Despite not being nominated for a Best Director Oscar earlier in the day, Ben Affleck won the Critics Choice Award for Best Director on Thursday night and his film "Argo" took home the coveted honor of Best Picture.

"I would like to thank the Academy...I'm kidding, I'm kidding this is the one that counts," Affleck joked when accepting his honor.

Other winners included Jennifer Lawrence, who won twice on Thursday night: Best Actor in a Comedy Movie and Best Actress in an Action Movie for her role as Katniss Everdeen in "The Hunger Games." Daniel Day-Lewis took home the honor for Best Actor and Anne Hathaway for Best Supporting Actress.

"Each and every day was filled with discovery and the joy of discovery...all of us were led by the fearless sherpas Tony Kushner and Steven Spielberg," Day-Lewis said upon receiving his award Thursday, thanking the film's screenwriter and director.

"Silver Linings Playbook," earned four awards throughout the night, including one for Best Comedy and another for Best Actor in a Comedy for Bradley Cooper. The film received eight Oscar nominations and Cooper is nominated in the Best Actor category alongside Day-Lewis, Denzel Washington, Hugh Jackman and Joaquin Phoenix.

The Critics Choice Awards, conducted by the Broadcast Film Critics Association, is said to be an indicator of Academy Awards selections.

See a full list of all the winners below.

BEST PICTURE
"Argo"

BEST ACTOR
Daniel Day-Lewis -- "Lincoln"

BEST ACTRESS
Jessica Chastain -- "Zero Dark Thirty"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Philip Seymour Hoffman -- "The Master"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Anne Hathaway "Les Misérables"

BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS
Quvenzhane Wallis -- "Beasts of the Southern Wild"

BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE
"Silver Linings Playbook"

BEST DIRECTOR
Ben Affleck -- "Argo"

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Quentin Tarantino -- "Django Unchained"

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Tony Kushner -- "Lincoln"

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
"Life of Pi" -- Claudio Miranda

BEST ART DIRECTION
"Anna Karenina" -- Sarah Greenwood/Production Designer, Katie Spencer/Set Decorator

BEST EDITING
"Zero Dark Thirty" -- William Goldenberg, Dylan Tichenor

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
"Anna Karenina"

BEST MAKEUP
"Cloud Atlas"

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
"Life of Pi"

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
"Wreck-It Ralph"

BEST ACTION MOVIE
"Skyfall"

BEST ACTOR IN AN ACTION MOVIE
Daniel Craig -- "Skyfall"

BEST ACTRESS IN AN ACTION MOVIE
Jennifer Lawrence -- "The Hunger Games"

BEST COMEDY
"Silver Linings Playbook"

BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY
Bradley Cooper -- "Silver Linings Playbook"

BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY
Jennifer Lawrence -- "Silver Linings Playbook"

BEST SCI-FI/HORROR MOVIE
"Looper"

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
"Amour"

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
"Searching for Sugar Man"

BEST SONG
"Skyfall" -- performed by Adele/written by Adele Adkins & Paul Epworth -- "Skyfall"

BEST SCORE
"Lincoln" -- John Williams

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