L.A Film Critics voted ''THE DESCENDANTS'' Best Picture.

Η ένωση κριτικών του Λος Αντζελες έκανε την έκπληξη αφήνοντας πίσω το ΄'Τhe Artist'' και ψηφίζοντας τους ''Απόγονους'' του Alexander Payne best picture.
Στις ερμηνείες πάλι επικράτησε η απόλυτη σύγχηση όπως θα δείτε αναλυτικά παρακάτω(BEST ACTRESS η Yun jung hee απο το The Poetry...)και στο original Score το ''Hanna''.
Το τοπίο για τα Oscar είναι θολό,χωρίς φαβορί αλλά με αρκετές ταινίες να έχουν πολλές αξιώσεις.
Αναλυτικά τα βραβεία:
Best Picture
The Descedants
Runner-up: The Tree of Life
Best Actor
Michael Fassbender (A Dangerous Method, Jane Eyre, Shame and X-Men: First Class)
Runner-up: Michael Shannon (Take Shelter)
Best Actress
Yun Jung-hee (Poetry)
Runner-up: Kirsten Dunst (Melancholia)
Best Supporting Actor
Christopher Plummer (Beginners)
Runner-up: Patton Oswalt (Young Adult)
Best Supporting Actress
Jessica Chastain (Coriolanus, The Debt, The Help, Take Shelter and Texas Killing Fields," "Tree of Life)
Runner-up: Janet McTeer (Albert Nobbs)
Best Director
Terrence Malick (The Tree of Life)
Runner-up: Martin Scorsese (Hugo)
Best Screenplay
A Separation (Asghar Farhadi)
Runner-up: The Descendants (Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash)
Best Cinematography
The Tree of Life (Emmanuel Lubezki)
Runner-up: City of Life and Death (Cao Yu)
Best Documentary/Non-fiction Film
Cave of Forgotten Dreams (dir. Werner Herzog)
Runner-up: The Arbor (dir. Clio Barnard)
Best Animated Film
Rango
Runner-up: The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn
Best Foreign Language Film
City of Life and Death
Runner-up: A Separation
Best Music/Score
Hanna (The Chemical Brothers)Runner-up: Drive (Cliff Martinez)
Best Production Design
Hugo (Dante Ferretti)Runner-up: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (Maria Djurkovic)