The 2012 Academy Awards were presented on February 24, 2013, at the Kodak Theatre. All of the nominees are listed below; the Oscar winners are in bold.
| Best Picture | Amour |
| | Argo |
| | Beasts of the Southern Wild |
| | Django Unchained |
| | Les Misérables |
| | Life of Pi |
| | Lincoln |
| | Silver Linings Playbook |
| | Zero Dark Thirty |
| Best Animated Picture | Brave |
| | Frankenweenie |
| | ParaNorman |
| | The Pirates! Band of Misfits |
| | Wreck-It Ralph |
| Actor in a Leading Role | Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook |
| | Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln |
| | Hugh Jackman, Les Misérables |
| | Joaquin Phoenix, The Master |
| | Denzel Washington, Flight |
| Actress in a Leading Role | Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty |
| | Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook |
| | Emmanuelle Riva, Amour |
| | Quvenzhané Wallis, Beasts of the Southern Wild |
| | Naomi Watts, The Impossible |
| Actor in a Supporting Role | Alan Arkin, Argo |
| | Robert De Niro, Silver Linings Playbook |
| | Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Master |
| | Tommy Lee Jones, Lincoln |
| | Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained |
| Actress in a Supporting Role | Amy Adams, The Master |
| | Sally Field, Lincoln |
| | Anne Hathaway, Les Misérables |
| | Helen Hunt, The Sessions |
| | Jacki Weaver, Silver Linings Playbook |
| Directing | Michael Haneke, Amour |
| | Benh Zeitlin, Beasts of the Southern Wild |
| | Ang Lee, Life of Pi |
| | Steven Spielberg, Lincoln |
| | David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook |
| Writing | | Original Screenplay | Michael Haneke, Amour | | | Quentin Tarantino, Django Unchained | | | John Gatins Flight | | | Wes Anderson & Roman Coppola, Moonrise Kingdom | | | Mark Boal, Zero Dark Thirty | | Adapted Screenplay | Chris Terrio, Argo | | | Lucy Alibar & Benh Zeitlin, Beasts of the Southern Wild | | | David Magee, Life of Pi | | | Tony Kushner, Lincoln | | | David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook | |
| Cinematography | Seamus McGarvey, Anna Karenina |
| | Robert Richardson, Django Unchained |
| | Claudio Miranda, Life of Pi |
| | Janusz Kaminski, Lincoln |
| | Roger Deakins, Skyfall |
| Production Design | Anna Karenina, Production Design: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer |
| | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Prodcution Design: Dan Hennah; Set Decoration: Ra Vincent and Simon Bright |
| | Les Misérables, Production Design: Eve Stewart; Set Decoration: Anna Lynch-Robinson |
| | Life of Pi, Production Design: David Gropman; Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock |
| | Lincoln, Production Design: Rick Carter; Set Decoration: Jim Erickson |
| Sound | | Editing | Erik Aadahl and Ethan Van der Ryn, Argo | | | Wylie Stateman, Django Unchained | | | Eugene Gearty and Philip Stockton, Life of Pi | | | Per Halberg and Karen Baker Landers, Skyfall (tie) | | | Paul N.J. Ottosson, Zero Dark Thirty (tie) | | Mixing | John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff and Jose Antonio Gracia, Argo | | | Andy Nelson, Mark Paterson and Simon Hayes, Les Misérables | | | Ron Barlett, D.M. Hemphill and Drew Kunin, Life of Pi | | | Andy Nelson, Gary Rydstrom and Ronald Judkins, Lincoln | | | Scott Millan, Greg P. Russell and Stuart Wilson, Skyfall | |
| Music | | Song | "Before My Time" from Chasing Ice; Music and Lyric by J. Ralph | | | "Everybody Needs A Best Friend" from Ted; Music by Walter Murphy; Lyrics by Seth MacFarlane | | | "Pi's Lullaby" from Life of Pi; Music by Mychael Danna; Lyrics by Bombay Jayashri | | | "Skyfall" from Skyfall; Music and Lyrics by Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth | | | "Suddenly" from Les Misérables; Music by Claude-Michel Schönberg; Lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer and Alain Boublil | | Original Score | Dario Marianelli, Anna Karenina | | | Alexandre Desplat, Argo | | | Mychael Danna, Life of Pi | | | John Williams, Lincoln | | | Thomas Newman, Skyfall | |
| Film Editing | William Goldenberg, Argo |
| | Tim Squyres Life of Pi |
| | Michael Kahn, Lincoln |
| | Jay Cassidy and Crispin Struthers, Silver Linings Playbook |
| | Dylan Tichenor and William Goldenberg,Zero Dark Thirty |
| Costume Design | Jacqueline Durran, Anna Karenina |
| | Paco Delgado, Les Misérables |
| | Joanna Johnston, Lincoln |
| | Eiko Ishioka, Mirror Mirror |
| | Colleen Atwood, Snow White and the Huntsman |
| Makeup | Howard Berger, Peter Montagna and Martin Samuel, Hitchcock |
| | Peter Swords King, Rick Findlater and Tami Lane The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey |
| | Lisa Westcott and Julie Dartnell, Les Misérables |
| Visual Effects | Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton and R. Christopher White, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey |
| | Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik-Jan De Boer and Donald R. Elliott Life of Pi |
| | Janek Sirrs, Jeff White, Guy Williams and Dan Sudick, Marvel's The Avengers |
| | Richard Stammers, Trevor Wood, Charley Henley and Martin Hill, Prometheus |
| | Cedric Nicolas-Troyan, Philip Brennan, Neil Corbould and Michael Dawson, Snow White and the Huntsman |
| Short Films | | Animated | Adam and Dog, Minkyu Lee | | | Fresh Guacamole, PES | | | Head over Heels, Timothy Reckart and Fodhla Cronin O'Reilly | | | Maggie Simpson in "The Longest Daycare", David Silverman | | | Paperman, John Kahrs | | Live Action | Asad, Bryan Buckley and Mino Jarjoura | | | Buzkashi Boys, Sam French and Ariel Nasr | | | Curfew, Shawn Christensen | | | Death of a Shadow (Dood van een Schaduw), Tom Van Avermaet and Ellen De Waele | | | Henry, Yan England | |
| Documentary | | Short Subject | Inocente, Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine | | | Kings Point, Sari Gilman and Jedd Wider | | | Mondays at Racine, Cynthia Wade and Robin Honan | | | Open Heart, Kief Davidson and Cori Shepherd Stern | | | Redemption, Jon Alpert and Matthew O'Neill | | Feature | 5 Broken Cameras, Emad Burnat and Guy Davidi | | | The Gatekeepers, Dror Moreh, Philippa Kowarsky and Estelle Fialon | | | How to Survive a Plague, David France and Howard Gertler | | | The Invisible War, Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering | | | Searching for Sugar Man, Malik Bendjelloul and Simon Chinn | |
| Foreign Language Film | Amour, Austria |
| | Kon-Tiki, Norway |
| | No, Chile |
| | A Royal Affair, Denmark |
| | War Witch, Canada |
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