The Suspense! The Drama! The Finalists!

The Golden Globes are done and gone, and the BAFTAs announce tomorrow. One week after that, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences announces its nominees for the 83rd Oscars. Before we get too influenced by other awards shows, we ought to share some feelings of our own. Namely, which movies are being considered in what categories.

It's a tradition here to do as BAFTA does and provide a longlist: eighteen categories, fifteen finalists in each, selected from the 70+ films I've screened this year. Does it kill some of the suspense? Maybe, but so does a Top Ten when you think about it (and you shouldn't, not too hard). Besides, you're just itching to narrow it down, aren't you? The suspense is killing you, isn't it? Maybe not, but if you're into that sort of thing (that is, my opinion), then continue reading, dear friends. Presenting the Hollmann Longlist:

BEST PICTURE

Black Swan

Blue Valentine

Easy A

The Fighter

For Colored Girls

Get Low

I Am Love

The Kids Are All Right

The King's Speech

Mother

Never Let Me Go

The Runaways

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

The Social Network

Winter's Bone

BEST DIRECTOR

Darren Aronofsky, Black Swan

Danny Boyle, 127 Hours

Lisa Cholodenko, The Kids Are All Right

Derek Cianfrance, Blue Valentine

Anton Corbijn, The American

David Fincher, The Social Network

Debra Granik, Winter's Bone

Luca Guadagnino, I Am Love

Tom Hooper, The King's Speech

Bong Joon-ho, Mother

John Cameron Mitchell, Rabbit Hole

David O. Russell, The Fighter

Aaron Schneider, Get Low

Floria Sigismondi, The Runaways

Edgar Wright, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

BEST ACTRESS

Annette Bening, The Kids Are All Right

Patricia Clarkson, Cairo Time

Rebecca Hall, Please Give

Kim Hye-ja, Mother

Nicole Kidman, Rabbit Hole

Jennifer Lawrence, Winter's Bone

Julianne Moore, The Kids Are All Right

Carey Mulligan, Never Let Me Go

Natalie Portman, Black Swan

Kristen Stewart, The Runaways

Emma Stone, Easy A

Tilda Swinton, I Am Love

Emma Watson, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I
Michelle Williams, Blue Valentine
Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Amy Adams, The Fighter

Patricia Clarkson, Easy A

Loretta Devine, For Colored Girls

Dale Dickey, Winter's Bone

Whoopi Goldberg, For Colored Girls

Barbara Hershey, Black Swan

Keira Knightley, Never Let Me Go

Mila Kunis, Black Swan

Melissa Leo, The Fighter

Rooney Mara, The Social Network

Maria Paiato, I Am Love

Winona Ryder, Black Swan

Sissy Spacek, Get Low

Dianne Wiest, Rabbit Hole

Ellen Wong, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

BEST ACTOR

Russell Brand, Get Him to the Greek

Michael Caine, Harry Brown

Michael Cera, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

George Clooney, The American

Rob Corddry, Hot Tub Time Machine

Robert Duvall, Get Low

Aaron Eckhart, Rabbit Hole

Jesse Eisenberg, The Social Network

Patrick Fabian, The Last Exorcism

Colin Firth, The King's Speech

James Franco, 127 Hours

Andrew Garfield, Never Let Me Go

Ryan Gosling, Blue Valentine

Mark Ruffalo, The Kids Are All Right
Mark Wahlberg, The Fighter

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Christian Bale, The Fighter

Pierce Brosnan, The Ghost Writer

Vincent Cassel, Black Swan
Jackie Chan, The Karate Kid

Andrew Garfield, The Social Network

Josh Hutcherson, The Kids Are All Right

Michael Keaton, Toy Story 3

Bill Murray, Get Low

Jerry O'Connell, Piranha 3D

Guy Pearce, Animal Kingdom

Brandon Routh, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

Geoffrey Rush, The King's Speech

Jason Schwartzman, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

Michael Shannon, The Runaways

Stanley Tucci, Easy A

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Black Swan - Mark Heyman and Andres Heinz and John McLaughlin, story by Heinz

Blue Valentine - Derek Cianfrance & Cami Delavigne and Joey Curtis

Burlesque - Steve Antin

Cairo Time - Ruba Nadda

Easy A - Bert V. Royal

The Fighter - Scott Silver and Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson, story by Keith Dorrington & Tamasy & Johnson

Get Low - Chris Provenzano and C. Gaby Mitchell, story by Provenzano & Scott Seeke

Hot Tub Time Machine - Josh Heald and Sean Anders & John Morris, story by Heald

I Am Love - Barbara Alberti, Ivan Cotroneo, Walter Fasano & Luca Guadagnino, story by Guadagnino

