Nominations for the 20th Annual Critics’ Choice Movie Awards

The Broadcast Film Critics Association (BFCA)–of which ComingSoon.net’s Edward Douglas is a member–announced their nominations for their 20th Annual Critics’ Choice Movie Awards, the winners of which will be announced on Thursday, January 15, 2015 from a ceremony at the Hollywood Palladium, hosted by Michael Strahan. The awards will be broadcast live on A&E for the first time, starting at 9 p.m. Eastern, 6 p.m. Pacific. 

Special awards will be given at the show to Kevin Costner, who will receive the  Lifetime Achievement Award, while Ron Howard will receive the Louis XIII Critics’ Choice Genius Award and Jessica Chastain, a Best Supporting Actress nominee for A Most Violent Year, will receive the newly-created Critics’ Choice MVP Award.

Below is the full list of nominations including a breakdown of awards per film:

BEST PICTURE

Birdman (Fox Searchlight)

Boyhood (IFC Films)

Gone Girl (20th Century Fox)

The Grand Budapest Hotel (Fox Searchlight)

The Imitation Game (The Weinstein Company)

Nightcrawler (Open Road)

Selma (Paramount Pictures)

The Theory of Everything (Focus Features) 

Unbroken (Universal Pictures)

Whiplash (Sony Pictures Classics)

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

Jean Liberher – 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 Gonzalez Inarritu – Birdman 

Angelina Jolie – Unbroken

Richard Linklater – Boyhood

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Birdman – Alejandro Inarritu, Nicolas Gabon, Armando Bo, Alexander Dinelaris – 

Boyhood – Richard Linklater

The Grand Budapest Hotel – Wes Anderson 

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 and Ethan coen, Richard LaGravenese

Wild – Nick Hornby

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY



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 Canner

Inherent Vice
– Mark Bridges

Into the Woods
 – Colleen Atwood

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 Six (Walt Disney Pictures)

The Book of Life (20th Century Fox)

The Boxtrolls (Focus Features)

How to Train a Dragon 2 (DreamWorks Animation)

The LEGO Movie (Warner Bros. Pictures)

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 – 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 (Fox Searchlight)

The Grand Budapest Hotel 
(Fox Searchlight)

St. Vincent (The Weinstein Company)

Top Five (Paramount Pictures)

22 Jump Street
(Sony)

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

Glenn 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 Planet – The Lego Movie

“Glory” – Common/John Legend – Selma

“Lost Stars” – Keira Knigthley – Begin Again

“Yellow Flicker Beat” – Lorde – The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1

BEST SCORE

Alexander Desplat – The Imitation Game
Johann Johannsoon – The Theory of Everything

Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross – Gone Girl
 Antonio Sanchez – Birdman
Hans Zimmer – Interstellar 
 
NOMINEES BY PICTURE FOR THE 20th ANNUAL CRITICS’ CHOICE MOVIE AWARDS

22 JUMP STREET (2)

1. Best Comedy

2. Best Actor in a Comedy – Channing Tatum

AMERICAN SNIPER (2)

1. Best Action Movie

2. Best Actor in an Action Movie – Bradley Cooper

ANNIE (1)

1. Best Young Actor/Actress – Quvenzhane Wallis

THE BABADOOK (2)

1. Best Young Actor/Actress – Noah Wiseman

2. Best Sci-fi/Horror Movie

BEGIN AGAIN (1)

1. Best Song – “Lost Stars” by Keira Knightley

BIG EYES (1)

1. Best Song – “Big Eyes” by Lana Del Rey

BIG HERO 6 (1)

1. Best Animated Feature

BIRDMAN (13)

1. Best Picture

2. Best Actor – Michael Keaton

3. Best Supporting Actor – Edward Norton

4. Best Supporting Actress – Emma Stone

5. Best Acting Ensemble

6. Best Director – Alejandro G. Inarritu

7. Best Original Screenplay – Alejandro G. Inarritu, Nicolas Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Jr., Armando Bo

