Dallas-Forth Worth Critics Association Awards

Best Picture
The Descendants

Runners Up
2) The Artist
3) Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
4) Midnight in Paris
5) The Tree of Life
6) Hugo
7) 50/50
8) Drive
9) Shame
10) Moneyball

Best Director
Alexander Payne "The Descendants"

Runners Up -
2) Michel Hazanavicius "The Artist"
3) Terrence Malick "The Tree of Life"
4) Martin Scorsese "Hugo"
5) Woody Allen "Midnight in Paris"

Best Actor
George Clooney "The Descendants"

Runners Up -
2) Jean Dujardin "The Artist"
3) Michael Fassbender "Shame"
4) Brad Pitt "Moneyball"
5) Michael Shannon "Take Shelter"

Best Actress
Michelle Williams "My Week With Marilyn"

Runners Up -
2) Tilda Swinton "We Need to Talk About Kevin"
3) Meryl Streep "The Iron Lady"
4) Charlize Theron "Young Adult"
5) Kirsten Dunst "Melancholia"

Best Supporting Actor
Christopher Plummer "Beginners"

Runners Up -
2) Albert Brooks
3) Max von Sydow "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close"
4) Armie Hammer "J. Edgar"
5) Kenneth Branagh "My Week With Marilyn"

Best Supporting Actress
Shailene Woodley "The Descendants"

Runners Up -
2) Berenice Bojo "The Artist"
3) Octavia Spencer "The Help"
4) Melissa McCarthy "Bridesmaids"
5) Carey Mulligan "Shame"

Best Foreign Language Film
A Separation

Runners Up -
2) The Skin I Live In
3) Incendies
4) 13 Assassins
5) Of Gods and Men and Certified Copy

Best Documentary
Cave of Forgotten Dreams

Runners Up -
2) Project Nim
3) The Interrupters
4) Page One: Inside the New York Times
5) Buck

Best Cinematography
The Tree of Life

Runner Up - War Horse

Russel Smith Award
We Need to Talk About Kevin