2010 Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards; The King’s Speech Named Best Film of 2010

The Phoenix Film Critics Society named “The King’s Speech” the Best Picture of 2010 and its star, Colin Firth, Best Actor. Natalie Portman’s performance in “Black Swan” won the Best Actress award. “The Fighter” won both Best Supporting Actor for Christian Bale and Best Supporting Actress for Melissa Leo.

“Inception” led all winners with 8 awards including Best Director, Christopher Nolan, and Best Original Screenplay.

The complete list of winners is below.

The Phoenix Film Critics Society was founded in October 2000 and its membership is comprised of the top film critics in Arizona.

The complete list of the 11th Annual Phoenix Film Critics Society Award winners and nominees:

Best Picture

The King’s Speech

Top Ten Films

• 127 Hours
• Inception
• Never Let Me Go
• Shutter Island
• The Kids Are All Right
• The King’s Speech
• The Social Network
• True Grit
• Toy Story 3
• Winter’s Bone

Best Director

Christopher Nolan, Inception

Nominees:

• Danny Boyle, 127 Hours
• Ethan & Joel Coen, True Grit
• David Fincher, The Social Network
• Tom Hooper, The King’s Speech

Best Actor in a Leading Role

Colin Firth, The King’s Speech

Nominees:

• Jeff Bridges, True Grit
• Robert Duvall, Get Low
• Jesse Eisenberg, The Social Network
• James Franco, 127 Hours

Best Actress in a Leading Role

Natalie Portman, Black Swan

Nominees:

• Annette Bening, The Kids Are All Right
• Jennifer Lawrence, Winter’s Bone
• Julianne Moore, The Kids Are All Right
• Carey Mulligan, Never Let Me Go

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Christian Bale, The Fighter

Nominees:

• Matt Damon, True Grit
• Andrew Garfield, The Social Network
• Mark Ruffalo, The Kids Are All Right
• Geoffrey Rush, The King’s Speech

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Melissa Leo, The Fighter

Nominees:

• Helena Bonham-Carter, The King’s Speechv
• Chloe Moretz, Kick-Ass
• Kristen Scott-Thomas, Nowhere Boy
• Hailee Steinfeld, True Grit

Best Ensemble Acting

The Social Network

Nominees:

• Inception
• The Kids Are All Right
• The King’s Speech

Best Screenplay – Original

Inception

• Nominees:
• Black Swan
• The Kids Are All Right

Best Screenplay – Adaptation

The Social Network

Nominees:

• Never Let Me Go
• True Grit

Best Live Action Family Film

Alice in Wonderland

Nominees:

• The Karate Kid
• The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
• Secretariat

The Overlooked Film of the Year

Never Let Me Go

Nominees:

• Let Me In
• Please Give

Best Animated Film

Toy Story 3

Nominees:

• How to Train Your Dragon
• Tangled

Best Foreign Language Film

Biutiful

Nominees:

• I Am Love
• The Secret in Their Eyes

Best Documentary Film

Restrepo

Nominees:

• Inside Job
• The Tillman Story

Best Original Song

Burlesque, “You Haven’t See the Last of Me”

Nominees:

• The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, “There’s A Place for Us”
• Morning Glory, “Strip Me”
• Tangled, “I’ve Got a Dream”
• Toy Story 3, “We Belong Together”

Best Original Score

Inception

Nominees:

• The Ghost Writer
• True Grit

Best Cinematography

True Grit

Nominees:

• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1
• Inception
• True Grit

Best Film Editing

Inception

Nominees:

• 127 Hours
• Black Swan
• Shutter Island

Best Production Design

Inception

Nominees:

• The King’s Speech
• True Grit

Best Costume Design

Alice in Wonderland

Nominees:

• The King’s Speech
• True Grit

Best Visual Effects

Inception

Nominees:

• Alice in Wonderland
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1

Best Stunts

Inception

Nominees:

• Kick-Ass
• Salt

Breakthrough Performance on Camera

Chloe Moretz, Kick-Ass

Nominees:

• Jennifer Lawrence, Winter’s Bone
• Hailee Steinfeld, True Grit

Breakthrough Performance behind the Camera

Debra Granik, Winter’s Bone

Nominees:

• Rodrigo Cortes, Buried
• Mark Romanek, Never Let Me Go

Best Performance by a Youth in a Lead or Supporting Role – Male

Kodi Smit-McPhee, Let Me In

Nominees:

• Jaden Smith, The Karate Kid
• Will Poulter, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

Best Performance by a Youth in a Lead or Supporting Role – Female

Hailee Steinfeld, True Grit

Nominees:

• Chloe Moretz, Kick-Ass
• Chloe Moretz, Let Me In