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Indiewire Critics' Poll

    • 2020s
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    • 2000s
    • 2019201820172016201520142013201220112010

    ICP Award

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    Best Cinematography

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

      7.7 (676K)
      Emmanuel Lubezki
    • [object Object]

      Mr. Turner

      6.8 (28K)
      Dick Pope
      2nd place.
    • [object Object]

      The Grand Budapest Hotel

      8.1 (909K)
      Robert D. Yeoman
      3rd place.
    • [object Object]

      The Immigrant

      6.6 (34K)
      Darius Khondji
      4th place.
    • [object Object]

      Under the Skin

      6.3 (162K)
      Daniel Landin
      5th place.
    • [object Object]

      Ida

      7.4 (61K)
      Ryszard Lenczewski
      Lukasz Zal
      6th place.
    • [object Object]

      Goodbye to Language

      5.8 (6.4K)
      Fabrice Aragno
      7th place.
    • [object Object]

      Inherent Vice

      6.6 (113K)
      Robert Elswit
      8th place.
    • [object Object]

      Interstellar

      8.7 (2.2M)
      Hoyte Van Hoytema
      9th place.
    • [object Object]

      Selma

      7.5 (97K)
      Bradford Young
      10th place.

    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
      2nd place.
    • Alejandro G. Iñárritu
      • Alejandro G. Iñárritu
      • Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
      3rd place.
    • Jonathan Glazer at an event for Birth (2004)
      • Jonathan Glazer
      • Under the Skin
      4th place.
    • Jean-Luc Godard
      • Jean-Luc Godard
      • Goodbye to Language
      5th place.
    • Ava DuVernay at an event for 30th Annual Film Independent Spirit Awards (2015)
      • Ava DuVernay
      • Selma
      6th place.
    • Paul Thomas Anderson
      • Paul Thomas Anderson
      • Inherent Vice
      7th place.
    • David Fincher
      • David Fincher
      • Gone Girl
      8th place.
    • Damien Chazelle at an event for Whiplash (2014)
      • Damien Chazelle
      • Whiplash
      9th place.
    • Pawel Pawlikowski
      • Pawel Pawlikowski
      • Ida
      10th place.

    Best Documentary

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Citizenfour

      8.0 (59K)
      Laura Poitras
    • [object Object]

      Life Itself

      7.8 (16K)
      Steve James
      2nd place.
    • [object Object]

      The Overnighters

      7.4 (2.6K)
      Jesse Moss
      3rd place.
    • [object Object]

      Manakamana

      6.4 (786)
      Stephanie Spray
      Pacho Velez
      4th place.
    • [object Object]

      Actress

      6.1 (457)
      Robert Greene
      5th place.
    • [object Object]

      National Gallery

      7.3 (1.7K)
      Frederick Wiseman
      6th place.
    • [object Object]

      Jodorowsky's Dune

      8.0 (28K)
      Frank Pavich
      7th place.
    • [object Object]

      The Missing Picture

      7.3 (3.6K)
      Rithy Panh
      8th place.
    • [object Object]

      Finding Vivian Maier

      7.7 (15K)
      John Maloof
      Charlie Siskel
      9th place.
    • [object Object]

      Tales of the Grim Sleeper

      7.0 (3.3K)
      Nick Broomfield
      10th place.

    Best Editing

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Boyhood

      7.9 (372K)
      Sandra Adair
    • [object Object]

      Whiplash

      8.5 (1M)
      Tom Cross
      2nd place.
    • [object Object]

      Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

      7.7 (676K)
      Stephen Mirrione
      Douglas Crise
      3rd place.
    • [object Object]

      The Grand Budapest Hotel

      8.1 (909K)
      Barney Pilling
      4th place.
    • [object Object]

      Gone Girl

      8.1 (1.1M)
      Kirk Baxter
      5th place.
    • [object Object]

      Under the Skin

      6.3 (162K)
      Paul Watts
      6th place.
    • [object Object]

      Goodbye to Language

      5.8 (6.4K)
      Jean-Luc Godard
      7th place.
    • [object Object]

      Edge of Tomorrow

      7.9 (759K)
      James Herbert
      Laura Jennings
      8th place.
    • [object Object]

      Snowpiercer

      7.1 (398K)
      Steve M. Choe
      Kim Chang-ju
      9th place.
    • [object Object]

      Inherent Vice

      6.6 (113K)
      Leslie Jones
      10th place.

