2015 Critics Choice Awards—Best of 2014
On January 15, 2015, the members of the Broadcast Film Critics Association (which includes our Rod Gustafson) had their say about the best movies released in 2014. The winners were announced at the Critics Choice Movie Awards (CCMAs).
These awards are decided by over 300 broadcast film critics in the US and Canada. Unlike many other awards handed out this time of year, the broadcast film critics have been watching virtually every wide release movie (and many lesser known films) for the past year, while other awards often focus on their area of interest or expertise. The CCMAs also often have a history of accurately predicting the Oscar nominations and winners (the announcement of the Oscar nominations also happens January 15, 2015—at 5:30 AM PST).
Here are the winners and the list of contending titles in each category:
NOMINATIONS FOR THE 20th ANNUAL CRITICS’ CHOICE MOVIE AWARDS
BEST PICTURE Winner: Boyhood
Other Nominees: Birdman Gone Girl The Grand Budapest Hotel The Imitation Game Nightcrawler Selma The Theory of Everything Unbroken
BEST ACTOR Winner: Michael Keaton – Birdman
Other Nominees: Benedict Cumberbatch – The Imitation Game Ralph Fiennes – The Grand Budapest Hotel Jake Gyllenhaal – Nightcrawler David Oyelowo – Selma Eddie Redmayne – The Theory of Everything
BEST ACTRESS Winner: Julianne Moore – Still Alice
Other Nominees: Jennifer Aniston – Cake Marion Cotillard – Two Days, One Night Felicity Jones – The Theory of Everything Rosamund Pike – Gone Girl Reese Witherspoon – Wild
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Winner: J.K. Simmons – Whiplash
Other Nominees: Josh Brolin – Inherent Vice Robert Duvall – The Judge Ethan Hawke – Boyhood Edward Norton – Birdman Mark Ruffalo – Foxcatcher
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Winner: Patricia Arquette – Boyhood
Other Nominees: 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 Winner: Ellar Coltrane – Boyhood
Other Nominees: 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 Winner: Birdman
Other Nominees: Boyhood The Grand Budapest Hotel The Imitation Game Into the Woods Selma
BEST DIRECTOR Winner: Richard Linklater – Boyhood
Other Nominees: Wes Anderson – The Grand Budapest Hotel Ava DuVernay – Selma David Fincher – Gone Girl Alejandro G. Inarritu – Birdman Angelina Jolie – Unbroken
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY Winner: Birdman – Alejandro G. Inarritu, Nicolas Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Jr., Armando Bo
Other Nominees: Boyhood – Richard Linklater The Grand Budapest Hotel– Wes Anderson, Hugo Guinness Nightcrawler – Dan Gilroy Whiplash– Damien Chazelle
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY Winner: Gone Girl– Gillian Flynn
Other Nominees: 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 Winner: Birdman – Emmanuel Lubezki
Other Nominees: The Grand Budapest Hotel– Robert Yeoman Interstellar – Hoyte Van Hoytema Mr. Turner – Dick Pope Unbroken – Roger Deakins
BEST ART DIRECTION Winner: The Grand Budapest Hotel– Adam Stockhausen/Production Designer, Anna Pinnock/Set Decorator
Other Nominees: Birdman – Kevin Thompson/Production Designer, George DeTitta Jr./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 Winner: Birdman – Douglas Crise, Stephen Mirrione
Other Nominees: Boyhood – Sandra Adair Gone Girl– Kirk Baxter Interstellar – Lee Smith Whiplash – Tom Cross
BEST COSTUME DESIGN Winner: The Grand Budapest Hotel– Milena Canonero
Other Nominees: Inherent Vice– Mark Bridges Into the Woods– Colleen Atwood Maleficent – Anna B. Sheppard Mr. Turner – Jacqueline Durran
BEST HAIR & MAKEUP Winner: Guardians of the Galaxy
Other Nominees: Foxcatcher The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies Into the Woods Maleficent
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS Winner: Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Other Nominees: Edge of Tomorrow Guardians of the Galaxy The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies Interstellar
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE Winner: The Lego Movie
Other Nominees: Big Hero 6 The Book of Life The Boxtrolls How to Train Your Dragon 2
BEST ACTION MOVIE Winner: Guardians of the Galaxy
Other Nominees: American Sniper Captain America: The Winter Soldier Edge of Tomorrow Fury
BEST ACTOR IN AN ACTION MOVIE Winner: Bradley Cooper – American Sniper
Other Nominees: 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 Winner: Emily Blunt – Edge of Tomorrow
Other Nominees: Scarlett Johansson – Lucy Jennifer Lawrence – The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 Zoe Saldana – Guardians of the Galaxy Shailene Woodley – Divergent
BEST COMEDY Winner: The Grand Budapest Hotel
Other Nominees: Birdman St. Vincent Top Five 22 Jump Street
BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY Winner: Michael Keaton –Birdman
Other Nominees: Jon Favreau – Chef Ralph Fiennes – The Grand Budapest Hotel Bill Murray – St. Vincent Chris Rock – Top Five Channing Tatum – 22 Jump Street
BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY Winner: Jenny Slate – Obvious Child
Other Nominees: Rose Byrne – Neighbors Rosario Dawson – Top Five Melissa McCarthy – St. Vincent Kristen Wiig – The Skeleton Twins
BEST SCI-FI/HORROR MOVIE Winner: Interstellar
Other Nominees: The Babadook Dawn of the Planet of the Apes Snowpiercer Under the Skin
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM Winner: Force Majeure
Other Nominees: Leviathan Two Days, One Night Wild Tales
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE Winner: Life Itself
Other Nominees: Citizenfour Glen Campbell: I’ll Be Me Jodorowsky’s Dune Last Days in Vietnam The Overnighters
BEST SONG Winner: Glory – Common/John Legend –Selma
Other Nominees: Big Eyes – Lana Del Rey – Big Eyes Everything Is Awesome – Jo Li and the Lonely Island – The Lego Movie Lost Stars – Keira Knightley – Begin Again Yellow Flicker Beat – Lorde – The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
BEST SCORE Winner: Antonio Sanchez –Birdman
Other Nominees: Alexandre Desplat – The Imitation Game Johann Johannsson – The Theory of Everything Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross – Gone Girl Hans Zimmer – Interstellar
