2014: Year in Review
Fritz Golden Superlatives

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

2. Gone Girl (dir: David Fincher)

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

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

5. Mr. Turner (dir: Mike Leigh)

6. Amour Fou (dir: Jessica Hausner)

7. Force Majeure (dir: Ruben Östlund)

8. Inherent Vice (dir: Paul Thomas Anderson)

9. Godzilla (dir: Gareth Edwards)

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

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), Noah (dir: Darren Aronofsky), 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

Best Director:
Jonathan Glazer, Under the Skin
2. James Gray, The Immigrant
3. David Fincher, Gone Girl
4. Jessica Hausner, Amour Fou
5. Paul Thomas Anderson, Inherent Vice

Best Actor:
Joaquin Phoenix, The Immigrant AND Inherent Vice
2. Oscar Isaac, A Most Violent Year
3. Timothy Spall, Mr. Turner
4. Haluk Bilginer, Winter Sleep
5. Ben Affleck, 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

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

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

Best Original Screenplay:
The Wind Rises — Hayao Miyazaki
2. Force Majeure –  Ruben Östlund
3. Amour Fou – Jessica Hausner
4. Listen Up Philip — Alex Ross Perry
5. The One I Love – Justin Lader

Best Adapted Screenplay:
The Tale of Princess Kaguya — Isao Takahata and Riko Sakaguchi
2. Inherent Vice – Paul Thomas Anderson
3. 22 Jump Street – Michael Bacall, Rodney Rothman, Oren Uziel, and Jonah Hill
4. Gone Girl – Gillian Flynn
5. Obvious Child – Gillian Robespierre, Elisabeth Holm and Karen Maine

Best Cinematography:
The Immigrant — Darius Khondji
2. Mr. Turner – Dick Pope
3. Inherent Vice – Robert Elswit
4. Amour Fou — Martin Gschlacht
5. A Most Violent Year – Bradford Young

Best Original Score:
Under the Skin – Mica Levi
2. The Guest – Steve Moore
3. Inherent Vice – Johnny Greenwood
4. The Grand Budapest Hotel — Alexandre Desplat
5. Gone Girl – Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross

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

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

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. Amour Fou —Tanja Hausner

Best Visual Effects
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
2. Interstellar
3. Noah

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

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

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

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 — 3, Under the Skin — 3,
Gone Girl — 2, 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, 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, Amour Fou — 5, The Immigrant — 5, Under the Skin — 5, The Grand Budapest Hotel — 4, Listen Up Philip — 4, Godzilla — 3, The Wind Rises — 3, The Double — 2, Force Majeure — 2, Interstellar — 2, A Most Violent Year — 2, The One I Love – 2, The Tale of Princess Kaguya — 2, Top Five — 2, Whiplash — 2

the year-end project:
2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997, 1996, 1995, 1994, 1993, 1992, 1991, 1990, 1989, 1988, 1987, 1986, 1985, 1984, 1983, 1982, 1981, 1980, 1979, 1978, 1977, 1976, 1975, 1974, 1973, 1972, 1971, 1970, 1969, 1968, 1967, 1966, 1965, 1964, 1963, 1962, 1961, 1960, 1959, 1958, 1957, 1956, 1955, 1954, 1953, 1952, 1951, 1950, 1940 - 1949, 1930 - 1939, 1920 - 1929 + Superlatives Index

Best of the Decade:
2010s, 2000s, 1990s, 1980s