Oscars Winners & Nominations from Last Year's 2012 Academy Awards [FULL LIST]

In honor of the 'Flashback Friday' trend dominating social media scene today and the Academy Awards quickly approaching this Sunday, we've compiled a list of the winners who went home with an Oscar in hand last year, in 2012, and the honorable mentions who came close:

Best Picture: "The Artist"

"The Descendants","Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close", "Hugo","Midnight in Paris","The Help","Moneyball", "War Horse", "The Tree of Life"

Best Actor: Jean Dujardin, "The Artist"

Demian Bichir, "A Better Life"
George Clooney, "The Descendants"
Gary Oldman, "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy"
Brad Pitt, "Moneyball"

Best Actress: Meryl Streep, "The Iron Lady"

Glenn Close, "Albert Nobbs"
Viola Davis, "The Help"
Rooney Mara, "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo"
Michelle Williams, "My Week With Marilyn"

Best Supporting Actor: Christopher Plummer, "Beginners"

Kenneth Branagh, "My Week With Marilyn"
Jonah Hill, "Moneyball"
Nick Nolte, "Warrior"
Max Von Sydow, "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close"

Best Supporting Actress: Octavia Spencer, "The Help"

Berenice Bejo, "The Artist"
Jessica Chastain, "The Help"
Melissa McCarthy, "Bridesmaids"
Janet McTeer, "Albert Nobbs"
Octavia Spencer, "The Help"

Best Director: Michel Hazanavicius, "The Artist"
Woody Allen, "Midnight in Paris"
Terrence Malick, "The Tree of Life"
Alexander Payne, "The Descendants"
Martin Scorsese, "Hugo"

Best Adapted Screenplay: Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash, "The Descendants"
John Logan, "Hugo"
George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Beau Willimon, "The Ides of March"
Aaron Sorkin, Steven Zaillian, "Moneyball"
Bridget O'Connor, Peter Straughn, "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy"

Best Original Screenplay: Woody Allen, "Midnight in Paris"
JC Chandor, "Margin Call"
Asghar Farhadi, "A Separation"
Michel Hazanavicius, "The Artist"
Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo, "Bridesmaids"

Best Cinematography: Robert Richardson, "Hugo"

"The Artist"
"The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo"
"The Tree of Life"
"War Horse"

Best Art Direction: Dante Ferretti and Francesca Lo Schavo, "Hugo"

The Artist"
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2"
"Midnight in Paris"
"War Horse"

Best Costume Design: Mark Bridges, "The Artist"

"Anonymous"
"Hugo"
"Jane Eyre"
"W.E."

Best Makeup: Mark Coulier and J. Roy Helland, "The Iron Lady"

"Albert Nobbs"
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2"

Best Foreign Language Film: "A Separation" (Iran)

Bullhead (Belgium)
Footnote (Israel)
In Darkness (Poland)
Monsieur Lazhar (Canada)

Best Editing: Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall, "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo"
"The Artist"
"The Descendants"
"Hugo"
"Moneyball"

 Best Sound Editing: Phillip Stockton and Eugene Gearty, "Hugo"
"Drive"
"The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo"
"Transformers: Dark of the Moon"
"War Horse"

 Best Sound Mixing: Tom Fleischman and John Midgley, "Hugo"

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo"
"Moneyball"
"Transformers: Dark of the Moon"
"War Horse"

Best Documentary: "Undefeated"

Hell and Back Again"
"If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front"
"Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory"
"Pina"

Best Animated Feature: "Rango"

A Cat In Paris"
"Chico & Rita"
"Kung Fu Panda 2"
"Puss in Boots"

Best Visual Effects: "Hugo"

"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2"
"Real Steel"
"Rise of the Planet of the Apes"
"Transformers: Dark of the Moon"

Best Original Score: Ludovic Bource, "The Artist"

"The Adventures of Tintin," John Williams
"Hugo," Howard Shore
"Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy," Alberto Iglesias
"War Horse," John Williams

Best Original Song: Bret McKenzie, "Man or Muppet"
"Real in Rio," Rio; Music by Sergio Mendes and Carlinhos Brown, Lyric by Siedah Garrett

Best Live Action Short: "The Shore"

Pentecost"
"Raju"
"Time Freak"
"Tuba Atlantic"

Best Documentary Short: "Saving Face"

"The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement?"
"God Is the Bigger Elvis"
"Incident in New Baghdad"
"The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom"

Best Animated Short: "The Fantastic Flying Books Of Mr. Morris Lessmore"

Dimanche/Sunday
La Luna
A Morning Stroll
Wild Life

Now that we've reflected on the past, we can get ready and excited for the new winners on Sunday. When you're sitting there racking your brain about who was in the same position the year before, refer to this list!

Tune into the 85th Annual Academy Awards on February 24th at 8:30PM ET/7:30PM CT on ABC.

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