Restricting their nominations to 3 per category creates a shortlist of potential Oscar contenders that could be insightful into what critics want when it comes to Oscar recognition. While there are several films that could also have been included, we may be seeing the best case minimum scenario in several categories.

Nominations Tallies

(8) Birdman
(6) The Grand Budapest Hotel
(5) Boyhood
(4) Interstellar
(3) Gone Girl

The Nominations

Best Picture

Birdman
Boyhood
The Grand Budapest Hotel

Best Animated

Big Hero 6
How to Train Your Dragon 2
The Lego Movie

Best Director

Wes Anderson – The Grand Budapest Hotel
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu – Birdman
Richard Linklater – Boyhood

Best Actor

Jake Gyllenhaal – Nightcrawler
Michael Keaton – Birdman
Eddie Redmayne – The Theory of Everything

Best Actress

Julianne Moore – Still Alice
Rosamund Pike – Gone Girl
Reese Witherspoon – Wild

Best Supporting Actor

Edward Norton – Birdman
Mark Ruffalo – Foxcatcher
J.K. Simmons – Whiplash

Best Supporting Actress

Patricia Arquette – Boyhood
Jessica Chastain – A Most Violent Year
Emma Stone – Birdman

Best Original Screenplay

Birdman
Boyhood
The Grand Budapest Hotel

Best Adapted Screenplay

Gone Girl
Inherent Vice
The Theory of Everything

Best Score

Gone Girl
Interstellar
Under the Skin

Best Cinematography

Birdman
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Interstellar

Best Art Direction/Production Design

The Grand Budapest Hotel
Interstellar
Into the Woods

Best Visual Effects

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Guardians of the Galaxy
Interstellar

Best Foreign Language

Ida
Force Majeure
The Raid 2

Best Documentary

Citizenfour
Life Itself
Jodorowsky’s Dune

Best Ensemble

Birdman
Boyhood
The Grand Budapest Hotel

Best Breakout

Jennifer Kent – The Babadook
Damien Chazelle – Whiplash
Gugu Mbatha-Raw – Belle, Beyond the Lights

Florida Film Critics Circle Data

First Awards: 1997 (18)