AWARD SEASON PREDICTIONS 2015
by demarcoshannon | created - 19 Sep 2014 | updated - 19 Sep 2014 | PublicNote that I don't think every movie on this list looks appealing to me.
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1. Boyhood (I) (2014)
R | 165 min | Drama
The life of Mason, from early childhood to his arrival at college.
Director: Richard Linklater | Stars: Ellar Coltrane, Patricia Arquette, Ethan Hawke, Elijah Smith
Votes: 367,148 | Gross: $25.38M
Best Picture (WINNER) Best Actor Ellar Coltrane Best Supporting Actor Ethan Hawke Best Supporting Actress Patricia Arquette Best Supporting Actress Lorelei Linklater Best Director Richard Linklater Best Original Screenplay (WINNER) SAG Best Ensemble
2. Foxcatcher (2014)
R | 134 min | Biography, Drama, History
U.S. Olympic wrestling champions and brothers Mark Schultz and Dave Schultz join "Team Foxcatcher", led by eccentric multi-millionaire John du Pont, as they train for the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, South Korea, but John's self-destructive behavior threatens to consume them all.
Director: Bennett Miller | Stars: Steve Carell, Channing Tatum, Mark Ruffalo, Vanessa Redgrave
Votes: 149,256 | Gross: $12.10M
Best Picture Best Actor Steve Carrel Best Actor Channing Tatum Best Supporting Actor Mark Ruffalo Best Supporting Actress Vanessa Redgrave Best Director Bennett Miller Best Original Screenplay
3. Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014)
R | 119 min | Comedy, Drama
A washed-up superhero actor attempts to revive his fading career by writing, directing, and starring in a Broadway production.
Director: Alejandro G. Iñárritu | Stars: Michael Keaton, Zach Galifianakis, Edward Norton, Andrea Riseborough
Votes: 666,501 | Gross: $42.34M
Best Picture Best Actor Michael Keaton Best Supporting Actor Zach Galifianakis Best Supporting Actor Edward Norton Best Supporting Actress Emma Stone Best Supporting Actress Naomi Watts Best Director (CAN'T SAY THE DUDES NAME) Best Original Screenplay
4. A Most Violent Year (2014)
R | 125 min | Action, Crime, Drama
In New York City 1981, an ambitious immigrant fights to protect his business and family during the most dangerous year in the city's history.
Director: J.C. Chandor | Stars: Oscar Isaac, Jessica Chastain, David Oyelowo, Alessandro Nivola
Votes: 77,589 | Gross: $5.74M
Best Picture Best Actor Oscar Isaac Best Actress Jessica Chastain Best Director JC Chandor Best Original Screenplay Best Supporting Actor David Oyelowo
5. The Theory of Everything (2014)
PG-13 | 123 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
Stephen Hawking gets unprecedented success in the field of physics despite being diagnosed with motor neuron disease at the age of 21. He defeats awful odds as his first wife Jane aids him loyally.
Director: James Marsh | Stars: Eddie Redmayne, Felicity Jones, Tom Prior, Sophie Perry
Votes: 482,022 | Gross: $35.89M
Best Picture Best Actor Eddie Redmayne Best Actress Felicity Jones Best Director James Marsh Best Adapted Screenplay
6. The Imitation Game (2014)
PG-13 | 114 min | Biography, Drama, Thriller
During World War II, the English mathematical genius Alan Turing tries to crack the German Enigma code with help from fellow mathematicians while attempting to come to terms with his troubled private life.
Director: Morten Tyldum | Stars: Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode, Allen Leech
Votes: 824,948 | Gross: $91.13M
Best Picture Best Actor Benedict Cumberbatch Best Supporting Actor Matthew Goode Best Supporting Actress Keira Knightley Best Director Best Adapted Screenplay
7. Unbroken (I) (2014)
PG-13 | 137 min | Action, Biography, Drama
After a near-fatal plane crash in WWII, Olympian Louis Zamperini spends a harrowing 47 days in a raft with two fellow crewmen before he's caught by the Japanese navy and sent to a prisoner-of-war camp.
Director: Angelina Jolie | Stars: Jack O'Connell, Miyavi, Domhnall Gleeson, Garrett Hedlund
Votes: 182,704 | Gross: $115.64M
THIS LOOKS HORRIBLE! Best Picture Best Actor Jack O'Connell Best Supporting Actor Domhal Gleeson Best Director Angelina Jolie (OUT OF SEXIST BURDEN) Best Adapted Screenplay
8. Inherent Vice (2014)
R | 148 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
In 1970, drug-fueled Los Angeles private investigator Larry "Doc" Sportello investigates the disappearance of a former girlfriend.
