Nick Picks Flicks

Best Picture
Birdman
Boyhood
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Gone Girl
Guardians of the Galaxy
The Imitation Game
Interstellar
The Lego Movie
Life Itself
Whiplash

Best Actor
Benedict Cumberbatch: The Imitation Game
Jake Gyllenhaal: Nightcrawler
Michael Keaton: Birdman
David Oyelowo: Selma
Eddie Redmayne: The Theory of Everything

Best Actress
Felicity Jones: The Theory of Everything
Julianne Moore: Still Alice
Rosamund Pike: Gone Girl
Reese Witherspoon: Wild
Shailene Woodley: The Fault in Our Stars

Best Supporting Actor
Steve Carell: Foxcatcher
Ethan Hawke: Boyhood
Edward Norton: Birdman
Andy Serkis: Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
J.K. Simmons: Whiplash

Best Supporting Actress
Patricia Arquette: Boyhood
Jessica Chastain: Interstellar
Carrie Coon: Gone Girl
Keira Knightley: The Imitation Game
Emma Stone: Birdman

Best Director
Damien Chazelle: Whiplash
David Fincher: Gone Girl
Alejandro González Iñárritu: Birdman
Richard Linklater: Boyhood
Christopher Nolan: Interstellar

Best Original Screenplay
Birdman
Boyhood
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Interstellar
The Lego Movie

Best Adapted Screenplay
Gone Girl
The Imitation Game
Still Alice
The Theory of Everything
Whiplash

Best Art Direction
Exodus: Gods and Kings
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Into the Woods
Interstellar

Best Cinematography
Birdman
Gone Girl
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Interstellar
Snowpiercer

Best Editing
Birdman
Boyhood
Gone Girl  
Interstellar
Whiplash

Best Costume Design
Belle
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Into the Woods
Maleficent

Best Makeup
The Amazing Spider-Man 2
Foxcatcher
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Guardians of the Galaxy
Into the Woods

Best Original Song
Begin Again: Lost Stars
Big Hero 6: Immortals
Boyhood: Split the Difference
The Lego Movie: Everything is Awesome
Muppets Most Wanted: We’re Doing a Sequel

Best Original Score
Gone Girl
How to Train Your Dragon 2
The Imitation Game
Interstellar
The Theory of Everything

Best Sound
American Sniper
Captain America: The Winter Solider
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Interstellar
Whiplash

Best Sound Editing
Big Hero 6
Edge of Tomorrow
Guardians of the Galaxy
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Interstellar

Best Visual Effects
Captain America: The Winter Solider
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Guardians of the Galaxy
Interstellar
X-Men: Days of Future Past

Best Animated Feature
Big Hero 6
The Boxtrolls
How to Train Your Dragon 2
The Lego Movie
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya

Best Acting Ensemble
Birdman
Boyhood
Gone Girl
Interstellar
Into the Woods

Best Soundtrack
Begin Again
The Fault in Our Stars
Guardians of the Galaxy
Into the Woods
Whiplash

Breakthrough Actor
Ellar Coltrane: Boyhood
Ansel Elgort: The Fault in Our Stars, Men, Women & Children, and Divergent
Jack O’Connell: Unbroken and Starred Up
David Oyelowo: Selma, A Most Violent Year, and Interstellar
Chris Pratt: The Lego Movie and Guardians of the Galaxy

Breakthrough Actress
Carrie Coon: Gone Girl
Mackenzie Foy: Interstellar
Felicity Jones: The Theory of Everything
Gugu Mbatha-Raw: Belle
Jenny Slate: Obvious Child

Best Picture
12 Years a Slave  
American Hustle
Dallas Buyers Club
Frozen
Gravity
Her
Prisoners
Short Term 12
The Spectacular Now
The Way Way Back

Best Actor
Chiwetel Ejiofor: 12 Years a Slave
Leonardo DiCaprio: The Wolf of Wall Street
Hugh Jackman: Prisoners
Matthew McConaughey: Dallas Buyers Club
Robert Redford: All Is Lost

