Dalam sebuah susunan acara yang dimulai dengan Inception memenangkan empat penghargaan dari kategori teknis, dan The Social Network memenangkan beberapa penghargaan lain dan membuat film tersebut terlihat seperti memiliki kesempatan untuk memenangkan penghargaan utama, film yang paling banyak dijagokan untuk menang pada ajang The 83^rd Annual Academy Awards, The King’s Speech, ternyata berhasil mewujudkan impian tersebut. The King’s Speech bahkan berhasil memenangkan tiga kategori lainnya, termasuk memberikan kemenangan bagi sutradara Tom Hooper di kategori Best Achievement in Directing dan menyisihkan David Fincher (The Social Network) yang banyak diprediksi masih akan dapat memenangkan kategori tersebut walaupun filmnya harus mengalah di kategori Best Picture.

Untuk kategori akting, semua unggulan mampu memenangkan setiap kategori dimana mereka dinominasikan: Colin Firth (The King’s Speech) memenangkan Best Actor in a Leading Role, Natalie Portman (Black Swan) memenangkan Best Actress in a Leading Role, Christian Bale (The Fighter) memenangkan Best Actor in a Supporting Role dan Melissa Leo (The Fighter) memenangkan Best Actress in a Supporting Role. Selain The King's Speech, film lain yang memenangkan lebih dari satu kategori termasuk Inception, The Social Network, The Fighter Alice in Wonderland dan Toy Story 3.

Berikut daftar lengkap pemenang The 83rd Annual Academy Awards.

• Best Picture : The King's Speech

• Best Achievement in Directing : Tom Hooper – The King's Speech

• Best Actor in a Leading Role : Colin Firth – The King's Speech as King George VI

• Best Actress in a Leading Role : Natalie Portman – Black Swan as Nina Sayers

• Best Actor in a Supporting Role : Christian Bale – The Fighter as Dicky Eklund

• Best Actress in a Supporting Role : Melissa Leo – The Fighter as Alice Ward

• Best Original Screenplay : The King's Speech – David Seidler

• Best Adapted Screenplay : The Social Network – Aaron Sorkin from The Accidental Billionaires by Ben Mezrich

• Best Animated Feature Film : Toy Story 3 – Lee Unkrich

• Best Foreign Language Film : In a Better World (Denmark) in Danish, Swedish and English – Susanne Bier

• Best Documentary Feature : Inside Job – Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs

• Best Documentary Short Subject : Strangers No More – Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon

• Best Live Action Short Film : God of Love – Luke Matheny

• Best Animated Short Film : The Lost Thing – Andrew Ruhemann and Shaun Tan

• Best Original Score : The Social Network – Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross

• Best Original Song : "We Belong Together" from Toy Story 3 – Randy Newman

• Best Sound Editing : Inception – Richard King

• Best Sound Mixing : Inception – Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo and Ed Novick

• Best Art Direction : Alice in Wonderland – Art Direction: Robert Stromberg; Set Decoration: Karen O'Hara

• Best Cinematography : Inception – Wally Pfister

• Best Makeup : The Wolfman – Rick Baker and Dave Elsey

• Best Costume Design : Alice in Wonderland – Colleen Atwood

• Best Film Editing : The Social Network – Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter

• Best Visual Effects : Inception – Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb