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CRITICS CHOICE AWARDS

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    Critics Choice Award

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    Best Picture

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Boyhood

      7.9 (377K)
    • [object Object]

      Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

      7.7 (686K)
    • [object Object]

      Gone Girl

      8.1 (1.1M)
    • [object Object]

      The Grand Budapest Hotel

      8.1 (937K)
    • [object Object]

      The Imitation Game

      8.0 (860K)
    • [object Object]

      Nightcrawler

      7.8 (645K)
    • [object Object]

      Selma

      7.5 (98K)
    • [object Object]

      The Theory of Everything

      7.7 (501K)
    • [object Object]

      Unbroken

      7.2 (193K)
    • [object Object]

      Whiplash

      8.5 (1.1M)

    Best Actor

    • Michael Keaton
      Winner
      • Michael Keaton
      • Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
    • Benedict Cumberbatch at an event for The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)
      • Benedict Cumberbatch
      • The Imitation Game
    • Ralph Fiennes at an event for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010)
      • Ralph Fiennes
      • The Grand Budapest Hotel
    • Jake Gyllenhaal
      • Jake Gyllenhaal
      • Nightcrawler
    • David Oyelowo
      • David Oyelowo
      • Selma
    • Eddie Redmayne
      • Eddie Redmayne
      • The Theory of Everything

    Best Actor in a Comedy Movie

    • Michael Keaton
      Winner
      • Michael Keaton
      • Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
    • Jon Favreau
      • Jon Favreau
      • Chef
    • Ralph Fiennes at an event for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010)
      • Ralph Fiennes
      • The Grand Budapest Hotel
    • Bill Murray at an event for Broken Flowers (2005)
      • Bill Murray
      • St. Vincent
    • Chris Rock at an event for Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted (2012)
      • Chris Rock
      • Top Five
    • Channing Tatum
      • Channing Tatum
      • 22 Jump Street

    Best Actor in an Action Movie

    • Bradley Cooper
      Winner
      • Bradley Cooper
      • American Sniper
    • Tom Cruise at an event for Top Gun: Maverick (2022)
      • Tom Cruise
      • Edge of Tomorrow
    • Chris Evans
      • Chris Evans
      • Captain America: The Winter Soldier
    • Brad Pitt
      • Brad Pitt
      • Fury
    • Chris Pratt
      • Chris Pratt
      • Guardians of the Galaxy

    Best Young Actor/Actress

    • Ellar Coltrane at an event for Boyhood (2014)
      Winner
      • Ellar Coltrane
      • Boyhood
    • Ansel Elgort
      • Ansel Elgort
      • The Fault in Our Stars
    • Mackenzie Foy
      • Mackenzie Foy
      • Interstellar
    • Jaeden Martell at an event for Knives Out (2019)
      • Jaeden Martell
      • St. Vincent
    • Tony Revolori
      • Tony Revolori
      • The Grand Budapest Hotel
    • Quvenzhané Wallis
      • Quvenzhané Wallis
      • Annie
    • Noah Wiseman in The Babadook (2014)
      • Noah Wiseman
      • The Babadook

    Best Actress

    • Julianne Moore
      Winner
      • Julianne Moore
      • Still Alice
    • Jennifer Aniston
      • Jennifer Aniston
      • Cake
    • Marion Cotillard
      • Marion Cotillard
      • Two Days, One Night
    • Felicity Jones at an event for The Oscars (2015)
      • Felicity Jones
      • The Theory of Everything
    • Rosamund Pike at an event for Hostiles (2017)
      • Rosamund Pike
      • Gone Girl
    • Reese Witherspoon
      • Reese Witherspoon
      • Wild

    Best Actress in a Comedy Movie

    • Jenny Slate at an event for 30th Annual Film Independent Spirit Awards (2015)
      Winner
      • Jenny Slate
      • Obvious Child
    • Rose Byrne
      • Rose Byrne
      • Neighbors
    • Rosario Dawson
      • Rosario Dawson
      • Top Five
    • Melissa McCarthy
      • Melissa McCarthy
      • St. Vincent
    • Kristen Wiig at an event for Sausage Party: Foodtopia (2024)
      • Kristen Wiig
      • The Skeleton Twins

    Best Actress in an Action Movie

    • Emily Blunt at an event for Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (2011)
      Winner
      • Emily Blunt
      • Edge of Tomorrow
    • Scarlett Johansson
      • Scarlett Johansson
      • Lucy
    • Jennifer Lawrence at an event for Passengers (2016)
      • Jennifer Lawrence
      • The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
    • Zoe Saldaña
      • Zoe Saldaña
      • Guardians of the Galaxy
    • Shailene Woodley in To Catch a Killer (2023)
      • Shailene Woodley
      • Divergent

