Today was a very, very big day for the end-of-the-year awards season, as the Los Angeles Film Critics, the Boston Society of Film Critics, the Alliance of Women Film Journalists, the New York Film Critics Online and the American Film Institute all made their picks for the best films of the year. If there's a clear winner it's The Hurt Locker, which took the top prize from the Los Angeles and Boston groups, as well as AWFJ and a spot on AFI's Top Ten. Kathryn Bigelow won the directing prize from all groups, and Jeremy Renner took the Best Actor award in Boston.

Also doing well for themselves were Mo'nique and Christoph Waltz, who swept their respective acting categories among all four groups (AFI doesn't list actors, just the best films of the year) With the exception of Boston, though, which flipped hard for The Hurt Locker, the wealth was very spread out. NYFCO, the group I spent the afternoon voting with today, gave Best Picture to Avatar, which narrowly beat out A Serious Man and The Hurt Locker in a second round of voting. James Cameron also came close to winning Best Director from us, though he was eventually bested by ex-wife Bigelow. We picked Inglourious Basterds for Best Screenplay and Best Cinematography, while those prizes went to Up in the Air, The Hurt Locker, A Serious Man and The White Ribbon in various other groups.

It's a lot of new data to process, and the best way to look at it all is to simply see it all listed, which I've done below. There are a few overarching messages, though, that I think can be taken from the voting across the board in terms of looking forward to Oscar.

1. The Hurt Locker is a formidable contender, but critic's support might not translate at the Academy.

2. Don't mess with Mo'nique and Christoph Waltz, because they are apparently unbeatable.

3. Despite the stellar reviews, Up in the Air isn't the awards season steamroller it had the potential to become. (That doesn't mean it won't win, though)

4. With the exception of Carey Mulligan, everyone seems to have forgotten that An Education ever happened (it wasn't even in NYFCO's top ten films).

5. With the exception of Gabourey Sidibe and Mo'nique, everyone seems to have forgotten that Precious ever happened (it had scattered support for Best Picture and Best Director at NYFCO, but nothing too substantial.)

6. Some people seem to still remember In the Loop (it won NYFCO's Best Ensemble prize), and hooray for that.

7. The Messenger. It didn't take any major prizes among the critic's groups, but it made AFI's Top Ten (over films like Avatar and Inglourious Basterds), and made it pretty deep into the voting rounds for several NYFCO prizes. It may only result in a Best Supporting Actor nod for Woody Harrelson, but there's a lot of support for this film that's being underestimated.

Below is the full list of prizes. More analysis to come in this week's Oscar Eye column.

AFI's Best Films of the Year

Coraline
The Hangover
The Hurt Locker
The Messenger
Precious
A Serious Man
A Single Man
Sugar
Up
Up in the Air

New York Film Critics Online
Best Film: Avatar
Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
Best Actress: Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia
Best Actor: Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart
Best Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds
Best Supporting Actress: Mo’Nique, Precious
Breakthrough Performer: Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds
Best Ensemble: In the Loop
Best Animated Film: Up Best Foreign Film: The White Ribbon
Best Documentary: The Cove
Best Cinematography: Robert Richardson, Inglourious Basterds
Best Screenplay: Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds
Best Directorial Debut: Marc Webb, (500) Days of Summer
Best Film Music or Score: Crazy Heart

Los Angeles Film Critics
PICTURE: "The Hurt Locker”
Runner-up: “Up in the Air”
DIRECTOR: Kathryn Bigelow, “The Hurt Locker”
Runner-up: Michael Haneke, “The White Ribbon”
ACTRESS: Yolande Moreau, “Séraphine”
Runner-up: Carey Mulligan, “An Education”
ACTOR: Jeff Bridges, “Crazy Heart”
Runner-up: Colin Firth, “A Single Man”
SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Mo’Nique, “Precious”
Runner-up: Anna Kendrick, “Up in the Air”
SUPPORTING ACTOR: Christoph Waltz, “Inglourious Basterds”
Runner-up: Peter Capaldi, “In the Loop”
SCREENPLAY: Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner, “Up in the Air”
Runner-up: Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci and Tony Roche, “In the Loop”
ANIMATION: “Fantastic Mr. Fox”
Runner-up: “Up”
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM: “Summer Hours”
Runner-up: “The White Ribbon”
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Christian Berger, “The White Ribbon”
Runner-up: Barry Ackroyd, “The Hurt Locker”
MUSIC/SCORE: T-Bone Burnett and Stephen Bruton, “Crazy Heart”
Runner-up: Alexandre Desplat, “Fantastic Mr. Fox”
PRODUCTION DESIGN: Philip Ivey, “District 9″
Runner-up: Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg, “Avatar”
DOCUMENTARY/NON-FICTION FILM: “The Beaches of Agnès” and “The Cove” (tie)
DOUGLAS E. EDWARDS INDEPENDENT/EXPERIMENTAL FILM/VIDEO: C.W. Winter and Anders Edstrom, “The Anchorage”

