Best Movies of 2012: 'Life of Pi' Wins Loss Vegas Critics; 'Zero Dark Thirty' Losing Momentum

The Las Vegas Film Critics announced that Life of Pi is the Best film of the Year. The film came as a surprise after Zero Dark Thirty had swept the majority of the critic's circles thus far.

Life of Pi picked up 6 awards with Las Vegas including Best Director and Best Cinematography. The win is the consecutive loss for Zero Dark Thirty after Argo won San Diego earlier.

Daniel Day-Lewis continued his winning streak with Jennifer Lawrence winning her second best actress award. Tommy Lee Jones looks like he is the frontrunner to win the Oscar in the Best Supporting Actor race after his Las Vegas victory and Anne Hathaway continued winning awards.

Las Vegas included Zero Dark Thirty, Lincoln, The Impossible, Argo, Silver Linings Playbook, Moonrise Kingdom, Les Miserables, Beasts of the Southern Wild and The Master in its top ten films of 2012.

Previous winners at the Las Vegas Film Critics include The Artist, The Social Network, The Hurt Locker, Frost/Nixon, No Country for Old Men and The Departed.

Best Picture: "Life of Pi"

Best Actor: Daniel Day Lewis, "Lincoln"

Best Actress: Jennifer Lawrence, "Silver Linings Playbook"

Best Supporting Actor: Tommy Lee Jones, "Lincoln"

Best Supporting Actress: Anne Hathaway, "Les Miserables"

Best Director: Ang Lee, "Life of Pi"

Best Screenplay: Rian Johnson, "Looper"

Best Cinematography: Claudio Miranda, "Life of Pi"

Best Film Editing: William Goldenberg and Dylan Tichenor, "Zero Dark Thirty"

Best Costume Design: Jacqueline Durran, "Anna Karenina"

Best Art Direction: Alex Cameron, "Prometheus"

Best Visual Effects: "Life of Pi"

Best Score: Mychael Danna, "Life of Pi"

Best Song: "Skyfall"

Best Documentary: "Bully"

Best Animated Film: "Paranorman"

Best Foreign Film: "Amour" (Germany)

Youth in Film: Suraj Sharma, "Life of Pi"

Breakout Filmmaker of the Year: Benh Zeitlin, "Beasts of the Southern Wild"

Best DVD (Packaging, Design and Content): "Hitchcock Collection - Masterpiece Collection" (Blu-Ray)

William Holden Lifetime Achievement Award: Alan Arkin

LVFCS Top 10 Films of 2012

1. Life of Pi

2. Zero Dark Thirty

3. Argo

4. Silver Lining Playbook

5. Lincoln

6. Moonrise Kingdom

7. The Impossible

8. Les Miserables

9. Beasts of the Southern Wild

10. The Master