    Best Supporting Actor

    • J.K. Simmons
      Winner
      • J.K. Simmons
      • Whiplash
    • Josh Brolin
      • Josh Brolin
      • Inherent Vice
    • Robert Duvall at an event for Four Christmases (2008)
      • Robert Duvall
      • The Judge
    • Ethan Hawke at an event for One Last Thing... (2005)
      • Ethan Hawke
      • Boyhood
    • Edward Norton at an event for The Kids Are All Right (2010)
      • Edward Norton
      • Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
    • Mark Ruffalo
      • Mark Ruffalo
      • Foxcatcher

    Best Supporting Actress

    • Patricia Arquette at an event for Scream 4 (2011)
      Winner
      • Patricia Arquette
      • Boyhood
    • Jessica Chastain at an event for Zero Dark Thirty (2012)
      • Jessica Chastain
      • A Most Violent Year
    • Keira Knightley at an event for Anna Karenina (2012)
      • Keira Knightley
      • The Imitation Game
    • Emma Stone at an event for Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014)
      • Emma Stone
      • Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
    • Meryl Streep
      • Meryl Streep
      • Into the Woods
    • Tilda Swinton at an event for I Am Love (2009)
      • Tilda Swinton
      • Snowpiercer

    Best Director

    • Richard Linklater at an event for Me and Orson Welles (2008)
      Winner
      • Richard Linklater
      • Boyhood
    • Wes Anderson
      • Wes Anderson
      • The Grand Budapest Hotel
    • Ava DuVernay at an event for 30th Annual Film Independent Spirit Awards (2015)
      • Ava DuVernay
      • Selma
    • David Fincher
      • David Fincher
      • Gone Girl
    • Alejandro G. Iñárritu
      • Alejandro G. Iñárritu
      • Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
    • Angelina Jolie
      • Angelina Jolie
      • Unbroken

    Best Original Screenplay

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

      7.7 (686K)
      Alejandro G. Iñárritu
      Nicolás Giacobone
      Alexander Dinelaris
      Armando Bo
    • [object Object]

      Boyhood

      7.9 (377K)
      Richard Linklater
    • [object Object]

      The Grand Budapest Hotel

      8.1 (937K)
      Wes Anderson
      Hugo Guinness
    • [object Object]

      Nightcrawler

      7.8 (645K)
      Dan Gilroy
    • [object Object]

      Whiplash

      8.5 (1.1M)
      Damien Chazelle

    Best Adapted Screenplay

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Gone Girl

      8.1 (1.1M)
      Gillian Flynn
    • [object Object]

      The Imitation Game

      8.0 (860K)
      Graham Moore
    • [object Object]

      Inherent Vice

      6.6 (115K)
      Paul Thomas Anderson
    • [object Object]

      The Theory of Everything

      7.7 (501K)
      Anthony McCarten
    • [object Object]

      Unbroken

      7.2 (193K)
      Joel Coen
      Ethan Coen
      Richard LaGravenese
      William Nicholson
    • [object Object]

      Wild

      7.1 (144K)
      Nick Hornby

    Best Cinematography

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

      7.7 (686K)
      Emmanuel Lubezki
    • [object Object]

      The Grand Budapest Hotel

      8.1 (937K)
      Robert D. Yeoman
    • [object Object]

      Interstellar

      8.7 (2.4M)
      Hoyte van Hoytema
    • [object Object]

      Mr. Turner

      6.8 (28K)
      Dick Pope
    • [object Object]

      Unbroken

      7.2 (193K)
      Roger Deakins

    Best Art Direction

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Grand Budapest Hotel

      8.1 (937K)
      Adam Stockhausen(production designer)
      Anna Pinnock(set decorator)
    • [object Object]

      Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

      7.7 (686K)
      Kevin Thompson(production designer)
      George DeTitta Jr.(set decorator)
    • [object Object]

      Inherent Vice

      6.6 (115K)
      David Crank(production designer)
      Amy Wells(set decorator)
    • [object Object]

      Interstellar

      8.7 (2.4M)
      Nathan Crowley(production designer)
      Gary Fettis(set decorator)
    • [object Object]

      Into the Woods

      5.9 (152K)
      Dennis Gassner(production designer)
      Anna Pinnock(set decorator)
    • [object Object]

      Snowpiercer

      7.1 (410K)
      Ondrej Nekvasil(production designer)
      Beatrice Brentnerova(set decorator)

    Best Costume Design

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Grand Budapest Hotel

      8.1 (937K)
      Milena Canonero
    • [object Object]

      Inherent Vice

      6.6 (115K)
      Mark Bridges
    • [object Object]

      Into the Woods

      5.9 (152K)
      Colleen Atwood
    • [object Object]

      Maleficent

      6.9 (417K)
      Anna B. Sheppard
    • [object Object]

      Mr. Turner

      6.8 (28K)
      Jacqueline Durran

    Best Editing

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

      7.7 (686K)
      Douglas Crise
      Stephen Mirrione
    • [object Object]

      Boyhood

      7.9 (377K)
      Sandra Adair
    • [object Object]

      Gone Girl

      8.1 (1.1M)
      Kirk Baxter
    • [object Object]

      Interstellar

      8.7 (2.4M)
      Lee Smith
    • [object Object]

