20th Critics' Choice Awards#Best Song

{{Infobox film awards

| number = 20

| award = Critics' Choice Awards

| date = January 15, 2015

| site = Hollywood Palladium, California, United States

| host = Michael Strahan

| best_film = Boyhood

| most_wins = Birdman (7)

| most_nominations = Birdman (13)

| website = {{URL|http://www.criticschoice.com}}

| network = A&E

| last = 19th

| next = 21st

}}

The 20th Critics' Choice Awards were presented on January 15, 2015, at the Hollywood Palladium, honoring the finest achievements of 2014 filmmaking.{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2015/01/critics-choice-awards-winners-2015-list-movie-1201351280/ |title=Critics' Choice Awards: 'Boyhood' Wins Best Picture; 'Birdman' Leads With 7 Nods |last=Pedersen |first=Erik |date=January 15, 2015 |work=Deadline Hollywood |access-date=January 16, 2015}}{{cite web|url= https://variety.com/2015/film/news/critics-choice-awards-winners-2015-list-movie-1201405494/ |title= Critics Choice Awards Winners |author= Variety Staff |work= Variety |date= January 15, 2015 |access-date= October 6, 2023 |archive-date= October 6, 2023 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20231006160648/https://variety.com/2015/film/news/critics-choice-awards-winners-2015-list-movie-1201405494/ |url-status=live}} The ceremony was broadcast on A&E and hosted by Michael Strahan.{{cite web |url=https://www.thewrap.com/michael-strahan-will-host-the-critics-choice-movie-awards-on-ae/ |title=Michael Strahan Will Host the 'Critics' Choice Movie Awards' on A&E |last=Reilly |first=Travis |date=December 8, 2014 |work=TheWrap |access-date=December 8, 2014}} The nominees were announced on December 15, 2014.{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2014/12/birdman-budapest-boyhood-critics-choice-movie-award-jolie-rebounds-1201325310/ |title='Birdman', 'Budapest' And 'Boyhood' Get Key Oscar Boost To Lead Critics' Choice Movie Award Nominations; Jolie Rebounds From Globe Snub |last=Hammond |first=Pete |date=December 15, 2014 |work=Deadline Hollywood |access-date=December 16, 2014}}

In recognition of the breadth of her accomplishments in 2014, Jessica Chastain received the first-ever Critics' Choice MVP Award. The honor celebrates "one extraordinary actor for his/her standout work in several movies throughout a single year".{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/critics-choice-awards-jessica-chastain-757228/ |title=Critics' Choice Awards: Jessica Chastain Named 2014's MVP of Film |last=Feinberg |first=Scott |date=December 12, 2014 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=December 12, 2014}}

Winners and nominees

File:Richard Linklater.jpg, Best Director winner]]

File:Michael Keaton Face.jpg, Best Actor and Best Actor in a Comedy Movie winner]]

File:Julianne Moore (15011443428).jpg, Best Actress winner]]

File:JK Simmons 2009.jpg, Best Supporting Actor winner]]

File:Patricia Arquette 2015.jpg, Best Supporting Actress winner]]

File:Ellar Coltrane 2015.jpg, Best Young Actor/Actress winner]]

File:Alejandro González Iñárritu 2014.jpg, Best Original Screenplay co-winner]]

File:Gillian Flynn 2014 (cropped).jpg, Best Adapted Screenplay winner]]

File:Bradley Cooper (3699322472) (cropped).jpg, Best Actor in an Action Movie winner]]

File:Emily Blunt avp 2014 (headshot).jpg, Best Actress in an Action Movie winner]]

File:Jenny Slate Obvious Child Premiere 2014 (cropped).jpg, Best Actress in a Comedy Movie winner]]

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Boyhood

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Richard Linklater – Boyhood

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

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Michael Keaton – Birdman as Riggan Thomson