The Boston Society of Film Critics

Best Picture: The Hurt Locker
Best Actor: Jeremy Renner for The Hurt Locker
Best Actress: Meryl Streep for Julie & Julia
Best Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz for Inglourious Basterds
Best Supporting Actress: Mo’Nique for Precious
Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow for The Hurt Locker
Best Screenplay: Joel Coen and Ethan Coen for A Serious Man
Best Cinematography: Barry Ackroyd for The Hurt Locker
Best Documentary: The Cove
Best Foreign-Language Film: Summer Hours
Best Animated Film: Up
Best Film Editing: Bob Murawski and Chris Innis for The Hurt Locker
Best New Filmmaker: Neill Blomkamp for District 9
Best Ensemble Cast: Tie between Precious and Star Trek
Best Use of Music in a Film: Crazy Heart

The Alliance of Women Film Journalists

Best Film: The Hurt Locker
Best Animated Film: Up
Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow - The Hurt Locker
Best Screenplay, Original: (500) Days of Summer - Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber
Best Screenplay, Adapted: Up In The Air - Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner
Best Documentary: The Cove
Best Actress: Carey Mulligan - An Education
Best Actress In Supporting Role: Mo'nique - Precious
Best Actor: Jeff Bridges - Crazy Heart
Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Christoph Waltz - Inglorious Basterds
Best Ensemble Cast: The Hurt Locker
Best Editing: Sally Menke - Inglourious Basterds
Most Beautiful Film: Bright Star
Best Non-English-Language Film: Summer Hours

FEMALE FOCUS AWARDS
Best Woman Director: Kathryn Bigelow - The Hurt Locker
Best Woman Screenwriter: Jane Campion - Bright Star
Best Animated Female: Coraline in Coraline
Best Breakthrough Performance: Carey Mulligan - An Education
Women’s Image Award: Kathryn Bigelow
Perseverance Award: Agnes Varda
Actress Defying Age and Ageism: Meryl Streep - Julie & Julia and It’s Complicated
Sexist Pig Award: Robert Luketic for The Ugly Truth
This Year’s Outstanding Achievement By A Woman In The Film Industry: Kathryn Bigelow for The Hurt Locker
Lifetime Achievement Award: Agnes Varda
AWFJ Award For Humanitarian Activism: Rebecca Cammisa for Which Way Home

SPECIAL MENTION AWARDS
AWFJ Hall Of Shame Award: Robert Luketic - The Ugly Truth
Actress Most in Need Of A New Agent: Hilary Swank
Movie You Wanted To Love But Just Couldn‘t: Amelia
Unforgettable Moment Award (Tie): Inglorious Basterds - Shoshanna (Melanie Laurent) burns down the theater & Precious - Mary (Mo’Nique) admits the abuse
Best Depiction Of Nudity, Sexuality, or Seduction (Tie): An Education - Carey Mulligan and Peter Saarsgard & It’s Complicated - - Meryl Streep and Alec Baldwin
Sequel That Shouldn’t Have Been Made Award: Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
The Remake That Shouldn’t Have Been Made Award: Land of the Lost Cultural Crossover Award: District 9
Bravest Performance Award: Mo’Nique in Precious
Most Egregious Age Difference Between The Leading Man and The Love Interest Award: Whatever Works - Larry David and Evan Rachel Wood (40 years difference)