Detroit Film Critics Society

Best Film

No Country for Old Men

• The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
• Juno
• Into the Wild
• There Will Be Blood

Best Director

Joel Coen and Ethan Coen – No Country for Old Men

• Paul Thomas Anderson – There Will Be Blood
• Tim Burton – Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
• Sean Penn – Into the Wild
• Jason Reitman – Juno
• Julian Schnabel – The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

Best Actor

George Clooney – Michael Clayton as Michael Clayton

• Mathieu Amalric – The Diving Bell and the Butterfly as Jean-Dominique Bauby
• Daniel Day-Lewis – There Will Be Blood as Daniel Plainview
• Emile Hirsch – Into the Wild as Christopher McCandless / Alexander Supertramp
• Tommy Lee Jones – No Country for Old Men Sheriff Ed Tom Bell

Best Actress

Ellen Page – Juno as Juno MacGuff

• Amy Adams – Enchanted as Princess Giselle
• Julie Christie – Away from Her as Fiona Anderson
• Marion Cotillard – La Vie en rose as Édith Piaf
• Laura Linney – The Savages as Wendy Savage

Best Supporting Actor

Javier Bardem – No Country for Old Men as Anton Chigurh

• Casey Affleck – The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford as Robert Ford
• Paul Dano – There Will Be Blood as Paul Sunday / Eli Sunday
• Hal Holbrook – Into the Wild as Ron Franz
• Tom Wilkinson – Michael Clayton as Arthur Edens

Best Supporting Actress

Tilda Swinton – Michael Clayton as Karen Crowder

• Cate Blanchett – I'm Not There as Jude Quinn
• Catherine Keener – Into the Wild as Jan Burres
• Emily Mortimer – Lars and the Real Girl as Karin
• Amy Ryan – Gone Baby Gone as Helene McCready

Best Cast

Juno

• Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
• Lars and the Real Girl
• Waitress
• Zodiac

Best Newcomer

Diablo Cody – Juno

• Nikki Blonsky – Hairspray
• Michael Cera – Juno and Superbad
• Sarah Polley – Away from Her
• Adrienne Shelly – Waitress

Best Film

Slumdog Millionaire

• The Dark Knight
• Frost/Nixon
• WALL-E
• The Wrestler

Best Director

Danny Boyle – Slumdog Millionaire

• Darren Aronofsky – The Wrestler
• Ron Howard – Frost/Nixon
• Christopher Nolan – The Dark Knight
• Andrew Stanton – WALL-E

Best Actor

Mickey Rourke – The Wrestler as Randy "The Ram" Robinson

• Josh Brolin – W. as George W. Bush
• Leonardo DiCaprio – Revolutionary Road as Frank Wheeler
• Frank Langella – Frost/Nixon as Richard Nixon
• Sean Penn – Milk as Harvey Milk

Best Actress

Kate Winslet – Revolutionary Road as April Wheeler

• Anne Hathaway – Rachel Getting Married as Kym Buchman
• Sally Hawkins – Happy-Go-Lucky as Pauline "Poppy" Cross
• Melissa Leo – Frozen River as Ray Eddy
• Meryl Streep – Doubt as Sister Aloysius Beauvier

Best Supporting Actor

Heath Ledger – The Dark Knight as The Joker

• Robert Downey Jr. – Tropic Thunder as Kirk Lazarus
• James Franco – Pineapple Express as Saul Silver
• Eddie Marsan – Happy-Go-Lucky as Scott
• Michael Shannon – Revolutionary Road as John Givings, Jr.

