The San Diego Film Critics Society also dropped its nominees over the weekend and, well, they flew under my radar. But here they are, and "The Master" led the way with nine nominations. Not far behind was "Argo" with eight. "Django Unchained' picked up five while "Zero Dark Thirty" only managed four. "Silver Linings Playbook" rounded out the Best Film nominees with six nominations. Check out the full list of nominees below and keep track of the 2012-2013 film awards season via The Circuit.

Best Film
"Argo"
"Django Unchained"
"Silver Linings Playbook"
"The Master"
"Zero Dark Thirty"

Best Director
Ben Affleck, "Argo"
Ang Lee, "Life of Pi"
Paul Thomas Anderson, "The Master"
David O. Russell, "Silver Linings Playbook"
Kathryn Bigelow, "Zero Dark Thirty"

Best Actor
Bradley Cooper, "Silver Linings Playbook"
Daniel Day-Lewis, "Lincoln"
Hugh Jackman, "Les Misérables"
Joaquin Phoenix, "The Master"
John Hawkes, "The Sessions"

Best Actress
Jessica Chastain, "Zero Dark Thirty"
Helen Hunt, "The Sessions"
Jennifer Lawrence, "Silver Linings Playbook"
Naomi Watts, "The Impossible"
Michelle Williams, "Take This Waltz"

Best Supporting Actor
Alan Arkin, "Argo"
Philip Seymour Hoffman, "The Master"
Matthew McConaughey, "Killer Joe"
Christopher Walken, "Seven Psychopaths"
Christoph Waltz, "Django Unchained"

Best Supporting Actress
Amy Adams, "The Master"
Samantha Barks, "Les Misérables"
Anne Hathaway, "Les Misérables"
Emma Watson, "The Perks of Being a Wallflower"
Rebel Wilson, "Pitch Perfect"

Best Adapted Screenplay
"Argo"
"Life of Pi"
"Lincoln"
"The Perks of Being a Wallflower"
"Silver Linings Playbook"

Best Original Screenplay
"The Cabin in the Woods"
"Django Unchained"
"The Master"
"Moonrise Kingdom"
"Take This Waltz"

Best Cinematography
"Beasts of the Southern Wild"
"Django Unchained"
"Les Misérables"
"Life of Pi"
"The Master"

Best Editing
"Argo"
"Killing Them Softly"
"Life of Pi"
"The Master"
"Zero Dark Thirty"

Best Production Design
"Anna Karenina"
"Argo"
"Cloud Atlas"
"Les Misérables"
"Moonrise Kingdom"

Best Score
"Argo"
"Beasts of the Southern Wild"
"Life of Pi"
"The Master"
"Moonrise Kingdom"

Best Animated Film
"Brave"
"Frankenweenie"
"ParaNorman"
"Rise of the Guardians"
"Wreck-It Ralph"

Best Foreign Language Film
"Amour"
"Headhunters"
"Holy Motors"
"The Intouchables"
"The Kid with a Bike"

Best Documentary
"Bully"
"The Invisible War"
"Jiro Dreams of Sushi"
"The Queen of Versailles"
"Samsara"

Best Ensemble Performance
"Argo"
"Django Unchained"
"Les Misérables"
"The Perks of Being a Wallflower"
"Silver Linings Playbook"

Kristopher Tapley
Editor-at-Large

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Kristopher Tapley has covered the film awards landscape for over a decade. He founded In Contention in 2005. His work has also appeared in The New York Times, The Times of London and Variety. He begs you not to take any of this too seriously.