Avatar, Invictus, Bright Star
- Best Director: Rob Marshall - Nine, Pete Docter - UP, Jane Campion - Bright Star
- Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis - Nine, Jeff Bridges - Crazy Heart
- Best Actress: Marion Cotillard - Nine, Abbie Cornish - Bright Star, Helen Mirren - The Last Station
- Best Supporting Actor: N/A
- Best Supporting Actress: Penelope Cruz - Nine