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Boyhood was the top winner at the 2014 Detroit Film Critics Society Awards, taking the awards in four categories of Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actress, and Best Screenplay. Birdman  and Whiplash  took two awards each.  There was a three-way tie in the category of Best Ensemble with Birdman, Guardians of the Galaxy, and The Grand Budapest Hotel.

The Best of 2014 as picked by the Detroit Film Critics Society (nominees are listed in alphabetical order)

BEST FILM

Winner: Boyhood
Birdman
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Under the Skin
Whiplash

BEST DIRECTOR

Winner: Richard Linklater, Boyhood
Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel
Damien Chazelle, Whiplash
Jonathan Glazer, Under the Skin
Ajejandro González Iñárritu, Birdman

BEST ACTOR

Winner: Michael Keaton, Birdman
Benedict Cumberbatch, The Imitation Game
Brendan Gleeson, Calvary
Jake Gyllenhaal, Nightcrawler
Tom Hardy, Locke
Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything

BEST ACTRESS

Winner: Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl
Essie Davis, The Babadook
Scarlett Johansson, Under the Skin
Julianne Moore, Still Alice
Reese Witherspoon, Wild

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Winner: JK Simmons, Whiplash
Josh Brolin, Inherent Vice
Ethan Hawke, Boyhood
Edward Norton, Birdman
Mark Ruffalo, Foxcatcher

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Winner: Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
Laura Dern, Wild
Rene Russo, Nightcrawler
Emma Stone, Birdman
Tilda Swinton, Snowpiercer

BEST ENSEMBLE

Winner: Birdman
Winner: The Grand Budapest Hotel
Winner: Guardians of the Galaxy
Boyhood
Into the Woods

BREAKTHROUGH

Winner: Damien Chazelle, Whiplash (director, screenplay)
Jennifer Kent, The Babadook (director, screenplay)
Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Belle, Beyond the Lights (actress)
Chris Pratt, Guardians of the Galaxy (actor)
Dan Stevens, The Guest (actor)

BEST SCREENPLAY

Winner: Richard Linklater, Boyhood
Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel
Damien Chazelle, Whiplash
Nicolas Giacobone and Alejandro González Iñárritu, Birdman
John Michael McDonagh, Calvary

BEST DOCUMENTARY

Winner: CitizenFour
Finding Vivian Maier
Jodorowsky’s Dune
Keep On Keepin’ On
Life Itself

 

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