12 Years a Slave picks up yet another prize, but a few more unusual picks thread through the Las Vegas critics group choices including rarely seen Emma Thompson and the lightly rewarded Matthew McConaughey. The rest are pretty standard selections.

Award Tallies

(5) 12 Years a Slave
(3) Gravity
(2) Dallas Buyers Club

The Awards

Best Picture

12 Years a Slave

Best Animated Film

Frozen

Best Director

Steve McQueen – 12 Years a Slave

Best Actor

Matthew McConaughey – Dallas Buyers Club

Best Actress

Emma Thompson – Saving Mr. Banks

Best Supporting Actor

Jared Leto – Dallas Buyers Club

Best Supporting Actress

Lupita Nyong’o – 12 Years a Slave

Best Screenplay

Her

Best Score

12 Years a Slave

Best Song

Please, Mr. Kennedy – Inside Llewyn Davis

Best Film Editing

Gravity

Best Cinematography

Gravity

Best Art Direction

Gravity

Best Costume Design

12 Years a Slave

Best Visual Effects

Gravity

Best Foreign Film

Blue Is the Warmest Color

Best Documentary

Blackfish

Best Action Film

Lone Survivor

Best Family Film

Saving Mr. Banks

Best Horror/Sci-Fi Film

Pacific Rim

Best Comedy Film

This Is the End

Breakout Filmmaker

Ryan Coogler – Fruitvale Station

Best Youth in Film

Tye Sheridan – Mud

Best DVD

Breaking Bad – The Complete Series

William Holden Lifetime Achievement Award

John Goodman

Top Ten Films

1. 12 Years a Slave
2. Dallas Buyers Club
3. Gravity
4. The Wolf of Wall Street
5. American Hustle
6. Inside Llewyn Davis
7. Saving Mr. Banks
8. Nebraska
9. Her
10. Lone Survivor

Las Vegas Film Critics Society Data

First Awards: 1997 (17)