Best Actress
Cate Blanchett: Blue Jasmine
Sandra Bullock: Gravity
Brie Larson: Short Term 12
Julia Louis-Dreyfus: Enough Said  
Emma Thompson: Saving Mr. Banks

Best Supporting Actor
Michael Fassbender: 12 Years a Slave
James Gandolfini: Enough Said
Jake Gyllenhaal: Prisoners
Jonah Hill: The Wolf of Wall Street 
Jared Leto: Dallas Buyers Club

Best Supporting Actress                                                                             
Jennifer Lawrence: American Hustle
Carey Mulligan: Inside Llewyn Davis
Lupita Nyong’o:12 Years a Slave
June Squibb: Nebraska
Oprah Winfrey: Lee Daniels’ The Butler  

Best Director
Chuck Buck and Jennifer Lee: Frozen
Alfonso Cuaron: Gravity
Spike Jonze: Her
Steve McQueen:12 Years a Slave
David O. Russell: American Hustle  

Best Original Screenplay   
American Hustle
Frozen
Her
Prisoners
The Way Way Back
                                                       
Best Adapted Screenplay                                                                         
12 Years a Slave
Philomena
Short Term 12
The Spectacular Now
The Wolf of Wall Street

Best Art Direction
12 Years a Slave
Gravity
The Great Gatsby
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug  
Oz The Great and Powerful


Best Cinematography 
12 Years a Slave
All is Lost
Captain Phillips
Gravity
Prisoners
                                                                               
Best Editing

12 Years a Slave  
American Hustle
Captain Phillips
Gravity
The Wolf of Wall Street
                           
Best Costume Design
12 Years a Slave
American Hustle
The Great Gatsby
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Oz The Great and Powerful  

Best Makeup

12 Years a Slave
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug  
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Lee Daniels’ The Butler  
Star Trek: Into Darkness  

Best Original Song
Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues: Doby
The Croods: Shine Your Way
Despicable Me 2: Happy
Frozen: Let it Go
The Great Gatsby: Young and Beautiful

Best Original Score
12 Years a Slave
Frozen
Gravity
Philomena
Saving Mr. Banks

Best Sound
12 Years a Slave
All is Lost
Gravity
Pacific Rim
Rush

Best Sound Editing
All is Lost
Captain Phillips
Frozen
Gravity
Rush

Best Visual Effects
Gravity
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug  
Oz The Great and Powerful
Pacific Rim
Star Trek: Into Darkness

Best Animated Feature
Despicable Me 2
Ernest and Celestine
Frozen
Monsters University
The Wind Rises

Best Acting Ensemble
12 Years a Slave
American Hustle
Lee Daniels’ The Butler
Prisoners
The Way Way Back

Best Soundtrack of the Year
American Hustle
Frozen
Gravity
Inside Llewyn Davis
The Way Way Back

Breakthrough Actor
Oscar Isaac: Inside Llewyn Davis
Liam James: The Way Way Back
Michael B. Jordan: Fruitvale Station
Tye Sheridan: Mud
Miles Teller: The Spectacular Now

Breakthrough Actress
Brie Larson: Short Term 12
Jane Levy: Evil Dead
Jena Malone: The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Lupita Nyong’o: 12 Years A Slave
Margot Robbie: The Wolf of Wall Street

Best Picture
127 Hours
Black Swan
The Fighter
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Inception
Shutter Island
The Social Network
Tangled
Toy Story 3
Winter’s Bone
 
Best Actor
Jeff Bridges: True Grit
Leonardo DiCaprio: Inception

Jesse Eisenberg: The Social Network
Colin Firth: The King’s Speech
James Franco: 127 Hours
 
Best Actress
Diane Lane: Secretariat
Jennifer Lawrence: Winter’s Bone
Lesley Manville: Another Year
Natalie Portman: Black Swan
Noomi Rapace: The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
 