      Whiplash

      8.5 (1.1M)
      Tom Cross

    Best Visual Effects

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

      7.6 (503K)
    • [object Object]

      Edge of Tomorrow

      7.9 (782K)
    • [object Object]

      Guardians of the Galaxy

      8.0 (1.3M)
    • [object Object]

      The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

      7.4 (602K)
    • [object Object]

      Interstellar

      8.7 (2.4M)

    Best Hair & Makeup

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Guardians of the Galaxy

      8.0 (1.3M)
    • [object Object]

      Foxcatcher

      7.0 (153K)
    • [object Object]

      The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

      7.4 (602K)
    • [object Object]

      Into the Woods

      5.9 (152K)
    • [object Object]

      Maleficent

      6.9 (417K)

    Best Song

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Selma

      7.5 (98K)
      Common
      John Legend
      Song: "Glory"
    • [object Object]

      Big Eyes

      7.0 (103K)
      Lana Del Rey
      Song: "Big Eyes"
    • [object Object]

      The Lego Movie

      7.7 (406K)
      Jo Li
      The Lonely Island
      Song: "Everything Is Awesome"
    • [object Object]

      Begin Again

      7.4 (173K)
      Keira Knightley
      Song: "Lost Stars"
    • [object Object]

      The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1

      6.6 (530K)
      Lorde
      Song: "Yellow Flicker Beat"

    Best Score

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

      7.7 (686K)
      Antonio Sanchez
    • [object Object]

      The Imitation Game

      8.0 (860K)
      Alexandre Desplat
    • [object Object]

      The Theory of Everything

      7.7 (501K)
      Jóhann Jóhannsson
    • [object Object]

      Gone Girl

      8.1 (1.1M)
      Trent Reznor
      Atticus Ross
    • [object Object]

      Interstellar

      8.7 (2.4M)
      Hans Zimmer

    Best Documentary Feature

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Life Itself

      7.8 (17K)
    • [object Object]

      Citizenfour

      8.0 (59K)
    • [object Object]

      Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me

      7.9 (1.8K)
    • [object Object]

      Jodorowsky's Dune

      8.0 (29K)
    • [object Object]

      Last Days in Vietnam

      7.6 (4.2K)
    • [object Object]

      The Overnighters

      7.4 (2.6K)

    Best Foreign Language Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Force Majeure

      7.2 (71K)
    • [object Object]

      Ida

      7.4 (62K)
    • [object Object]

      Leviathan

      7.6 (59K)
    • [object Object]

      Two Days, One Night

      7.3 (52K)
    • [object Object]

      Wild Tales

      8.1 (231K)

    Best Animated Feature

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Lego Movie

      7.7 (406K)
    • [object Object]

      Big Hero 6

      7.8 (536K)
    • [object Object]

      The Book of Life

      7.2 (82K)
    • [object Object]

      The Boxtrolls

      6.8 (64K)
    • [object Object]

      How to Train Your Dragon 2

      7.8 (389K)

    Best Acting Ensemble

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

      7.7 (686K)
    • [object Object]

      Boyhood

      7.9 (377K)
    • [object Object]

      The Imitation Game

      8.0 (860K)
    • [object Object]

      The Grand Budapest Hotel

      8.1 (937K)
    • [object Object]

      Into the Woods

      5.9 (152K)
    • [object Object]

      Selma

      7.5 (98K)

    Best Action Movie

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Guardians of the Galaxy

      8.0 (1.3M)
    • [object Object]

      American Sniper

      7.3 (556K)
    • [object Object]

      Captain America: The Winter Soldier

      7.7 (946K)
    • [object Object]

      Edge of Tomorrow

      7.9 (782K)
    • [object Object]

      Fury

      7.6 (587K)

    Best Comedy Movie

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Grand Budapest Hotel

      8.1 (937K)
    • [object Object]

      Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

      7.7 (686K)
    • [object Object]

      St. Vincent

      7.2 (112K)
    • [object Object]

      Top Five

      6.4 (28K)
    • [object Object]

      22 Jump Street

      7.0 (427K)

    Best Sci-Fi/Horror Movie

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Interstellar

      8.7 (2.4M)
    • [object Object]

      The Babadook

      6.8 (263K)
    • [object Object]

      Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

      7.6 (503K)
    • [object Object]

      Snowpiercer

      7.1 (410K)
    • [object Object]

      Under the Skin

      6.3 (166K)

    Lifetime Achievement Award

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    • Kevin Costner in Rumor Has It... (2005)
      Winner
      • Kevin Costner

    Critics' Choice Louis XIII Genius Award

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    • Ron Howard at an event for Return to Mayberry (1986)
      Winner
      • Ron Howard

    Critics' Choice MVP Award

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    • Albert Brooks, Alessandro Nivola, David Oyelowo, Oscar Isaac, and Jessica Chastain in A Most Violent Year (2014)
      Winners
      • A Most Violent Year
      • Interstellar
      • Miss Julie
      • The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them
      • The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her
      • The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him
      Jessica Chastain

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