HOLLYWOOD—In a continuation of the boatload of nominations that came out last week, the 19th Annual Critic Choice Movie Awards were announced on Monday, December 16. Leading the pack of nominees were the films “12 Years a Slave” and “American Hustle” which each earned 13 nominations apiece including Best Picture.  Followed closely behind were “Gravity” with 10 nominations. The Critic Choice Awards is compromised of members from the Broadcast Film Critics Association.

At this point, its safe to predict that three frontrunners for the Best Picture are “12 Years a Slave,” “Gravity” and “American Hustle,” all amazing pictures that will be tough to defeat. The event will be televised live on The CW Network on January 16 and will be hosted by comedian and talk show host Aisha Tyler.   A list of some of this year’s nominees are listed below:

Best Picture

“American Hustle”
“Captain Phillips”
“ Dallas Buyers Club”
“Gravity”
“Her”
“Inside Llewyn Davis”
“ Nebraska”
“Saving Mr. Banks”
“12 Years a Slave”
“The Wolf of Wall Street”

Best Actor

Christian Bale “American Hustl”
Bruce Dern “Nebraska”
Chiwetel Ejiofor “12 Years a Slave”
Tom Hanks “Captain Phillips”
Matthew McConaughey “Dallas Buyers Club”
Robert Redford “All Is Lost”

Best Actress

Cate Blanchett “Blue Jasmine”
Sandra Bullock “Gravity”
Judi Dench “Philomena”
Brie Larson “Short Term 12”
Meryl Streep “August: Osage County”
Emma Thompson “Saving Mr. Banks”

Best Supporting Actor

Barkhad Abdi “Captain Phillips”
Daniel Bruhl “Rush”
Bradley Cooper “American Hustle”
Michael Fassbender “12 Years a Slave”
James Gandolfini “Enough Said”
Jared Leto “ Dallas Buyers Club”

Best Supporting Actress

Scarlett Johansson “Her”
Jennifer Lawrence “American Hustle”
Lupita Nyong’o “12 Years a Slave”
Julia Roberts “August: Osage County”
June Squibb “ Nebraska”
Oprah Winfrey “Lee Daniels’ The Butler”

Best Young Actor/Actress

Asa Butterfield “Ender’s Game”
Adele Exarchopoulos “Blue Is the Warmest Color”
Liam James “The Way Way Bac”k
Sophie Nelisse “The Book Thief”
Tye Sheridan “Mud”

Best Acting Ensemble

“American Hustle”
“August: Osage County”
“Lee Daniels’ The Butler”
“ Nebraska”
“12 Years a Slave”
“The Wolf of Wall Street”

Best Director

Alfonso Cuaron “Gravity”
Paul Greengrass “Captain Phillips”
Spike Jonze “Her”
Steve McQueen “12 Years a Slave”
David O. Russell “American Hustle”
Martin Scorsese “The Wolf of Wall Street”

Best Original Screenplay

Eric Singer and David O. Russell “American Hustle”
Woody Allen “Blue Jasmine”
Spike Jonze “Her”
Joel Coen & Ethan Coen “Inside Llewyn Davis”
Bob Nelson “ Nebraska”

Best Adapted Screenplay

Tracy Letts “August: Osage County”
Richard Linklater & Julie Delpy & Ethan Hawke “Before Midnight”
Billy Ray “Captain Phillips”
Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope “Philomena”
John Ridley “12 Years a Slave”
Terence Winter “The Wolf of Wall Street”

Best Cinematography

Emmanuel Lubezki “Gravity”
Bruno Delbonnel “Inside Llewyn Davis”
Phedon Papamichael “ Nebraska”
Roger Deakins “Prisoners”
Sean Bobbitt “12 Years a Slave”

Best Editing

Alan Baumgarten, Jay Cassidy, Crispin Struthers “American Hustle”
Christopher Rouse “Captain Phillips”
Alfonso Cuarón, Mark Sanger “Gravity”
Daniel P. Hanley, Mike Hill “Rush”
Joe Walker “12 Years a Slave”
Thelma Schoonmaker “The Wolf of Wall Street”

Best Visual Effects

“Gravity”
“The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug”
“Iron Man 3”
“ Pacific Rim”
“Star Trek into Darkness”

Best Animated Feature

“The Croods”
“Despicable Me 2”
“Frozen”
“ Monsters University”
“The Wind Rises”