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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