Benedict Cumberbatch – The Imitation Game as Alan Turing
Ralph Fiennes – The Grand Budapest Hotel as Monsieur Gustave H.
Jake Gyllenhaal – Nightcrawler as Louis "Lou" Bloom
David Oyelowo – Selma as Martin Luther King Jr.
Eddie Redmayne – The Theory of Everything as Stephen Hawking

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Julianne Moore – Still Alice as Dr. Alice Howland

Jennifer Aniston – Cake as Claire Bennett
Marion Cotillard – Two Days, One Night as Sandra Bya
Felicity Jones – The Theory of Everything as Jane Hawking
Rosamund Pike – Gone Girl as Amy Elliott Dunne
Reese Witherspoon – Wild as Cheryl Strayed

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J. K. Simmons – Whiplash as Terence Fletcher

Josh Brolin – Inherent Vice as Lt. Det. Christian F. "Bigfoot" Bjornsen
Robert Duvall – The Judge as Judge Joseph Palmer
Ethan Hawke – Boyhood as Mason Evans Sr.
Edward Norton – Birdman as Mike Shiner
Mark Ruffalo – Foxcatcher as Dave Schultz

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Patricia Arquette – Boyhood as Olivia Evans

Jessica Chastain – A Most Violent Year as Anna Morales
Keira Knightley – The Imitation Game as Joan Clarke
Emma Stone – Birdman as Sam Thomson
Meryl Streep – Into the Woods as The Witch
Tilda Swinton – Snowpiercer as Minister Mason

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Ellar Coltrane – Boyhood as Mason Evans Jr.

Ansel Elgort – The Fault in Our Stars as Augustus "Gus" Waters
Mackenzie Foy – Interstellar as Murphy "Murph" Cooper
Jaeden Lieberher – St. Vincent as Oliver Bronstein
Tony Revolori – The Grand Budapest Hotel as Zero Moustafa
Quvenzhané Wallis – Annie as Annie Bennett
Noah Wiseman – The Babadook as Samuel Vanek

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Birdman

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Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris Jr., and Armando Bó – Birdman

Wes Anderson and Hugo Guinness – The Grand Budapest Hotel
Damien Chazelle – Whiplash
Dan Gilroy – Nightcrawler
Richard Linklater – Boyhood

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Gillian Flynn – Gone Girl

Paul Thomas Anderson – Inherent Vice
Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, Richard LaGravenese, and William Nicholson – Unbroken
Anthony McCarten – The Theory of Everything
Graham Moore – The Imitation Game
Nick Hornby – Wild

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The Lego Movie

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Guardians of the Galaxy

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Bradley Cooper – American Sniper as Chris Kyle

Tom Cruise – Edge of Tomorrow as Major William Cage
Chris Evans – Captain America: The Winter Soldier as Steve Rogers / Captain America
Brad Pitt – Fury as First Sergeant Don "Wardaddy" Collier
Chris Pratt – Guardians of the Galaxy as Peter Quill / Star-Lord

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Emily Blunt – Edge of Tomorrow as Sergeant Rita Vrataski

Scarlett Johansson – Lucy as Lucy
Jennifer Lawrence – The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 as Katniss Everdeen
Zoe Saldaña – Guardians of the Galaxy as Gamora
Shailene Woodley – Divergent as Beatrice "Tris" Prior

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Life Itself

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The Grand Budapest Hotel

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Michael Keaton – Birdman as Riggan Thomson

Jon Favreau – Chef as Carl Casper
Ralph Fiennes – The Grand Budapest Hotel as Monsieur Gustave H.
Bill Murray – St. Vincent as Vincent MacKenna
Chris Rock – Top Five as Andre Allen
Channing Tatum – 22 Jump Street as Greg Jenko

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Jenny Slate – Obvious Child as Donna Stern

Rose Byrne – Neighbors as Kelly Radner
Rosario Dawson – Top Five as Chelsea Brown
Melissa McCarthy – St. Vincent as Maggie Bronstein
Kristen Wiig – The Skeleton Twins as Maggie Dean

