2014: Year in Review
Fritz Golden Superlatives

  1. Under the Skin (dir: Jonathan Glazer; US release date)

  2. The Wind Rises (dir: Hayao Miyazaki; US release date)

  3. The Immigrant (dir: James Gray; US release date)

  4. Gone Girl (dir: David Fincher)

  5. Mr. Turner (dir: Mike Leigh)

  6. Force Majeure (dir: Ruben Östlund)

  7. Inherent Vice (dir: Paul Thomas Anderson)

  8. Godzilla (dir: Gareth Edwards)

  9. Listen Up Philip (dir: Alex Ross Perry)

  10. Noah (dir: Darren Aronofsky)

 

Honorable Mentions (in alphabetical order): The Babadook (dir: Jennifer Kent), Birdman (dir: Alejandro González Iñárritu), Edge of Tomorrow (dir: Doug Liman), Foxcatcher (dir: Bennett Miller), The Guest (dir: Adam Wingard), The Homesman (dir: Tommy Lee Jones), Ida (dir: Pawel Pawlikoski), A Most Wanted Man (dir: Anton Corbijn), A Most Violent Year (dir: J.C. Chandor), The One I Love (dir: Christopher MacDowell), Only Lovers Left Alive (dir: Jim Jarmusch), Starred Up (dir: David Mackenzie), The Tale of Princess Kaguya (dir: Isao Takahata), and Top Five (dir: Chris Rock)


Best Film of the Year: Under the Skin
Director: Jonathan Glazer Producers: Nick Wecshler, James Wilson
US Distributor: A24


Jonathan Glazer and Scarlett Johansson on the Under the Skin set (left); at the Venice Film Festival premiere (right)

Jonathan Glazer and Scarlett Johansson on the Under the Skin set (left); at the Venice Film Festival premiere (right)

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Joaquin Phoenix in James Gray’s The Immigrant (left) and Paul Thomas Anderson’s Inherent Vice (right)

Joaquin Phoenix in James Gray’s The Immigrant (left) and Paul Thomas Anderson’s Inherent Vice (right)

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Rosamund Pike in David Fincher’s Gone Girl

Rosamund Pike in David Fincher’s Gone Girl

Best Actress:
Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl
2. Elisabeth Moss, Listen Up Philip AND The One I Love
3. Scarlett Johansson, Under the Skin
4. Marion Cotillard, The Immigrant
5. Hilary Swank, The Homesman

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Josh Brolin in Paul Thomas Anderson’s Inherent Vice

Josh Brolin in Paul Thomas Anderson’s Inherent Vice

Best Supporting Actor:
Josh Brolin, Inherent Vice
2. Cedric Kyles (Cedric the Entertainer), Top Five
3. Ethan Hawke, Boyhood
4. Jonathan Pryce, Listen Up Philip
5. Joshua McGuire, Mr. Turner

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Rosario Dawson and Chris Rock in Chris Rock's Top Five

Rosario Dawson and Chris Rock in Chris Rock's Top Five

Best Supporting Actress:
Rosario Dawson, Top Five
2. Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
3. Kirsten Dunst, The Two Faces of January
4. Agata Kulesza, Ida
5. Carrie Coon, Gone Girl

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A scene from Hayao Miyazaki's The Wind Rises

A scene from Hayao Miyazaki's The Wind Rises

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Isao Takahata's The Tale of Princess Kaguya

Isao Takahata's The Tale of Princess Kaguya

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Jeremy Renner and Marion Cotillard in James Gray's The Immigrant

Jeremy Renner and Marion Cotillard in James Gray's The Immigrant

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Scarlett Johansson in Jonathan Glazer's Under the Skin

Scarlett Johansson in Jonathan Glazer's Under the Skin


Katherine Waterston and Joaquin Phoenix in Paul Thomas Anderson’s Inherent Vice

Katherine Waterston and Joaquin Phoenix in Paul Thomas Anderson’s Inherent Vice

Best Film Editing:
Inherent Vice — Leslie Jones
2. Gone Girl — Kirk Baxter
3. Whiplash – Tom Cross
4. Non-Stop — Jim May
5. Godzilla – Bob Ducsay

