The Online Film & Television Association have announced their 18th Annual slate of the best of the year. Founded to recognize excellence, the small but dedicated group always has interesting choices, even if some of them are modestly questionable. 12 Years a Slave becomes only the fifth non-musical film in the group’s history to secure more than 15 nominations, tying The Aviator at 4th place with 17 nominations behind Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon‘s 18, Titanic‘s 19 and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King‘s record-holding 20 nominations (for a non-musical film).

Several Oscar nominees failed to make the cut while other Oscar contenders that didn’t show up on Oscar Morning made an appearance here. Voting begins tomorrow with winners announced on Sunday, February 9, 2014.

Nominations Tallies

(17) 12 Years a Slave
(12) Nebraska
(11) Gravity
(9) American Hustle, Captain Phillips
(8) Her, Inside Llewyn Davis
(7) Blue Is the Warmest Color, The Wolf of Wall Street
(6) The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
(5) Frozen
(4) Dallas Buyers Club, Rush
(3) Blue Jasmine, The Great Gatsby, Philomena, Saving Mr. Banks

The Nominations

Best Picture

12 Years a Slave
American Hustle
Before Midnight
Blue Is the Warmest Color
Captain Phillips
Gravity
Her
Inside Llewyn Davis
Nebraska
The Wolf of Wall Street

Best Animated Feature

Despicable Me 2
Ernest and Celestine
Frozen
Monsters University
The Wind Rises

Best Director

Alfonso Cuaron – Gravity
Spike Jonze – Her
Steve McQueen – 12 Years a Slave
Alexander Payne – Nebraska
David O. Russell – American Hustle

Best Actor

Bruce Dern – Nebraska
Leonardo DiCaprio – The Wolf of Wall Street
Chiwetel Ejiofor – 12 Years a Slave
Tom Hanks – Captain Phillips
Matthew McConaughey – Dallas Buyers Club

Best Actress

Cate Blanchett – Blue Jasmine
Sandra Bullock – Gravity
Judi Dench – Philomena
Adele Exarchopoulos – Blue Is the Warmest Color
Emma Thompson – Saving Mr. Banks

Best Supporting Actor

Barkhad Abdi – Captain Phillips
Daniel Bruhl – Rush
Michael Fassbender – 12 Years a Slave
Will Forte – Nebraska
Jared Leto – Dallas Buyers Club

Best Supporting Actress

Sally Hawkins – Blue Jasmine
Jennifer Lawrence – American Hustle
Lupita Nyong’o – 12 Years a Slave
Lea Seydoux – Blue Is the Warmest Color
June Squibb – Nebraska

Best Original Screenplay

American Hustle
Blue Jasmine
Her
Inside Llewyn Davis
Nebraska

Best Adapted Screenplay

12 Years a Slave
Before Midnight
Captain Phillips
Philomena
The Wolf of Wall Street

Best Original Score

12 Years a Slave
Gravity
Her
Nebraska
Philomena

Best Original Song

Happy – Despicable Me 2
Let It Go – Frozen
The Moon Song – Her
Please, Mr. Kennedy – Inside Llewyn Davis
Young and Beautiful – The Great Gatsby

Best Editing

12 Years a Slave
American Hustle
Captain Phillips
Gravity
The Wolf of Wall Street

Best Cinematography

12 Years a Slave
Gravity
Her
Inside Llewyn Davis
Prisoners

Best Production Design

12 Years a Slave
Gravity
The Great Gatsby
Her
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

Best Costume Design

12 Years a Slave
American Hustle
The Great Gatsby
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Saving Mr. Banks

Best Makeup & Hairstyling

12 Years a Slave
American Hustle
Dallas Buyers Club
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Rush

Best Sound

12 Years a Slave
Captain Phillips
Gravity
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Inside Llewyn Davis

Best Sound Effects

Captain Phillips
Gravity
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Pacific Rim
Rush

Best Visual Effects

Gravity
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Iron Man 3
Pacific Rim
Star Trek: Into Darkness

Best Foreign Language Film

Blue Is the Warmest Color
The Grandmaster
The Great Beauty
The Hunt
The Wind Rises

Best Documentary Feature

The Act of Killing
The Armstrong Lie
Blackfish
Stories We Tell
We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks

Best Youth Performance

Elyes Aguis – The Past
Adele Exarchopoulos – Blue Is the Warmest Color
Liam James – The Way, Way Back
Sophie Nelisse – The Book Thief
Tye Sheridan – Mud

Best Breakthrough Performance: Male

Barkhad Abdi – Captain Phillips
Daniel Bruhl – Rush
Will Forte – Nebraska
Oscar Isaac – Inside Llewyn Davis
Michael B. Jordan – Fruitvale Station

Best Breakthrough Performance: Female

Adele Exarchopoulos – Blue Is the Warmest Color
Brie Larson – Short Term 12
Lupita Nyong’o – 12 Years a Slave
Lea Seydoux – Blue Is the Warmest Color
June Squibb – Nebraska

Best Voice-Over Performance

Benedict Cumberbatch – The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Josh Gad – Frozen
Scarlett Johansson – Her
Idina Menzel – Frozen
Helen Mirren – Monsters University

Best Ensemble

12 Years a Slave
American Hustle
Dallas Buyers Club
Nebraska
The Wolf of Wall Street

Best Casting

12 Years a Slave
Captain Phillips
Inside Llewyn Davis
Nebraska
The Wolf of Wall Street

Best Feature Debut

Haifaa Al-Mansour – Wadjda (Writer / Director)
Fede Alvarez – Evil Dead (Writer / Director)
Ryan Coogler – Fruitvale Station (Writer / Director)
Destin Cretton – Short Term 12 (Writer / Director)
Joseph Gordon-Levitt – Don Jon (Writer / Director)
John Krokidas – Kill Your Darlings (Director)
Bob Nelson – Nebraska (Writer)
R.F.I. Porto – Blue Caprice (Writer)
Jim Rash, Nat Faxon – The Way, Way Back (Directors)
Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg – This Is the End (Directors)

Best Adapted Song

Fare Thee Well – Inside Llewyn Davis
Let’s Go Fly a Kite – Saving Mr. Banks
White Rabbit – American Hustle

Best Titles Sequence

The Conjuring
Oz the Great and Powerful
Stoker

Most Cinematic Moment

12 Years a Slave – The Hanging
Frozen – Let It Go
Gravity – Opening Sequence
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug – Barrel Ride
The Wolf of Wall Street – Lemon 714

Best Movie Trailer

12 Years a Slave
Gravity, trailer #1
The Great Gatsby, trailer #1
Only God Forgives, trailer #1
Pacific Rim, trailer #1

Best Movie Poster

12 Years a Slave
Gravity
Metallica: Through the Never
Nebraska
Saving Mr. Banks

For links to the trailers and images of the posters, visit their website: Online Film & Television Association

Online Film & Television Association Data

Year Founded: 1996
First Awards: 1996 (18)