Critics' Awards

Critics Choice Awards Nominations:

BEST PICTURE
Birdman
Boyhood
Gone Girl
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Nightcrawler
Selma
The Theory of Everything
Unbroken
Whiplash

BEST ACTOR
Benedict Cumberbatch – The Imitation Game
Ralph Fiennes – The Grand Budapest Hotel
Jake Gyllenhaal – Nightcrawler
Michael Keaton – Birdman
David Oyelowo – Selma
Eddie Redmayne – The Theory of Everything

BEST ACTRESS
Jennifer Aniston – Cake
Marion Cotillard – Two Days, One Night
Felicity Jones – The Theory of Everything
Julianne Moore – Still Alice
Rosamund Pike – Gone Girl
Reese Witherspoon – Wild

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Josh Brolin – Inherent Vice
Robert Duvall – The Judge
Ethan Hawke – Boyhood
Edward Norton – Birdman
Mark Ruffalo – Foxcatcher
J.K. Simmons – Whiplash

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Patricia Arquette – Boyhood
Jessica Chastain – A Most Violent Year
Keira Knightley – The Imitation Game
Emma Stone – Birdman
Meryl Streep – Into the Woods
Tilda Swinton – Snowpiercer

BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS
Ellar Coltrane – Boyhood
Ansel Elgort – The Fault in Our Stars
Mackenzie Foy – Interstellar
Jaeden Lieberher – St. Vincent
Tony Revolori – The Grand Budapest Hotel
Quvenzhane Wallis – Annie
Noah Wiseman – The Babadook

BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE
Birdman
Boyhood
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Into the Woods
Selma

BEST DIRECTOR
Wes Anderson – The Grand Budapest Hotel
Ava DuVernay – Selma
David Fincher – Gone Girl
Alejandro G. Inarritu – Birdman
Angelina Jolie – Unbroken
Richard Linklater – Boyhood

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Birdman – Alejandro G. Inarritu, Nicolas Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Jr., Armando Bo
Boyhood – Richard Linklater
The Grand Budapest Hotel – Wes Anderson, Hugo Guinness
Nightcrawler – Dan Gilroy
Whiplash – Damien Chazelle

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Gone Girl – Gillian Flynn
The Imitation Game – Graham Moore
Inherent Vice – Paul Thomas Anderson
The Theory of Everything – Anthony McCarten
Unbroken – Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, Richard LaGravenese, William Nicholson
Wild – Nick Hornby

BEST CINEMATOGRAPY 
Birdman – Emmanuel Lubezki
The Grand Budapest Hotel – Robert Yeoman
Interstellar – Hoyte Van Hoytema
Mr. Turner – Dick Pope
Unbroken – Roger Deakins

BEST ART DIRECTION
Birdman – Kevin Thompson/Production Designer, George DeTitta Jr./Set Decorator
The Grand Budapest Hotel – Adam Stockhausen/Production Designer, Anna Pinnock/Set Decorator
Inherent Vice – David Crank/Production Designer, Amy Wells/Set Decorator
Interstellar – Nathan Crowley/Production Designer, Gary Fettis/Set Decorator
Into the Woods – Dennis Gassner/Production Designer, Anna Pinnock/Set Decorator
Snowpiercer – Ondrej Nekvasil/Production Designer, Beatrice Brentnerova/Set Decorator

BEST EDITING
Birdman – Douglas Crise, Stephen Mirrione
Boyhood – Sandra Adair
Gone Girl – Kirk Baxter
Interstellar – Lee Smith
Whiplash – Tom Cross

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
The Grand Budapest Hotel – Milena Canonero
Inherent Vice – Mark Bridges
Into the Woods – Colleen Atwood
Maleficent – Anna B. Sheppard
Mr. Turner – Jacqueline Durran

BEST HAIR & MAKEUP
Foxcatcher
Guardians of the Galaxy
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Into the Woods
Maleficent

