This post signifies the start of my 2014 film awards! While the other day I lamented stuff I had to exclude this post is all about celebration, or in the case of my worst films of the year list, derision. Since I am a writer/podcast producer at Awards Circuit, the following choices will represent part 1 of the ballot I will turn in, so you can’t blame me if the choices turn out boring lol jk. Anyways, here’s my special film awards.

Ensemble

  1. Dear White People
  2. Top Five
  3. Captain America: The Winter Soldier
  4. Guardians of the Galaxy
  5. Of Horses and Men

Breakthrough Actor

  1. Tessa Thompson, Dear White People
  2. Ghilherme Lobo, The Way He Looks
  3. Jessica Gunning, Pride
  4. Carrie Coon, Gone Girl
  5. Josh Wiggins, Hellion

Breakthrough Director

  1. Ana Lily Amirpour, A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
  2. Daniel Ribeiro, The Way He Looks
  3. Justin Simien, Dear White People
  4. Christina Voros, kink
  5. Wes Ball, The Maze Runner

Body of Work

  1. Alexandre Desplat (Godzilla, The Monuments Men, The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Imitation Game, Unbroken)
  2. Channing Tatum (Foxcatcher, The LEGO Movie, 22 Jump Street)
  3. Eva Green (Sin City: A Dame to Kill For, White Bird in a Blizzard, 300: Rise of an Empire)
  4. Scarlett Johanssen (Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Lucy, Chef, Under the Skin)
  5. Jessica Chastain (A Most Violent Year, Interstellar, The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby)

Hybrid Works

  1. Bradley Cooper, Guardians of the Galaxy
  2. Andy Serkis, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
  3. Scott Adsit, Big Hero 6
  4. Elle Fanning, The Boxtrolls
  5. Chris Pratt, The LEGO Movie

Best Adapted Score/Soundtrack

  1. Boyhood
  2. Guardians of the Galaxy
  3. Top Five
  4. Selma
  5. A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night

WORST FILMS OF THE YEAR!

  1. The Legend of Hercules
  2. Hercules
  3. Occulus
  4. Life After Beth
  5. Transformers: Age of Extinction
  6. 300: Rise of An Empire
  7. Pompeii
  8. Need for Speed
  9. Transcendence
  10. Wild