Critics’ Choice Movie Awards Announces 2015 Nominees

Best Actress Nominee Reese Witherspoon; image: WENN

The critics have spoken. This morning, the Broadcast Film Critics Association announced its picks for the 2015 Critics’ Choice Movie Awards. Several names that have already turned up in the SAG and Golden Globes nominations also made the cut for this list. Favorites like Birdman, Boyhood, The Grand Budapest Hotel and The Theory of Everything received nods in several categories. 

The awards are set to air January 15 on A&E, and football player cum TV personality Michael Strahan will host the show. Below, the full list of nominees. 

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
• Quvenzhané 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. Iñárritu – Birdman
• Angelina Jolie – Unbroken
• Richard Linklater – Boyhood

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

• Birdman – Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Jr. and 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 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 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

[via Critics’ Choice Movie Awards]