Who Won 20th Annual Critics Choice Awards?
Jan 15, 2015
The 20th Annual Critics Choice Awards were held at the Hollywood Palladium. "Birdman" took home the most trophies with seven, including two for lead actor Michael Keaton. "Boyhood" won four awards including Best Picture. Kevin Costner received the Lifetime Achievement Award. Ron Howard won the Louis XIII Critics’ Choice Genius Award. Jessica Chastain accepted the inaugural Critics' Choice MVP Award, which recognizes an actor for their work in several standout movies throughout a single year. The evening was hosted by Michael Strahan.
| Critics Choice: Best Picture | |
| Boyhood | |
| Other Nominees: Birdman; Gone Girl; The Grand Budapest Hotel; The Imitation Game; Nightcrawler; Selma; The Theory of Everything; Unbroken; Whiplash | |
| Critics Choice: Best Actress | |
| Julianne Moore (Still Alice) | |
| Other Nominees: 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) | |
| Critics Choice: Best Actor | |
| Michael Keaton (Birdman) | |
| Other Nominees: Benedict Cumberbatch (The Imitation Game); Ralph Fiennes (The Grand Budapest Hotel); Jake Gyllenhaal (Nightcrawler); David Oyelowo (Selma); Eddie Redmayne (The Theory of Everything) | |
| Critics Choice: Best Supporting Actress | |
| Patricia Arquette (Boyhood) | |
| Other Nominees: Jessica Chastain (A Most Violent Year); Keira Knightley (The Imitation Game); Emma Stone (Birdman); Meryl Streep (Into the Woods); Tilda Swinton (Snowpiercer) | |
| Critics Choice: Best Supporting Actor | |
| J.K. Simmons (Whiplash) | |
| Other Nominees: Josh Brolin (Inherent Vice); Robert Duvall (The Judge); Ethan Hawke (Boyhood); Edward Norton (Birdman); Mark Ruffalo (Foxcatcher) | |
| Critics Choice: Best Director | |
| Richard Linklater (Boyhood) | |
| Other Nominees: Wes Anderson (The Grand Budapest Hotel); Ava DuVernay (Selma); David Fincher (Gone Girl); Alejandro G. Inarritu (Birdman); Angelina Jolie (Unbroken) | |
| Critics Choice: Acting Ensemble | |
| Birdman | |
| Other Nominees: Boyhood; The Grand Budapest Hotel; The Imitation Game; Into the Woods; Selma | |
| Critics Choice: Original Screenplay | |
| Alejandro G Inarritu, Nicolas Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris Jr, Armando Bo (Birdman) | |
| Other Nominees: Richard Linklater (Boyhood); Wes Anderson, Hugo Guinness (The Grand Budapest Hotel); Dan Gilroy (Nightcrawler); Damien Chazelle (Whiplash) | |
| Critics Choice: Adapted Screenplay | |
| Gillian Flynn (Gone Girl) | |
| Other Nominees: Graham Moore (The Imitation Game); Paul Thomas Anderson (Inherent Vice); Anthony McCarten (The Theory of Everything); Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, Richard LaGravenese, William Nicholson (Unbroken); Nick Hornby (Wild) | |
| Critics Choice: Animated Feature | |
| The Lego Movie | |
| Other Nominees: Big Hero 6; The Book of Life; The Boxtrolls; How to Train Your Dragon 2 | |
| Critics Choice: Young Actor | |
| Ellar Coltrane (Boyhood) | |
| Other Nominees: 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) | |
| Critics Choice: Comedy | |
| The Grand Budapest Hotel | |
| Other Nominees: Birdman; St. Vincent; Top Five; 22 Jump Street | |
| Critics Choice: Action Movie | |
| Guardians of the Galaxy | |
| Other Nominees: American Sniper; Captain America: The Winter Soldier; Edge of Tomorrow; Fury | |
| Critics Choice: Foreign Language Film | |
| Force Majeure (Sweden) | |
| Other Nominees: Ida; Leviathan; Two Days, One Night; Wild Tales | |
| Critics Choice: Documentary Feature | |
| Life Itself | |
| Other Nominees: Citizenfour; Glen Campbell: I’ll Be Me; Jodorowsky’s Dune; Last Days in Vietnam; The Overnighters | |
| Critics Choice: Score | |
| Antonio Sanchez (Birdman) | |
| Other Nominees: Alexandre Desplat (The Imitation Game); Johann Johannsson (The Theory of Everything); Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross (Gone Girl); Hans Zimmer (Interstellar) | |
| Critics Choice: Song | |
| Glory (Selma) | |
| Other Nominees: Big Eyes (Big Eyes); Everything Is Awesome (The Lego Movie); Lost Stars (Begin Again); Yellow Flicker Beat (The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1) | |
| Critics Choice: Actress In A Comedy | |
| Jenny Slate (Obvious Child) | |
| Other Nominees: Rose Byrne (Neighbors); Rosario Dawson (Top Five); Melissa McCarthy (St. Vincent); Kristen Wiig (The Skeleton Twins) | |
| Critics Choice: Actor In A Comedy | |
| Michael Keaton (Birdman) | |
| Other Nominees: Jon Favreau (Chef); Ralph Fiennes (The Grand Budapest Hotel); Bill Murray (St. Vincent); Chris Rock (Top Five); Channing Tatum (22 Jump Street) | |
| Critics Choice: Actress In An Action Movie | |
| Emily Blunt (Edge Of Tomorrow) | |
| Other Nominees: Scarlett Johansson (Lucy); Jennifer Lawrence (The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1); Zoe Saldana (Guardians of the Galaxy); Shailene Woodley (Divergent) | |
| Critics Choice: Actor In An Action Movie | |
| Bradley Cooper (American Sniper) | |
| Other Nominees: Tom Cruise (Edge of Tomorrow); Chris Evans (Captain America: The Winter Soldier); Brad Pitt (Fury); Chris Pratt (Guardians of the Galaxy) | |
| Critics Choice: Visual Effects | |
| Dawn of the Planet of the Apes | |
| Other Nominees: Edge of Tomorrow; Guardians of the Galaxy; The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies; Interstellar | |
| Critics Choice: Sci-Fi/Horror Movie | |
| Interstellar | |
| Other Nominees: The Babadook; Dawn of the Planet of the Apes; Snowpiercer; Under the Skin | |
| Critics Choice: Makeup | |
| Guardians of the Galaxy | |
| Other Nominees: Foxcatcher; The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies; Into the Woods; Maleficent | |
| Critics Choice: Editing | |
| Birdman | |
| Other Nominees: Boyhood; Gone Girl; Interstellar; Whiplash | |
| Critics Choice: Costume Design | |
| The Grand Budapest Hotel | |
| Other Nominees: Inherent Vice; Into the Woods; Maleficent; Mr. Turner | |
| Critics Choice: Cinematography | |
| Birdman | |
| Other Nominees: The Grand Budapest Hotel; Interstellar; Mr. Turner; Unbroken | |
| Critics Choice: Art Direction | |
| The Grand Budapest Hotel | |
| Other Nominees: Birdman; Inherent Vice; Interstellar; Into the Woods; Snowpiercer | |