"Lincoln," "Django Unchained," "Life of Pi," "Zero Dark Thirty" and "Argo" are the nominees for Best Motion Picture, Drama at the Golden Globes, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced on Thursday.

In the Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical category, nominees are "Best Exotic Marigold Hotel," "Les Miserables," "Moonrise Kingdom," "Salmon Fishing in the Yemen" and "Silver Linings Playbook."

Steven Spielberg's "Lincoln" led all films with seven nominations, followed by "Argo" and "Django Unchained" with five and "Les Miserables," "Silver Linings Playbook" and "Zero Dark Thirty" with four.

The Weinstein Company led all distributors with 14 nominations. Sony Pictures Releasing had 12 (with Sony Pictures Classics scoring another three), Touchstone seven, Warner Bros. six and Fox Searchlight five.

Also read: Golden Globe Awards Nominations: The Complete List

"Django" was one of the last films screened for the HFPA, and came on surprisingly strong, with nods for picture, director, screenplay and two supporting actors, Christoph Waltz and Leonardo DiCaprio.

The scrappy independent film "Beasts of the Southern Wild" was shut out, while other notable omissions were Keira Knightley ("Anna Karenina") and Matthew McConaughey ("Magic Mike").

Acting nominees include Daniel Day-Lewis, Tommy Lee Jones and Sally Field ("Lincoln"), Joaquin Phoenix, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Amy Adams ("The Master"), John Hawkes and Helen Hunt ("The Sessions") and, in surprises of sorts, Richard Gere for "Arbitrage" and Rachel Weisz for "The Deep Blue Sea."

Another surprise, though it probably shouldn't be given the HFPA's longstanding fondness for big stars in bad movies: Nicole Kidman, who picked up a supporting-actress nod for the steamy potboiler "The Paperboy" a day after landing the same nomination from the Screen Actors Guild.

In the comedy acting categories, Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper won nods for "Silver Linings Playbook," as did Jack Black for "Bernie," Hugh Jackman for "Les Miz" and Bill Murray for "Hyde Park on Hudson."

"Salmon Fishing in the Yemen" was a surprising nominee in the musical or comedy actor (Ewan McGregor), musical/comedy actress (Emily Bunt) and musical or comedy picture categories.

The best director category, perhaps, was an all-drama affair, leaving out "Les Miz" director Tom Hooper and "Silver Linings Playbook" director David O. Russell in favor of Spielberg, Ben Affleck ("Argo"), Ang Lee ("Life of Pi"), Kathryn Bigelow ("Zero Dark Thirty") and Quentin Tarantino ("Django Unchained").

Disney/Pixar dominated the animated-feature category, scoring three of the five nominees with Pixar's "Brave" and Disney's "Frankenweenie" and "Wreck-It Ralph." The other two were Sony Pictures Animation's "Hotel Transylvania" and DreamWorks Animation's "Rise of the Guardians."

The Globes film nominees:

BEST MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA

ARGO

DJANGO UNCHAINED

LIFE OF PI

LINCOLN

ZERO DARK THIRTY

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA

JESSICA CHASTAIN ZERO DARK THIRTY

MARION COTILLARD RUST AND BONE

HELEN MIRREN HITCHCOCK

NAOMI WATTS THE IMPOSSIBLE

RACHEL WEISZ THE DEEP BLUE SEA

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA

DANIEL DAY-LEWIS LINCOLN

RICHARD GERE ARBITRAGE

JOHN HAWKES THE SESSIONS

JOAQUIN PHOENIX THE MASTER

DENZEL WASHINGTON FLIGHT

BEST MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL

THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL

LES MISERABLES

MOONRISE KINGDOM

SALMON FISHING IN THE YEMEN

SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL

EMILY BLUNT SALMON FISHING IN THE YEMEN

JUDI DENCH THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL

JENNIFER LAWRENCE SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK

MAGGIE SMITH QUARTET

MERYL STREEP HOPE SPRINGS

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL

JACK BLACK BERNIE

BRADLEY COOPER SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK

HUGH JACKMAN LES MISERABLES

EWAN MCGREGOR SALMON FISHING IN THE YEMEN

BILL MURRAY HYDE PARK ON HUDSON

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

BRAVE

FRANKENWEENIE

HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA

RISE OF THE GUARDIANS

WRECK-IT RALPH

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

AMOUR (AUSTRIA)

A ROYAL AFFAIR (DENMARK)

THE INTOUCHABLES (FRANCE)

KON-TIKI (NORWAY/UK/DENMARK)

RUST AND BONE (FRANCE)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE

AMY ADAMS THE MASTER

SALLY FIELD LINCOLN

ANNE HATHAWAY LES MISERABLES

HELEN HUNT THE SESSIONS

NICOLE KIDMAN THE PAPERBOY

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE

ALAN ARKIN ARGO

LEONARDO DICAPRIO DJANGO UNCHAINED

PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN THE MASTER

TOMMY LEE JONES LINCOLN

CHRISTOPH WALTZ DJANGO UNCHAINED

BEST DIRECTOR – MOTION PICTURE

BEN AFFLECK ARGO

KATHRYN BIGELOW ZERO DARK THIRTY

ANG LEE LIFE OF PI

STEVEN SPIELBERG LINCOLN

QUENTIN TARANTINO DJANGO UNCHAINED

BEST SCREENPLAY – MOTION PICTURE

MARK BOAL ZERO DARK THIRTY

TONY KUSHNER LINCOLN

DAVID O. RUSSELL SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK

QUENTIN TARANTINO DJANGO UNCHAINED

CHRIS TERRIO ARGO

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE – MOTION PICTURE

MYCHAEL DANNA LIFE OF PI

ALEXANDRE DESPLAT ARGO

DARIO MARIANELLI ANNA KARENINA

TOM TYKWER, JOHNNY KLIMEK, REINHOLD HEIL CLOUD ATLAS

JOHN WILLIAMS LINCOLN

BEST ORIGINAL SONG – MOTION PICTURE

"FOR YOU" — ACT OF VALOR

"NOT RUNNING ANYMORE" — STAND UP GUYS

"SAFE & SOUND" — THE HUNGER GAMES

"SKYFALL" — SKYFALL

"SUDDENLY" — LES MISERABLES

