20th Critics' Choice Awards

The 20th Critics' Choice Awards were presented on January 15, 2015 at the Hollywood Palladium, honoring the finest achievements of 2014 filmmaking. The ceremony was broadcast on A&E and hosted by Michael Strahan. The nominees were announced on December 15, 2014.

Winners and nominees

Boyhood Birdman Gone Girl The Grand Budapest Hotel The Imitation Game Nightcrawler Selma The Theory of Everything Unbroken Whiplash	Richard Linklater – Boyhood Wes Anderson – The Grand Budapest Hotel Ava DuVernay – Selma David Fincher – Gone Girl Alejandro G. Iñárritu – Birdman Angelina Jolie – Unbroken
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	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
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	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
Ellar Coltrane – Boyhood as Mason Evans Jr. Ansel Elgort – The Fault in Our Stars as Augustus 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	Birdman Boyhood The Grand Budapest Hotel The Imitation Game Into the Woods Selma
Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris Jr., and Armando Bó – Birdman Richard Linklater – Boyhood Wes Anderson and Hugo Guinness – The Grand Budapest Hotel Dan Gilroy – Nightcrawler Damien Chazelle – Whiplash	Gillian Flynn – Gone Girl Graham Moore – The Imitation Game Paul Thomas Anderson – Inherent Vice Anthony McCarten – The Theory of Everything Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, Richard LaGravenese, and William Nicholson – Unbroken Nick Hornby – Wild
The Lego Movie Big Hero 6 The Book of Life The Boxtrolls How to Train Your Dragon 2 Penguins of Madagascar	Guardians of the Galaxy American Sniper ' Edge of Tomorrow Fury '
Bradley Cooper – American Sniper as Chris Kyle Tom Cruise – Edge of Tomorrow as Major William Cage *Chris Evans –* ' as Steve Rogers / Captain America Brad Pitt – Fury as US Army S/Sgt. Don "Wardaddy" Collier Chris Pratt – Guardians of the Galaxy as Peter Quill / Star-Lord	Emily Blunt – Edge of Tomorrow as Sergeant Rita Vrataski Scarlett Johansson – Lucy as Lucy Jennifer Lawrence – ' as Katniss Everdeen Zoe Saldana – Guardians of the Galaxy as Gamora Shailene Woodley – Divergent as Beatrice "Tris" Prior
Life Itself Citizenfour ' Jodorowsky's Dune Last Days in Vietnam The Overnighters	The Grand Budapest Hotel 22 Jump Street Birdman St. Vincent Top Five
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	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
Interstellar The Babadook Dawn of the Planet of the Apes Snowpiercer Under the Skin	Force Majeure • Sweden Ida • Denmark / France / Poland / UK Leviathan • Russia Two Days, One Night • Belgium / France / Italy Wild Tales • Argentina / Spain
Adam Stockhausen, Anna Pinnock – The Grand Budapest Hotel Kevin Thompson, George DeTitta Jr. – Birdman David Crank, Amy Wells – Inherent Vice Nathan Crowley, Gary Fettis – Interstellar Dennis Gassner, Anna Pinnock – Into the Woods Ondřej Nekvasil, Beatrice Brendtnerovà – Snowpiercer	Emmanuel Lubezki – Birdman Robert Yeoman – The Grand Budapest Hotel Hoyte van Hoytema – Interstellar Dick Pope – Mr. Turner Roger Deakins – Unbroken
Milena Canonero – The Grand Budapest Hotel Mark Bridges – Inherent Vice Colleen Atwood – Into the Woods Anna B. Sheppard – Maleficent Jacqueline Durran – Mr. Turner	Douglas Crise and Stephen Mirrione – Birdman Sandra Adair – Boyhood Kirk Baxter – Gone Girl Lee Smith – Interstellar Tom Cross – Whiplash
Guardians of the Galaxy Foxcatcher ' Into the Woods Maleficent	Dawn of the Planet of the Apes Edge of Tomorrow Guardians of the Galaxy ' *Interstellar*
Antonio Sánchez – Birdman Alexandre Desplat – The Imitation Game Jóhann Jóhannsson – The Theory of Everything Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross – Gone Girl Hans Zimmer – Interstellar	"Glory" – Selma "Big Eyes" – Big Eyes "Everything Is Awesome" – The Lego Movie "Lost Stars" – Begin Again "Yellow Flicker Beat" – '

Louis XIII Genius Award

Ron Howard

Critics' Choice MVP Award

Jessica Chastain

Lifetime Achievement Award

Kevin Costner

Films by multiple nominations and wins

The following thirty-two films received multiple nominations:

Nominations	Film
13	Birdman
11	The Grand Budapest Hotel
8	Boyhood
7	Interstellar
6	Gone Girl
6	The Imitation Game
5	Guardians of the Galaxy
5	Into the Woods
5	Selma
5	The Theory of Everything
4	Edge of Tomorrow
4	Inherent Vice
4	St. Vincent
4	Unbroken
4	Whiplash
3	Nightcrawler
3	Snowpiercer
3	Top Five
2	22 Jump Street
2	American Sniper
2	The Babadook
2	'
2	Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
2	Foxcatcher
2	Fury
2	'
2
2	The Lego Movie
2	Maleficent
2	Mr. Turner
2	Two Days, One Night
2	Wild

The following four films received multiple awards:

Awards	Film
7	Birdman
4	Boyhood
3	The Grand Budapest Hotel
2	Guardians of the Galaxy

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