1.14.2015

2014 Dream Oscar Ballot

Tomorrow are the Academy Award nominations and at this point their success rate is anyone's guess. This year was so uneven that the Oscars have a real chance to think outside of the box and honor some deserving contenders. Or, more likely, they could play it entirely safe and stick within their playhouse of designated Academy fare. 2014 was a better year than they're making it out to be, but you wouldn't guess that by some of the frontrunners.

I could go on complaining or I could present my own choices for the Oscar nominations tomorrow. Nominees below, there are six nominees in each category to spread the love, except Best Actress which had to have seven this year (a "weak year" for women). Winners are bold, runners-up are italicized. Enjoy!


BEST PICTURE
Birdman
Boyhood
Gone Girl
Leviathan
Nightcrawler
Pride
Selma
Snowpiercer
Two Days, One Night
Under the Skin

BEST DIRECTOR
Luc & Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Two Days One Night
Ava Duvernay, Selma
David Fincher, Gone Girl
Jonathan Glazer, Under the Skin
Mike Leigh, Mr. Turner
Richard Linklater, Boyhood

BEST LEADING ACTRESS
Essie Davis, The Babadook
Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Beyond the Lights
Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl
Jenny Slate, Obvious Child
Julianne Moore, Still Alice
Marion Cotillard, Two Days One Night
Scarlett Johansson, Under the Skin

BEST LEADING ACTOR
Ralph Fiennes, The Grand Budapest Hotel
Jake Gyllenhaal, Nightcrawler
Bill Hader, The Skeleton Twins
Michael Keaton, Birdman
John Lithgow, Love is Strange
Timothy Spall, Mr. Turner

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
Kim Dickens, Gone Girl
Agata Kulesza, Ida
Julianne Moore, Maps to the Stars
Imelda Staunton, Pride
Emma Stone, Birdman

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Ethan Hawke, Boyhood
Alfred Molina, Love is Strange
Edward Norton, Birdman
Mark Ruffalo, Foxcatcher
J.K. Simmons, Whiplash
Noah Wiseman, The Babadook

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Gone Girl
Obvious Child
Pride
Snowpiercer
Under the Skin
We Are the Best!

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Birdman
Boyhood
Force Majeure
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Ida
Love is Strange

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Birdman
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Ida
Inherent Vice
Mr. Turner
Under the Skin

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

The Babadook
Birdman
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Inherent Vice
Mr. Turner
Snowpiercer

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Beyond the Lights
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Inherent Vice
A Most Violent Year
Mr. Turner
Only Lovers Left Alive

BEST EDITING

Boyhood
Gone Girl
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Guest
Snowpiercer
Under the Skin

BEST SOUND
The Babadook
The Guest
The LEGO Movie
Snowpiercer
Under the Skin
Whiplash

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Birdman
Gone Girl
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Guest
Inherent Vice
Under the Skin

BEST ANIMATED FILM
The Boxtrolls
How to Train Your Dragon 2
The LEGO Movie
Song of the Sea
The Tale of Princess Kaguya

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Force Majeure
Ida
Leviathan
Stranger By the Lake
Two Days, One Night
We Are the Best!

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST
Birdman
Gone Girl
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Pride
Selma
Snowpiercer

BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE
Essie Davis, The Babadook
Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Beyond the Lights
Maika Monroe, The Guest
Jack O’Connell, Starred Up
Jenny Slate, Obvious Child
Katherine Waterston, Inherent Vice

BREAKTHROUGH FILMMAKER
The Babadook
Blue Ruin
Locke
Nightcrawler
Obvious Child
Whiplash

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