Best Supporting Actor
Christian Bale: The Fighter
John Hawkes: Winter’s Bone
Michael Keaton: Toy Story 3
Jeremy Renner: The Town
Geoffrey Rush: The King’s Speech
 
Best Supporting Actress
Amy Adams: The Fighter
Mila Kunis: Black Swan
Mellisa Leo: The Fighter
Chloe Moretz: Kick-Ass
Hailee Steinfeld: True Grit
 
Best Director
Darren Aronofsky: Black Swan
David Fincher: The Social Network
Christopher Nolan: Inception
Niels Arden Oplev: The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Lee Unkrich: Toy Story 3
 
Best Original Screenplay
Black Swan
Buried
Inception
The King’s Speech
Tangled
 
Best Adapted Screenplay
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
The Social Network
Toy Story 3
True Grit
Winter’s Bone
 
Best Art Direction
Alice in Wonderland
Inception
The King’s Speech
Shutter Island
Tron: Legacy
 
Best Cinematography
127 Hours
Black Swan
Inception
Shutter Island
True Grit
 
Best Editing
127 Hours
Inception
Kick-Ass
The Social Network
The Town
 
Best Costume Design
Alice in Wonderland
Black Swan
Kick-Ass
The King’s Speech
True Grit
 
Best Makeup
Alice in Wonderland
Black Swan
Let Me In
 
Best Original Song
Alice: Alice in Wonderland
If I Rise: 127 Hours
I See the Light: Tangled
Mother Knows Best: Tangled
We Belong Together: Toy Story 3
 
Best Original Score
127 Hours
Inception
The King’s Speech
The Social Network
Tangled
 
Best Sound
How to Train Your Dragon
Inception
Kick-Ass
Toy Story 3
Tron: Legacy
 
Best Sound Editing
How to Train Your Dragon
Inception
Kick-Ass
Toy Story 3
Tron: Legacy
 
Best Visual Effects
Alice in Wonderland
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Inception
Scott Pilgrim vs The World
Tron: Legacy
 
Best Animated Feature
Despicable Me
How to Train Your Dragon
The Illusionist
Tangled
Toy Story 3
 
Best Acting Ensemble
The Fighter
Inception
The King’s Speech
The Social Network
The Town
 
Best Soundtrack of the Year
Inception
Kick-Ass
Scott Pilgrim vs The World
The Social Network
Tangled
 
Breakthrough Actor of the Year
Andrew Garfield: The Social Network
Keir Gilchrist: It’s Kind of A Funny Story
Aaron Johnson: Kick-Ass
Logan Lerman: Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lighting Thief  
Thomas Robinson: The Switch
 
Breakthrough Actress of the Year
Jennifer Lawrence: Winter’s Bone
Chloe Moretz: Kick-Ass and Let Me In
Hailee Steinfeld: True Grit
Emma Stone: Easy A
Mia Wasikowska: Alice in Wonderland and The Kids Are All Right

Best Picture
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
In Bruges
Slumdog Millionaire
WALL-E
 
Best Actor
Colin Farrell: In Bruges
Richard Jenkins: The Visitor
Frank Langella: Frost/Nixon
Sean Penn: Milk
Mickey Rourke: The Wrestler
 
Best Actress
Rebecca Hall: Vicky, Christina Barcelona
Anne Hathaway: Rachel Getting Married
Sally Hawkins: Happy-Go-Lucky
Melissa Leo: Frozen River
Meryl Streep: Doubt
 
Best Supporting Actor
Tom Cruise: Tropic Thunder
Robert Downey Jr.: Tropic Thunder
Brendan Gleeson: In Bruges
Phillip Seymour Hoffman: Doubt
Heath Ledger: The Dark Knight
 
Best Supporting Actor
Amy Adams: Doubt
Penelope Cruz: Vicky, Christina Barcelona
Viola Davis: Doubt
Taraji P. Henson: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Marisa Tomei: The Wrestler
 