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Interstellar

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Force Majeure (Turist) • France / Norway / Sweden

Ida • Denmark / France / Poland / UK
Leviathan (Leviafan) • Russia
Two Days, One Night (Deux jours, une nuit) • Belgium / France / Italy
Wild Tales (Relatos salvajes) • Argentina / Spain

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Adam Stockhausen (Production Designer), Anna Pinnock (Set Decorator) – The Grand Budapest Hotel

David Crank (Production Designer), Amy Wells (Set Decorator) – Inherent Vice
Nathan Crowley (Production Designer), Gary Fettis (Set Decorator) – Interstellar
Dennis Gassner (Production Designer), Anna Pinnock (Set Decorator) – Into the Woods
Ondřej Nekvasil (Production Designer), Beatrice Brentnerovà (Set Decorator) – Snowpiercer
Kevin Thompson (Production Designer), George DeTitta Jr. (Set Decorator) – Birdman

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Emmanuel Lubezki – Birdman

Roger Deakins – Unbroken
Dick Pope – Mr. Turner
Hoyte van Hoytema – Interstellar
Robert Yeoman – The Grand Budapest Hotel

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Milena Canonero – The Grand Budapest Hotel

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Douglas Crise and Stephen Mirrione – Birdman

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Antonio Sánchez – Birdman

Alexandre Desplat – The Imitation Game
Jóhann Jóhannsson – The Theory of Everything
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross – Gone Girl
Hans Zimmer – Interstellar

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"Glory" (Common and John Legend) – Selma

"Big Eyes" (Lana Del Rey) – Big Eyes
"Everything Is Awesome" (Jo Li and The Lonely Island) – The Lego Movie
"Lost Stars" (Keira Knightley) – Begin Again
"Yellow Flicker Beat" (Lorde) – The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1

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Guardians of the Galaxy

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

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Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

=Louis XIII Genius Award=

Ron Howard{{cite web |url=https://www.aenetworks.com/article/kevin-costner-ron-howard-and-jessica-chastain-be-honored-20th-annual-critics-choice-movie |title=Kevin Costner, Ron Howard and Jessica Chastain to be Honored at the "20th Annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards" |date=January 7, 2015 |publisher=A+E Networks |access-date=January 7, 2015}}

=Critics' Choice MVP Award=

Jessica Chastain (for The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby, Interstellar, Miss Julie, and A Most Violent Year)

=Lifetime Achievement Award=

Kevin Costner

Films by multiple nominations and wins

The following thirty-two films received multiple nominations:

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13 \| Birdman
11 \| The Grand Budapest Hotel
8 \| Boyhood
7 \| Interstellar
rowspan=2 style="text-align:center" \| 6 \| Gone Girl
The Imitation Game
rowspan=4 style="text-align:center" \| 5 \| Guardians of the Galaxy
Into the Woods
Selma
The Theory of Everything
rowspan=5 style="text-align:center" \| 4 \| Edge of Tomorrow
Inherent Vice
St. Vincent
Unbroken
Whiplash
rowspan=3 style="text-align:center" \| 3 \| Nightcrawler
Snowpiercer
Top Five
rowspan=14 style="text-align:center" \| 2 \| 22 Jump Street
American Sniper
The Babadook
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Foxcatcher
Fury
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1
The Lego Movie
Maleficent
Mr. Turner
Two Days, One Night
Wild

The following four films received multiple awards:

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scope="col" style="width:55px;" | Awards

! scope="col" style="text-align:center;" | Film

| Birdman

| Boyhood

| The Grand Budapest Hotel

| Guardians of the Galaxy

References

External links

[https://members.criticschoice.com/movie-awards/20th-annual-critics-choice-awards-winners/ 20th Annual Critics' Choice Awards – Winners]

Category:Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards

Category:2014 film awards