Well folks, we’ve reached the final 2014 year in review post. It’s been a joy but I do eventually have to move on to talking about 2015 stuff! Anyways, I’m sure we’re all still in a tizzy about the Oscar nominations and what better way to channel that than into envisioning what might go on a ballot if I had one. You have already seen my top 10 films of the year and special awards and here’s the best of the rest.

Best Director

  1. Bennett Miller, Foxcatcher
  2. Jonathan Glazer, Under the Skin
  3. Daniel Ribeiro, The Way He Looks
  4. Richard Linklater, Boyhood
  5. Xavier Dolan, Mommy

Best Actor

  1. David Oyelowo, Selma
  2. Ghilherme Lobo, The Way He Looks
  3. Antoine-Olivier Pilon, Mommy
  4. Channing Tatum, Foxcatcher
  5. Jake Gyllenhaal, Nightcrawler

Best Actress

  1. Rosemund Pike, Gone Girl
  2. Emmy Rossum, Comet
  3. Tessa Thompson, Dear White People
  4. Ann Dorval, Mommy
  5. Rose Byrne, Neighbors

Best Supporting Actor

  1. Chris Pine, Into the Woods
  2. Shia Labeouf, Fury
  3. Andrew Scott, Pride
  4. Mark Ruffalo, Foxcatcher
  5. Fabio Audi, The Way He Looks

Best Supporting Actress

  1. Teyonah Parris, Dear White People
  2. Uma Thurman, Nymphomaniac Vol. 1
  3. Suzanne Clement, Mommy
  4. Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
  5. Carrie Coon, Gone Girl

Original Screenplay

  1. Foxcatcher
  2. Dear White People
  3. Boyhood
  4. Child’s Pose
  5. Mommy

Adapted Screenplay

  1. The Way He Looks
  2. Enemy
  3. Captain America: The Winter Soldier
  4. Under the Skin
  5. Guardians of the Galaxy

Film Editing

  1. Foxcatcher
  2. Boyhood
  3. Captain America: The Winter Soldier
  4. kink
  5. The Raid 2

Cinematography

  1. Interstellar
  2. The Raid 2
  3. Mommy
  4. Under the Skin
  5. Selma

Production Design

  1. Snowpiercer
  2. Space Station 76
  3. Guardians of the Galaxy
  4. Edge of Tomorrow
  5. The Babadook

Costume Design

  1. Guardians of the Galaxy
  2. Into the Woods
  3. Dear White People
  4. Pride
  5. Snowpiercer

Makeup

  1. Guardians of the Galaxy
  2. Unbroken
  3. Deliver Us from Evil
  4. Snowpiercer
  5. Mommy

Visual Effects

  1. Interstellar
  2. Under the Skin
  3. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
  4. Edge of Tomorrow
  5. The Signal

Sound Design

  1. Godzilla
  2. Under the Skin
  3. Captain America: The Winter Soldier
  4. Edge of Tomorrow
  5. Of Horses and Men

Original Score

  1. Interstellar
  2. Godzilla
  3. Under the Skin
  4. The Raid 2
  5. Begin Again

Original Song

  1. “The Boxtrolls Song” – The Boxtrolls
  2. “The Hanging Tree” – The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1
  3. “Glory” – Selma
  4. “Immortals” – Big Hero 6
  5. “For the Dancing and the Dreaming” – How to Train Your Dragon 2

Animated Feature

  1. Big Hero 6
  2. The Boxtrolls
  3. The Lego Movie
  4. How to Train Your Dragon 2
  5. The Book of Life

Foreign Language Film

  1. The Way He Looks
  2. Child’s Pose
  3. Mommy
  4. Of Horses and Men
  5. A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night

Documentary Feature

  1. kink
  2. Charlie Victor Romeo
  3. My Name is Salt
  4. La Bare
  5. Finding Vivian Maier