Precursor: 20th Broadcast Critics Nominations (2014)

The Broadcast Film Critics Association has announced their annual list of the best of 2014. There aren’t a lot of glaring omissions. The group lists 6 nominees in many categories, which enable them to include a lot of different Oscar contenders. This is the second big group to ignore Laura Dern for Wild. Steve Carell seems to have lost his spot in Best Actor to Ralph Fiennes. Unbroken and Selma got a few nominations, but not nearly as many as they might have had had they screened earlier. Birdman dwarfed the competition in terms of nominations and Interstellar got seven mentions without a Best Picture nomination.

Nominations Tallies

(13) Birdman
(11) The Grand Budapest Hotel
(8) Boyhood
(7) Interstellar
(6) Gone Girl, The Imitation Game
(5) Guardians of the Galaxy, Into the Woods, Selma, The Theory of Everything
(4) Edge of Tomorrow, Inherent Vice, St. Vincent, Unbroken, Whiplash
(3) Nightcrawler, Snowpiercer, Top Five

The Nominations

Best Picture

Birdman
Boyhood
Gone Girl
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Nightcrawler
Selma
The Theory of Everything
Unbroken
Whiplash

Best Animated Feature

Big Hero 6
The Book of Life
The Boxtrolls
How to Train Your Dragon 2
The Lego Movie

Best Director

Wes Anderson – The Grand Budapest Hotel
Ava DuVernay – Selma
David Fincher – Gone Girl
Alejandro G. Inarritu – Birdman
Angelina Jolie – Unbroken
Richard Linklater – Boyhood

Best Actor

Benedict Cumberbatch – The Imitation Game
Ralph Fiennes – The Grand Budapest Hotel
Jake Gyllenhaal – Nightcrawler
Michael Keaton – Birdman
David Oyelowo – Selma
Eddie Redmayne – The Theory of Everything

Best Actress

Jennifer Aniston – Cake
Marion Cotillard – Two Days, One Night
Felicity Jones – The Theory of Everything
Julianne Moore – Still Alice
Rosamund Pike – Gone Girl
Reese Witherspoon – Wild

Best Supporting Actor

Josh Brolin – Inherent Vice
Robert Duvall – The Judge
Ethan Hawke – Boyhood
Edward Norton – Birdman
Mark Ruffalo – Foxcatcher
J.K. Simmons – Whiplash

Best Supporting Actress

Patricia Arquette – Boyhood
Jessica Chastain – A Most Violent Year
Keira Knightley – The Imitation Game
Emma Stone – Birdman
Meryl Streep – Into the Woods
Tilda Swinton – Snowpiercer

Best Original Screenplay

Birdman
Boyhood
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Nightcrawler
Whiplash

Best Adapted Screenplay

Gone Girl
The Imitation Game
Inherent Vice
The Theory of Everything
Unbroken
Wild

Best Score

Birdman
Gone Girl
The Imitation Game
Interstellar
The Theory of Everything

Best Song

Big Eyes – Big Eyes
Everything Is Awesome – The Lego Movie
Glory – Selma
Lost Stars – Begin Again
Yellow Flicker Beat – The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1

Best Editing

Birdman
Boyhood
Gone Girl
Interstellar
Whiplash

Best Cinematography

Birdman
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Interstellar
Mr. Turner
Unbroken

Best Art Direction

Birdman
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Inherent Vice
Interstellar
Into the Woods
Snowpiercer

Best Costume Design

The Grand Budapest Hotel
Inherent Vice
Into the Woods
Maleficent
Mr. Turner

Best Makeup

Foxcatcher
Guardians of the Galaxy
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Into the Woods
Maleficent

Best Visual Effects

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Edge of Tomorrow
Guardians of the Galaxy
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Interstellar

Best Foreign Language Film

Force Majeure
Ida
Leviathan
Two Days, One Night
Wild Tales

Best Documentary Feature

Citizenfour
Glen Campbell: I’ll Be Me
Jodorowsky’s Dune
Last Days in Vietnam
Life Itself
The Overnighters

Best Young Actor/Actress

Ellar Coltrane – Boyhood
Ansel Elgort – The Fault in Our Stars
Mackenzie Foy – Interstellar
Jaeden Lieberher – St. Vincent
Tony Revolori – The Grand Budapest Hotel
Quvenzhane Wallis – Annie
Noah Wiseman – The Babadook

Best Acting Ensemble

Birdman
Boyhood
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Into the Woods
Selma

Best Action Movie

American Sniper
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Edge of Tomorrow
Fury
Guardians of the Galaxy

Best Actor in an Action Movie

Bradley Cooper – American Sniper
Tom Cruise – Edge of Tomorrow
Chris Evans – Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Brad Pitt – Fury
Chris Pratt – Guardians of the Galaxy

Best Actress in an Action Movie

Emily Blunt – Edge of Tomorrow
Scarlett Johansson – Lucy
Jennifer Lawrence – The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
Zoe Saldana – Guardians of the Galaxy
Shailene Woodley – Divergent

Best Comedy

Birdman
The Grand Budapest Hotel
St. Vincent
Top Five
22 Jump Street

Best Actor in a Comedy

Jon Favreau – Chef
Ralph Fiennes – The Grand Budapest Hotel
Michael Keaton – Birdman
Bill Murray – St. Vincent
Chris Rock – Top Five
Channing Tatum – 22 Jump Street