The 2010 Academy Awards were presented on February 27, 2011, at the Kodak Theatre. All of the nominees are listed below; the Oscar winners are in bold.
| Best Picture | Black Swan |
| | The Fighter |
| | Inception |
| | The Kids Are All Right |
| | The King's Speech |
| | 127 Hours |
| | The Social Network |
| | Toy Story 3 |
| | True Grit |
| | Winter's Bone |
| Best Animated Picture | How to Train Your Dragon |
| | The Illusionist |
| | Toy Story 3 |
| Actor in a Leading Role | Javier Bardem, Biutiful |
| | Jeff Bridges, True Grit |
| | Jesse Eisenberg, The Social Network |
| | Colin Firth, The King's Speech |
| | James Franco, 127 Hours |
| Actress in a Leading Role | Annette Bening, The Kids Are All Right |
| | Nicole Kidman, Rabbit Hole |
| | Jennifer Lawrence, Winter's Bone |
| | Natalie Portman, Black Swan |
| | Michelle Williams, Blue Valentine |
| Actor in a Supporting Role | Christian Bale, The Fighter |
| | John Hawkes, Winter's Bone |
| | Jeremey Renner, The Town |
| | Mark Ruffalo, The Kids Are All Right |
| | Geoffrey Rush, The King's Speech |
| Actress in a Supporting Role | Amy Adams, The Fighter |
| | Helena Bonham Carter, The King's Speech |
| | Melissa Leo, The Fighter |
| | Hailee Steinfeld, True Grit |
| | Jacki Weaver, Animal Kingdom |
| Directing | Darren Aronofsky, Black Swan |
| | David O. Russell, The Fighter |
| | Tom Hooper, The King's Speech |
| | David Fincher, The Social Network |
| | Joel and Ethan Coen, True Grit |
| Writing | | Original Screenplay | Mike Leigh, Another Year | | | Scott Silver, Paul Tamasy and Eric Johnson, The Fighter | | | Christopher Nolan, Inception | | | Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg, The Kids Are All Right | | | David Seidler, The King's Speech | | Adapted Screenplay | Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy, 127 Hours | | | Aaron Sorkin, The Social Network | | | Michael Arndt, Toy Story 3 | | | Joen Coen and Ethan Coen, True Grit | | | Debra Granik and Anne Rosellini, Winter's Bone |
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| Cinematography | Matthew Libatique, Black Swan |
| | Wally Pfister, Inception |
| | Danny Cohen, The King's Speech |
| | Jeff Cronenweth, The Social Network |
| | Roger Deakins, True Grit |
| Art Direction | Alice in Wonderland, Robert Stromberg and Karen O'Hara |
| | Harry Potter and the Dealthy Hallows Part 1, Stuart Craig and Stephenie McMillan |
| | Inception, Guy Hendrix Dyas, Larry Dias and Doug Mowat |
| | The King's Speech Eve Stewart and Judy Farr |
| | True Grit Jess Gonchor and Nancy Haigh |
| Sound | | Editing | Richard King, Inception | | | Tom Myers and Michael Silvers, Toy Story 3 | | | Gwendolyn Yates Whittle and Addison Teague, Tron: Legacy | | | Skip Lievsay and Craig Berkey, True Grit | | | Mark P. Stoeckinger, Unstoppable | | Mixing | Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo, and Ed Novick, Inception | | | Paul Hamblin, Martin Jensen, and John Midgley, The King's Speech | | | Jeffrey J. Haboush, Greg P. Russell, Scott Millan, and William Sarokin, Salt | | | Ren Klyce, David Parker, Michael Semanick, and Mark Weingarten, The Social Network | | | Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff, and Peter F. Kurland, True Grit |
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| Music | | Song | "Coming Home" from Country Strong; Music and Lyric by Tom Douglas, Troy Verges, and Hillary Lindsey | | | "I See the Light" from Tangled ; Music by Alan Menken and lyrics by Glenn Slater | | | "If I Rise" from 127 Hours; Music by A.R. Rahman and lyrics by Dido and Rollo Armstrong | | | "We Belong Together" from Toy Story 3; Music and Lyric by Randy Newman | | Original Score | John Powell, How to Train Your Dragon | | | Hans Zimmer, Inception | | | Alexandre Desplat, The King's Speech | | | A.R. Rahman, 127 Hours | | | Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, The Social Network |
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| Film Editing | Andrew Weisblum, Black Swan |
| | Pamela Martin, The Fighter |
| | Tariq Anwar, The King's Speech |
| | Jon Harris, 127 Hours |
| | Angus Wall & Kirk Baxter, The Social Network |
| Costume Design | Colleen Atwood, Alice in Wonderland |
| | Antonella Cannarozzi, I Am Love |
| | Jenny Beavan, The King's Speech |
| | Sandy Powell, The Tempest |
| | Mary Zophres, True Grit |
| Makeup | Adrien Morot, Barney's Version |
| | Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk, and Yolanda Toussieng, The Way Back |
| | Rick Baker and Dave Elsey, The Wolfman |
| Visual Effects | Ken Ralston, David Schaub, Carey Villegas, and Sean Phillips, Alice in Wonderland |
| | Tim Burke, John Richardson, Christian Manz, and Nicolas Aithadi, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 |
| | Michael Owens, Bryan Grill, Stephan Trojanski, and Joe Farrell, Hereafter |
| | Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley, and Peter Bebb, Inception |
| | Janek Sirrs, Ben Snow, Ged Wright, and Daniel Sudick, Iron Man 2 |
| Short Films | | Animated | Day & Night, Teddy Newton | | | The Gruffalo, Jacob Schuh and Max Lang | | | Let's Pollute, Geefwee Boedoe | | | The Lost Thing, Shaun Tan and Andrew Ruhemann | | | Madagascar, carnet de voyage (Madagascar, a Journey Diary), Bastien Dubois | | Live Action | The Confession, Tanel Toom | | | The Crush, Michael Creagh | | | God of Love, Luke Matheny | | | Na Wewe, Ivan Goldschmidt | | | Wish 143, Ian Barnes and Samantah Waite |
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| Documentary | | Short Subject | Killing in the Name, Jed Rothstein | | | Poster Girl, Sara Nesson and Mitchell W. Block | | | Strangers No More, Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon | | | Sun Come Up, Jennifer Redfearn and Tim Metzger | | | The Warriors of Quigang, Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon | | Feature | Exit through the Gift Shop, Banksy and Jaimie D'Cruz | | | Gasland, Josh Fox and Trish Adlesic | | | Inside Job, Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs | | | Restrepo, Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger | | | Waste Land, Lucy Walker and Angus Aynsley |
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| Foreign Language Film | Biutiful, Mexico |
| | Dogtooth, Greece |
| | In a Better World, Denmark |
| | Incendies, Canada |
| | Outside the Law (Hors-la-loi), Algeria |
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