2014 St. Louis Film Critics Association Annual Award Winners

[Awarded December 15, 2014.]

  • Best Film: Boyhood

  • Best Director: Alejandro González Iñárritu - Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

  • Best Actor: Jake Gyllenhaal - Nightcrawler

  • Best Actress: Rosamund Pike - Gone Girl

  • Best Supporting Actor: J. K. Simmons - Whiplash

  • Best Supporting Actress: Patricia Arquette - Boyhood

  • Best Original Screenplay: Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) - Armando Bo, Alexander Dinelaris, Nicolás Giacobone, and Alejandro González Iñárritu

  • Best Adapted Screenplay: Gone Girl - Gillian Flynn (Screenplay and Novel)

  • Best Cinematography: Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) - Emmanuel Lubezki

  • Best Visual Effects: Interstellar

  • Best Art Direction: The Grand Budapest Hotel - Adam Stockhausen (Production Designer)

  • Best Score: Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) - Antonio Sanchez

  • Best Soundtrack: Guardians of the Galaxy

  • Best Foreign Language Film: Force Majeure

  • Best Documentary Film: Citizenfour

  • Best Animated Film: The Lego Movie

  • Best Comedy Film: Guardians of the Galaxy

  • Best Arthouse Film: Whiplash

  • Best Scene: X-Men: Days of Future Past - Quicksilver escapes from the Pentagon.

Complete List of Nominations

  • Best Film

    • Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

    • Boyhood

    • Gone Girl

    • The Grand Budapest Hotel

    • The Imitation Game

  • Best Director

    • Wes Anderson - The Grand Budapest Hotel

    • David Fincher - Gone Girl

    • Alejandro González Iñárritu - Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

    • Richard Linklater - Boyhood

    • Morten Tyldum - The Imitation Game

  • Best Actor

    • Benedict Cumberbatch - The Imitation Game

    • Jake Gyllenhaal - Nightcrawler

    • Tom Hardy - Locke

    • Michael Keaton - Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

    • Eddie Redmayne - The Theory of Everything

  • Best Actress

    • Marion Cotillard - Two Days, One Night

    • Felicity Jones - The Theory of Everything

    • Julianne Moore - Still Alice

    • Rosamund Pike - Gone Girl

    • Reese Witherspoon - Wild

  • Best Supporting Actor

    • Josh Brolin - Inherent Vice

    • Ethan Hawke - Boyhood

    • Edward Norton - Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

    • Tony Revolori - The Grand Budapest Hotel

    • Mark Ruffalo - Foxcatcher

    • J.K. Simmons - Whiplash

  • Best Supporting Actress

    • Patricia Arquette - Boyhood

    • Jessica Chastain - A Most Violent Year

    • Carrie Coon - Gone Girl

    • Mackenzie Foy - Interstellar

    • Kiera Knightley - The Imitation Game

    • Emma Stone - Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

  • Best Original Screenplay

    • Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) - Armando Bo, Alexander Dinelaris, Nicolás Giacobone, and Alejandro González Iñárritu 

    • Boyhood - Richard Linklater

    • Locke - Steven Knight

    • The Grand Budapest Hotel - Wes Anderson (Screenplay); Wes Anderson and Hugo Guinness (Story)

    • Nightcrawler - Dan Gilroy

    • Whiplash - Damien Chazelle

  • Best Adapted Screenplay

    • Gone Girl - Gillian Flynn (Screenplay and Novel)

    • Guardians of the Galaxy - James Gunn and Nicole Perlman (Screenplay); Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning (Comic Book)

    • The Imitation Game - Graham Moore (Screenplay); Andrew Hodges (Novel)

    • The Theory of Everything -  Anthony McCarten (Screenplay); Jane Hawking (Book)

    • Unbroken - Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, Richard LaGravenese, and William Nicholson (Screenplay); Laura Hillenbrand (Book)

  • Best Cinematography

    • Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) - Emmanuel Lubezki

    • Gone Girl - Jeff Cronenweth

    • The Grand Budapest Hotel - Robert D. Yeoman

    • Interstellar - Hoyte Van Hoytema

    • Nightcrawler - Robert Elswit

    • Unbroken - Roger Deakins

  • Best Visual Effects

    • Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

    • Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

    • The Grand Budapest Hotel

    • Guardians of the Galaxy

    • Interstellar

    • Noah

  • Best Art Direction

    • Gone Girl - Donald Graham Burt (Production Designer)

    • The Grand Budapest Hotel - Adam Stockhausen (Production Designer)

    • Mr. Turner - Suzie Davies (Production Designer)

    • Nightcrawler - Kevin Kavanaugh (Production Designer)

    • Snowpiercer - Ondrej Nekvasil (Production Designer)

    • Under the Skin - Chris Oddy (Production Designer)

  • Best Score

    • Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) - Antonio Sanchez

    • Gone Girl - Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross

    • The Grand Budapest Hotel - Alexandre Desplat

    • Inherent Vice - Jonny Greenwood

    • Interstellar - Hans Zimmer

    • Under the Skin - Mica Levi

  • Best Soundtrack

    • Begin Again

    • Boyhood

    • Get On Up

    • Guardians of the Galaxy

    • Into the Woods

    • Whiplash

  • Best Foreign Language Film

    • Force Majeure

    • Gloria

    • Human Capital

    • Ida

    • Two Days, One Night

  • Best Documentary Film

    • Citizenfour

    • Finding Vivian Maier

    • Jodorowsky’s Dune

    • Life Itself

    • Red Army

    • Rich Hill

  • Best Animated Film

    • Big Hero 6

    • The Book of Life

    • The Boxtrolls

    • How to Train Your Dragon 2

    • The Lego Movie

    • Penguins of Madagascar

  • Best Comedy Film

    • 22 Jump Street

    • The Grand Budapest Hotel

    • Guardians of the Galaxy

    • Obvious Child

    • St. Vincent

  • Best Arthouse Film

    • Boyhood

    • Calvary

    • Frank

    • The Grand Budapest Hotel

    • Locke

    • Whiplash

  • Best Scene

    • 22 Jump Street – End credits.

    • Birdman – Riggan walks through Time Square.

    • The Guardians of the Galaxy – The Guardians escape from the Kyln.

    • Selma – Bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church.

    • Whiplash – Andrew's drum solo finale.

    • X-Men: Days of Future Past – Quicksilver escapes the Pentagon.