Critics' Choice Awards 2012 Winners (Movie)

Critics' Choice Awards for Movies 2012 winners

The winners of the Critics' Choice Awards 2012 were revealed at a glittering ceremony held yesterday and broadcast live on VH1.

"The Artist", a French silent film set in the 1920s, was this year's big winner, walking away with four awards including Best Picture.

It also proved to be a good night for "The Help" which took home 3 awards including Best Acting Ensemble.

Check out the list of winners of the 2012 Critics' Choice Awards below:

BEST PICTURE - "The Artist"
BEST ACTOR - George Clooney ("The Descendants")
BEST ACTRESS - Viola Davis ("The Help")
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR - Christopher Plummer ("Beginners")
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS - Octavia Spence ("The Help")
BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS - Thomas Horne ("Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close")
BEST ACTING ENSEMBLES - "The Help"
BEST DIRECTOR - Michael Hazanavicius ("The Artist")
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY - Woody Allen ("Midnight in Paris")
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY - Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin ("Moneyball")
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - Janusz Kaiminski ("War Horse") and Emmanuel Lubezki ("The Tree of Life")
BEST ART DIRECTION - "Hugo"
BEST EDITING - "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo"
BEST COSTUME DESIGN - "The Artist" noypistuff
BEST MAKEUP - "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2"
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS - "Rise of the Planet of the Apes"
BEST SOUND - "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2"
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE - "Rango"
BEST ACTION MOVIE - "Drive"
BEST COMEDY - "Bridesmaids"
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM - "A Separation"
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE - "George Harrison: Living in the Material World"
BEST SONG - "Life’s a Happy Song" ("The Muppets")
BEST SCORE - "The Artist"
JOEL SIEGEL AWARD - Sean Penn
MUSIC + FILM AWARD - Martin Scorsese

The Critics' Choice Awards are given annually by the Broadcast Film Critics Association to honor the finest in cinematic achievement.