La 83ava ceremonia de los Premios de la Academia (Mejor conocido como "Oscars"), premia a los filmes estrenados durante 2010
Recordando que la cinta más nominada fue The King's Speech con 12, seguida por True Grit con 10 y The Social Network e Inception con 8. Destaca además la nominación a Toy Story 3 como mejor cinta, el tercer filme animado en alcanzar ese honor
Estos fueron los ganadores (Los otros nominados se anotan en cursivas):
- Best Picture (Mejor película) - The King's Speech – Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, Gareth Unwin
- 127 Hours – Danny Boyle and Christian Colson
- Black Swan – Scott Franklin, Mike Medavoy, Brian Oliver
- The Fighter – David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman, Mark Wahlberg
- Inception – Christopher Nolan, Emma Thomas
- The Kids Are All Right – Gary Gilbert, Jeffrey Levy-Hinte, Celine Rattray
- The Social Network – Dana Brunetti, Ceán Chaffin, Michael De Luca, Scott Rudin
- Toy Story 3 – Darla K. Anderson
- True Grit – Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, Scott Rudin
- Winter's Bone – Alix Madigan, Anne Rosellini
- Best Director (Director) - Tom Hooper – The King's Speech
- Darren Aronofsky – Black Swan
- Ethan Coen and Joel Coen – True Grit
- David Fincher – The Social Network
- David O. Russell – The Fighter
- Best Actor (Mejor actor) - Colin Firth – The King's Speech interpretando al King George VI
- Javier Bardem – Biutiful como Uxbal
- Jeff Bridges – True Grit como Rooster Cogburn
- Jesse Eisenberg – The Social Network como Mark Zuckerberg
- James Franco – 127 Hours como Aron Ralston
- Best Actress (Mejor Actríz) - Natalie Portman – Black Swan
- Annette Bening – The Kids Are All Right as Nic
- Nicole Kidman – Rabbit Hole as Becca Corbett
- Jennifer Lawrence – Winter's Bone as Ree Dolly
- Michelle Williams – Blue Valentine as Cindy
- Best Foreign Language Film - In a Better World (Denmark) in Danish, Swedish & English – Susanne Bier
- Biutiful (Mexico) in Spanish & English – Alejandro González Iñárritu
- Dogtooth (Greece) in Greek – Yorgos Lanthimos
- Incendies (Canada) in French and Arabic – Denis Villeneuve
- Outside the Law (Algeria) in Arabic and French – Rachid Bouchareb
- Best Supporting Actress (Actríz de Reparto) - Melissa Leo – The Fighter
- Amy Adams – The Fighter as Charlene Fleming
- Helena Bonham Carter – The King's Speech as Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon / Queen Elizabeth
- Hailee Steinfeld – True Grit as Mattie Ross
- Jacki Weaver – Animal Kingdom as Janine "Smurf" Cody
- Best Supporting Actor (Actor de reparto) - Christian Bale – The Fighter
- John Hawkes – Winter's Bone as Teardrop
- Jeremy Renner – The Town as James "Jem" Coughlin
- Mark Ruffalo – The Kids Are All Right as Paul
- Geoffrey Rush – The King's Speech as Lionel Logue
- Best Animated Feature (Filme animado) - Toy Story 3 – Lee Unkrich
- How to Train Your Dragon – Chris Sanders & Dean DeBlois
- The Illusionist – Sylvain Chomet
- Best Writing (Guión adaptado) - The Social Network – Aaron Sorkin del libro "The Accidental Billionaires" de Ben Mezrich
- 127 Hours – Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy from Between a Rock and a Hard Place by Aron Ralston
- Toy Story 3 – Michael Arndt, John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton, and Lee Unkrich; characters based on Toy Story and Toy Story 2
- True Grit – Ethan Coen and Joel Coen from True Grit by Charles Portis
- Winter's Bone – Debra Granik and Anne Rosellini from Winter's Bone by Daniel Woodrel
- Best Writing (Guión original) - The King's Speech – David Seidler
- Another Year – Mike Leigh
- The Fighter – Scott Silver, Paul Tamasy, Eric Johnson
- Inception – Christopher Nolan
- The Kids Are All Right – Lisa Cholodenko, Stuart Blumberg
- Best Sound Mixing - Inception – Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo, Ed Novick
- The King's Speech – Paul Hamblin, Martin Jensen, John Midgley
- Salt – Jeffrey J. Haboush, Greg P. Russell, Scott Millan, William Sarokin
- The Social Network – Ren Klyce, David Parker, Michael Semanick, Mark Weingarten
- True Grit – Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff, Peter F. Kurland
- Original Score (Música) - The Social Network – Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross
- 127 Hours – A.R. Rahman
- How to Train Your Dragon – John Powell
- Inception – Hans Zimmer
- The King's Speech – Alexandre Desplat
- Best Sound Editing - Inception – Richard King
- Toy Story 3 – Tom Myers, Michael Silvers
- Tron: Legacy – Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Addison Teague
- True Grit – Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey
- Unstoppable – Mark P. Stoeckinger
- Best Documentary (Documental) - Inside Job – Charles H. Ferguson y Audrey Marrs
- Exit Through the Gift Shop – Robert Banks, Jaimie D'Cruz
- Gasland – Josh Fox, Trish Adlesic
- Restrepo – Tim Hetherington, Sebastian Junger
- Waste Land – Lucy Walker, Angus Aynsley
- Best Art Direction - Alice in Wonderland – Art Direction: Robert Stromberg; Set Decoration: Karen O'Hara
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 – Art Direction: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan
- Inception – Art Direction: Guy Hendrix Dyas; Set Decoration: Larry Dias, Doug Mowat
- The King's Speech – Art Direction: Eve Stewart; Set Decoration: Judy Farr
- True Grit – Art Direction: Jess Gonchor; Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh
- Best Costume Design - Alice in Wonderland – Colleen Atwood
- I Am Love – Antonella Cannarozzi
- The King's Speech – Jenny Beavan
- The Tempest – Sandy Powell
- True Grit – Mary Zophres
- Best Live Action short Film (Mejor cortometraje) - God of Love – Luke Matheny
- The Confession – Tanel Toom
- The Crush – Michael Creagh
- Na Wewe – Ivan Goldschmidt
- Wish 143 – Ian Barnes
- Best Animated Short Film (Mejor corto animado) - The Lost Thing – Andrew Ruhemann & Shaun Tan
- Day & Night – Teddy Newton
- The Gruffalo – Max Lang, Jakob Schuh
- Let's Pollute – Geefwee Boedoe
- Madagascar, a Journey Diary – Bastien Dubois
- Best Original Song (Canción original) - "We Belong Together" de Toy Story 3 – Randy Newman
- "Coming Home" from Country Strong – Bob DiPiero, Tom Douglas, Hillary Lindsey y Troy Verges
- "I See the Light" from Tangled – Alan Menken y Glenn Slater
- "If I Rise" from 127 Hours – A.R. Rahman, Rollo Armstrong y Dido
- Best Visual Effects - Inception – Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley, Peter Bebb
- Alice in Wonderland – Ken Ralston, David Schaub, Carey Villegas, Sean Phillips
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 – Tim Burke, John Richardson, Christian Manz, Nicolas Aithadi
- Hereafter – Michael Owens, Bryan Grill, Stephan Trojanski, Joe Farrell
- Iron Man 2 – Janek Sirrs, Ben Snow, Ged Wright, Daniel Sudick
- Best Makeup - The Wolfman – Rick Baker & Dave Elsey