Best Supporting Actress

Marisa Tomei – The Wrestler as Pam / Cassidy

• Amy Adams – Doubt as Sister James
• Elizabeth Banks – W. as Laura Bush
• Penélope Cruz – Vicky Cristina Barcelona as María Elena
• Rosemarie DeWitt – Rachel Getting Married as Rachel Buchman

Best Cast

Frost/Nixon

• Burn After Reading
• Rachel Getting Married
• Revolutionary Road
• Tropic Thunder

Best Newcomer

Martin McDonagh – In Bruges

• Rosemarie DeWitt – Rachel Getting Married as Rachel Buchman
• Rebecca Hall – Frost/Nixon and Vicky Cristina Barcelona as Caroline Cushing and Vicky
• Danny McBride – Pineapple Express as Red
• Dev Patel – Slumdog Millionaire as Jamal Malik
• Catinca Untaru – The Fall as Alexandria

Best Film

Up

• (500) Days of Summer
• The Hurt Locker
• Inglourious Basterds
• Up in the Air

Best Director

Pete Docter – Up

• Kathryn Bigelow – The Hurt Locker
• Jason Reitman – Up in the Air
• Quentin Tarantino – Inglourious Basterds
• Marc Webb – (500) Days of Summer

Best Actor

Colin Firth – A Single Man George Falconer

• George Clooney – Up in the Air as Ryan Bingham
• Matt Damon – The Informant! as Mark Whitacre
• Joseph Gordon-Levitt – (500) Days of Summer as Tom Hansen
• Sam Rockwell – Moon as Sam Bell

Best Actress

Gabourey Sidibe – Precious as Claireece "Precious" Jones

• Alison Lohman – Drag Me to Hell as Christine Brown
• Carey Mulligan – An Education as Jenny Melor
• Saoirse Ronan – The Lovely Bones as Susie Salmon
• Meryl Streep – Julie & Julia as Julia Child

Best Supporting Actor

Christoph Waltz – Inglourious Basterds as Col. Hans Landa

• Woody Harrelson – The Messenger as Capt. Tony Stone
• Woody Harrelson – Zombieland as Tallahassee
• Christian McKay – Me and Orson Welles as Orson Welles
• Stanley Tucci – The Lovely Bones as George Harvey

Best Supporting Actress

Mo'Nique – Precious as Mary Lee Johnston

• Marion Cotillard – Nine as Luisa Contini
• Vera Farmiga – Up in the Air as Alex Goran
• Anna Kendrick – Up in the Air as Natalie Keener
• Mélanie Laurent – Inglourious Basterds as Shosanna Dreyfuss

Best Ensemble

The Hangover

• Inglourious Basterds
• Precious
• Star Trek
• Zombieland

Breakthrough Performance

Gabourey Sidibe – Precious as Claireece "Precious" Jones

• Anna Kendrick – Up in the Air as Natalie Keener
• Christian McKay – Me and Orson Welles as Orson Welles
• Carey Mulligan – An Education as Jenny Mellor
• Chris Pine – Star Trek as James T. Kirk
• Christoph Waltz – Inglourious Basterds as Col. Hans Landa

Best Film

• The Social Network
• 127 Hours
• Inception
• The King's Speech
• Winter's Bone

Best Director

Danny Boyle – 127 Hours

• David Fincher – The Social Network
• Debra Granik – Winter's Bone
• Tom Hooper – The King's Speech
• Christopher Nolan – Inception
• Edgar Wright – Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

Best Actor

Colin Firth – The King's Speech as George VI

• Jeff Bridges – True Grit as Reuben "Rooster" Cogburn
• Jesse Eisenberg – The Social Network as Mark Zuckerberg
• James Franco – 127 Hours as Aron Ralston
• Ryan Gosling – Blue Valentine as Dean Pereira

Best Actress

Jennifer Lawrence – Winter's Bone as Ree Dolly

• Nicole Kidman – Rabbit Hole as Becca Corbett
• Carey Mulligan – Never Let Me Go as Kathy H
• Natalie Portman – Black Swan as Nina Sayers
• Michelle Williams – Blue Valentine as Cynthia "Cindy" Heller

