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Ranking the Oscar Nominees in Every Category

Unfortunately, I haven't been able to see every movie, but I really tried; not all of the short films were available on iTunes (does that make sense to you?), not all of the foreign films were playing in a theatre near me, and not all of the documentaries were available on Netflix.  So I had to settle for watching clips and trailers for some of them.  Regardless, I will rank the Oscar nominees in each category.  

 Best Picture
1. Lincoln
2. Argo
3. Silver Linings Playbook
4. Zero Dark Thirty
5. Life of Pi
6. Les Miserables
7. Amour
8. Beasts of the Southern Wild
9. Django Unchained

Best Actor
1. Daniel Day Lewis -- Lincoln
2. Bradley Cooper -- Silver Linings Playbook
3. Hugh Jackman -- Les Miserables
4. Denzel Washington -- Flight
5. Joaquin Phoenix -- The Master

Best Actress
1. Jennifer Lawrence -- Silver Linings Playbook
2. Jessica Chastain -- Zero Dark Thirty
3. Naomi Watts -- The Impossible
4. Emmanuelle Riva -- Amour
5. Quvenzhané Wallis -- Beasts of the Southern Wild

Best Supporting Actor    
1. Tommy Lee Jones -- Lincoln
2. Robert DeNiro -- Silver Linings Playbook
3. Philip Seymour Hoffman -- The Master
4. Alan Arkin -- Argo
5. Christoph Waltz -- Django Unchained

Best Supporting Actress 
1. Anne Hathaway -- Les Miserables
2. Sally Field -- Lincoln
3. Helen Hunt -- The Sessions
4. Amy Adams -- The Master
5. Jacki Weaver -- Silver Linings Playbook

Best Director
1. Steven Spielberg -- Lincoln
2. Ang Lee -- Life of Pi
3. David O'Russell -- Silver Linings Playbook
4. Michael Hanneke -- Amour
5. Benh Zeitlin -- Beasts of the Southern Wild

Best Original Screenplay
1. Zero Dark Thirty 
2. Amour
3. Flight
4. Django Unchained
5. Moonrise Kingdom

Best Adapted Screenplay     
1. Lincoln
2. Argo
3. Silver Linings Playbook
4. Life of Pi
5. Beasts of the Southern Wild

 Best Animated Film 
 1. Wreck-It Ralph
2. Frankenweenie
3. Brave
4. The Pirates! Band of Misfits
5. ParaNorman

 Best Foreign Film
1. Amour
2. War Witch
3. No
4. A Royal Affair
5. Kon-Tiki

Best Cinematography
1. Life of Pi
2. Skyfall
3. Lincoln
4. Django Unchained
5. Anna Karenina

Best Editing
 1. Lincoln
2. Argo
3. Silver Linings Playbook
4. Zero Dark Thirty
5. Life of Pi

Best Production Design   
1. Lincoln
2. Les Miserables
3. Life of Pi
4. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
5. Anna Karenina

Best Costume Design 
1. Les Miserables
2. Lincoln
3. Anna Karenina
4. Mirror Mirror
5. Snow White and the Huntsman

Best Makeup and Hairstyling
1. Les Miserables
2. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
3. Hitchcock

Best Original Score
1. Lincoln
2. Life of Pi
3. Skyfall
3. Argo
5. Anna Karenina 

 Best Original Song
 1. "Skyfall" -- Skyfall
2. "Pi's Lullaby" -- Life of Pi
3. "Everybody Needs a Best Friend" -- Ted
4. "Suddenly" -- Les Miserables
5. "Before My Time" -- Chasing Ice 

Best Sound Mixing
1. Les Miserables
2. Lincoln
3. Argo
4. Skyfall
5. Life of Pi

Best Sound Editing 
1. Argo
2. Skyfall
3. Zero Dark Thirty
4. Life of Pi
5. Django Unchained

Best Visual Effects
1. Life of Pi
2. Marvel's The Avengers
3. Prometheus
4. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
5. Snow White and the Huntsman

Best Documentary Feature   
1. The Invisible War
2. The Gatekeepers
3. How to Survive a Plague
4. 5 Broken Cameras
5. Searching for Sugar Man

Best Documentary Short 
1. Mondays at Racine
2. Open Heart
3. Inocente
4. Kings Point
5. Redemption

Best Animated Short 
1. Adam and Dog
2. Head Over Heels
3. Maggie Simpson in The Longest Daycare
4. Paperman
5. Guacamole

Best Live Action Short
1. Henry
2. Curfew
3. Death of a Shadow
4. Asad
5. Buzkashi Boys   
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