Black Swan Sets Critic's Choice Awards Record

Ballerina creepfest Black Swan has snagged 12 Critic’s Choice Award nominations—the most in history.

Among the movie’s honors are a Best Picture nomination, a Best Lead Actress nod for Natalie Portman, and Best Supporting Actress and Best Director nominations for Mila Kunis and Darren Aronofsky, respectively.

The King’s Speech and True Grit each took home 11 nominations. The 16th Annual Critic’s Choice Awards will air live on VH1 on Jan. 14. Check out the nominees in the major categories — often an indication of which flicks will be up for an Oscar come February — below, or read a full list of the nominations here.

Best Picture
127 Hours
Black Swan
Inception
The King’s Speech
The Fighter
The Social Network
The Town
Toy Story 3
True Grit
Winter’s Bone

Best Actor
Jeff Bridges — True Grit
Robert Duvall — Get Low
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
Nicole Kidman — Rabbit Hole
Jennifer Lawrence — Winter’s Bone
Natalie Portman — Black Swan
Noomi Rapace — The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Michelle Williams — Blue Valentine

Best Director
Darren Aronofsky — Black Swan
Danny Boyle — 127 Hours
Joel Coen & Ethan Coen — True Grit
David Fincher — The Social Network
Tom Hooper — The King’s Speech
Christopher Nolan — Inception

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