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Oscarmetrics Cheat Sheet

The comprehensive guide to winning your Oscars pool

Best Picture

The Help
The Descendants
The Artist**WINNER**
Moneyball
Hugo
Midnight in Paris
The Tree of Life
War Horse
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

Best Actress in a Leading Role

Glenn Close, Albert Nobbs
Viola Davis, The Help**WINNER**
Rooney Mara, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady
Michelle Williams, My Week With Marilyn

Best Actor in a Leading Role

Demian Bichir, A Better Life
George Clooney, The Descendants**WINNER**
Jean Dujardin, The Artist
Gary Oldman, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Brad Pitt, Moneyball

Directing

Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist**WINNER**
Alexander Payne, The Descendants
Martin Scorsese, Hugo
Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris
Terrence Malick, The Tree of Life

Best Writing (Original Screenplay)

The Artist
Bridesmaids
Margin Call
Midnight in Paris**WINNER**
A Separation

Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

The Descendants**WINNER**
Hugo
The Ides of March
Moneyball
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Berenice Bejo, The Artist
Jessica Chastain, The Help
Melissa McCarthy, Bridesmaids
Janet McTeer, Albert Nobbs
Octavia Spencer, The Help**WINNER**

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Kenneth Branagh, My Week With Marilyn
Jonah Hill, Moneyball
Nick Nolte, Warrior
Christopher Plummer, Beginners**WINNER**
Max von Sydow, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

Best Animated Feature Film

A Cat in Paris
Chico & Rita
Kung Fu Panda 2
Puss in Boots
Rango**WINNER**

Best Short Film (Live Action)

Pentecost
Raju**WINNER**
The Shore
Time Freak
Tuba Atlantic

Best Short Film (Animated)

Dimanche/Sunday
The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore**WINNER**
La Luna
A Morning Stroll
Wild Life

Best Documentary Short

The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement
God Is the Bigger Elvis
Incident in New Baghdad
Saving Face**WINNER**
The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom

Best Documentary Feature

Hell and Back Again
If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front
Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory**WINNER**
Pina
Undefeated

Best Foreign Language Film

Bullhead (Belgium)
Footnote (Israel)
In Darkness (Poland)
Monsieur Lazhar (Canada)
A Separation (Iran) — **WINNER**

Best Editing

The Artist**WINNER**
The Descendants
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
Moneyball

Best Visual Effects

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Hugo
Real Steel
Rise of the Planet of the Apes**WINNER**
Transformers: Dark of the Moon

Best Makeup

Albert Nobbs
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
The Iron Lady**WINNER**

Best Cinematography

The Artist
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
The Tree of Life**WINNER**
War Horse

Best Costume Design

Anonymous
The Artist
Hugo**WINNER**
Jane Eyre
W.E.

Best Art Direction

The Artist
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Hugo**WINNER**
Midnight in Paris
War Horse

Best Sound Mixing

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
Moneyball
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
War Horse**WINNER**

Best Sound Editing

Drive
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
War Horse**WINNER**

Best Original Score

The Adventures of Tintin
The Artist**WINNER**
Hugo
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
War Horse

Best Original Song

“Man or Muppet,” The Muppets**WINNER**
“Real in Rio,” Rio

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