Martin Scorsese's fantasy movie, Hugo, scored the most number of nominations in the 84th Oscar Awards with 11 nods, including Best Picture and Best Director.
Meanwhile, the silent-movie drama, The Artist, got 10 nominations; including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Original Screenplay (Michel Hazanavicius), Best Actor (Jean Dujardin), and Best Supporting Actress (Bérénice Bejo).
Other Best Picture nominees are The Descendants, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, The Help, Midnight in Paris, Moneyball, The Tree of Life, and War Horse.
Best Director nominees Scorsese and Hazanavicius will be competing against Alexander Payne(The Descendants), Woody Allen (Midnight in Paris), and Terrence Malick(The Tree of Life).
Hollywood A-list stars George Clooney of The Descendants and Brad Pitt of Moneyball, plus Gary Oldman of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, are up against Frenchman Jean Dujardin (The Artist) and Mexican Demián Bichir (A Better Life) in the Best Actor category.
Clooney previously won Best Supporting Actor for Syriana, while this is Pitt's fourth Oscar nomination.
Oldman and Bichir are surprise nominees in this category, taking the spots of early favorites Leonardo DiCaprio for J.Edgar and Michael Fassbender for Shame.
Meryl Streep scored her 17th Oscar nomination for her performance as former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady.
She will be competing in the Best Actress category alongside former nominees Glenn Close (Albert Nobbs), Viola Davis (The Help), and Michelle Williams(My Week With Marilyn). They will be joined by first-time nominee Rooney Mara of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo.
Streep is gunning for her third Oscar win.
Here are the nominees for the 84th Oscar Awards which will be held on February 26 (February 27 in the Philippines):
Best Picture
The Artist
The Descendants
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
The Help
Hugo
Midnight in Paris
Moneyball
The Tree of Life
War Horse
Best Director
Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist
Alexander Payne, The Descendants
Martin Scorsese, Hugo
Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris
Terrence Malick, The Tree of Life
Best Actor
Demián Bichir, A Better Life
George Clooney, The Descendants
Jean Dujardin, The Artist
Gary Oldman, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Brad Pitt, Moneyball
Best Actress
Glenn Close, Albert Nobbs
Viola Davis, The Help
Rooney Mara, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady
Michelle Williams, My Week With Marilyn
Best Supporting Actor
Kenneth Branagh, My Week With Marilyn
Jonah Hill, Moneyball
Nick Nolte, Warrior
Christopher Plummer, Beginners
Max Von Sydow, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Best Supporting Actress
Bérénice Bejo, The Artist
Jessica Chastain, The Help
Melissa McCarthy, Bridesmaids
Janet McTeer, Albert Nobbs
Octavia Spencer, The Help
Best Original Screenplay
Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist
Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig, Bridesmaids
J.C. Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris
Asghar Farhadi, A Separation
Best Adapted Screenplay
Alexander Payne, Jim Rash & Nat Faxon, The Descendants
John Logan, Hugo
George Clooney, Grant Heslov & Beau Willimon, The Ides of March
Aaron Sorkin & Steven Zaillian, Moneyball
Peter Straughan & Bridget O'Connor, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Best Animated Film
A Cat in Paris
Chico & Rita
Kung Fu Panda 2
Puss in Boots
Rango
Best Foreign Language Film
Bullhead (Belgium)
Monsieur Lazhar (Canada)
A Separation (Iran)
Footnote (Israel)
In Darkness (Poland)
Best Art Direction
The Artist
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Hugo
Midnight In Paris
War Horse
Best Cinematography
The Artist
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
The Tree of Life
War Horse
Best Costume Design
Anonymous
The Artist
Hugo
Jane Eyre
E.W.
Best Film Editing
The Artist
The Descendants
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
Moneyball
Best Makeup
Albert Nobbs
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
The Iron Lady
Best Original Score
The Adventures of Tintin
The Artist
Hugo
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
War Horse
Best Original Song
"Man or Muppet" fromThe Muppets
"Real In Rio" from Rio
Best Sound Editing
Drive
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
War Horse
Best Sound Mixing
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
Moneyball
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
War Horse
Best Visual Effects
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Hugo
Real Steel
Rise of the Planet of The Apes
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Best Documentary (Feature)
Hell And Back Again
If A Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front
Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory
Pina
Undefeated
Best Documentary (Short Subject)
The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement
God is The Bigger Elvis
Incident in New Baghdad
Saving Face
The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom
Best Short Film (Animated)
Dimanche/Sunday
The Fantastic Flying Books of Mrs. Morris Lessmore
La Luna
A Morning Stroll
Wild Life
Best Short Film (Live Action)
Pentecost
Raju
The Shore
Time Freak
Tuba Atlantic