The Detroit Film Critics Society (DFCS) is a film critic organization based in Detroit, Michigan, United States. It was founded in 2007, and includes a group of over twenty film critics. To become a member, the critic must have reviewed at least twelve films a year in an established publication, with no more than two different critics per publication admitted. It presents annual awards at the end of the year, for the best films of the preceding year.
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2007
Best Film No Country for Old Men The Diving Bell and the Butterfly Juno Into the Wild There Will Be Blood
Best Director Joel Coen and Ethan Coen – No Country for Old Men Paul Thomas Anderson – There Will Be Blood Tim Burton – Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Sean Penn – Into the Wild Jason Reitman – Juno Julian Schnabel – The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Best Actor George Clooney – Michael Clayton as Michael Clayton Mathieu Amalric – The Diving Bell and the Butterfly as Jean-Dominique Bauby Daniel Day-Lewis – There Will Be Blood as Daniel Plainview Emile Hirsch – Into the Wild as Christopher McCandless / Alexander Supertramp Tommy Lee Jones – No Country for Old Men Sheriff Ed Tom Bell
Best Actress Elliot Page – Juno as Juno MacGuff Amy Adams – Enchanted as Princess Giselle Julie Christie – Away from Her as Fiona Anderson Marion Cotillard – La Vie en rose as Édith Piaf Laura Linney – The Savages as Wendy Savage
Best Supporting Actor Javier Bardem – No Country for Old Men as Anton Chigurh Casey Affleck – The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford as Robert Ford Paul Dano – There Will Be Blood as Paul Sunday / Eli Sunday Hal Holbrook – Into the Wild as Ron Franz Tom Wilkinson – Michael Clayton as Arthur Edens
Best Supporting Actress Tilda Swinton – Michael Clayton as Karen Crowder Cate Blanchett – I'm Not There as Jude Quinn Catherine Keener – Into the Wild as Jan Burres Emily Mortimer – Lars and the Real Girl as Karin Amy Ryan – Gone Baby Gone as Helene McCready
Best Cast Juno Before the Devil Knows You're Dead Lars and the Real Girl Waitress Zodiac
Best Newcomer Diablo Cody – Juno Nikki Blonsky – Hairspray Michael Cera – Juno and Superbad Sarah Polley – Away from Her Adrienne Shelly – Waitress
2008
Best Film Slumdog Millionaire The Dark Knight Frost/Nixon WALL-E The Wrestler
Best Director Danny Boyle – Slumdog Millionaire Darren Aronofsky – The Wrestler Ron Howard – Frost/Nixon Christopher Nolan – The Dark Knight Andrew Stanton – WALL-E
Best Actor Mickey Rourke – The Wrestler as Randy "The Ram" Robinson Josh Brolin – W. as George W. Bush Leonardo DiCaprio – Revolutionary Road as Frank Wheeler Frank Langella – Frost/Nixon as Richard Nixon Sean Penn – Milk as Harvey Milk
Best Actress Kate Winslet – Revolutionary Road as April Wheeler Anne Hathaway – Rachel Getting Married as Kym Buchman Sally Hawkins – Happy-Go-Lucky as Pauline "Poppy" Cross Melissa Leo – Frozen River as Ray Eddy Meryl Streep – Doubt as Sister Aloysius Beauvier
Best Supporting Actor Heath Ledger – The Dark Knight as The Joker Robert Downey Jr. – Tropic Thunder as Kirk Lazarus James Franco – Pineapple Express as Saul Silver Eddie Marsan – Happy-Go-Lucky as Scott Michael Shannon – Revolutionary Road as John Givings, Jr.
Best Supporting Actress Marisa Tomei – The Wrestler as Pam / Cassidy Amy Adams – Doubt as Sister James Elizabeth Banks – W. as Laura Bush Penélope Cruz – Vicky Cristina Barcelona as María Elena Rosemarie DeWitt – Rachel Getting Married as Rachel Buchman
Best Cast Frost/Nixon Burn After Reading Rachel Getting Married Revolutionary Road Tropic Thunder
Best Newcomer Martin McDonagh – In Bruges Rosemarie DeWitt – Rachel Getting Married as Rachel Buchman Rebecca Hall – Frost/Nixon and Vicky Cristina Barcelona as Caroline Cushing and Vicky Danny McBride – Pineapple Express as Red Dev Patel – Slumdog Millionaire as Jamal Malik Catinca Untaru – The Fall as Alexandria
2009
Best Film Up (500) Days of Summer The Hurt Locker Inglourious Basterds Up in the Air
Best Director Pete Docter – Up Kathryn Bigelow – The Hurt Locker Jason Reitman – Up in the Air Quentin Tarantino – Inglourious Basterds Marc Webb – (500) Days of Summer
Best Actor Colin Firth – A Single Man George Falconer George Clooney – Up in the Air as Ryan Bingham Matt Damon – The Informant! as Mark Whitacre Joseph Gordon-Levitt – (500) Days of Summer as Tom Hansen Sam Rockwell – Moon as Sam Bell
Best Actress Gabourey Sidibe – Precious as Claireece "Precious" Jones Alison Lohman – Drag Me to Hell as Christine Brown Carey Mulligan – An Education as Jenny Melor Saoirse Ronan – The Lovely Bones as Susie Salmon Meryl Streep – Julie & Julia as Julia Child
Best Supporting Actor Christoph Waltz – Inglourious Basterds as Col. Hans Landa Woody Harrelson – The Messenger as Capt. Tony Stone Woody Harrelson – Zombieland as Tallahassee Christian McKay – Me and Orson Welles as Orson Welles Stanley Tucci – The Lovely Bones as George Harvey
Best Supporting Actress Mo'Nique – Precious as Mary Lee Johnston Marion Cotillard – Nine as Luisa Contini Vera Farmiga – Up in the Air as Alex Goran Anna Kendrick – Up in the Air as Natalie Keener Mélanie Laurent – Inglourious Basterds as Shosanna Dreyfuss
Best Ensemble The Hangover Inglourious Basterds Precious Star Trek Zombieland
Breakthrough Performance Gabourey Sidibe – Precious as Claireece "Precious" Jones Anna Kendrick – Up in the Air as Natalie Keener Christian McKay – Me and Orson Welles as Orson Welles Carey Mulligan – An Education as Jenny Mellor Chris Pine – Star Trek as James T. Kirk Christoph Waltz – Inglourious Basterds as Col. Hans Landa
2010
Best Film The Social Network 127 Hours Inception The King's Speech Winter's Bone
Best Director Danny Boyle – 127 Hours David Fincher – The Social Network Debra Granik – Winter's Bone Tom Hooper – The King's Speech Christopher Nolan – Inception Edgar Wright – Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Best Actor Colin Firth – The King's Speech as George VI Jeff Bridges – True Grit as Reuben "Rooster" Cogburn Jesse Eisenberg – The Social Network as Mark Zuckerberg James Franco – 127 Hours as Aron Ralston Ryan Gosling – Blue Valentine as Dean Pereira
Best Actress Jennifer Lawrence – Winter's Bone as Ree Dolly Nicole Kidman – Rabbit Hole as Becca Corbett Carey Mulligan – Never Let Me Go as Kathy H Natalie Portman – Black Swan as Nina Sayers Michelle Williams – Blue Valentine as Cynthia "Cindy" Heller
Best Supporting Actor Christian Bale – The Fighter as Dickie Eklund Andrew Garfield – The Social Network as Eduardo Saverin John Hawkes – Winter's Bone as Teardop Dolly Sam Rockwell – Conviction as Kenny Waters Mark Ruffalo – The Kids Are All Right as Paul Hatfield Geoffrey Rush – The King's Speech as Lionel Logue
Best Supporting Actress Amy Adams – The Fighter as Charlene Fleming Helena Bonham Carter – The King's Speech as Queen Elizabeth Greta Gerwig – Greenberg as Florence Marr Melissa Leo – The Fighter as Alice Eklund Jacki Weaver – Animal Kingdom as Janine "Smurf" Cody
Best Ensemble Winter's Bone The Fighter The Kids Are All Right The King's Speech Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Breakthrough Performance Jennifer Lawrence – Winter's Bone as Ree Dolly Andrew Garfield – The Social Network and Never Let Me Go as Eduardo Saverin and Tommy Greta Gerwig – Greenberg as Florence Marr Chloë Grace Moretz – Kick-Ass and Let Me In as Hit-Girl and Abby Mia Wasikowska – The Kids Are All Right as Joni Allgood
2011
Best Film The Artist The Descendants Hugo Take Shelter The Tree of Life
Best Director Michel Hazanavicius – The Artist Terrence Malick – The Tree of Life Jeff Nichols – Take Shelter Martin Scorsese – Hugo Nicolas Winding Refn – Drive
Best Actor Michael Fassbender – Shame as Brandon Sullivan George Clooney – The Descendants as Matt King Jean Dujardin – The Artist as George Valentin Brad Pitt – Moneyball as Billy Beane Michael Shannon – Take Shelter as Curtis LaForche
Best Actress Michelle Williams – My Week with Marilyn as Marilyn Monroe Viola Davis – The Help as Aibileen Clark Felicity Jones – Like Crazy as Anna Maria Gardner Meryl Streep – The Iron Lady as Margaret Thatcher Charlize Theron – Young Adult as Mavis Gary
Best Supporting Actor Christopher Plummer – Beginners as Hal Fields Kenneth Branagh – My Week with Marilyn as Laurence Olivier Albert Brooks – Drive as Bernie Rose Ryan Gosling – Crazy, Stupid, Love as Jacob Palmer Patton Oswalt – Young Adult as Matt Freehauf
Best Supporting Actress Carey Mulligan – Shame as Sissy Sullivan Bérénice Bejo – The Artist as Peppy Miller Jessica Chastain – Take Shelter as Samantha LaForche Vanessa Redgrave – Coriolanus as Volumnia Octavia Spencer – The Help as Minny Jackson
Best Ensemble Carnage Cedar Rapids Crazy, Stupid, Love The Help Margin Call Win Win
Breakthrough Performance Jessica Chastain – The Help, Take Shelter and The Tree of Life as Celia Foote, Samantha LaForche, and Mrs. O’Brien Felicity Jones – Like Crazy as Anna Maria Gardner Melissa McCarthy – Bridesmaids as Megan Price Elizabeth Olsen – Martha Marcy May Marlene as Martha Shailene Woodley – The Descendants as Alexandra King
Best Screenplay Moneyball – Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin 50/50 – Will Reiser The Artist – Michel Hazanavicius Beginners – Mike Mills Take Shelter – Jeff Nichols
Best Documentary FilmTabloid Into Eternity Into the Abyss Marwencol We Were Here
2012
Best Film Silver Linings Playbook Argo The Impossible Take This Waltz Zero Dark Thirty
Best Director David O. Russell – Silver Linings Playbook Ben Affleck – Argo J. A. Bayona – The Impossible Kathryn Bigelow – Zero Dark Thirty Sarah Polley – Take This Waltz
Best Actor Daniel Day-Lewis – Lincoln as Abraham Lincoln Bradley Cooper – Silver Linings Playbook as Patrick "Pat" Solatano, Jr. John Hawkes – The Sessions as Mark O'Brien Bill Murray – Hyde Park on Hudson as Franklin D. Roosevelt Joaquin Phoenix – The Master as Freddie Quell
Best Actress Jennifer Lawrence – Silver Linings Playbook as Tiffany Maxwell Jessica Chastain – Zero Dark Thirty as Maya Greta Gerwig – Damsels in Distress as Violet Naomi Watts – The Impossible as Maria Bennett Michelle Williams – Take This Waltz as Margot
Best Supporting Actor Robert De Niro – Silver Linings Playbook as Patrizio "Pat" Solitano, Sr. Philip Seymour Hoffman – The Master as Lancaster Dodd Tommy Lee Jones – Lincoln as Thaddeus Stevens Matthew McConaughey – Magic Mike as Dallas Ewan McGregor – The Impossible as Henry Bennett Ezra Miller – The Perks of Being a Wallflower as Patrick
Best Supporting Actress Anne Hathaway – Les Misérables as Fantine Amy Adams – The Master as Peggy Dodd Ann Dowd – Compliance as Sandra Sally Field – Lincoln as Mary Todd Lincoln Helen Hunt – The Sessions as Cheryl Cohen-Greene
Best Ensemble Lincoln Argo The Avengers Moonrise Kingdom Silver Linings Playbook
Breakthrough Performance Zoe Kazan – Ruby Sparks Stephen Chbosky – The Perks of Being a Wallflower Rebel Wilson – Pitch Perfect Benh Zeitlin – Beasts of the Southern Wild Craig Zobel – Compliance
Best Screenplay Silver Linings Playbook – David O. Russell The Cabin in the Woods – Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard Lincoln – Tony Kushner The Perks of Being a Wallflower – Stephen Chbosky Take This Waltz – Sarah Polley
The House I Live In The Impos
2013
Best FilmHer 12 Years a Slave Before Midnight Gravity Short Term 12
Best Director Alfonso Cuarón – Gravity Paul Greengrass – Captain Phillips Spike Jonze – Her David O. Russell – American Hustle Martin Scorsese – The Wolf of Wall Street
Best Actor Matthew McConaughey – Dallas Buyers Club as Ron Woodroof Leonardo DiCaprio – The Wolf of Wall Street as Jordan Belfort Chiwetel Ejiofor – 12 Years a Slave as Solomon Northup Tom Hanks – Captain Phillips as Captain Richard Phillips