The 11th Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards were held on December 10, 2012.
Best Film
- Zero Dark Thirty
- Argo
- Les Misérables
- Lincoln
- Silver Linings Playbook
Best Director
- Kathryn Bigelow – Zero Dark Thirty
- Ben Affleck – Argo
- Paul Thomas Anderson – The Master
- Tom Hooper – Les Misérables
- Steven Spielberg – Lincoln
Best Actor
- Daniel Day-Lewis – Lincoln
- John Hawkes – The Sessions
- Hugh Jackman – Les Misérables
- Joaquin Phoenix – The Master
- Denzel Washington – Flight
Best Actress
- Jessica Chastain – Zero Dark Thirty
- Marion Cotillard – Rust and Bone
- Jennifer Lawrence – Silver Linings Playbook
- Helen Mirren – Hitchcock
- Emmanuelle Riva – Amour
Best Supporting Actor
- Philip Seymour Hoffman – The Master
- Alan Arkin – Argo
- Javier Bardem – Skyfall
- Leonardo DiCaprio – Django Unchained
- Tommy Lee Jones – Lincoln
Best Supporting Actress
- Anne Hathaway – Les Misérables
- Amy Adams – The Master
- Samantha Barks – Les Misérables
- Sally Field – Lincoln
- Helen Hunt – The Sessions
Best Adapted Screenplay
- Silver Linings Playbook – David O. Russell
- Argo – Chris Terrio
- Life of Pi – David Magee
- Lincoln – Tony Kushner
- The Perks of Being a Wallflower – Stephen Chbosky
Best Original Screenplay
- Looper – Rian Johnson
- Django Unchained – Quentin Tarantino
- The Master – Paul Thomas Anderson
- Moonrise Kingdom – Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola
- Zero Dark Thirty – Mark Boal
Best Ensemble
- Les Misérables
- Argo
- Lincoln
- Moonrise Kingdom
- Zero Dark Thirty
Best Animated Film
- ParaNorman
- Brave
- Frankenweenie
- Rise of the Guardians
- Wreck-It Ralph
Best Documentary Film
- Bully
- The Imposter
- The Invisible War
- The Queen of Versailles
- Searching for Sugar Man
Best Foreign Language Film
- Amour • Austria
- The Intouchables • France
- I Wish • Japan
- A Royal Affair • Hungary
- Rust and Bone • Belgium
Best Art Direction
- Cloud Atlas
- Anna Karenina
- Les Misérables
- Lincoln
- Moonrise Kingdom
Best Cinematography
- Life of Pi
- Les Misérables
- The Master
- Skyfall
- Zero Dark Thirty
Best Score
- The Master – Jonny Greenwood
- Beasts of the Southern Wild – Dan Romer and Benh Zeitlin
- The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey – Howard Shore
- Lincoln – John Williams
- Moonrise Kingdom – Alexandre Desplat
Best Youth Performance
- Quvenzhané Wallis – Beasts of the Southern Wild
- Jared Gilman – Moonrise Kingdom
- Kara Hayward – Moonrise Kingdom
- Tom Holland – The Impossible
- Logan Lerman – The Perks of Being a Wallflower