The 2011 Detroit Film Critics Society Awards

BEST PICTURE

• Winner: The Artist
• The Descendants
• Hugo
• Take Shelter
• The Tree of Life

BEST DIRECTOR

• Winner: Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist
• Terrence Malick, The Tree of Life
• Jeff Nichols, Take Shelter
• Martin Scorsese, Hugo
• Nicholas Winding Refn, Drive

BEST ACTOR

• Winner: Michael Fassbender, Shame
• George Clooney, The Descendants
• Jean Dujardin, The Artist
• Brad Pitt, Moneyball
• Michael Shannon, Take Shelter

BEST ACTRESS

• Winner: Michelle Williams, My Week with Marilyn
• Viola Davis, The Help
• Felicity Jones, Like Crazy
• Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady
• Charlize Theron, Young Adult

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

• Winner: Christopher Plummer, Beginners
• Kenneth Branagh, My Week with Marilyn
• Albert Brooks, Drive
• Ryan Gosling, Crazy Stupid Love
• Patton Oswalt, Young Adult

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

• Winner: Carey Mulligan, Shame
• Berenice Bejo, The Artist
• Jessica Chastain, Take Shelter
• Vanessa Redgrave, Coriolanus
• Octavia Spencer, The Help

BEST ENSEMBLE

• Winner: Carnage
• Cedar Rapids
• Crazy Stupid Love
• The Help
• Margin Call
• Win Win

BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE

• Winner: Jessica Chastain, The Help/Take Shelter/The Tree of Life
• Felicity Jones, Like Crazy
• Melissa McCarthy, Bridesmaids
• Elizabeth Olsen, Martha Marcy May Marlene
• Shailene Woodley, The Descendants

BEST SCREENPLAY

• Winner: Moneyball, Aaron Sorkin and Steven Zaillian
• 50/50, Will Reiser
• The Artist, Michel Hazanavicius
• Beginners, Mike Mills
• Take Shelter, Jeff Nichols

BEST DOCUMENTARY

• Winner: Tabloid
• Into Eternity
• Into the Abyss
• Marwencol
• We Were Here