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
- Bennett Miller, Foxcatcher
- Jonathan Glazer, Under the Skin
- Daniel Ribeiro, The Way He Looks
- Richard Linklater, Boyhood
- Xavier Dolan, Mommy
Best Actor
- David Oyelowo, Selma
- Ghilherme Lobo, The Way He Looks
- Antoine-Olivier Pilon, Mommy
- Channing Tatum, Foxcatcher
- Jake Gyllenhaal, Nightcrawler
Best Actress
- Rosemund Pike, Gone Girl
- Emmy Rossum, Comet
- Tessa Thompson, Dear White People
- Ann Dorval, Mommy
- Rose Byrne, Neighbors
Best Supporting Actor
- Chris Pine, Into the Woods
- Shia Labeouf, Fury
- Andrew Scott, Pride
- Mark Ruffalo, Foxcatcher
- Fabio Audi, The Way He Looks
Best Supporting Actress
- Teyonah Parris, Dear White People
- Uma Thurman, Nymphomaniac Vol. 1
- Suzanne Clement, Mommy
- Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
- Carrie Coon, Gone Girl
Original Screenplay
- Foxcatcher
- Dear White People
- Boyhood
- Child’s Pose
- Mommy
Adapted Screenplay
- The Way He Looks
- Enemy
- Captain America: The Winter Soldier
- Under the Skin
- Guardians of the Galaxy
Film Editing
- Foxcatcher
- Boyhood
- Captain America: The Winter Soldier
- kink
- The Raid 2
Cinematography
- Interstellar
- The Raid 2
- Mommy
- Under the Skin
- Selma
Production Design
- Snowpiercer
- Space Station 76
- Guardians of the Galaxy
- Edge of Tomorrow
- The Babadook
Costume Design
- Guardians of the Galaxy
- Into the Woods
- Dear White People
- Pride
- Snowpiercer
Makeup
- Guardians of the Galaxy
- Unbroken
- Deliver Us from Evil
- Snowpiercer
- Mommy
Visual Effects
- Interstellar
- Under the Skin
- Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
- Edge of Tomorrow
- The Signal
Sound Design
- Godzilla
- Under the Skin
- Captain America: The Winter Soldier
- Edge of Tomorrow
- Of Horses and Men
Original Score
- Interstellar
- Godzilla
- Under the Skin
- The Raid 2
- Begin Again
Original Song
- “The Boxtrolls Song” – The Boxtrolls
- “The Hanging Tree” – The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1
- “Glory” – Selma
- “Immortals” – Big Hero 6
- “For the Dancing and the Dreaming” – How to Train Your Dragon 2
Animated Feature
- Big Hero 6
- The Boxtrolls
- The Lego Movie
- How to Train Your Dragon 2
- The Book of Life
Foreign Language Film
- The Way He Looks
- Child’s Pose
- Mommy
- Of Horses and Men
- A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
Documentary Feature
- kink
- Charlie Victor Romeo
- My Name is Salt
- La Bare
- Finding Vivian Maier