Inception - Christopher Nolan

The Kids Are All Right - Lisa Cholodenko & Stuart Blumberg

The King's Speech - David Seidler

The Last Exorcism - Huck Botko & Andrew Garland

Mother - Bong Joon-ho & Park Won-kyo, story by Joon-ho

Tangled - Dan Fogelman

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

127 Hours - Danny Boyle & Simon Beaufoy

The American - Rowan Joffe

For Colored Girls - Tyler Perry

The Ghost Writer - Roman Polanski & Robert Harris
How to Train Your Dragon - Will Davies and Dean DeBlois & Chris Sanders

Never Let Me Go - Alex Garland

Rabbit Hole - David Lindsay-Abaire

The Runaways - Floria Sigismondi

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World - Edgar Wright & Michael Bacall

Shutter Island - Laeta Kalogridis

The Social Network - Aaron Sorkin

Toy Story 3 - Michael Arndt, story by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich

True Grit - The Coen Brothers

Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps - Stephen Schiff and Allan Loeb

Winter's Bone - Debra Granik & Anne Rosellini

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

The American - Martin Ruhe

Black Swan - Matthew Libatique

Blue Valentine - Andrij Parekh

The Fighter - Hoyt von Hoytema
Get Low - David Boyd

Greenberg - Harris Savides

I Am Love - Yorick la Saux

Inception - Wally Pfister

The King's Speech - Danny Cohen

The Runaways - Benoit Debie

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World - Bill Pope

Shutter Island - Robert Richardson

The Social Network - Jeff Cronenweth

TRON: Legacy - Claudio Miranda
Winter's Bone - Michael McDonough

BEST EDITING

127 Hours - Jon Harris
The American - Andrew Hulm
Black Swan - Kristina Boden/Andrew Wiesblum
Blue Valentine - Jim Helton/Ron Patane
Easy A - Susan Littenberg
The Fighter - Pamela Martin
How to Train Your Dragon - Darren Holmes/MaryAnn Brandon
I Am Love - Walter Fasano
Inception - Lee Smith
The Last Exorcism - Shilpa Sahi
The Runaways - Richard Chew

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World - Jonathan Amos/Paul Machliss

The Social Network - Kirk Baxter/Angus Wall

Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps - David Brenner/Julie Monroe
Winter's Bone - Affonso Goncalves

BEST SCORE

127 Hours - A.R. Rahman

Black Swan - Clint Mansell
Cairo Time - Niall Byrne

The Ghost Writer - Alexandre Desplat

How to Train Your Dragon - John Powell
Inception - Hans Zimmer

The King's Speech - Alexandre Desplat

Let Me In - Michael Giacchino

Mother - Lee Byeong-woo 

Never Let Me Go - Rachel Portman 

Rabbit Hole - Anton Sanko

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World - Nigel Godrich

The Social Network - Trent Reznor/Atticus Ross

Toy Story 3 - Randy Newman

TRON: Legacy - Daft Punk

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

Burlesque - Bound to You

Burlesque - But I Am a Good Girl

Burlesque - You Haven't Seen the Last of Me

How to Train Your Dragon - Sticks 'n' Stones

The Other Guys - Pimps Don't Cry

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World - Ramona

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World - Slick

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World - Summertime

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World - Threshold

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World - We Are Sex Bob-Omb

Tangled - I Have a Dream

Tangled - I See the Light

Tangled - Mother Knows Best

Toy Story 3 - We Belong Together

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

The American - Suttirat Larlarb

Black Swan - Amy Westcott

Burlesque - Michael Kaplan

Easy A - Mynka Draper
The Fighter - Mark Bridges

For Colored Girls - Johnetta Boone

Get Low - Julie Weiss

I Am Love - Antonella Cannarozzi
Inception - Jeffrey Kurland

The King's Speech - Jenny Beavan

Mother

The Runaways - Carol Beadle

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World - Laura Jean Shannon

The Social Network - Jacqueline West

True Grit - Mary Zophres

BEST MAKEUP

127 Hours

Black Swan

The Fighter

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I

Inception
Kick-Ass

Let Me In
Nanny McPhee Returns

Piranha 3D

The Runaways

Saw 3D

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

Shutter Island

True Grit
The Wolfman

BEST ART DIRECTION

127 Hours

Black Swan

Burlesque

For Colored Girls

Get Low
The Ghost Writer

I Am Love

Inception

The Last Exorcism

Nanny McPhee Returns

The Runaways

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

Toy Story 3
TRON: Legacy

True Grit

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

127 Hours

The A-Team

Black Swan

The Ghost Writer

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I

Inception

Iron Man 2

Kick-Ass

The Other Guys

Piranha 3D

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

Shutter Island

The Social Network

TRON: Legacy
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps

BEST SOUND

127 Hours
The A-Team
The American
Black Swan
The Fighter
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I
How to Train Your Dragon
Inception
The Last Exorcism
Machete
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
The Town
Toy Story 3
TRON: Legacy
True Grit

BEST ENSEMBLE

Black Swan
Easy A
The Fighter
For Colored Girls
Get Low
I Am Love
The Kids Are All Right
The King's Speech
The Last Exorcism
Mother
Rabbit Hole 
The Runaways
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
The Social Network
Winter's Bone