Best Director
Danny Boil: Slumdog Millionaire
David Fincher: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Martin McDonagh: In Bruges
Christopher Nolan: The Dark Knight
Gus Van Sant: Milk
 
Best Original Screenplay
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
In Bruges
Milk
Rachel Getting Married
WALL-E
 
Best Adapted Screenplay
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Doubt
Frost/Nixon
Slumdog Millionaire
 
Best Art Direction
Australia
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
WALL-E
 
Best Editing
The Dark Knight
Frost/Nixon
In Bruges
Milk
Slumdog Millionaire
 
Best Costume Design
Australia
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Duchess
Sex and the City
Mrs. Pettigrew Lives for a Day
 
Best Makeup
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
 
Best Original Song
Down to Earth: WALL-E
Dracula’s Lament: Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Jai Ho: Slumdog Millionaire
Rock me, Sexy Jesus: Hamlet 2
The Wrestler: The Wrestler
 
Best Original Score
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Milk
Slumdog Millionaire
WALL-E
 
Best Sound
The Dark Knight
The Incredible Hulk
Iron Man
WALL-E
Wanted
 
Best Sound Editing
The Dark Knight
The Incredible Hulk
Iron Man
Pineapple Express
WALL-E
 
Best Visual Effects
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
 
Best Animated Feature
Bolt
Kung-fu Panda
WALL-E
 
Breakthrough Actor
Russell Brand: Fogetting Sarah Marshal
Steve Coogan: Hamlet 2
James Franco: Milk and Pineapple Express
Dev Patel: Slumdog Millionaire
Jason Segel: Forgetting Sarah Marshall
 
Breakthrough Actress
Viola Davis: Doubt
Kat Dennings: Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist
Rosemary Dewitt: Rachel Getting Married
Rebecca Hall: Vicky, Christina Barcelona and Frost/Nixon
Taraji P. Henson: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Freida Pinto: Slumdog Millionaire
 
Best Acting Ensemble
The Dark Knight
Doubt
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Milk 


Tropic Thunder

Best Picture
Hairspray
Juno
No Country for Old Men
Superbad
Sweeney Todd
 
Best Actor
Gerard Butler: 300
George Clooney: Michael Clayton
Daniel Day-Lewis: There Will Be Blood
Johnny Depp: Sweeney Todd
Denzel Washington: American Gangster
 
Best Actress
Amy Adams: Enchanted
Nicole Blonsky: Hairspray
Julie Christe: Away from Her
Marion Cotillard: La Vie en Rose
Ellen Page: Juno
 
Best Supporting Actor
Javier Bardem: No Country for Old Men
Christopher Mintz-Plasse: Superbad
J.K. Simmons: Juno
John Travolta: Hairspray
Tom Wilkinson: Michael Clayton
 
Best Supporting Actress
Allison Janney: Juno
Leslie Mann: Knocked Up
Michelle Pfeiffer: Hairspray
Amy Ryan: Gone Baby Gone
Tilda Swinton: Michael Clayton
 
Best Director
Brad Bird: Ratatouille
Tim Burton: Sweeney Todd
Joel and Ethan Coen: No Country for Old Men
Jason Reitman: Juno
Adam Shankman: Hairspray
 
Best Original Screenplay
Juno
Knocked Up
Michael Clayton
Ratatouille
Superbad
 
With a hats off to the late Adrienne Shelly for Waitress
 
Best Adapted Screenplay
3:10 to Yuma
Gone Baby Gone
Hairspray
No Country For Old Men
The Simpsons Movie
 
Best Art Direction
Atonement
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
The Golden Compass
Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End
Sweeney Todd
 
Best Cinematography
300
Atonement
Into the Wild  
No Country For Old Men
There Will be Blood
 
Best Editing
1408
The Bourne Ultimatum
Into The Wild
No Country For Old Men
There Will Be Blood
 
