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Critics' Choice 2015 Winners & Nominees

The 20th Critics' Choice Awards (2015) took place on January 15, 2015. Boyhood won Best Picture and 3 more awards. Every winner and nominee in all 28 categories is below.

All 28 categories Most wins
categories
28
nominations
139
films nominated
57
winners
20
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Best Picture
Boyhood
Headline winners

Critics' Choice 2015: The Winners

Boyhood won Best Picture against 8 other nominees. Richard Linklater (Best Director), Bradley Cooper (Best Actor in an Action Movie) and Julianne Moore (Best Actress) took the main individual prizes.

Boyhood (2014) movie poster Best Picture

Best Picture

Boyhood

2014 · Drama · $48.1M worldwide

4 wins from 8 nominations at the 20th Critics' Choice Awards (2015)

  • Best Director
  • Best Supporting Actress
  • Best Young Actor/Actress

Filmed over twelve years, this unique film follows Mason as he grows from a young boy into a young man. The story explores his childhood, adolescence, and the evolving relationships with his parents, portrayed by Ethan Hawke and Patricia Arquette, and his sister Samantha, played by Lorelei Linklater. It’s a poignant and intimate portrait of growing up, capturing the passage of time and the complexities of family life.

About Boyhood
Scoreboard

Critics' Choice 2015: Which Films Won the Most

Boyhood won 4 awards from 8 nominations. 14 films won at least once, while The Imitation Game went home empty-handed from 6 nominations. Green is wins, blue is nominations.

  1. Boyhood (2014) movie poster
    Boyhood 4 / 8
    2014 · Drama · 4 wins from 8 nominations
  2. The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) movie poster
    The Grand Budapest Hotel 3 / 11
    2014 · Drama, Comedy · 3 wins from 11 nominations
  3. Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) movie poster
    Guardians of the Galaxy 2 / 5
    2014 · Action, Adventure · 2 wins from 5 nominations
  4. Gone Girl (2014) movie poster
    Gone Girl 1 / 6
    2014 · Drama, Mystery · 1 win from 6 nominations
  5. Interstellar (2014) movie poster
    Interstellar 1 / 6
    2014 · Action, Adventure · 1 win from 6 nominations
  6. Selma (2014) movie poster
    Selma 1 / 5
    2014 · Biography, Drama · 1 win from 5 nominations
  7. Whiplash (2014) movie poster
    Whiplash 1 / 4
    2014 · Drama, Music · 1 win from 4 nominations
  8. Edge of Tomorrow (2014) movie poster
    Edge of Tomorrow 1 / 4
    2014 · Action, Sci-Fi · 1 win from 4 nominations
  9. The LEGO Movie (2014) movie poster
    The LEGO Movie 1 / 2
    2014 · Action, Adventure · 1 win from 2 nominations
  10. American Sniper (2014) movie poster
    American Sniper 1 / 2
    2014 · Action, Biography · 1 win from 2 nominations
Full results

All 28 Critics' Choice 2015 Categories: Winners & Nominees

28 categories and 139 nominations; Best Picture had the most nominees (9). The winner of each comes first, on a green row. Search for a film or a person, show only the winners, or jump straight to a category.

28 categories · 139 nominations

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Critics' Choice 2015 Best Foreign Language Film

1 nominee

No winner is recorded for this category.

Critics' Choice 2015 Best Editing

3 nominees

No winner is recorded for this category.

By genre

The Genres Behind the Critics' Choice 2015 Winners

Drama led with 96 nominations across 36 films and won 13. A film with several genres counts for each one.

  1. Drama 13 wins · 96 nominations · 14%
  2. Action 7 wins · 43 nominations · 16%
  3. Comedy 5 wins · 39 nominations · 13%
  4. Thriller 2 wins · 33 nominations · 6%
  5. Adventure 4 wins · 31 nominations · 13%
  6. Biography 3 wins · 31 nominations · 10%
  7. Sci-Fi 5 wins · 29 nominations · 17%
  8. Romance 1 win · 19 nominations · 5%
  9. Mystery 2 wins · 18 nominations · 11%
  10. War 1 win · 15 nominations · 7%
2015 season

How the Rest of the 2015 Awards Season Voted

The other 13 ceremonies of 2015, with the winner of each top prize. Boyhood also won the top prize at 2 of them.

All 2015 awards
Earlier years

Previous Critics' Choice Ceremonies

The 6 ceremonies before this one, with the winner of each top prize. The Critics' Choice page has every year back to 1996.

Every Critics' Choice ceremony

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FAQ

Critics' Choice 2015: Questions & Answers

The top prize, the film that won the most, the most-nominated film, the individual winners and the date of the 20th Critics' Choice Awards (2015), answered from the results on this page.

Who won Best Picture at the 20th Critics' Choice Awards (2015)?

Boyhood (2014) won Best Picture. The other nominees were Gone Girl, The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Imitation Game, Nightcrawler, Selma, The Theory of Everything, Unbroken and Whiplash.

About Boyhood

Which film won the most awards at the 20th Critics' Choice Awards (2015)?

Boyhood (2014) won the most: 4 awards from 8 nominations. The Grand Budapest Hotel was next with 3 wins.

Which film had the most nominations at the 20th Critics' Choice Awards (2015)?

The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) led with 11 nominations and won 3 of them.

Who won the acting and directing awards at the 20th Critics' Choice Awards (2015)?

Best Director: Richard Linklater for Boyhood. Best Actor in an Action Movie: Bradley Cooper for American Sniper. Best Actress: Julianne Moore for Still Alice. Best Actress in a Comedy Movie: Jenny Slate for Obvious Child. Best Actress in an Action Movie: Emily Blunt for Edge of Tomorrow. Best Supporting Actor: J.K. Simmons for Whiplash. Best Supporting Actress: Patricia Arquette for Boyhood.

When was the 20th Critics' Choice Awards (2015)?

The 20th Critics' Choice Awards (2015) took place on January 15, 2015. The database has 28 categories and 139 nominations for it.