8. Best Cinematography – Emmanuel Lubezki

9. Best Art Direction – Kevin Thompson/Production Designer, George DeTitta Jr./Set Decorator

10. Best Editing – Douglas Crise, Stephen Mirrione

11. Best Comedy

12. Best Actor in a Comedy – Michael Keaton

13. Best Score – Antonio Sanchez

THE BOOK OF LIFE (1)

1. Best Animated Feature

THE BOXTROLLS (1)

1. Best Animated Feature

BOYHOOD (8)

1. Best Picture

2. Best Supporting Actor – Ethan Hawke

3. Best Supporting Actress – Patricia Arquette

4. Best Young Actor/Actress – Ellar Coltrane

5. Best Acting Ensemble

6. Best Director – Richard Linklater

7. Best Original Screenplay – Richard Linklater

8. Best Editing – Sandra Adair

CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER (2)

1. Best Action Movie

2. Best Actor in an Action Movie – Chris Evans

CAKE (1)

1. Best Actress – Jennifer Aniston

CHEF (1)

1. Best Actor in a Comedy – Jon Favreau

CITIZENFOUR (1)

1. Best Documentary Feature

DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES (2)

1. Best Visual Effects

2. Best Sci-fi/Horror Movie

DIVERGENT (1)

1. Best Actress in an Action Movie – Shailene Woodley

EDGE OF TOMORROW (4)

1. Best Visual Effects

2. Best Action Movie

3. Best Actor in an Action Movie – Tom Cruise

4. Best Actress in an Action Movie – Emily Blunt

THE FAULT IN OUR STARS (1)

1. Best Young Actor/Actress – Ansel Elgort

FORCE MAJEURE (1)

1. Best Foreign Language Film

FOXCATCHER (2)

1. Best Supporting Actor – Mark Ruffalo

2. Best Hair & Makeup

FURY (2)

1. Best Action Movie

2. Best Actor in an Action Movie – Brad Pitt

GLEN CAMPBELL: I’LL BE ME (1)

1. Best Documentary Feature

GONE GIRL (6)

1. Best Picture

2. Best Actress – Rosamund Pike

3. Best Director – David Fincher

4. Best Adapted Screenplay – Gillian Flynn

5. Best Editing – Kirk Baxter

6. Best Score – Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross

THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL (11)

1. Best Picture

2. Best Actor – Ralph Fiennes

3. Best Young Actor/Actress – Tony Revolori

4. Best Acting Ensemble

5. Best Director – Wes Anderson

6. Best Original Screenplay – Wes Andreson, Hugo Guinness

7. Best Cinematography – Robert Yeoman

8. Best Art Direction – Adam Stockhausen/Production Designer, Anna Pinnock/Set Decorator

9. Best Costume Design – Milena Canonero

10. Best Comedy

11. Best Actor in a Comedy – Ralph Fiennes

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY (5)

1. Best Hair & Makeup

2. Best Visual Effects

3. Best Action Movie

4. Best Actor in an Action Movie – Chris Pratt

5. Best Actress in an Action Movie – Zoe Saldana

THE HOBBIT: THE BATTLE OF THE FIVE ARMIES (2)

1. Best Hair & Makeup

2. Best Visual Effects

HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2 (1)

1. Best Animated Feature

THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY PART 1 (2)

1. Best Actress in an Action Movie – Jennifer Lawrence

2. Best Song – “Yellow Flicker Beat” by Lorde

IDA (1)

1. Best Foreign Language Film

THE IMITATION GAME (6)

1. Best Picture

2. Best Actor – Benedict Cumberbatch

3. Best Supporting Actress – Keira Knightley

4. Best Acting Ensemble

5. Best Adapted Screenplay – Graham Moore

6. Best Score – Alexandre Desplat

INHERENT VICE (4)

1. Best Supporting Actor – Josh Brolin

2. Best Adapted Screenplay – Paul Thomas Anderson

3. Best Art Direction – David Crank/Production Designer, Amy Wells/Set Decorator

4. Best Costume Design – Mark Bridges

INTERSTELLAR (7)

