Best of 2014

Films

1 Birdman or (the Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

2 Interstellar

3 A Most Violent Year

4 The Grand Budapest Hotel                                                              

5 The Theory of Everything                                                               

6 American Sniper                                                                              

7 A Most Wanted Man                    

8 Calvary

9 Nightcrawler

10 Wild

11 Still Alice

12 The Trip to Italy

13 St. Vincent

14 Gone Girl

15 Begin Again

16 Fury 

17 Under the Skin

18 Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

19 Edge of Tomorrow

20 Rosewater

Directors
1  Alejandro González Iñárritu, Birdman
2 Christopher Nolan, Interstellar
3 J.C. Chandor, A Most Violent Year
4 Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel
5 James Marsh, The Theory of Everything

 Actors
 1 Michael Keaton, Birdman
 2 Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything
 3 Brendan Gleeson, Calvary
 4 Benedict Cumberbatch, The Imitation Game
 5 Jake Gyllenhaal, Nightcrawler

 Actresses
 1 Julianne Moore, Still Alice
 2 Jessica Chastain, A Most Violent Year
 3 Reese Witherspoon, Wild 

 4 Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl
 5 Felicity Jones, The Theory of Everything

 Supporting Actors
 1 J.K. Simmons, Whiplash
 2 Edward Norton, Birdman
 3 Robert Duvall, The Judge
 4 Stellan Skarsgard, The Railway Man
 5 Mark Ruffalo, Foxcatcher

  Supporting Actresses
  1 Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
  2 Emma Stone, Birdman 
  3 Jessica Chastain, Interstellar 
  4 Laura Dern, Wild
  5 Naomi Watts, Birdman

  Screenwriters
 1 Alejandro González Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris Jr. and Armando Bo, Birdman
 2 Wes Anderson and Hugo Guinness, The Grand Budapest Hotel
 3 J.C. Chandor, A Most Violent Year
 4 Anthony McCarten, The Theory of Everything
 5 John Michael McDonagh, Calvary

 Cinematography
 1 Emmanuel Lubezki, Birdman
 2 Hoyte Van Hoytema, Interstellar 
3 Bradford Young, A Most Violent Year
4 Benoit Delhomme, The Theory of Everything 
5 Robert Yeoman, The Grand Budapest Hotel