Lincoln gets leading 12 Oscar nominations

This publicity film image released by DreamWorks and Twentieth Century Fox shows Daniel Day-Lewis portraying Abraham Lincoln in the film "Lincoln." Picture: AP Photo/DreamWorks/Twentieth Century Fox/David James/File

US presidential drama Lincoln led the pack of Oscar nominees with 12 nominations including a nod for best picture, in the race for the world’s top film honours.

Joining Lincoln in the competition for the best movie Oscar were eight films, including shipwreck tale Life of Pi with 11 nods, musical Les Miserables, Iran hostage drama Argo, French drama Amour, Osama bin laden thriller Zero Dark Thirty, comedy Silver Linings Playbook, Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained, and mythological indie film Beasts of the Southern Wild.

The Oscars are given out by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and this year’s winners will be named at a ceremony in Hollywood on February 26.

- Reuters