My personal 2010-2014 Half-Decade awards...
My Academy Awards style rundown of my personal winners. Other nominees are presented in alphabetical order.
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- DirectorDavid FincherStarsJesse EisenbergAndrew GarfieldJustin TimberlakeAs Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg creates the social networking site that would become known as Facebook, he is sued by the twins who claimed he stole their idea and by the co-founder who was later squeezed out of the business.BEST PICTURE
other nominees:
Birdman
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Past
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy - DirectorAlejandro G. IñárrituStarsMichael KeatonZach GalifianakisEdward NortonA washed-up superhero actor attempts to revive his fading career by writing, directing, and starring in a Broadway production.BEST DIRECTOR - ALEJANDRO GONZALEZ INNARITU
other nominees:
Wes Anderson - The Grand Budapest Hotel
Kathryn Bigelow - Zero Dark Thirty
Alfonso Cuaron - Gravity
David Fincher - The Social Network - DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsDaniel Day-LewisSally FieldDavid StrathairnAs the Civil War rages on, U.S President Abraham Lincoln struggles with continuing carnage on the battlefield as he fights with many inside his own cabinet on his decision to emancipate the slaves.BEST LEAD ACTOR - DANIEL DAY-LEWIS
other nominees:
Jesse Eisenberg - The Social Network
Hugh Jackman - Les Miserables
Michael Keaton - Birdman
Gary Oldman - Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy - DirectorDavid FincherStarsDaniel CraigRooney MaraChristopher PlummerJournalist Mikael Blomkvist is aided in his search for a woman who has been missing for 40 years by young computer hacker Lisbeth Salander.BEST LEAD ACTRESS - ROONEY MARA
other nominees:
Berenice Bejo - The Past
Jessica Chastain - Zero Dark Thirty
Rosamund Pike - Gone Girl
Natalie Portman - Black Swan - DirectorDamien ChazelleStarsMiles TellerJ.K. SimmonsMelissa BenoistA promising young drummer enrolls at a cut-throat music conservatory where his dreams of greatness are mentored by an instructor who will stop at nothing to realize a student's potential.BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR - JK SIMMONS
other nominees:
Christian Bale - The Fighter
Phillip Seymour Hoffman - The Master
Christopher Plummer - Beginners
Max Von Sydow - Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close - DirectorMike LeighStarsJim BroadbentRuth SheenLesley ManvilleA look at four seasons in the lives of a happily married couple and their relationships with their family and friends.BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS - LESLEY MANVILLE
other nominees:
Berenice Bejo - The Artist
Anne Hathaway - Les Miserables
Sally Hawkins - Blue Jasmine
Jennifer Lawrence - Silver Linings Playbook - DirectorWes AndersonStarsRalph FiennesF. Murray AbrahamMathieu AmalricA 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.BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
other nominees:
Another Year
Django Unchained
The Past
A Separation - DirectorDavid FincherStarsJesse EisenbergAndrew GarfieldJustin TimberlakeAs Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg creates the social networking site that would become known as Facebook, he is sued by the twins who claimed he stole their idea and by the co-founder who was later squeezed out of the business.BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
other nominees:
Before Midnight
The Imitation Game
Lincoln
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy - DirectorJames GunnStarsChris PrattVin DieselBradley CooperA group of intergalactic criminals must pull together to stop a fanatical warrior with plans to purge the universe.BEST ENSEMBLE CAST
other nominees:
Another Year
Birdman
The Social Network
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy - DirectorDean DeBloisStarsJay BaruchelCate BlanchettGerard ButlerWhen 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.BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
other nominees:
Frozen
How to Train Your Dragon
Song of the Sea
Toy Story 3 - DirectorAsghar FarhadiStarsBérénice BejoTahar RahimAli MosaffaAn Iranian man deserts his French wife and her two children to return to his homeland. Meanwhile, his wife starts up a new relationship, a reality her husband confronts upon his wife's request for a divorce.BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
other nominees:
Incendies
