2012 Oscar Nominations: Which Film Should Win Best Picture?

This year's contenders were announced last week at the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Los Angeles. Scroll down to see a complete list of the nominations.

2012 Oscar Nominations: Which Film Should Win Best Picture?

This year's contenders were announced last week at the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Los Angeles. Scroll down to see a complete list of the nominations.

Director Steven Spielberg's historical drama Lincoln earned a leading 12 nominations Thursday for the 85th Annual Academy Awards, followed by Ang Lee's Life of Pi with 11 while the musical Les Misérables, directed by Tom Hooper, and David O. Russell's Silver Linings Playbook tied with eight nods each. Oscar show host Seth MacFarlane and actress Emma Stone—of the 2011 Oscar-nominated The Help—announced the nominations just after 5:30 a.m. Thursday in the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. MacFarlane, a television writer-producer known for his blunt comic voice, gave a hint that he will not pull his punches at the awards ceremony when he announced the best actress nominations. "Congratulations. You five ladies no longer have …

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