The San Francisco Film Critics can often be one of the best predictors of the younger film critics groups and they’ve given their top award to 12 Years a Slave, but gave the most prizes to Gravity. Their nominations tell the story of a group who got more access to The Wolf of Wall Street than a lot of other groups, though the film went home empty-handed. The win for James Franco in Best Supporting Actor as well as the American Hustle victory in Best Original Screenplay mark the group’s only real departures from current narrative.

Award Tallies

(4) Gravity
(3) 12 Years a Slave
(2) American Hustle

Nominations Tallies

(9) 12 Years a Slave
(7) Gravity
(6) American Hustle, Nebraska
(5) The Wolf of Wall Street
(4) Her
(3) Blue Is the Warmest Color, Inside LLewyn Davis

The Awards

Best Picture

12 Years a Slave
Other Nominees:
American Hustle
Gravity
Nebraska
The Wolf of Wall Street

Best Director

Alfonso Cuaron – Gravity
Other Nominees:
Spike Jonze – Her
Steve McQueen – 12 Years a Slave
David O. Russell – American Hustle
Martin Scorsese – The Wolf of Wall Street

Best Actor

Chiwetel Ejiofor – 12 Years a Slave
Other Nominees:
Bruce Dern – Nebraska
Leonardo DiCaprio – The Wolf of Wall Street
Matthew McConaughey – Dallas Buyers Club
Robert Redford – All Is Lost

Best Actress

Cate Blanchett – Blue Jasmine
Other Nominees:
Sandra Bullock – Gravity
Judi Dench – Philomena
Adele Exarchopoulos – Blue Is the Warmest Color
Brie Larson – Short Term 12
Meryl Streep – August: Osage County

Best Supporting Actor

James Franco – Spring Breakers
Other Nominees:
Barkhad Abdi – Captain Phillips
Michael Fassbender – 12 Years a Slave
Harrison Ford – 42
Will Forte – Nebraska
Jared Leto – Dallas Buyers Club

Best Supporting Actress

Jennifer Lawrence – American Hustle
Other Nominees:
Lupita Nyong’o – 12 Years a Slave
Lea Seydoux – Blue Is the Warmest Color
Octavia Spencer – Fruitvale Station
June Squibb – Nebraska

Best Original Screenplay

American Hustle
Other Nominees:
Gravity
Her
Inside Llewyn Davis
Nebraska

Best Adapted Screenplay

12 Years a Slave
Other Nominees:
Before Midnight
Philomena
The Spectacular Now
The Wolf of Wall Street

Best Editing

Gravity
Other Nominees:
12 Years a Slave
All Is Lost
American Hustle
Captain Phillips
The Wolf of Wall Street

Best Cinematography

Gravity
Other Nominees:
12 Years a Slave
Her
Inside Llewyn Davis
Nebraska

Best Production Design

Gravity
Other Nominees:
12 Years a Slave
American Hustle
Her
Inside Llewyn Davis

Best Foreign Language Film

Blue Is the Warmest Color
Other Nominees:
A Hijacking
The Hunt
The Past
Wadjda

Best Documentary

The Act of Killing
Other Nominees:
20 Feet from Stardom
The Armstrong Lie
Blackfish
Stories We Tell

Marlon Riggs Award for courage & vision in the Bay Area film community

Ryan Coogler – Fruitvale Station

Special Citation for under-appreciated independent cinema

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San Francisco Film Critics Circle Data

Year Founded: 2002
First Awards: 2002 (12)