CRITICS CHOICE NOMINATIONS - 12 YEARS AND AMERICAN HUSTLE LEAD WITH 13 EACH

The BFCA consider themselves critics, and consider themselves influential. They are neither. They are Oscar predictors with precious little knowledge of the medium of cinema. They've nominated as many of their favourite stars in as many categories as possible so that their CW broadcast in a month's time (the 16th of January) will bag as many dumbass viewers as possible. 12 Years a Slave and American Hustle led the Golden Globe nominations with seven each, and lead here too with 13 each.

Best Picture

·          12 Years a Slave

·          American Hustle

·          Captain Phillips

·          Dallas Buyers Club

·          Gravity

·          Her

·          Inside Llewyn Davis

·          Nebraska

·          Saving Mr. Banks

·          The Wolf of Wall Street

Best Director

·          Alfonso Cuarón (Gravity)

·          Paul Greengrass (Captain Phillips)

·          Spike Jonze (Her)

·          Steve McQueen (12 Years a Slave)

·          David O. Russell (American Hustle)

·          Martin Scorsese (The Wolf of Wall Street)

Best Actor

·          Christian Bale (American Hustle)

·          Bruce Dern (Nebraska)

·          Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave)

·          Tom Hanks (Captain Phillips)

·          Matthew McConaughey (Dallas Buyers Club)

·          Robert Redford (All Is Lost)

Best Actress

·          Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine)

·          Sandra Bullock (Gravity)

·          Judi Dench (Philomena)

·          Brie Larson (Short Term 12)

·          Meryl Streep (August: Osage County)

·          Emma Thompson (Saving Mr. Banks)

Best Supporting Actor

·          Barkhad Abdi (Captain Phillips)

·          Daniel Brühl (Rush)

·          Bradley Cooper (American Hustle)

·          Michael Fassbender (12 Years a Slave)

·          James Gandolfini (Enough Said)

·          Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club)

Best Supporting Actress

·          Scarlett Johansson (Her)

·          Jennifer Lawrence (American Hustle)

·          Lupita Nyong’o (12 Years a Slave)

·          Julia Roberts (August: Osage County)

·          June Squibb (Nebraska)

·          Oprah Winfrey (Lee Daniels’ The Butler)

Best Original Screenplay

·          Woody Allen (Blue Jasmine)

·          Ethan Coen and Joel Coen (Inside Llewyn Davis)

·          Spike Jonze (Her)

·          Bob Nelson (Nebraska)

·          David O. Russell and Eric Singer (American Hustle)

Best Adapted Screenplay

·          Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope (Philomena)

·          Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke and Richard Linklater (Before Midnight)

·          Tracy Letts (August: Osage County)

·          Billy Ray (Captain Phillips)

·          John Ridley (12 Years a Slave)

·          Terence Winter (The Wolf of Wall Street)

Best Cinematography

·          Sean Bobbitt (12 Years a Slave)

·          Roger Deakins (Prisoners)

·          Bruno Delbonnel (Inside Llewyn Davis)

·          Emmanuel Lubezki (Gravity)

·          Phedon Papamichael (Nebraska)

Best Editing

·          Alan Baumgarten, Jay Cassidy and Crispin Struthers (American Hustle)

·          Alfonso Cuarón and Mark Sanger (Gravity)

·          Daniel P. Hanley and Mike Hill (Rush)

·          Christopher Rouse (Captain Phillips)

·          Thelma Schoonmaker (The Wolf of Wall Street)

·          Joe Walker (12 Years a Slave)

Best Art Direction

·          K.K. Barrett (Her)

·          Dan Hennah (The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug)

·          Catherine Martin (The Great Gatsby)

·          Andy Nicholson (Gravity)

·          Adam Stockhausen (12 Years a Slave)

Best Costume Design

·        Bob Buck, Lesley Burkes-Harding, Ann Maskrey and Richard Taylor (The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug)

·          Catherine Martin (The Great Gatsby)

·          Patricia Norris (12 Years a Slave)

·          Daniel Orlandi (Saving Mr. Banks)

·          Michael Wilkinson (American Hustle)

Best Visual Effects

·          Gravity

·          The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

·          Iron Man 3

·          Pacific Rim

·          Star Trek Into Darkness

Best Makeup

·          12 Years a Slave

·          American Hustle

·          The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

·          Lee Daniels’ The Butler

·          Rush

Best Score

·          Arcade Fire (Her)

·          Thomas Newman (Saving Mr. Banks)

·          Steven Price (Gravity)

·          Hans Zimmer (12 Years a Slave)

Best Song

·          ‘Atlas’ (The Hunger Games: Catching Fire)

·          ‘Happy’ (Despicable Me 2)

·          ‘Let It Go’ (Frozen)

·          ‘Ordinary Love’ (Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom)

·          ‘Please Mr. Kennedy’ (Inside Llewyn Davis)

·          ‘Young and Beautiful’ (The Great Gatsby)

Best Acting Ensemble

·          12 Years a Slave

·          American Hustle

·          August: Osage County

·          Lee Daniels’ The Butler

·          Nebraska

·          The Wolf of Wall Street

Best Animated Feature

·          The Croods

·          Despicable Me 2

·          Frozen

·          Monsters University

·          The Wind Rises

Best Documentary

·          20 Feet from Stardom

·          The Act of Killing

·          Blackfish

·          Stories We Tell

·          Tim’s Vermeer

Best Foreign Language Film

·          Blue Is the Warmest Colour

·          The Great Beauty

·          The Hunt

·          The Past

·          Wadjda

Best Action Movie

·          The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

·          Iron Man 3

·          Lone Survivor

·          Rush

·          Star Trek Into Darkness

Best Comedy

·          American Hustle

·          Enough Said

·          The Heat

·          This Is the End

·          The Way, Way Back

·          The World’s End

Best Sci-Fi / Horror Movie

·          The Conjuring

·          Gravity

·          Star Trek Into Darkness

·          World War Z

Best Actor in an Action Movie

·          Henry Cavill (Man of Steel)

·          Robert Downey Jr. (Iron Man 3)

·          Brad Pitt (World War Z)

·          Mark Wahlberg (Lone Survivor)

Best Actor in a Comedy

·          Christian Bale (American Hustle)

·          Leonardo DiCaprio (The Wolf of Wall Street)

·          James Gandolini (Enough Said)

·          Simon Pegg (The World’s End)

·          Sam Rockwell (The Way, Way Back)

Best Actress in an Action Movie

·          Sandra Bullock (Gravity)

·          Jennifer Lawrence (The Hunger Games: Catching Fire)

·          Evangeline Lilly (The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug)

·          Gwyneth Paltrow (Iron Man 3)

Best Actress in a Comedy

·          Amy Adams (American Hustle)

·          Sandra Bullock (The Heat)

·          Greta Gerwig (Frances Ha)

·          Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Enough Said)

·          Melissa McCarthy (The Heat)

Best Young Actor / Actress

·          Asa Butterfield (Ender’s Game)

·          Adèle Exarchopoulos (Blue Is the Warmest Colour)

·          Liam James (The Way, Way Back)

·          Sophie Nélisse (The Book Thief)

·          Tye Sheridan (Mud)