The 23rd Chicago Film Critics Association Awards, honoring the best in film for 2010, were announced on December 20, 2010.^[1][2][3]

Winners and nominees

Best Actor

Colin Firth – The King's Speech

• Jeff Bridges – True Grit
• Jesse Eisenberg – The Social Network
• James Franco – 127 Hours
• Ryan Gosling – Blue Valentine

Best Actress

Natalie Portman – Black Swan

• Annette Bening – The Kids Are All Right
• Jennifer Lawrence – Winter's Bone
• Lesley Manville – Another Year
• Michelle Williams – Blue Valentine

Best Animated Film

Toy Story 3

• Despicable Me
• How to Train Your Dragon
• The Illusionist
• Tangled

Best Cinematography

Inception – Wally Pfister

• Black Swan – Matthew Libatique
• Shutter Island – Robert Richardson
• The Social Network – Jeff Cronenweth
• True Grit – Roger Deakins

Best Director

David Fincher – The Social Network

• Darren Aronofsky – Black Swan
• Debra Granik – Winter's Bone
• Tom Hooper – The King's Speech
• Christopher Nolan – Inception

Best Documentary Film

Exit Through the Gift Shop

• Inside Job
• Restrepo
• The Tillman Story
• Waiting for "Superman"

Best Film

The Social Network

• Black Swan
• Inception
• The King's Speech
• Winter's Bone

Best Foreign Language Film

A Prophet, France

• Biutiful, Mexico
• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Sweden
• I Am Love, Italy
• Mother, South Korea

Best Original Score

Black Swan – Clint Mansell

• I Am Love – John Adams
• Inception – Hans Zimmer
• The Social Network – Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
• True Grit – Carter Burwell

Best Screenplay – Adapted

The Social Network – Aaron Sorkin

• Rabbit Hole – David Lindsay-Abaire
• Toy Story 3 – Michael Arndt
• True Grit – Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
• Winter's Bone – Debra Granik and Anne Rosellini

Best Screenplay – Original

Inception – Christopher Nolan

• Black Swan – Mark Heyman, Andres Heinz and John McLaughlin
• Four Lions – Chris Morris, Jesse Armstrong, and Sam Bain
• The Kids Are All Right – Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg
• The King's Speech – David Seidler

Best Supporting Actor

Christian Bale – The Fighter

• Andrew Garfield – The Social Network
• John Hawkes – Winter's Bone
• Mark Ruffalo – The Kids Are All Right
• Geoffrey Rush – The King's Speech

Best Supporting Actress

Hailee Steinfeld – True Grit

• Amy Adams – The Fighter
• Helena Bonham Carter – The King's Speech
• Melissa Leo – The Fighter
• Jacki Weaver – Animal Kingdom

Most Promising Filmmaker

Derek Cianfrance – Blue Valentine

• Banksy – Exit Through the Gift Shop
• David Michôd – Animal Kingdom
• Aaron Schneider – Get Low
• John Wells – The Company Men

Most Promising Performer

Jennifer Lawrence – Winter's Bone

• Armie Hammer – The Social Network
• Katie Jarvis – Fish Tank
• Tahar Rahim – A Prophet
• Hailee Steinfeld – True Grit