# Houston Film Critics Society Awards 2014

The 8th Houston Film Critics Society Awards nominations were announced on the December 16, 2014. The 2014 awards were given out at a ceremony held at the Sundance Cinemas Houston on January 10, 2015. The awards are presented annually by the Houston Film Critics Society based in Houston, Texas.

## Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted with boldface.
| Best Picture | Best Foreign Language Film |
| Boyhood Birdman The Grand Budapest Hotel Guardians of the Galaxy The Imitation Game Inherent Vice A Most Violent Year Nightcrawler Selma Whiplash | Force Majeure • Sweden Ida • Poland/Denmark Leviathan • Russia The Raid 2 • Indonesia Two Days, One Night • Belgium |
| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| Jake Gyllenhaal – Nightcrawler Benedict Cumberbatch – The Imitation Game Tom Hardy – Locke Michael Keaton – Birdman Eddie Redmayne – The Theory of Everything | Julianne Moore – Still Alice Marion Cotillard – Two Days, One Night Essie Davis – The Babadook Felicity Jones – The Theory of Everything Reese Witherspoon – Wild |
| Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress |
| J. K. Simmons – Whiplash Josh Brolin – Inherent Vice Ethan Hawke – Boyhood Edward Norton – Birdman Mark Ruffalo – Foxcatcher Andy Serkis – Dawn of the Planet of the Apes | Patricia Arquette – Boyhood Jessica Chastain – A Most Violent Year Keira Knightley – The Imitation Game Emma Stone – Birdman Tilda Swinton – Snowpiercer |
| Best Director | Best Cinematography |
| Richard Linklater – Boyhood Alejandro G. Iñárritu – Birdman Wes Anderson – The Grand Budapest Hotel Paul Thomas Anderson – Inherent Vice Damien Chazelle – Whiplash | Birdman – Emmanuel Lubezki Unbroken – Roger Deakins Inherent Vice – Robert Elswit Interstellar – Hoyte van Hoytema The Grand Budapest Hotel – Robert Yeoman |
| Best Animated Feature Film | Best Documentary Feature |
| The Lego Movie Big Hero 6 The Book of Life The Boxtrolls How to Train Your Dragon 2 | Citizenfour Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me Jodorowsky's Dune Life Itself The Overnighters |
| Best Original Score | Best Original Song |
| The Grand Budapest Hotel – Alexandre Desplat The Imitation Game – Alexandre Desplat The Theory of Everything – Jóhann Jóhannsson Birdman – Antonio Sánchez Interstellar – Hans Zimmer | "Everything Is Awesome" by Joshua Bartholomew, Lisa Harriton, Shawn Patterson, Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer, Jorma Taccone – The Lego Movie "Big Eyes" by Lana Del Rey – Big Eyes "Glory" by John Legend and Common – Selma "I'm Not Going to Miss You" by Glen Campbell – Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me "Lost Stars" by Gregg Alexander, Danielle Brisebois, Nick Lashley and Nick Southwood – Begin Again |
| Best Screenplay | Best Poster |
| Boyhood – Richard Linklater The Grand Budapest Hotel – Wes Anderson, Hugo Guinness Birdman – Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris Jr., and Armando Bo Whiplash – Damien Chazelle Nightcrawler – Dan Gilroy | The Grand Budapest Hotel Birdman Godzilla The Grand Budapest Hotel Guardians of the Galaxy Inherent Vice |
| Texas Independent Film Award | Technical Achievement |
| Boyhood Above All Else Hellion Joe No No: A Dockumentary Stop the Pounding Heart | Boyhood Birdman Dawn of the Planet of the Apes |
| Worst Film | |
| The Identical Blended Dumb and Dumber To Left Behind Transformers: Age of Extinction | |

## Movies with multiple nominations and awards

| Nominations | Film |
| 10 | Birdman |
| 7 | Boyhood |
| 6 | The Grand Budapest Hotel |
| 5 | Inherent Vice |
| 4 | The Imitation Game |
| 4 | Whiplash |
| 3 | Nightcrawler |
| 3 | The Theory of Everything |
| 2 | A Most Violent Year |
| 2 | Dawn of the Planet of the Apes |
| 2 | Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me |
| 2 | Guardians of the Galaxy |
| 2 | Interstellar |
| 2 | The Lego Movie |
| 2 | Selma |
| 2 | Two Days, One Night |
| Wins | Film |
| 6 | Boyhood |
| 2 | The Grand Budapest Hotel |
| 2 | The Lego Movie |