2011 Oscars: Winners and Nominees

56 films were recognised at the 2011 Academy Awards, across 24 categories. 13 of them took home at least one award.

The biggest winner of the year was The King's Speech, with 4 awards, ahead of Inception with 4. The categories below run from Best Picture, Actor in a Leading Role and Actor in a Supporting Role to the smaller prizes, and in every one the winner is listed first, followed by the other nominees.

Each title links to the film's full award history at all four awards, and the links at the bottom step to the previous and next ceremony.

Last updated August 12, 2026

Best Picture

The King's Speech(2010)
Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin, Producers
Winner
127 Hours(2010)
Christian Colson, Danny Boyle and John Smithson, Producers
Black Swan(2010)
Mike Medavoy, Brian Oliver and Scott Franklin, Producers
Inception(2010)
Emma Thomas and Christopher Nolan, Producers
The Fighter(2010)
David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman and Mark Wahlberg, Producers
The Kids Are All Right(2010)
Gary Gilbert, Jeffrey Levy-Hinte and Celine Rattray, Producers
The Social Network(2010)
Toy Story 3(2010)
Darla K. Anderson, Producer
True Grit(2010)
Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, Producers
Winter's Bone(2010)
Anne Rosellini and Alix Madigan-Yorkin, Producers

Actor in a Leading Role

The King's Speech(2010)
Colin Firth
Winner
127 Hours(2010)
James Franco
Biutiful(2010)
Javier Bardem
The Social Network(2010)
Jesse Eisenberg
True Grit(2010)
Jeff Bridges

Actor in a Supporting Role

The Fighter(2010)
Christian Bale
Winner
The Kids Are All Right(2010)
Mark Ruffalo
The King's Speech(2010)
Geoffrey Rush
The Town(2010)
Jeremy Renner
Winter's Bone(2010)
John Hawkes

Actress in a Leading Role

Black Swan(2010)
Natalie Portman
Winner
Blue Valentine(2010)
Michelle Williams
Rabbit Hole(2010)
Nicole Kidman
The Kids Are All Right(2010)
Annette Bening
Winter's Bone(2010)
Jennifer Lawrence

Actress in a Supporting Role

The Fighter(2010)
Melissa Leo
Winner
Animal Kingdom(2010)
Jacki Weaver
The Fighter(2010)
Amy Adams
The King's Speech(2010)
Helena Bonham Carter
True Grit(2010)
Hailee Steinfeld

Art Direction

Alice in Wonderland(2010)
Production Design: Robert Stromberg; Set Decoration: Karen O'Hara
Winner
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1(2010)
Production Design: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan
Inception(2010)
Production Design: Guy Hendrix Dyas; Set Decoration: Larry Dias and Doug Mowat
The King's Speech(2010)
Production Design: Eve Stewart; Set Decoration: Judy Farr
True Grit(2010)
Production Design: Jess Gonchor; Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh

Cinematography

Inception(2010)
Wally Pfister
Winner
Black Swan(2010)
Matthew Libatique
The King's Speech(2010)
Danny Cohen
The Social Network(2010)
Jeff Cronenweth
True Grit(2010)
Roger Deakins

Costume Design

Alice in Wonderland(2010)
Colleen Atwood
Winner
I Am Love(2010)
Antonella Cannarozzi
The King's Speech(2010)
Jenny Beavan
The Tempest(2010)
Sandy Powell
True Grit(2010)
Mary Zophres

Directing

The King's Speech(2010)
Tom Hooper
Winner
Black Swan(2010)
Darren Aronofsky
The Fighter(2010)
David O. Russell
The Social Network(2010)
David Fincher
True Grit(2010)
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen

Documentary (Feature)

Inside Job(2010)
Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs
Winner
Exit Through the Gift Shop(2010)
Banksy and Jaimie D'Cruz
Gasland(2010)
Josh Fox and Trish Adlesic
Restrepo(2010)
Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger
Waste Land(2010)
Lucy Walker and Angus Aynsley

Documentary (Short Subject)

Strangers No More(2010)
Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon
Winner
Killing in the Name(2010)
Jed Rothstein
Poster Girl(2010)
Sara Nesson and Mitchell W. Block
Sun Come Up(2010)
Jennifer Redfearn and Tim Metzger
The Warriors of Qiugang(2010)
Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon