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson | Stars: Joaquin Phoenix, Josh Brolin, Owen Wilson, Katherine Waterston
Votes: 110,713 | Gross: $8.11M
Best Picture Best Actor Joaquin Phoenix Best Supporting Actor Benicio Del Torro Best Supporting Actress Reese Witherspoon Best Supporting Actress Jena Malone Best Supporting Actress Sasha Pietrese Best Director Paul Thomas Anderson Best Adapted Screenplay SAG Best Ensemble
9. Into the Woods (2014)
PG | 125 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
A witch tasks a childless baker and his wife with procuring magical items from classic fairy tales to reverse the curse put on their family tree.
Director: Rob Marshall | Stars: Anna Kendrick, Meryl Streep, Chris Pine, Emily Blunt
Votes: 148,030 | Gross: $128.00M
Awards like the idea of nominating musicals, even if they KNOW they are gonna suck Best Picture (srsly!) Best Actress Meryl Streep inevitably Best Supporting Actress Emily Blunt (I LOVE HER) Best Supporting Actress Anna Kendrick Best Director Rob Marshall Best Adapted Screenplay SAG Best Ensemble
10. Interstellar (2014)
PG-13 | 169 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
When Earth becomes uninhabitable in the future, a farmer and ex-NASA pilot, Joseph Cooper, is tasked to pilot a spacecraft, along with a team of researchers, to find a new planet for humans.
Director: Christopher Nolan | Stars: Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, Mackenzie Foy
Votes: 2,099,391 | Gross: $188.02M
DARK KNIGHT TRILOGY IS OVERRATED! CHRISTOPHER NOLAN IS OVERRATED! Best Actor-Matthew McConaughey Best Actress-Anne Hathaway (10 bucks says if she wins she gives a fakey and tacky speech again........TEACHER'S PET VOTING PEOPLE) Best Supporting Actor Michael Caine Best Supporting Actress-Jessica Chastain
11. Nightcrawler (2014)
R | 117 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
When Louis Bloom, a con man desperate for work, muscles into the world of L.A. crime journalism, he blurs the line between observer and participant to become the star of his own story.
Director: Dan Gilroy | Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Rene Russo, Bill Paxton, Riz Ahmed
Votes: 604,549 | Gross: $32.38M
Best Picture Best Actor Jake Gyllenhaal Best Original Screenplay
12. St. Vincent (2014)
PG-13 | 102 min | Comedy, Drama
A young boy whose parents have just divorced finds an unlikely friend and mentor in the misanthropic, bawdy, hedonistic war veteran who lives next door.
Director: Theodore Melfi | Stars: Bill Murray, Melissa McCarthy, Naomi Watts, Jaeden Martell
Votes: 108,519 | Gross: $44.13M
Best Picture Comedy or Musical Golden Globes Best Actor Bill Murray
13. Laggies (2014)
R | 99 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
In the throes of a quarter-life crisis, Megan panics when her boyfriend proposes. She takes an opportunity to escape for a week, hiding out in the house of her new 16-year-old friend Annika and her world-weary single dad.
Director: Lynn Shelton | Stars: Keira Knightley, Chloë Grace Moretz, Sam Rockwell, Mark Webber
Votes: 45,803 | Gross: $0.44M
Best Picture Comedy or Musical Best Actress Comedy or Musical Keira Knightley Best Supporting Actress Chloe Grace Moretz Best Supporting Actor Sam Rockwell Best Original Screenplay
14. The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
R | 99 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
A writer encounters the owner of an aging high-class hotel, who tells him of his early years serving as a lobby boy in the hotel's glorious years under an exceptional concierge.
Director: Wes Anderson | Stars: Ralph Fiennes, F. Murray Abraham, Mathieu Amalric, Adrien Brody
Votes: 886,455 | Gross: $59.10M
Best Picture Comedy or Musical Best Actor Comedy or Musical Ralph Fiennes Best Original Screeplay Best Costume Design Best Production Design Best Make Up
15. The Skeleton Twins (2014)
R | 93 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Having both coincidentally cheated death on the same day, estranged twins reunite with the possibility of mending their relationship.
Director: Craig Johnson | Stars: Kristen Wiig, Bill Hader, Luke Wilson, Ty Burrell
Votes: 44,855 | Gross: $5.28M
Best Picture Comedy or Musical Best Actor Comedy or Musical Bill Hader Best Actress Comedy or Musical Kristen Wiig Best Original Screenplay
16. Winter Sleep (2014)
Not Rated | 196 min | Drama
A hotel owner and landlord in a remote Turkish village deals with conflicts within his family and a tenant behind on his rent.
Director: Nuri Bilge Ceylan | Stars: Haluk Bilginer, Melisa Sözen, Demet Akbag, Ayberk Pekcan
Votes: 55,562 | Gross: $0.17M
Best Foreign Film
17. The Wonders (2014)
Not Rated | 110 min | Drama
A family of beekeepers living in the Tuscan countryside finds their household disrupted by the simultaneous arrival of a silently troubled teenage boy and a reality TV show intent on showcasing the family.