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Edge of Tomorrow
Guardians of the Galaxy
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Interstellar

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Big Hero 6
The Book of Life
The Boxtrolls
How to Train Your Dragon 2
The Lego Movie

BEST ACTION MOVIE
American Sniper
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Edge of Tomorrow
Fury
Guardians of the Galaxy

BEST ACTOR IN AN ACTION MOVIE
Bradley Cooper – American Sniper
Tom Cruise – Edge of Tomorrow
Chris Evans – Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Brad Pitt – Fury
Chris Pratt – Guardians of the Galaxy

BEST ACTRESS IN AN ACTION MOVIE
Emily Blunt – Edge of Tomorrow
Scarlett Johansson – Lucy
Jennifer Lawrence – The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
Zoe Saldana – Guardians of the Galaxy
Shailene Woodley – Divergent

BEST COMEDY
Birdman
The Grand Budapest Hotel
St. Vincent
Top Five
22 Jump Street

BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY
Jon Favreau – Chef
Ralph Fiennes – The Grand Budapest Hotel
Michael Keaton – Birdman
Bill Murray – St. Vincent
Chris Rock – Top Five
Channing Tatum – 22 Jump Street

BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY
Rose Byrne – Neighbors
Rosario Dawson – Top Five
Melissa McCarthy – St. Vincent
Jenny Slate – Obvious Child
Kristen Wiig – The Skeleton Twins

BEST SCI-FI/HORROR MOVIE
The Babadook
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Interstellar
Snowpiercer
Under the Skin

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Force Majeure
Ida
Leviathan
Two Days, One Night
Wild Tales

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Citizenfour
Glen Campbell: I’ll Be Me
Jodorowsky’s Dune
Last Days in Vietnam
Life Itself
The Overnighters

BEST SONG
Big Eyes – Lana Del Rey – Big Eyes
Everything Is Awesome – Jo Li and the Lonely Island – The Lego Movie
Glory – Common/John Legend – Selma
Lost Stars – Keira Knightley – Begin Again
Yellow Flicker Beat – Lorde – The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1

BEST SCORE
Alexandre Desplat – The Imitation Game
Johann Johannsson – The Theory of Everything
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross – Gone Girl
Antonio Sanchez – Birdman
Hans Zimmer – Interstellar

National Society of Film Critics Awards
Best Film-
1. Goodbye to Language (25 Votes)
2. Boyhood (24)
3. Birdman and Mr. Turner (10 Votes Each)

Best Director-
1. Boyhood - Richard Linklater (36)
2. Goodbye to Language- Jean-Luc Godard (17)
3. Mr. Turner - Mike Leigh (12)

Best Actor
1. Mr. Turner- Timothy Spall (31)
2. Locke - Tom Hardy (10)
3. The Grand Budapest Hotel - Ralph Fiennes and Inherent Vice - Joaquin Phoenix (9)

Best Actress
1. The Immigrant and Two Days, One Night - Marion Cotillard (80)
2. Still Alice- Julianne Moore (35)
3. Lucy and Under the Skin - Scarlett Johansson (21)

Best Supporting Actor
1. Whiplash- J.K. Simmons (24)
2. Foxcathcer- Mark Ruffalo (21)
3. Birdman - Ed Norton (16)

Best Supporting Actress
1. Boyhood - Patricia Arquette (26)
2. Ida- Agata Kulesza (18)
3. Nightcrawler- Rene Russo (9)

Best Screenplay
1. The Grand Budapest Hotel- Wes Anderson (24)
2. Birman- Alejandro G. Iñarritu, Alexander Dinelaris Jr., Armando Bo and Inherent Vice- Paul Thomas Anderson (15)

Best Nonfiction Film
1. Citizenfour (56)
2. National Gallery (19)
3. The Overnighters (17)

Best Cinematography
1. Mr. Turner - Dick Pope (33)
2. The Immigrant- Darius Khondji (27)
3. Goodbye to Language- Fabrice Aragno (9)