Film Editing

The Social Network(2010)
Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter
Winner
127 Hours(2010)
Jon Harris
Black Swan(2010)
Andrew Weisblum
The Fighter(2010)
Pamela Martin
The King's Speech(2010)
Tariq Anwar

International Feature Film

In a Better World(2010)
Denmark
Winner
Biutiful(2010)
Mexico
Dogtooth(2009)
Greece
Incendies(2010)
Canada
Outside the Law(2010)
Algeria

Music (Original Score)

The Social Network(2010)
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
Winner
127 Hours(2010)
A.R. Rahman
How to Train Your Dragon(2010)
John Powell
Inception(2010)
Hans Zimmer
The King's Speech(2010)
Alexandre Desplat

Short Film (Animated)

The Lost Thing(2010)
Shaun Tan and Andrew Ruhemann
Winner
Day & Night(2010)
Teddy Newton
Let's Pollute(2009)
Geefwee Boedoe
Madagascar, a Journey Diary(2010)
Bastien Dubois
The Gruffalo(2009)
Jakob Schuh and Max Lang

Short Film (Live Action)

God of Love(2010)
Luke Matheny
Winner
Na Wewe(2010)
Ivan Goldschmidt
The Confession(2010)
Tanel Toom
The Crush(2010)
Michael Creagh
Wish 143(2009)
Ian Barnes and Samantha Waite

Sound Editing

Inception(2010)
Richard King
Winner
Toy Story 3(2010)
Tom Myers and Michael Silvers
TRON: Legacy(2010)
Gwendolyn Yates Whittle and Addison Teague
True Grit(2010)
Skip Lievsay and Craig Berkey
Unstoppable(2010)
Mark P. Stoeckinger

Sound Mixing

Inception(2010)
Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo and Ed Novick
Winner
Salt(2010)
Jeffrey J. Haboush, Greg P. Russell, Scott Millan and William Sarokin
The King's Speech(2010)
Paul Hamblin, Martin Jensen and John Midgley
The Social Network(2010)
Ren Klyce, David Parker, Michael Semanick and Mark Weingarten
True Grit(2010)
Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff and Peter F. Kurland

Visual Effects

Inception(2010)
Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb
Winner
Alice in Wonderland(2010)
Ken Ralston, David Schaub, Carey Villegas and Sean Phillips
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1(2010)
Tim Burke, John Richardson, Christian Manz and Nicolas Aithadi
Hereafter(2010)
Michael Owens, Bryan Grill, Stephan Trojansky and Joe Farrell
Iron Man 2(2010)
Janek Sirrs, Ben Snow, Ged Wright and Daniel Sudick

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

The Social Network(2010)
Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin
Winner
127 Hours(2010)
Screenplay by Danny Boyle & Simon Beaufoy
Toy Story 3(2010)
Screenplay by Michael Arndt; Story by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich
True Grit(2010)
Written for the screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
Winter's Bone(2010)
Adapted for the screen by Debra Granik & Anne Rosellini

Writing (Original Screenplay)

The King's Speech(2010)
Screenplay by David Seidler
Winner
Another Year(2010)
Written by Mike Leigh
Inception(2010)
Written by Christopher Nolan
The Fighter(2010)
Screenplay by Scott Silver and Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson; Story by Keith Dorrington & Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson
The Kids Are All Right(2010)
Written by Lisa Cholodenko & Stuart Blumberg

Music (Original Song)

Toy Story 3(2010)
We Belong Together in "Toy Story 3" Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
Winner
127 Hours(2010)
If I Rise in "127 Hours" Music by A.R. Rahman; Lyric by Dido and Rollo Armstrong
Country Strong(2010)
Coming Home in "Country Strong" Music and Lyric by Tom Douglas, Troy Verges and Hillary Lindsey
Tangled(2010)
I See The Light in "Tangled" Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by Glenn Slater

Animated Feature Film

Toy Story 3(2010)
Lee Unkrich
Winner
How to Train Your Dragon(2010)
Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois
The Illusionist(2010)
Sylvain Chomet

Makeup

The Wolfman(2010)
Rick Baker and Dave Elsey
Winner
Barney's Version(2010)
Adrien Morot
The Way Back(2010)
Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk and Yolanda Toussieng