full size Matthew McConaughey in Magic Mike, Out June 29, 2012
Credit: © 2012 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. (via Comingsoon.net)

All right, all right, all right! Sometimes a ripped torso and a solid pelvic thrust can win you an award. Remember that next time, Tommy Lee Jones.

The National Society of Film Critics, a group of 60 major critics from around the U.S., met Saturday in New York City to choose its best movies and performances of 2012. Here’s the list of winners and runners-up, as posted by E! Online:

BEST ACTOR
1. Daniel Day Lewis, Lincoln
2. Denis Lavant, Holy Motors
2. Joaquin Phoenix, The Master

BEST ACTRESS
1. Emmanuelle Riva, Amour
2. Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook
3. Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
1. Matthew McConaughey, Magic Mike
2. Tommy Lee Jones, Lincoln
3. Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Master

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
1. Amy Adams, The Master
2. Sally Field, Lincoln
3. Anne Hathaway, Les Misérables

BEST PICTURE
1. Amour
2. The Master
3. Zero Dark Thirty

BEST DIRECTOR
1. Michael Haneke, Amour
2. Kathryn Bigelow, Zero Dark Thirty
2. Paul Thomas Anderson, The Master

BEST DOCUMENTARY
1. The Gatekeepers
2. This Is Not a Film
3. Searching for Sugar Man

BEST SCREENPLAY
1. Lincoln, Tony Kushner
2. The Master, P.T. Anderson
3. Silver Linings Playbook, David O. Russell

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
1. The Master, Mihai Malaimare, Jr.
2. Skyfall, Roger Deakins
3. Zero Dark Thirty, Greig Fraser

Sources: E! Online, NY Daily News