Best Costume Design
Atonement
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Hairspray
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Sweeney Todd
 
Best Makeup
300
Hairspray
Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End
Stardust
Sweeney Todd
 
Best Original Score
Atonement
Enchanted
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix  
Ratatouille
There Will Be Blood
 
Best Original Song
Come So Far (Got So Far to Go): Hairspray 
Falling Slowly: Once
Rule the World: Stardust

So Close: Enchanted
That’s How You Know: Enchanted
 
Best Sound
300
3:10 to Yuma
Live Free or Die Hard
Ratatouille
Spider-Man 3
 
Best Sound Editing
300
Live Free or Die Hard
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End
Ratatouille
There Will Be Blood
 
Best Visual Effects
300
The Golden Compass
Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End
Spider-Man 3
Transformers
 
Best Animated Feature
Beowulf
Ratatouille
The Simpsons Movie
 
Breakthrough Male
Josh Brolin: No Country for Old Men, Grindhouse, and American Gangster
Michael Cera: Juno and Superbad
James Marsden: Hairspray and Enchanted
Christopher Mintz-Plasse: Superbad
Ed Sanders: Sweeney Todd
 
Breakthrough Female
Nicole Blonsky: Hairspray
Katherine Heigl: Knocked Up
Ellen Page: Juno
Amy Ryan: Gone Baby Gone
Saoirse Ronan: Atonement

Best Picture
The 40-Year-Old Virgin
Batman Begins
Brokeback Mountain
Crash
Sin City

Best Actor
Philip Seymour Hoffman: Capote 
Heath Ledger: Brokeback Mountain
Joaquin Phoenix: Walk the Line
David Strathairn: Good Night, and Good Luck
Vince Vaughn: Wedding Crashers

Best Actress
Maria Bello: A History of Violence
Keira Knightly: Pride and Prejudice
Charlize Theron: North Country
Naomi Watts: King Kong
Reese Witherspoon: Walk the Line
 
Best Supporting Actor
Matt Dillon: Crash
Will Farrell: The Producers
Paul Giamatti: Cinderella Man
William Hurt: A History of Violence
Mickey Rourke: Sin City

Best Supporting Actress
Amy Adams: Junebug
Isla Fisher: Wedding Crashers
Catherine Keener: Capote
Thandie Newton: Crash
Michelle Willaims: Brokeback Mountain
 
Best Director
Ang Lee: Brokeback Mountain
Paul Haggis: Crash
Peter Jackson: King Kong
Christopher Nolan: Batman Begins
Robert Rodriguez: Sin City
 
Best Adapted Screenplay
Batman Begins
Brokeback Mountain
A History of Violence
King Kong
Sin City
 
Best Original Screenplay
The 40-Year-Old Virgin
Crash
Good Night, and Good Luck
Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Wererabbit
Wedding Crashers
 
Best Art Direction
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
King Kong
Robots

Best Cinematography
Batman Begins
Good Night, and Good Luck
King Kong
Kung Fu Hustle
Sin City
 
Best Film Editing
Batman Begins
Cinderella Man
Crash
King Kong
Sin City
 
Best Costume Design
Cinderella Man
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
King Kong
Pride and Prejudice
The Producers
 
Best Makeup
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Sin City
 
Best Original Score
Brokeback Mountain
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
Pride and Prejudice
Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride

Best Original Song
A Love That Will Never Grow Old: Brokeback Mountain
In the Deep: Crash
Remains of the Day: Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride
There’s Nothing Like a Show on Broadway: The Producers
Wunderkind: The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
 
Best Sound
Batman Begins
King Kong
Sin City
Star Wars: Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
War of the Worlds
 
Best Sound Editing
Batman Begins
King Kong
Star Wars: Episode III: Revenge of the Sith

Best Visual Effects
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
King Kong
Star Wars: Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
 
Best Animated Feature
Robots
Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride
Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit