The final big Oscar contenders

The nominations are in for the 84th Academy Awards. See who's in the running for cinema's grand prize.

Best Motion Picture:
The Descendants
Director: Alexander Payne
Starring: George Clooney, Shailene Woodley and Amara Miller

Best Motion Picture:
The Artist
Director: Michel Hazanavicius
Starring: Jean Dujardin, Bérénice Bejo and John Goodman
Best Motion Picture:
Midnight In Paris
Director: Woody Allen
Starring: Owen Wilson, Rachel McAdams and Kathy Bates
Best Motion Picture:
Hugo
Director: Martin Scorsese
Starring: Asa Butterfield, Chloë Grace Moretz, Sir Ben Kingsley and Christopher Lee

Best Motion Picture:
The Help
Director: Tate Taylor
Starring: Emma Stone, Viola Davis, Jessica Chastain and Octavia Spencer
Best Motion Picture:
Moneyball
Director: Bennett Miller
Starring: Brad Pitt, Robin Wright and Jonah Hill
Best Motion Picture:
The Tree of Life
Director: Terrence Malick
Starring: Brad Pitt, Sean Penn and Jessica Chastain

Best Motion Picture:
War Horse
Director: Steven Spielberg
Starring: Jeremy Irvine, Emily Watson and David Thewlis
Best Motion Picture:
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Director: Stephen Daldry
Starring: Thomas Horn, Tom Hanks and Sandra Bullock
Best Actor in a Leading Role: George Clooney in The Descendants

Best Actor in a Leading Role: Brad Pitt in Moneyball
Best Actor in a Leading Role: Jean Dujardin in The Artist
Best Actor in a Leading Role: Gary Oldman in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Best Actor in a Leading Role: Demian Bichir in A Better Life
Best Actress in a Leading Role: Meryl Streep in The Iron Lady
Best Actress in a Leading Role: Viola Davis in The Help
Best Actress in a Leading Role: Michelle Williams in My Week With Marilyn
Best Actress in a Leading Role: Glenn Close in Albert Nobbs
Best Actress in a Leading Role: Rooney Mara in The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Christopher Plummer in Beginners
Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Kenneth Branagh in My Week With Marilyn
Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Nick Nolte in Warrior
Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Jonah Hill in Moneyball
Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Max von Sydow in Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Best Supporting Actress: Melissa McCarthy in Bridesmaids
Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Bérénice Bejo in The Artist
Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Jessica Chastain in The Help
Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Octavia Spencer in The Help
Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Janet McTeer in Albert Nobbs
Best Director:
Woody Allen for Midnight in Paris
Terrence Malick for The Tree of Life
Michel Hazanavicius for The Artist
Alexander Payne for The Descendants
Martin Scorsese for Hugo

Best Foreign Language Film:
Bullhead ( Belgium)
Footnote (Israel)
In Darkness (Poland)
Monsieur Lazhar (Canada)
A Separation (Iran)

Best Adapted Screenplay:
Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash for The Descendants
John Logan for Hugo
George Clooney, Grant Heslov and Beau Willimon for The Ides of March
Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin and Stan Chervin for Moneyball
Bridget O'Connor and Peter Straughan for Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Best Original Screenplay:
Michel Hazanavicius for The Artist
Annie Mumolo and Kristen Wiig for Bridesmaids
J.C. Chandor for Margin Call
Woody Allen for Midnight in Paris
Asghar Farhadi for A Separation

Best Animated Feature Film:
A Cat in Paris
Starring: Dominique Blanc, Bruno Salomone and Jean Benguigui
Directed by: Jean-Loup Felicioli, Alain Gagnol

Best Animated Feature Film:
Chico & Rita
Stars: Starring: Limara Meneses, Eman Xor Oña and Mario Guerra
Directed by: Tono Errando, Javier Mariscal and Fernando Trueba

Best Animated Feature Film:
Kung Fu Panda 2
Starring: Jack Black, Angelina Jolie and Jackie Chan
Directed by: Jennifer Yuh

Best Animated Feature Film:
Puss in Boots
Starring: Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek and Zach Galifianakis
Directed by: Chris Miller

Best Animated Feature Film:
Rango
Starring: Johnny Depp, Isla Fisher and Timothy Olyphant
Directed by: Gore Verbinski

Best Art Direction:
The Artist
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Hugo
Midnight in Paris
War Horse

Best Cinematography:
The Artist, Guillaume Schiffman
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Jeff Cronenweth
Hugo, Robert Richardson
The Tree of Life, Emmanuel Lubezki
War Horse, Janusz Kaminski

Best Original Song:
Man or Muppet from The Muppets, Music and Lyric by Bret McKenzie
Real in Rio from Rio, Music by Sergio Mendes and Carlinhos Brown Lyric by Siedah Garrett

Best Original Score:
The Adventures of Tintin, John Williams
The Artist, Ludovic Bource
Hugo, Howard Shore
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Alberto Iglesias
War Horse, John Williams