    Best Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Boyhood

      7.9 (372K)
    • [object Object]

      Under the Skin

      6.3 (162K)
      2nd place.
    • [object Object]

      The Grand Budapest Hotel

      8.1 (909K)
      3rd place.
    • [object Object]

      Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

      7.7 (676K)
      4th place
    • [object Object]

      Inherent Vice

      6.6 (113K)
      5th place.
    • [object Object]

      Goodbye to Language

      5.8 (6.4K)
      6th place.
    • [object Object]

      Ida

      7.4 (61K)
      7th place.
    • [object Object]

      Whiplash

      8.5 (1M)
      8th place.
    • [object Object]

      Only Lovers Left Alive

      7.2 (110K)
      9th place.
    • [object Object]

      Selma

      7.5 (97K)
      10th place.

    Best First Feature

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Babadook

      6.8 (256K)
      Jennifer Kent
    • [object Object]

      Nightcrawler

      7.8 (623K)
      Dan Gilroy
      2nd place.
    • [object Object]

      A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night

      6.9 (40K)
      Ana Lily Amirpour
      3rd place.
    • [object Object]

      Obvious Child

      6.7 (27K)
      Gillian Robespierre
      4th place.
    • [object Object]

      Dear White People

      6.2 (27K)
      Justin Simien
      5th place.
    • [object Object]

      The Strange Little Cat

      6.6 (1.1K)
      Ramon Zürcher
      6th place.
    • [object Object]

      It Felt Like Love

      5.8 (3K)
      Eliza Hittman
      7th place.
    • [object Object]

      Manakamana

      6.4 (786)
      Stephanie Spray
      Pacho Velez
      8th place.
    • [object Object]

      John Wick

      7.4 (762K)
      Chad Stahelski
      David Leitch
      9th place.
    • [object Object]

      Coherence

      7.2 (154K)
      James Ward Byrkit
      10th place.

    Best Lead Actor

    • Ralph Fiennes at an event for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010)
      Winner
      • Ralph Fiennes
      • The Grand Budapest Hotel
    • Jake Gyllenhaal
      • Jake Gyllenhaal
      • Nightcrawler
      2nd place.
    • Michael Keaton
      • Michael Keaton
      • Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
      3rd place.
    • Timothy Spall
      • Timothy Spall
      • Mr. Turner
      4th place.
    • Joaquin Phoenix
      • Joaquin Phoenix
      • Inherent Vice
      5th place.
    • David Oyelowo
      • David Oyelowo
      • Selma
      6th place.
    • Eddie Redmayne
      • Eddie Redmayne
      • The Theory of Everything
      7th place.
    • Tom Hardy
      • Tom Hardy
      • Locke
      8th place.
    • Jack O'Connell
      • Jack O'Connell
      • Starred Up
      9th place.
    • Benedict Cumberbatch at an event for The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)
      • Benedict Cumberbatch
      • The Imitation Game
      10th place.

    Best Lead Actress

    • Marion Cotillard
      Winner
      • Marion Cotillard
      • Two Days, One Night
    • Scarlett Johansson
      • Scarlett Johansson
      • Under the Skin
      2nd place.
    • Rosamund Pike at an event for Hostiles (2017)
      • Rosamund Pike
      • Gone Girl
      3rd place.
    • Essie Davis
      • Essie Davis
      • The Babadook
      4th place.
    • Marion Cotillard
      • Marion Cotillard
      • The Immigrant
      5th place.
    • Julianne Moore
      • Julianne Moore
      • Still Alice
      6th place.
    • Reese Witherspoon
      • Reese Witherspoon
      • Wild
      7th place.
    • Tilda Swinton at an event for I Am Love (2009)
      • Tilda Swinton
      • Only Lovers Left Alive
      8th place.
    • Jenny Slate
      • Jenny Slate
      • Obvious Child
      9th place.
    • Anne Dorval in The Parent Family (2008)
      • Anne Dorval
      • Mommy
      10th place.

    Best Original Score or Soundtrack

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Under the Skin

      6.3 (162K)
      Mica Levi
    • [object Object]

      The Grand Budapest Hotel

      8.1 (909K)
      Alexandre Desplat
      2nd place.
    • [object Object]

      Inherent Vice

      6.6 (113K)
      Jonny Greenwood
      3rd place.
    • [object Object]

      Gone Girl

      8.1 (1.1M)
      Trent Reznor
      Atticus Ross
      4th place.
    • [object Object]

      Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

      7.7 (676K)
      Antonio Sanchez
      5th place.
    • [object Object]

      Interstellar

      8.7 (2.2M)
      Hans Zimmer
      6th place.
    • [object Object]

      Whiplash

      8.5 (1M)
      Justin Hurwitz
      7th place.
    • [object Object]

      Only Lovers Left Alive

      7.2 (110K)
      Jim Jarmusch
      Carter Logan
      Shane Stoneback
      Jozef van Wissem
      8th place.
    • [object Object]

      Boyhood

      7.9 (372K)
      9th place.
    • [object Object]

      Guardians of the Galaxy

      8.0 (1.3M)
      Tyler Bates
      10th place.

