Kathryn Bigelow, Daniel Day-Lewis & Emmanuelle Riva erhalten die wichtigsten Preise von der Boston Society of Film Critics. Ezra Miller triumphiert überraschend als Nebendarsteller und Anne Hathaway bekommt in Sally Field eine starke Konkurrentin!

Best Film: Zero Dark Thirty
(tied for 2nd: Moonrise Kingdom and Amour)

Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow, Zero Dark Thirty
(2nd: Paul Thomas Anderson, The Master)

Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln
(2nd: Denis Lavant, Holy Motors)

Best Actress: Emmanuelle Riva , Amour
(2nd: Deanie Yip, A Simple Life)

Best Supporting Actress: Sally Field, Lincoln
(2nd: Emma Watson, Perks of Being a Wallflower)

Best Supporting Actor: Ezra Miller, Perks of Being a Wallflower
(2nd: Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained)

Best Screenplay: Tony Kushner,Lincoln
(2nd: Wes Anderson, Moonrise Kingdom)

Best Cinematography: Mihai Malaimare Jr, The Master
(tied for 2nd: Moonrise Kingdon, Life of Pi)

Best Editing: William Goldenberg, Dylan Tichenor, Zero Dark Thirty
(2nd: Argo)

Best Use of Music: Moonrise Kingdom
(2nd: Django Unchained)

Best New Filmmaker: David France, How to Survive a Plague
(2nd: Benh Zeitlin for Beasts of the Southern Wild)

Best Documentary: How to Survive a Plague
(2nd: Queen of Versailles)

Best Animated: Frankenweenie
(2nd: ParaNorman)

Best Foreign Language Film: Amour
(2nd: Holy Motors)