• The Artist - Michel Hazanavicius.
• The Descendants - Max Payne.
• Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close - Stephen Daldry.
• The Help - Tate Taylor.
• Hugo - Martin Scorsese.
• Midnight In Paris - Woody Allen.
• Moneyball - Bennett Miller.
• The Tree Of Life - Terrence Malick.
• War Horse - Steven Spielberg.

My winner is "The Tree of Life" but due to my utopian choice, I'd pick "Midnight in Paris" as alternative. Unfortunately I was unable to find "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" and so I didn't watch it. But imho no one can be more beautiful or worth winning than The Tree of Life.