BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
- Flight - Written by John Gatins
- Looper - Written by Rian Johnson
- The Master - Written by Paul Thomas Anderson; The Weinstein Company
- Moonrise Kingdom - Written by Wes Anderson & Roman Coppola
- Zero Dark Thirty - Written by Mark Boal
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
- Argo - Screenplay by Chris Terrio; Based on a selection from The Master of Disguise by Antonio J. Mendez and the Wired Magazine article "The Great Escape" by Joshuah Bearman;
- Life of Pi - Screenplay by David Magee; Based on the novel by Yann Martel;
- Lincoln - Screenplay by Tony Kushner; Based in part on the book "Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln" by Doris Kearns Goodwin;
- The Perks of Being a Wallflower - Screenplay by Stephen Chbosky; Based on his book;
- Silver Linings Playbook - Screenplay by David O. Russell; Based on the novel by Matthew Quick;
BEST DOCUMENTARY SCREENPLAY
- The Central Park Five - Written by Sarah Burns and David McMahon and Ken Burns;
- The Invisible War - Written by Kirby Dick;
- Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God - Written by Alex Gibney;
- Searching for Sugar Man - Written by Malik Bendejelloul;
- We Are Legion: The Story of the Hacktivists - Written by Brian Knappenberger;
- West of Memphis - Written by Amy Berg & Billy McMillin;
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