Phoenix Film Critics Society Nominations

Best Picture/Top Ten Films of 2014
A Most Violent Year
Birdman
Boyhood
Gone Girl
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Guardians of the Galaxy
The Imitation Game
The Lego Movie
The Theory of Everything
Whiplash

Best Director
Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel
Damien Chazelle, Whiplash
David Fincher, Gone Girl
Alejandro G. Inarritu, Birdman
Richard Linklater, Boyhood

Best Actor in a Leading Role
Bradley Cooper, American Sniper
Benedict Cumberbatch, The Imitation Game
Brendon Gleeson, Calvary
Tommy Lee Jones, The Homesman
Michael Keaton, Birdman
Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything

Best Actress in a Leading Role
Amy Adams, Big Eyes
Felicity Jones, The Theory of Everything
Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl
Hilary Swank, The Homesman
Reese Witherspoon, Wild

Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Ethan Hawke, Boyhood
Logan Lerman, Fury
Edward Norton, Birdman
Mark Ruffalo, Foxcatcher
J. K. Simmons, Whiplash

Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
Jessica Chastain, A Most Violent Year
Carrie Coon, Gone Girl
Keira Knightley, The Imitation Game
Emma Stone, Birdman

Best Ensemble Acting 
Birdman
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Guardians of the Galaxy
Into the Woods

Best Original Screenplay
A Most Violent Year
Birdman
Boyhood
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Whiplash

Best Adapted Screenplay
American Sniper
Gone Girl
The Imitation Game
The Theory of Everything
Wild

Best Live Action Family Film
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
Guardians of the Galaxy
Into the Woods
Maleficent
Muppets Most Wanted

Best Animated Film
Big Hero 6
The Boxtrolls
The Lego Movie
How to Train Your Dragon 2

Overlooked Film of the Year 
Calvary
Edge of the Tomorrow
Obvious Child
The Skeleton Twins
Snowpiercer

Best Foreign Language Film
Force Majeure
Ida
Mood Indigo
The Raid 2

Best Documentary
CitizenFour
Glen Campbell: I’ll Be Me
Jodorowsky’s Dune
Life Itself
Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon

Best Original Song
Everything is Awesome, The Lego Movie
Immortals, Big Hero 6
Lost Stars, Begin Again
Miracles, Unbroken

Best Original Score
Birdman
Gone Girl
The Imitation Game
Interstellar
The Theory of Everything

Best Cinematography
A Most Violent Year
Birdman
Interstellar
Into the Woods
The Theory of Everything
Unbroken

Best Film Editing
Birdman
Boyhood
Gone Girl
Interstellar
Into the Woods

Best Production Design
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Interstellar
Snowpiercer

Best Costume Design
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Inherent Vice
Into the Woods
Maleficent
The Theory of Everything

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 Stunts
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Edge of Tomorrow
John Wick
Need for Speed
The Raid 2

Breakthrough Performance on Cameran
Ellar Coltrane, Boyhood
Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl
Jenny Slate, Obvious Child

Breakthrough Performance Behind the Camera
Damien Chazelle, Whiplash
Dan Gilroy, Nightcrawler
Gillian Robespierre, Obvious Child
Jon Stewart, Rosewater

Best Performance by a Youth - Male
Ellar Coltrane, Boyhood
Daniel Huttlestone, Into the Woods
Jaeden Lieberber, St. Vincent
Ed Oxenbould, Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
Tony Revolori, The Grand Budapest Hotel

Best Performance by a Youth - Female
Lilla Crawford, Into the Woods
Mackenzie Foy, Interstellar
Sterling Jerins, And So It Goes