Director: Alice Rohrwacher | Stars: Alba Rohrwacher, Maria Alexandra Lungu, Sam Louwyck, Sabine Timoteo
Votes: 5,967 | Gross: $0.07M
Best Foreign Film
18. Leviathan (2014)
R | 140 min | Crime, Drama
In a Russian coastal town, Kolya is forced to fight the corrupt mayor when he is told that his house will be demolished. He recruits a lawyer friend to help, but the man's arrival brings further misfortune for Kolya and his family.
Director: Andrey Zvyagintsev | Stars: Aleksey Serebryakov, Elena Lyadova, Roman Madyanov, Vladimir Vdovichenkov
Votes: 56,904 | Gross: $1.09M
Best Foreign Film
19. Mommy (I) (2014)
R | 139 min | Drama
A widowed single mother, raising her violent son alone, finds new hope when a mysterious neighbor inserts herself into their household.
Director: Xavier Dolan | Stars: Anne Dorval, Antoine Olivier Pilon, Suzanne Clément, Patrick Huard
Votes: 61,826 | Gross: $3.49M
Best Foreign Film
20. Two Days, One Night (2014)
PG-13 | 95 min | Drama
Liège, Belgium. Sandra is a factory worker who discovers that her workmates have opted for a EUR1,000 bonus in exchange for her dismissal. She has only a weekend to convince her colleagues to give up their bonuses in order to keep her job.
Directors: Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne | Stars: Marion Cotillard, Fabrizio Rongione, Catherine Salée, Baptiste Sornin
Votes: 50,535 | Gross: $1.44M
Best Foreign Film Best Actress Marion Cotillard
21. The Lego Movie (2014)
PG | 100 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
An ordinary LEGO construction worker, thought to be the prophesied as "special", is recruited to join a quest to stop an evil tyrant from gluing the LEGO universe into eternal stasis.
Directors: Phil Lord, Christopher Miller | Stars: Chris Pratt, Will Ferrell, Elizabeth Banks, Will Arnett
Votes: 388,299 | Gross: $257.76M
Best Animated Movie (SHOULD WIN) Best Original Song
22. The Tale of The Princess Kaguya (2013)
PG | 137 min | Animation, Drama, Family
Kaguya is a beautiful young woman coveted by five nobles. To try to avoid marrying a stranger she doesn't love, she sends her suitors on seemingly impossible tasks. But she will have to face her fate and punishment for her choices.
Director: Isao Takahata | Stars: Chloë Grace Moretz, James Caan, Mary Steenburgen, James Marsden
Votes: 53,991 | Gross: $1.51M
Best Animated Movie
23. Big Hero 6 (2014)
PG | 102 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
A special bond develops between plus-sized inflatable robot Baymax and prodigy Hiro Hamada, who together team up with a group of friends to form a band of high-tech heroes.
Directors: Don Hall, Chris Williams | Stars: Ryan Potter, Scott Adsit, Jamie Chung, T.J. Miller
Votes: 501,972 | Gross: $222.53M
Best Animated Feature
24. How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014)
PG | 102 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
When Hiccup and Toothless discover an ice cave that is home to hundreds of new wild dragons and the mysterious Dragon Rider, the two friends find themselves at the center of a battle to protect the peace.
Director: Dean DeBlois | Stars: Jay Baruchel, Cate Blanchett, Gerard Butler, Craig Ferguson
Votes: 363,992 | Gross: $177.00M
Best Animated Feature Best Original Song Where No One Goes
25. The Boxtrolls (2014)
PG | 96 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
A young orphaned boy raised by underground cave-dwelling trash collectors tries to save his friends from an evil exterminator.
Directors: Graham Annable, Anthony Stacchi | Stars: Ben Kingsley, Jared Harris, Nick Frost, Richard Ayoade
Votes: 61,500 | Gross: $50.84M
Best Animated Feature Best Original Song
26. The Book of Life (2014)
PG | 95 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Manolo, a young man who is torn between fulfilling the expectations of his family and following his heart, embarks on an adventure that spans three fantastic worlds where he must face his greatest fears.
Director: Jorge R. Gutiérrez | Stars: Diego Luna, Zoe Saldana, Channing Tatum, Ron Perlman
Votes: 78,002 | Gross: $50.15M
Best Animated Feature Best Original Song Apology Song Best Original Song I Love You Too Much
27. The Fault in Our Stars (2014)
PG-13 | 126 min | Drama, Romance
Hazel and Gus are teenagers who meet at a cancer support group and fall in love. They both share the same acerbic wit and a love of books, especially "An Imperial Affliction", so they embark on a journey to visit an author in Amsterdam.
Director: Josh Boone | Stars: Shailene Woodley, Ansel Elgort, Nat Wolff, Laura Dern
Votes: 401,093 | Gross: $124.87M
Best Actress Shailene Woodley (MAYBE) Best Orignal Song Let Me In Best Original Song Not About Angels
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