Best Supporting Actor

Christian Bale – The Fighter as Dickie Eklund

• Andrew Garfield – The Social Network as Eduardo Saverin
• John Hawkes – Winter's Bone as Teardop Dolly
• Sam Rockwell – Conviction as Kenny Waters
• Mark Ruffalo – The Kids Are All Right as Paul Hatfield
• Geoffrey Rush – The King's Speech as Lionel Logue

Best Supporting Actress

Amy Adams – The Fighter as Charlene Fleming

• Helena Bonham Carter – The King's Speech as Queen Elizabeth
• Greta Gerwig – Greenberg as Florence Marr
• Melissa Leo – The Fighter as Alice Eklund
• Jacki Weaver – Animal Kingdom as Janine "Smurf" Cody

Best Ensemble

Winter's Bone

• The Fighter
• The Kids Are All Right
• The King's Speech
• Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

Breakthrough Performance

Jennifer Lawrence – Winter's Bone as Ree Dolly

• Andrew Garfield – The Social Network and Never Let Me Go as Eduardo Saverin and Tommy
• Greta Gerwig – Greenberg as Florence Marr
• Chloë Grace Moretz – Kick-Ass and Let Me In as Hit-Girl and Abby
• Mia Wasikowska – The Kids Are All Right as Joni Allgood

Best Film

The Artist

• The Descendants
• Hugo
• Take Shelter
• The Tree of Life

Best Director

Michel Hazanavicius – The Artist

• Terrence Malick – The Tree of Life
• Jeff Nichols – Take Shelter
• Martin Scorsese – Hugo
• Nicolas Winding Refn – Drive

Best Actor

Michael Fassbender – Shame as Brandon Sullivan

• George Clooney – The Descendants as Matt King
• Jean Dujardin – The Artist as George Valentin
• Brad Pitt – Moneyball as Billy Beane
• Michael Shannon – Take Shelter as Curtis LaForche

Best Actress

Michelle Williams – My Week with Marilyn as Marilyn Monroe

• Viola Davis – The Help as Aibileen Clark
• Felicity Jones – Like Crazy as Anna Maria Gardner
• Meryl Streep – The Iron Lady as Margaret Thatcher
• Charlize Theron – Young Adult as Mavis Gary

Best Supporting Actor

Christopher Plummer – Beginners as Hal Fields

• Kenneth Branagh – My Week with Marilyn as Laurence Olivier
• Albert Brooks – Drive as Bernie Rose
• Ryan Gosling – Crazy, Stupid, Love as Jacob Palmer
• Patton Oswalt – Young Adult as Matt Freehauf

Best Supporting Actress

Carey Mulligan – Shame as Sissy Sullivan

• Bérénice Bejo – The Artist as Peppy Miller
• Jessica Chastain – Take Shelter as Samantha LaForche
• Vanessa Redgrave – Coriolanus as Volumnia
• Octavia Spencer – The Help as Minny Jackson

Best Ensemble

Carnage

• Cedar Rapids
• Crazy, Stupid, Love
• The Help
• Margin Call
• Win Win

Breakthrough Performance

Jessica Chastain – The Help, Take Shelter and The Tree of Life as Celia Foote, Samantha LaForche, and Mrs. O’Brien

• Felicity Jones – Like Crazy as Anna Maria Gardner
• Melissa McCarthy – Bridesmaids as Megan Price
• Elizabeth Olsen – Martha Marcy May Marlene as Martha
• Shailene Woodley – The Descendants as Alexandra King

Best Screenplay

Moneyball – Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin

• 50/50 – Will Reiser
• The Artist – Michel Hazanavicius
• Beginners – Mike Mills
• Take Shelter – Jeff Nichols

Best Documentary Film

Tabloid

• Into Eternity
• Into the Abyss
• Marwencol
• We Were Here

Best Film

Silver Linings Playbook

• Argo
• The Impossible
• Take This Waltz
• Zero Dark Thirty

Best Director

David O. Russell – Silver Linings Playbook

• Ben Affleck – Argo
• J. A. Bayona – The Impossible
• Kathryn Bigelow – Zero Dark Thirty
• Sarah Polley – Take This Waltz

