Tracking the awards leading up to the Oscars

As awards season winds down and the Academy Awards near, Avatar has emerged as a favorite. Can The Hurt Locker, Up in the Air or Inglourious Basterds compete with the box-office behemoth?

A summary of the top film honors leading up to the Oscars:

AVATAR

*Best Picture: Golden Globe (for drama), New York Film Critics Online
*Best Director, James Cameron: Golden Globe
*Best Cinematography: Critics Choice
*Best Art Direction: Critics Choice
*Best Editing: Critics Choice
*Best Visual Effects: Critics Choice
*Best Sound: Critics Choice

THE BEACHES OF AGNES

Best Documentary: National Society of Film Critics, Los Angeles Film Critics Association (co-winner)

THE BLIND SIDE

Best Actress, Sandra Bullock: Golden Globe (drama), Screen Actors Guild, Critics Choice (co-winner)

BRIGHT STAR

Best Supporting Actor, Paul Schneider: National Society of Film Critics (co-winner)

CORALINE

Top 10: American Film Institute

THE COVE

Best Documentary: Producers Guild, National Board of Review, Los Angeles Film Critics Association (co-winner)

CRAZY HEART

Best Actor, Jeff Bridges: Golden Globe (drama), Screen Actors Guild, Los Angeles Film Critics Association,

Critics Choice

Best Score: Los Angeles Film Critics Association
Best Original Song, "The Weary Kind (Theme From Crazy Heart)" by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett: Golden Globe

DISTRICT 9

Best Production Design: Los Angeles Film Critics Association
Best Makeup: Critics Choice

AN EDUCATION

Best Actress, Carey Mulligan: National Board of Review

FANTASTIC MR. FOX

Best Animated Film: New York Film Critics Circle, Los Angeles Critics Association
Best Actor, George Clooney: New York Film Critics Circle
Best Production Design, Nelson Lowry: National Society of Film Critics

JULIE & JULIA

Best Picture: Golden Globe (comedy or musical)
Best Actress, Meryl Streep: New York Film Critics Circle, Critics Choice (co-winner)

THE HANGOVER

Best Picture: Golden Globe (comedy or musical)
Top 10: American Film Institute

THE HURT LOCKER

Best Picture: Producers Guild, National Society of Film Critics, New York Film Critics Circle, Los Angeles Film Critics Association, Critics Choice, Boston Society of Film Critics
Best Director, Kathryn Bigelow: National Society of Film Critics, New York Film Critics Circle, Los Angeles Film Critics Association, Critics Choice
Best Actor, Jeremy Renner: National Society of Film Critics
Top 10: American Film Institute

INGLORIOUS BASTERDS

Best Ensemble: Screen Actors Guild, Critics Choice
Best Supporting Actor, Christoph Waltz: Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild, National Society of Film Critics (co-winner), New York Film Critics Circle, Los Angeles Film Critics Association, Critics Choice
Best Screenplay, Quentin Tarantino: Critics Choice

IN THE LOOP

Best Screenplay: New York Film Critics Circle

INVICTUS

Best Actor, Morgan Freeman: National Board of Review (co-winner)
Best Director, Clint Eastwood: National Board of Review

IT'S COMPLICATED

Best Ensemble: National Board of Review

THE LOVELY BONES

Best Young Actor/Actress, Saoirse Ronan: Critics Choice

THE MESSENGER

Best Supporting Actor, Woody Harrelson: National Board of Review
Top 10: American Film Institute

OF TIME AND THE CITY

Best Nonfiction Film: New York Film Critics Circle

PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL `PUSH' BY SAPPHIRE

Best Supporting Actress, Mo'Nique: Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild, National Society of Film Critics, New York Film Critics Circle, Los Angeles Film Critics Association, Critics Choice
Stanley Kramer Award: Producers Guild
Top 10: American Film Institute

A PROPHET

Best Foreign Language Film: National Board of Review

SERAPHINE

Best Actress, Yolande Moreau: National Society of Film Critics, Los Angeles Film Critics Association

A SERIOUS MAN

Best Original Screenplay: National Board of Review, National Society of Film Critics
Top 10: American Film Institute

SHERLOCK HOLMES

Best Actor, Robert Downey Jr.: Golden Globe (comedy or musical)

A SINGLE MAN

Top 10: American Film Institute

SUGAR

Top 10: American Film Institute

SUMMER HOURS

Best Foreign Language Film: National Society of Film Critics, NY Film Critics Circle, Los Angeles Film Critics Association

UP

Best Animated Film: Golden Globe, Producers Guild, Critics Choice
Best Original Score, Michael Giacchino: Golden Globe
Top 10: American Film Institute

UP IN THE AIR

Best Picture: National Board of Review, Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association
Best Actor, George Clooney: National Board of Review (co-winner), New York Film Critics Circle
Best Supporting Actress, Anna Kendrick: National Board of Review
Best Screenplay, Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner: Golden Globe National Board of Review, Los Angeles Film Critics Association, Critics Choice
Top 10: American Film Institute

THE WHITE RIBBON

Best Foreign Language Film: Golden Globe
Best Cinematographer, Christian Berger: National Society of Film Critics, New York Film Critics Circle, Los Angeles Film Critics Association

THE YOUNG VICTORIA

Best Costume Design: Critics Choice