Rust & Bone
A Separation
Wild Tales - DirectorSarah PolleyStarsMichael PolleyJohn BuchanMark PolleyA film that excavates layers of myth and memory to find the elusive truth at the core of a family of storytellers.BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
other nominees:
Exit Through the Gift Shop
Hell & Back Again
Inside Job
The Invisible War - DirectorAlfonso CuarónStarsSandra BullockGeorge ClooneyEd HarrisDr Ryan Stone, an engineer on her first time on a space mission, and Matt Kowalski, an astronaut on his final expedition, have to survive in space after they are hit by debris while spacewalking.BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
other nominees:
Birdman
Inside Llewyn Davis
Skyfall
The Tree of Life - DirectorChristopher NolanStarsLeonardo DiCaprioJoseph Gordon-LevittElliot PageA thief who steals corporate secrets through the use of dream-sharing technology is given the inverse task of planting an idea into the mind of a C.E.O., but his tragic past may doom the project and his team to disaster.BEST FILM EDITING
other nominees:
Birdman
Captain Phillips
The Social Network
Zero Dark Thirty - DirectorWes AndersonStarsRalph FiennesF. Murray AbrahamMathieu AmalricA 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.BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
other nominees:
Anna Karenina
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Hugo
Inception - DirectorTim BurtonStarsMia WasikowskaJohnny DeppHelena Bonham CarterNineteen-year-old Alice returns to the magical world from her childhood adventure, where she reunites with her old friends and learns of her true destiny: to end the Red Queen's reign of terror.BEST COSTUME DESIGN
other nominees:
Anna Karenina
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Great Gatsby
Into the Woods - DirectorJoe JohnstonStarsBenicio Del ToroAnthony HopkinsEmily BluntUpon his return to his ancestral homeland, an American man is bitten and subsequently cursed by a werewolf.BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
other nominees:
Cloud Atlas
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Guardians of the Galaxy
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - DirectorDean DeBloisChris SandersStarsJay BaruchelGerard ButlerChristopher Mintz-PlasseA hapless young Viking who aspires to hunt dragons becomes the unlikely friend of a young dragon himself, and learns there may be more to the creatures than he assumed.BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
other nominees:
Brave
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Romeo & Juliet
TRON: Legacy - DirectorSam MendesStarsDaniel CraigJavier BardemNaomie HarrisJames Bond's loyalty to M is tested when her past comes back to haunt her. When MI6 comes under attack, 007 must track down and destroy the threat, no matter how personal the cost.BEST ORIGINAL SONG -"SKYFALL"
other nominees:
"For the First Time in Forever" - Frozen
"Let it Go" - Frozen
"Song of the Sea" - Song of the Sea
"Suddenly" - Les Miserables - DirectorTom HooperStarsHugh JackmanRussell CroweAnne HathawayIn 19th-century France, Jean Valjean, who for decades has been hunted by the ruthless policeman Javert after breaking parole, agrees to care for a factory worker's daughter. The decision changes their lives forever.BEST SOUND MIXING
other nominees:
American Sniper
Inception
Inside Llewyn Davis
Transformers: Dark of the Moon - DirectorMichael BayStarsShia LaBeoufRosie Huntington-WhiteleyTyrese GibsonThe Autobots learn of a Cybertronian spacecraft hidden on the moon, and race against the Decepticons to reach it and to learn its secrets.BEST SOUND EDITING
other nominees:
The Dark Knight Rises
Fury
How to Train Your Dragon 2
TRON: Legacy - DirectorAlfonso CuarónStarsSandra BullockGeorge ClooneyEd HarrisDr Ryan Stone, an engineer on her first time on a space mission, and Matt Kowalski, an astronaut on his final expedition, have to survive in space after they are hit by debris while spacewalking.BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
other nominees:
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Rango
Rise of the Planet of the Apes - DirectorSam MendesStarsDaniel CraigJavier BardemNaomie HarrisJames Bond's loyalty to M is tested when her past comes back to haunt her. When MI6 comes under attack, 007 must track down and destroy the threat, no matter how personal the cost.BEST CHOREOGRAPHY
other nominees:
Black Swan
The Grandmaster
Inception
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol