The 8th Houston Film Critics Society Awards nominations were announced on the December 16, 2014. The 2014 awards were given out at a ceremony held at the Sundance Cinemas Houston on January 10, 2015.Your Houston News (December 17, 2014). . YourHoustonNews.com. Retrieved December 18, 2014. The awards are presented annually by the Houston Film Critics Society based in Houston, Texas.
Winners and nominees Winners are listed first and highlighted with boldface.Tapley, Kristopher (December 16, 2014). "'Birdman' and usual critical darling suspects lead Houston critics' nominations" . HitFix.com. Retrieved December 18, 2014.
Best Picture Best Foreign Language Film Boyhood Birdman The Grand Budapest Hotel Guardians of the Galaxy The Imitation Game Inherent Vice A Most Violent Year Nightcrawler Selma Whiplash Force Majeure • Sweden Ida • Poland/Denmark Leviathan • Russia The Raid 2 • Indonesia Two Days, One Night • Belgium Best Actor Best Actress Jake Gyllenhaal – Nightcrawler Benedict Cumberbatch – The Imitation Game Tom Hardy – Locke Michael Keaton – Birdman Eddie Redmayne – The Theory of Everything Julianne Moore – Still Alice Marion Cotillard – Two Days, One Night Essie Davis – The Babadook Felicity Jones – The Theory of Everything Reese Witherspoon – Wild Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting Actress J. K. Simmons – Whiplash Josh Brolin – Inherent Vice Ethan Hawke – Boyhood Edward Norton – Birdman Mark Ruffalo – Foxcatcher Andy Serkis – Dawn of the Planet of the Apes Patricia Arquette – Boyhood Jessica Chastain – A Most Violent Year Keira Knightley – The Imitation Game Emma Stone – Birdman Tilda Swinton – Snowpiercer Best Director Best Cinematography Richard Linklater – Boyhood Alejandro G. Iñárritu – Birdman Wes Anderson – The Grand Budapest Hotel Paul Thomas Anderson – Inherent Vice Damien Chazelle – Whiplash Birdman – Emmanuel Lubezki Unbroken – Roger Deakins Inherent Vice – Robert Elswit Interstellar – Hoyte van Hoytema The Grand Budapest Hotel – Robert Yeoman |- ! style="background:#EEDD82;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Animated Feature Film ! style="background:#EEDD82;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Documentary Feature |- | valign="top" | The Lego Movie Big Hero 6 The Book of Life The Boxtrolls How to Train Your Dragon 2 Citizenfour Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me Jodorowsky's Dune Life Itself The Overnighters Best Original Score Best Original Song The Grand Budapest Hotel – Alexandre Desplat The Imitation Game – Alexandre Desplat The Theory of Everything – Jóhann Jóhannsson Birdman – Antonio Sánchez Interstellar – Hans Zimmer | valign="top" | "Everything Is Awesome" by Joshua Bartholomew, Lisa Harriton, Shawn Patterson, Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer, Jorma Taccone – The Lego Movie "Big Eyes" by Lana Del Rey – Big Eyes "Glory" by John Legend and Common – Selma "I'm Not Going to Miss You" by Glen Campbell – Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me "Lost Stars" by Gregg Alexander, Danielle Brisebois, Nick Lashley and Nick Southwood – Begin Again Best Screenplay Best Poster Boyhood – Richard Linklater The Grand Budapest Hotel – Wes Anderson, Hugo Guinness Birdman – Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris Jr., and Armando Bo Whiplash – Damien Chazelle Nightcrawler – Dan Gilroy | valign="top" | The Grand Budapest Hotel Birdman Godzilla The Grand Budapest Hotel Guardians of the Galaxy Inherent Vice Texas Independent Film Award Technical Achievement Boyhood Above All Else Hellion Joe No No: A Dockumentary Stop the Pounding Heart Boyhood Birdman Dawn of the Planet of the Apes Worst Film The Identical Blended Dumb and Dumber To Left Behind Transformers: Age of Extinction
Movies with multiple nominations and awards
The following 16 films received multiple nominations: Nominations Film 10 Birdman 7 Boyhood 6 The Grand Budapest Hotel 5 Inherent Vice 4 The Imitation Game Whiplash 3 Nightcrawler The Theory of Everything 2 A Most Violent Year Dawn of the Planet of the Apes Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me Guardians of the Galaxy Interstellar The Lego Movie Selma Two Days, One Night
The following 3 films received multiple awards: Wins Film 6 Boyhood 2 The Grand Budapest Hotel The Lego Movie
References
External links Houston Film Critics Society: Awards