Los Angeles Film Critics Awards:
Best Film- Boyhood (Runner-up: The Grand Budapest Hotel)
Best Director- Richard Linklater (Boyhood) Runner-up: Wes Anderson for The Grand Budapest Hotel)
Best Actor- Tom Hardy (Locke) (Runner-up: Michael Keaton for Birdman)
Best Actress- Patricia Arquette (Boyhood) (Runner-up: Julianne Moore for Still Alice)
Best Supporting Actor- J.K. Simmons (Whiplash) (Runner-up: Edward Norton for Birdman)
Best Supporting Actress- Agata Kulesza (Ida) (Runner-up: Rene Russo for Nightcrawler)
Best Screenplay-Wes Anderson (The Grand Budapest Hotel) (Runner-up: The writers of Birdman)
Best Cinematography- Emmanuel Lubezki (Birdman) (Runner-up: Dick Pope for Mr. Turner)
Best Production Design: Adam Stockhausen (The Grand Budapest Hotel) (Runner-up: Ondrej Nekvasil for Snowpiercer)
Best Editing- Sandra Adair (Boyhood) (Runner-up: Barney Pilling for The Grand Budapest Hotel)
Best Musical Score- Johnny Greenwood (Inherent Vice) and Mica Levi (Under the Skin) TIE
Best Foreign Film- Ida (Runner-up: Winter's Sleep)
Best Documentary/Nonfiction Film- Citizenfour (Runner-up: Life Itself)
Best Animated Film- The Tale of Princess Kayuga (Runner-up: The LEGO Movie)
The Douglas Edwards Experimental/Independent Film/Video Award: The David Whiting Story
Special Award- Selma
Career Achievement- Gena Rowlands


National Board of Review Awards:
Best Film- A Most Violent Year
Best Director- American Sniper (Clint Eastwood)
Best Actor- A Most Violent Year (Oscar Issac) and Birdman (Michael Keaton)
Best Actress- Still Alice (Julianne Moore)
Best Supporting Actor- Birdman (Edward Norton)
Best Supporting Actress- A Most Violent Year (Jessica Chastain)
Best Original Screenplay- The Lego Movie
Best Adapted Screenplay- Inherent Vice
Best Animated Film- How to Train Your Dragon 2
Best Documentary- Life Itself
Best Foreign Film- Wild Tales
Best Ensemble- Fury
Best Directoral Debut- Obvious Child (Gillian Robespierre)
Breakthrough Performance- Jack O'Connell (from Starred Up and Unbroken)

Top 10 Films of the Year:
A Most Violent Year
American Sniper
Birdman
Boyhood
Fury
Gone Girl
The Imitation Game
Inherent Vice
The Lego Movie
Nightcrawler
Unbroken

Top 5 Foreign Language Movies:
Force Majeure
Gett: The Trial of Vivian Amsalem
Leviathan
Two Days, One Night
We Are the Best!

Top 5 Documentaries:
Art and Craft
Jodorowsky's Dune
Keep on Keepin' On
The Kill Team
Last Days in Vietnam

New York Film Critics Circle Awards:

Best Film- Boyhood
Best Director- Boyhood- Richard Linklater

Best Actor- Timothy Spall for Mr. Turner 

Best Actress- Marion Cotillard for The Immigrant and Two Days, One Night 

Best Supporting Actor- J.K. Simmons for Whiplash

Best Supporting Actress- Patricia Arquette for Boyhood

Best  Screenplay- The Grand Budapest Hotel - Wes Anderson

Best Nonfiction Film- Citizenfour

Best Foreign Film- Ida

Best Animated Film- The Lego Movie



AFI TOP 11
American Sniper
Birdman
Boyhood
Foxcatcher
The Imitation Game
Interstellar
Into the Woods
Nightcrawler
Selma
Unbroken
Whiplash