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F. Murray Abraham in Wes Anderson's The Grand Budapest Hotel

F. Murray Abraham in Wes Anderson's The Grand Budapest Hotel

Best Production Design:
The Grand Budapest Hotel – Adam Stockhausen and Anna Pinnock
2. Mr. Turner – Suzie Davies and Charlotte Watts
3. The Double – David Crank and Barbara Herman-Skelding
4. Inherent Vice – David Crank and Amy Wells
5. Interstellar — Nathan Crowley, Gary Fettis and Helen Kozora-Tell


Tony Revolori and Mia Wasikowska in Wes Anderson's The Grand Budapest Hotel

Tony Revolori and Mia Wasikowska in Wes Anderson's The Grand Budapest Hotel

Best Costume Design:
The Grand Budapest Hotel — Milena Canonero
2. Inherent Vice — Mark Bridges
3. Mr. Turner — Jacqueline Durran

4. The Double — Jacqueline Durran
5. The Theory of Everything — Steven Noble


Best Visual Effects
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

2. Interstellar
3. X-Men: Days of Future Past


Best Sound
Godzilla

2. Whiplash
3. Under the Skin


Best Makeup
Mr. Turner

2. The Grand Budapest Hotel
3. Guardians of the Galaxy


Best Documentary Feature:
Tales of the Grim Sleeper — Nick Broomfield

2. The Overnighters — Jesse Moss
3. The Salt of the Earth — Wim Wenders and Juliano Ribeiro Salgado


Hayao Miyazaki's The Wind Rises

Best Animated Feature:
The Wind Rises — Hayao Miyazaki
2. The Tale of Princess Kaguya — Isao Takahata
3. The LEGO Movie — Phil Lord and Chris Miller


Frances McDormand in Lisa Cholodenko’s Olive Kitteridge

Best Limited Series:
Olive Kitteridge — Lisa Cholodenko, Jane Anderson, Elizabeth Strout, and David Coatsworth
2. The Honourable Woman — Hugo Blick and Abi Bach
3. Fargo — Noah Hawley, Chad Oakes, Mike Frislev, and Kim Todd


Best Ensemble Cast: 
Inherent Vice

Orson Welles' Best First Feature:
Jennifer Kent, The Babadook

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Best Ensemble Cast (dir: Paul Thomas Anderson; in alphabetical order): Josh Brolin, Hong Chau, Benicio Del Toro (pictured), Martin Donovan, Jena Malone, Joanna Newsom, Joaquin Phoenix (pictured), Sasha Pieterse, Eric Roberts, Maya Rudolph, Martin Short, Serena Scott Thomas, Katherine Wasterston, Owen Wilson, Michael Kenneth Williams and Reese Witherspoon

Best First Feature: Essie Davis and Noah Wiseman (pictured) in Jennifer Kent's The Babadook


RECAP

W I N S :

Inherent Vice 4,
Under the Skin 3, The Grand Budapest Hotel 2, The Immigrant 2, The Wind Rises 2, The Babadook — 1, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes 1, Godzilla 1, Gone Girl 1, Mr. Turner 1, Olive Kitteridge 1, The Tale of Princess Kaguya 1, Tales of the Grim Sleeper 1, Top Five 1


M U L T I P L E
N O M I N A T I O N S :

Inherent Vice 11,
Gone Girl 8, Mr. Turner 7, The Immigrant 5, Under the Skin 5, Listen Up, Philip 5, Godzilla 4, Grand Budapest Hotel 4, The Wind Rises 3, The Double 2, Force Majeure 2, Interstellar 2, A Most Violent Year 2, The One I Love 2, Tale of Princess Kaguya 2, Top Five — 2, Whiplash 2