2010 - Winners of the 22nd Annual Chicago Film Critics Awards (in bold) - Announced Dec. 20, 2010
| Best Picture |
Black Swan Inception The King’s Speech The Social Network Winter's Bone |
| Best Director |
Darren Aronofsky--Black Swan David Fincher--The Social Network Debra Granik--Winter’s Bone Tom Hooper--The King’s Speech Christopher Nolan--Inception |
| Best Actor |
Jeff Bridges--True Grit Jesse Eisenberg--The Social Network Colin Firth--The King’s Speech James Franco--127 Hours Ryan Gosling--Blue Valentine |
| Best Actress |
Annette Bening--The Kids Are All Right Jennifer Lawrence--Winter’s Bone Lesley Manville--Another Year Natalie Portman--Black Swan Michelle Williams--Blue Valentine |
| Best Supporting Actor |
Christian Bale--The Fighter Andrew Garfield--The Social Network John Hawkes--Winter’s Bone Mark Ruffalo--The Kids Are All Right Geoffrey Rush--The King’s Speech |
| Best Supporting Actress |
Amy Adams--The Fighter Helena Bonham Carter--The King’s Speech Melissa Leo--The Fighter Hailee Steinfeld--True Grit Jacki Weaver--Animal Kingdom |
| Best Original Screenplay |
Black Swan--Mark Heyman, Andres Heinz & John McLaughlin Four Lions--Jesse Armstrong, Sam Bain & Chris Morris Inception--Christopher Nolan The Kids Are All Right--Lisa Cholodenko & Stuart Blumberg The King’s Speech--David Seidler |
| Best Adapted Screenplay |
Rabbit Hole--David Lindsay Abaire The Social Network--Aaron Sorkin Toy Story 3--Michael Arndt True Grit--Joel & Ethan Coen Winter’s Bone--Debra Granik & Anne Rosellini |
| Best Foreign Language Film |
Biutiful The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo I Am Love Mother A Prophet |
| Best Documentary |
Exit Through the Gift Shop Inside Job Restrepo The Tillman Story Waiting for Superman |
| Best Animated Feature |
Despicable Me How to Train Your Dragon The Illusionist Tangled Toy Story 3 |
| Best Cinematography |
Black Swan--Matthew Libatique Inception--Wally Pfister Shutter Island--Robert Richardson The Social Network--Jeff Cronenweth True Grit--Roger Deakins |
| Best Original Score |
Black Swan--Clint Mansell I Am Love--John Adams Inception--Hans Zimmer The Social Network--Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross True Grit--Carter Burwell |
| Most Promising Performer |
Armie Hammer--The Social Network Katie Jarvis--Fish Tank Jennifer Lawrence--Winter’s Bone Tahar Rahim--A Prophet Hailee Steinfeld--True Grit |
| Most Promising Filmmaker |
Bansky--Exit Through the Gift Shop Derek Cianfrance--Blue Valentine David Michod--Animal Kingdom Aaron Schneider--Get Low John Wells--The Company Men |
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