MUMBAI: Steven Spielberg‘s Lincoln has topped the nominees for the 85th Academy Awards with as many as 12 nominations including the best picture and director categories as well as best actor for Daniel Day-Lewis, best supporting actor for Tommy Lee Jones and best supporting actress for Sally Field.

Lincoln‘s 12 nominations were followed by Life of Pi‘s 11, while Silver Linings Playbook and Les Misérables followed with eight each.

In all, nine films were nominated for best motion picture of the yea. They include Cannes Palme d‘Or winner Amour, Ben Affleck‘s Argo, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Django Unchained, Les Misérables, Life of Pi, Silver Linings Playbook and Zero Dark Thirty.

Notable absentees from this year‘s nominees for best director were Bigelow, Tarantino, Hooper and Affleck.

In addition to Day-Lewis, other actors who were nominated in the ‘Best Actor‘ category were Bradley Cooper for Silver Linings Playbook, Hugh Jackman for Les Misérables, Joaquin Phoenix for The Master and Denzel Washington for Flight.

While in the Best Actress category, Jessica Chastain (Zero Dark Thirty), Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Linings Playbook), Emmanuelle Riva (Amour) and Naomi Watts (The Impossible) earned nominations in addition to Wallis.