BEVERLY HILLS (Reuters) – U.S. presidential drama “Lincoln” led the pack of Oscar nominees on Thursday with 12 nominations including a nod for best picture, in the race for the world’s top film honors.
WATCH: The 9 Oscar ‘Best Picture’ nominees
Joining “Lincoln” in the competition for the best movie Oscar were eight films, including shipwreck tale “Life of Pi” with 11 nods, musical “Les Miserables,” Iran hostage drama “Argo,” French drama “Amour,” Osama bin laden thriller “Zero Dark Thirty,” comedy “Silver Linings Playbook,” Quentin Tarantino’s “Django Unchained,” and mythological indie film “Beasts of the Southern Wild.”
The Oscars are given out by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and this year’s winners will be named at a ceremony in Hollywood on February 24.
Full nominations list:
Best Supporting Actor:
- Christoph Waltz, “Django Unchained”
- Philip Seymour Hoffman, “The Master”
- Robert De Niro, “Silver Linings Playbook”
- Alan Arkin, “Argo”
- Tommy Lee Jones, “Lincoln”
Best Supporting Actress:
- Sally Field, “Lincoln”
- Anne Hathaway, “Les Miserables”
- Jacki Weaver, “Silver Linings Playbook”
- Helen Hunt, “The Sessions”
- Amy Adams, “The Master”
Best Director:
- David O. Russell, “Silver Linings Playbook”
- Ang Lee, “Life of Pi”
- Steven Spielberg, “Lincoln”
- Michael Haneke, “Amour”
- Benh Zeitlin, “Beasts of the Southern Wild”
Best Actor:
- Daniel Day Lewis, “Lincoln”
- Denzel Washington, “Flight”
- Hugh Jackman, “Les Miserables”
- Bradley Cooper, “Silver Linings Playbook”
- Joaquin Phoenix, “The Master”
Best Actress:
- Naomi Watts, “The Impossible”
- Jessica Chastain, “Zero Dark Thirty”
- Jennifer Lawrence, “Silver Linings Playbook”
- Emmanuelle Riva, “Amour”
- Quvenzhané Wallis, “Beasts of the Southern Wild”
Best Picture:
- “Beasts of the Southern Wild”
- “Silver Linings Playbook”
- “Zero Dark Thirty”
- “Lincoln”
- “Les Miserables”
- “Life of Pi”
- “Amour”
- “Django Unchained”
- “Argo”