    Best Screenplay

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Grand Budapest Hotel

      8.1 (909K)
      Wes Anderson
      Hugo Guinness
    • [object Object]

      Boyhood

      7.9 (372K)
      Richard Linklater
      2nd place
    • [object Object]

      Inherent Vice

      6.6 (113K)
      Paul Thomas Anderson
      3rd place.
    • [object Object]

      Listen Up Philip

      6.3 (7.1K)
      Alex Ross Perry
      4th place.
    • [object Object]

      Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

      7.7 (676K)
      Alejandro G. Iñárritu
      Alexander Dinelaris
      Nicolás Giacobone
      Armando Bo
      5th place.
    • [object Object]

      Gone Girl

      8.1 (1.1M)
      Gillian Flynn
      6th place.
    • [object Object]

      Whiplash

      8.5 (1M)
      Damien Chazelle
      7th place.
    • [object Object]

      Force Majeure

      7.2 (69K)
      Ruben Östlund
      8th place.
    • [object Object]

      Nightcrawler

      7.8 (623K)
      Dan Gilroy
      9th place.
    • [object Object]

      Calvary

      7.4 (65K)
      John Michael McDonagh
      10th place.

    Best Supporting Actor

    • J.K. Simmons
      Winner
      • J.K. Simmons
      • Whiplash
    • Edward Norton at an event for The Kids Are All Right (2010)
      • Edward Norton
      • Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
      2nd place.
    • Ethan Hawke at an event for One Last Thing... (2005)
      • Ethan Hawke
      • Boyhood
      3rd place.
    • Josh Brolin
      • Josh Brolin
      • Inherent Vice
      4th place.
    • Mark Ruffalo
      • Mark Ruffalo
      • Foxcatcher
      5th place.
    • Jonathan Pryce
      • Jonathan Pryce
      • Listen Up Philip
      6th place.
    • Tyler Perry at an event for Madea's Big Happy Family (2011)
      • Tyler Perry
      • Gone Girl
      7th place.
    • Riz Ahmed
      • Riz Ahmed
      • Nightcrawler
      8th place.
    • Patrick d'Assumçao
      • Patrick d'Assumçao
      • Stranger by the Lake
      9th place.
    • Steve Carell at an event for Beautiful Boy (2018)
      • Steve Carell
      • Foxcatcher
      10th place.

    Best Supporting Actress

    • Patricia Arquette at an event for Scream 4 (2011)
      Winner
      • Patricia Arquette
      • Boyhood
    • Tilda Swinton at an event for I Am Love (2009)
      • Tilda Swinton
      • Snowpiercer
      2nd place.
    • Elisabeth Moss
      • Elisabeth Moss
      • Listen Up Philip
      3rd place.
    • Emma Stone at an event for Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014)
      • Emma Stone
      • Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
      4th place.
    • Agata Kulesza
      • Agata Kulesza
      • Ida
      5th place.
    • Carrie Coon
      • Carrie Coon
      • Gone Girl
      6th place.
    • Jessica Chastain at an event for Zero Dark Thirty (2012)
      • Jessica Chastain
      • A Most Violent Year
      7th place.
    • Katherine Waterston at an event for Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)
      • Katherine Waterston
      • Inherent Vice
      8th place.
    • Rene Russo
      • Rene Russo
      • Nightcrawler
      9th place.
    • Laura Dern
      • Laura Dern
      • Wild
      10th place.

    Best Undistributed Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Hill of Freedom

      6.9 (1.5K)
      Hong Sang-soo
    • [object Object]

      Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons

      6.7 (14K)
      Stephen Chow
      Chi-Kin Kwok
      2nd place.
    • [object Object]

      The Wonders

      6.1 (358)
      Alice Rohrwacher
      3rd place.
    • [object Object]

      From What Is Before

      7.6 (867)
      Lav Diaz
      4th place.
    • [object Object]

      Blind

      6.8 (9.2K)
      Eskil Vogt
      5th place.
    • [object Object]

      Approaching the Elephant

      7.1 (264)
      Amanda Wilder
      6th place.
    • [object Object]

      The Kindergarten Teacher

      6.6 (1.4K)
      Nadav Lapid
      7th place.
    • [object Object]

      Pasolini

      5.9 (4.7K)
      Abel Ferrara
      8th place.
    • [object Object]

      The Keeping Room

      6.0 (7.7K)
      Daniel Barber
      9th place.
    • [object Object]

      Stray Dog

      6.5 (280)
      Debra Granik
      10th place.

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