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Not far behind was _Boyhood_, which took four of its eight nominated categories, and _The Grand Budapest Hotel_ with 11 nominations and three wins. Below is a full list of winners: **BEST PICTURE** _Birdman_ **_Boyhood_** _Gone Girl_ _The Grand Budapest Hotel_ _The Imitation Game_ _Nightcrawler_ _Selma_ _The Theory of Everything_ _Unbroken_ _Whiplash_ **BEST ACTOR** Benedict Cumberbatch, _The Imitation Game_ Ralph Fiennes, _The Grand Budapest Hotel_ [Jake Gyllenhaal](http://www.people.com/people/jake%5Fgyllenhaal), _Nightcrawler_ **Michael Keaton,** **_Birdman_** David Oyelowo, _Selma_ Eddie Redmayne, _The Theory of Everything_ **BEST ACTRESS** [Jennifer Aniston](http://www.people.com/people/jennifer%5Faniston), _Cake_ Marion Cotillard, _Two Days, One Night_ Felicity Jones, _The Theory of Everything_ **Julianne Moore,** **_Still Alice_** Rosamund Pike, _Gone Girl_ [Reese Witherspoon](http://www.people.com/people/reese%5Fwitherspoon), _Wild_ **BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR** Josh Brolin, _Inherent Vice_ Robert Duvall, _The Judge_ Ethan Hawke, _Boyhood_ Edward Norton, _Birdman_ Mark Ruffalo, _Foxcatcher_ **J.K. Simmons,** **_Whiplash_** **BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS** **Patricia Arquette,** **_Boyhood_** [Jessica Chastain](http://www.people.com/people/jessica%5Fchastain), _A Most Violent Year_ [Keira Knightley](http://www.people.com/people/keira%5Fknightley), _The Imitation Game_ [Emma Stone](http://www.people.com/people/emma%5Fstone), _Birdman_ Meryl Streep, _Into the Woods_ Tilda Swinton, _Snowpiercer_ **BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS** **Ellar Coltrane,** **_Boyhood_** Ansel Elgort, _The Fault in Our Stars_ Mackenzie Foy, _Interstellar_ Jaeden Lieberher, _St. Vincent_ Tony Revolori, _The Grand Budapest Hotel_ Quvenzhane Wallis, _Annie_ Noah Wiseman, _The Babadook_ **BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE** **_Birdman_** _Boyhood_ _The Grand Budapest Hotel_ _The Imitation Game_ _Into the Woods_ _Selma_ **BEST DIRECTOR** Wes Anderson, _The Grand Budapest Hotel_ Ava DuVernay, _Selma_ David Fincher, _Gone Girl_ Alejandro G. Inarritu _Birdman_ [Angelina Jolie](http://www.people.com/people/angelina%5Fjolie), _Unbroken_ **Richard Linklater,** **_Boyhood_** **BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY** **_Birdman_** **– Alejandro G. Inarritu, Nicolas Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Jr., Armando Bo** _Boyhood_ – Richard Linklater _The Grand Budapest Hotel_ – Wes Anderson, Hugo Guinness _Nightcrawler_ – Dan Gilroy _Whiplash_ – Damien Chazelle **BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY** **_Gone Girl_** **– Gillian Flynn** _The Imitation Game_ – Graham Moore _Inherent Vice_ – Paul Thomas Anderson _The Theory of Everything_ – Anthony McCarten _Unbroken_ – Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, Richard LaGravenese, William Nicholson _Wild_ – Nick Hornby **BEST CINEMATOGRAPY** **_Birdman_** **, Emmanuel Lubezki** _The Grand Budapest Hotel_, Robert Yeoman _Interstellar_, Hoyte Van Hoytema _Mr. Turner_, Dick Pope _Unbroken_, Roger Deakins **BEST ART DIRECTION** _Birdman_ – Kevin Thompson/Production Designer, George DeTitta Jr./Set Decorator **_The Grand Budapest Hotel_** **– Adam Stockhausen/Production Designer, Anna Pinnock/Set Decorator** _Inherent Vice_ – David Crank/Production Designer, Amy Wells/Set Decorator _Interstellar_ – Nathan Crowley/Production Designer, Gary Fettis/Set Decorator _Into the Woods_ – Dennis Gassner/Production Designer, Anna Pinnock/Set Decorator _Snowpiercer_ – Ondrej Nekvasil/Production Designer, Beatrice Brentnerova/Set Decorator **BEST EDITING** **_Birdman_** **, Douglas Crise, Stephen Mirrione** _Boyhood_, Sandra Adair _Gone Girl_, Kirk Baxter _Interstellar_, Lee Smith _Whiplash_, Tom Cross **BEST COSTUME DESIGN** **_The Grand Budapest Hotel_** **, Milena Canonero** _Inherent Vice_, Mark Bridges _Into the Woods_, Colleen Atwood _Maleficent_, Anna B. Sheppard _Mr. Turner_, Jacqueline Durran **BEST HAIR & MAKEUP** _Foxcatcher_ **_Guardians of the Galaxy_** _The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies_ _Into the Woods_ _Maleficent_ **BEST VISUAL EFFECTS** **_Dawn of the Planet of the Apes_** _Edge of Tomorrow_ _Guardians of the Galaxy_ _The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies_ _Interstellar_ **BEST ANIMATED FEATURE** _Big Hero 6_ _The Book of Life_ _The Boxtrolls_ _How to Train Your Dragon 2_ **_The Lego Movie_** **BEST ACTION MOVIE** _American Sniper_ _Captain America: The Winter Soldier_ _Edge of Tomorrow_ _Fury_ **_Guardians of the Galaxy_** **BEST ACTOR IN AN ACTION MOVIE** [**Bradley Cooper**](http://www.people.com/people/bradley%5Fcooper)**,** **_American Sniper_** [Tom Cruise](http://www.people.com/people/tom%5Fcruise), _Edge of Tomorrow_ Chris Evans, _Captain America: The Winter Soldier_ [Brad Pitt](http://www.people.com/people/brad%5Fpitt), _Fury_ Chris Pratt, _Guardians of the Galaxy_ **BEST ACTRESS IN AN ACTION MOVIE** [**Emily Blunt**](http://www.people.com/people/emily%5Fblunt)**,** **_Edge of Tomorrow_** [Scarlett Johansson](http://www.people.com/people/scarlett%5Fjohansson), _Lucy_ Jennifer Lawrence, _The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1_ [Zoë Saldana](http://www.people.com/people/zoe%5Fsaldana/), _Guardians of the Galaxy_ Shailene Woodley, _Divergent_ **BEST COMEDY** _Birdman_ **_The Grand Budapest Hotel_** _St. Vincent_ _Top Five_ _22 Jump Street_ **BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY** Jon Favreau, _Chef_ Ralph Fiennes, _The Grand Budapest Hotel_ **Michael Keaton,** **_Birdman_** Bill Murray, _St. Vincent_ Chris Rock, _Top Five_ [Channing Tatum](http://www.people.com/people/channing%5Ftatum), _22 Jump Street_ **BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY** Rose Byrne, _Neighbors_ [Rosario Dawson](http://www.people.com/people/rosario%5Fdawson), _Top Five_ Melissa McCarthy, _St. Vincent_ **Jenny Slate,** **_Obvious Child_** Kristen Wiig, _The Skeleton Twins_ **BEST SCI-FI/HORROR MOVIE** _The Babadook_ _Dawn of the Planet of the Apes_ **_Interstellar_** _Snowpiercer_ _Under the Skin_ **BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM** **_Force Majeure_** _Ida_ _Leviathan_ _Two Days, One Night_ _Wild Tales_ **BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE** _Citizenfour_ _Glen Campbell: I’ll Be Me_ _Jodorowsky’s Dune_ _Last Days in Vietnam_ **_Life Itself_** _The Overnighters_ **BEST SONG** “Big Eyes” – Lana Del Rey, _Big Eyes_ “Everything Is Awesome” – Jo Li and the Lonely Island, _The Lego Movie_ **“Glory” – Common/John Legend,** **_Selma_** “Lost Stars” – Keira Knightley, _Begin Again_ “Yellow Flicker Beat” – Lorde, _The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1_ **BEST SCORE** Alexandre Desplat, _The Imitation Game_ Johann Johannsson, _The Theory of Everything_ Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, _Gone Girl_ **Antonio Sanchez,** **_Birdman_** Hans Zimmer, _Interstellar_ [_This article originally appeared on People.com_](http://www.peoplestylewatch.com/people/stylewatch/package/article/0,,20768378%5F20892671,00.html) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3671258/critics-choice-awards/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3671258/critics-choice-awards/"},"headline":"Boyhood Wins Best Picture and Director At Critics' Choice Awards","datePublished":"2015-01-16T10:51:10.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T03:38:20.458Z","description":"Birdman walked away with the most statues","url":"https://time.com/3671258/critics-choice-awards/","keywords":["awards"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4b72e5be3067c5d1/6987793606f2c107e6333518/boyhood.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Dana Rose Falcone / People"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4b72e5be3067c5d1/6987793606f2c107e6333518/boyhood.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Golden Globes 2015 - Boyhood","caption":"Golden Globes 2015 - Boyhood","creditText":"IFC Films","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/awards/","name":"awards"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3671258/critics-choice-awards/","name":"Boyhood Wins Best Picture and Director At Critics' Choice Awards"}}]}] ```