1. Best Young Actor/Actress – Mackenzie Foy

2. Best Cinematography – Hoyte Van Hoytema

3. Best Art Direction – Nathan Crowley/Production Designer, Gary Fettis/Set Decorator

4. Best Editing – Lee Smith

5. Best Visual Effects

6. Best Sci-fi/Horror Movie

7. Best Score – Hans Zimmer

INTO THE WOODS (5)

1. Best Supporting Actress – Meryl Streep

2. Best Acting Ensemble

3. Best Art Direction – Dennis Gassner/Production Designer, Anna Pinnock/Set Decorator

4. Best Costume Design – Colleen Atwood

5. Best Hair & Makeup

JODOROWSKY’S DUNE (1)

1. Best Documentary Feature

THE JUDGE (1)

1. Best Supporting Actor – Robert Duvall

LAST DAYS IN VIETNAM (1)

1. Best Documentary Feature

THE LEGO MOVIE (2)

1. Best Animated Feature

2. Best Song – “Everything Is Awesome” by Jo Li and the Lonely Island

LEVIATHAN (1)

1. Best Foreign Language Film

LIFE ITSELF (1)

1. Best Documentary Feature

LUCY (1)

1. Best Actress in an Action Movie – Scarlett Johansson

MALEFICENT (2)

1. Best Costume Design – Anna B. Sheppard

2. Best Hair & Makeup

A MOST VIOLENT YEAR (1)

1. Best Supporting Actress – Jessica Chastain

MR. TURNER (2)

1. Best Cinematography – Dick Pope

2. Best Costume Design – Jacqueline Durran

NEIGHBORS (1)

1. Best Actress in a Comedy – Rose Byrne

NIGHTCRAWLER (3)

1. Best Picture

2. Best Actor – Jake Gyllenhaal

3. Best Original Screenplay – Dan Gilroy

OBVIOUS CHILD (1)

1. Best Actress in a Comedy – Jenny Slate

THE OVERNIGHTERS (1)

1. Best Documentary Feature

SELMA (5)

1. Best Picture

2. Best Actor – David Oyelowo

3. Best Acting Ensemble

4. Best Director – Ava DuVernay

5. Best Song – “Glory” by Common/John Legend

THE SKELETON TWINS (1)

1. Best Actress in a Comedy – Kristen Wiig

SNOWPIERCER (3)

1. Best Supporting Actress – Tilda Swinton

2. Best Art Direction – Ondrej Nekvasil/Production Designer, Beatrice Brentnerova/Set Decorator

3. Best Sci-fi/Horror Movie

ST. VINCENT (4)

1. Best Young Actor/Actress – Jaeden Lieberher

2. Best Comedy

3. Best Actor in a Comedy – Bill Murray

4. Best Actress in a Comedy – Melissa McCarthy

STILL ALICE (1)

1. Best Actress – Julianne Moore

THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING (5)

1. Best Picture

2. Best Actor – Eddie Redmayne

3. Best Actress – Felicity Jones

4. Best Adapted Screenplay – Anthony McCarten

5. Best Score – Johann Johannson

TOP FIVE (3)

1. Best Comedy

2. Best Actor in a Comedy – Chris Rock

3. Best Actress in a Comedy – Rosario Dawson

TWO DAYS, ONE NIGHT (2)

1. Best Actress – Marion Cotillard

2. Best Foreign Language Film

UNBROKEN (4)

1. Best Picture

2. Best Director – Angelina Jolie

3. Best Adapted Screenplay – Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, Richard LaGravenese, William Nicholson

4. Best Cinematography – Roger Deakins

UNDER THE SKIN (1)

1. Best Sci-fi/Horror Movie

WHIPLASH (4)

1. Best Picture

2. Best Supporting Actor – J.K. Simmons

3. Best Original Screenplay – Damien Chazelle

4. Best Editing – Tom Cross

WILD (2)

1. Best Actress – Reese Witherspoon

2. Best Adapted Screenplay – Nick Hornby

WILD TALES (1)

1. Best Foreign Language Film

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