The silent film “The Artist” won Best Picture, Best Director for Michel Hazanavicius, Best Costume Design and Best Score at the 2012 Critics’ Choice Movie Awards. Other award winners included Best Suppporting Actor for Christopher Plummer in the “Beginners,” Best Foreign-Language Film for “A Separation” and Best Documentary Feature for the HBO film “George Harrison: Living in the Material World.”

The Critics’ Choice Movie Awards are bestowed annually by the Broadcast Film Critics Association to honor the finest in cinematic achievement.

The Awards have closely match the Oscars for the last few years, with voters predicting four of the last five Best Picture winners, and correctly predicting every single acting winner for the last two years.

The 2012 Critics’ Choice Movie Awards winners:

Best Picture: “The Artist”

Best Director: Michel Hazanavicius — “The Artist”

Best Actor: George Clooney — “The Descendants”

Best Actress: Viola Davis — “The Help”

Best Suppporting Actor: Christopher Plummer — “Beginners”

Best Supporting Actress: Octavia Spencer — “The Help”

Best Young Actor/Actress: Thomas Horn — “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close”

Best Acting Ensemble: The cast of “The Help”

Best Original Screenplay: Woody Allen — “Midnight in Paris”

Best Adapted Screenplay: Aaron Sorkin, Steven Zaillian and Stan Chervin — “Moneyball”

Best Cinematography: (tie) “War Horse” and “The Tree of Life”

Best Animated Feature: “Rango”

Best Action Movie: “Drive”

Best Comedy: “Bridesmaids”

Best Foreign-Language Film: “A Separation”

Best Documentary Feature: “George Harrison: Living in the Material World”

Best Song: “Life’s a Happy Song” from “The Muppets”

Best Art Direction: “Hugo”