Best Actor

Daniel Day-Lewis – Lincoln as Abraham Lincoln

• Bradley Cooper – Silver Linings Playbook as Patrick "Pat" Solatano Jr.
• John Hawkes – The Sessions as Mark O'Brien
• Bill Murray – Hyde Park on Hudson as Franklin D. Roosevelt
• Joaquin Phoenix – The Master as Freddie Quell

Best Actress

Jennifer Lawrence – Silver Linings Playbook as Tiffany Maxwell

• Jessica Chastain – Zero Dark Thirty as Maya
• Greta Gerwig – Damsels in Distress as Violet
• Naomi Watts – The Impossible as Maria Bennett
• Michelle Williams – Take This Waltz as Margot

Best Supporting Actor

Robert De Niro – Silver Linings Playbook as Patrizio "Pat" Solitano, Sr.

• Philip Seymour Hoffman – The Master as Lancaster Dodd
• Tommy Lee Jones – Lincoln as Thaddeus Stevens
• Matthew McConaughey – Magic Mike as Dallas
• Ewan McGregor – The Impossible as Henry Bennett
• Ezra Miller – The Perks of Being a Wallflower as Patrick

Best Supporting Actress

Anne Hathaway – Les Misérables as Fantine

• Amy Adams – The Master as Peggy Dodd
• Ann Dowd – Compliance as Sandra
• Sally Field – Lincoln as Mary Todd Lincoln
• Helen Hunt – The Sessions as Cheryl Cohen-Greene

Best Ensemble

Lincoln

• Argo
• The Avengers
• Moonrise Kingdom
• Silver Linings Playbook

Breakthrough Performance

Zoe Kazan – Ruby Sparks

• Stephen Chbosky – The Perks of Being a Wallflower
• Rebel Wilson – Pitch Perfect
• Benh Zeitlin – Beasts of the Southern Wild
• Craig Zobel – Compliance

Best Screenplay

Silver Linings Playbook – David O. Russell

• The Cabin in the Woods – Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard
• Lincoln – Tony Kushner
• The Perks of Being a Wallflower – Stephen Chbosky
• Take This Waltz – Sarah Polley

Best Documentary Film

Jiro Dreams of Sushi

• The House I Live In
• The Imposter
• The Queen of Versailles
• Searching for Sugar Man

Best Film

Her

• 12 Years a Slave
• Before Midnight
• Gravity
• Short Term 12

Best Director

Alfonso Cuarón – Gravity

• Paul Greengrass – Captain Phillips
• Spike Jonze – Her
• David O. Russell – American Hustle
• Martin Scorsese – The Wolf of Wall Street

Best Actor

Matthew McConaughey – Dallas Buyers Club as Ron Woodroof

• Leonardo DiCaprio – The Wolf of Wall Street as Jordan Belfort
• Chiwetel Ejiofor – 12 Years a Slave as Solomon Northup
• Tom Hanks – Captain Phillips as Captain Richard Phillips
• Robert Redford – All Is Lost as Our Man

Best Actress

Brie Larson – Short Term 12 as Grace

• Amy Adams – American Hustle as Sydney Prosser / Lady Edith Greensly (based on Evelyn Knight)
• Julie Delpy – Before Midnight as Céline
• Adèle Exarchopoulos – Blue Is the Warmest Colour as Adèle
• Meryl Streep – August: Osage County as Violet Weston

Best Supporting Actor

Jared Leto – Dallas Buyers Club as Rayon

• Barkhad Abdi – Captain Phillips as Abduwali Muse
• James Franco – Spring Breakers as Alien
• Matthew McConaughey – Mud as Mud
• Stanley Tucci – The Hunger Games: Catching Fire as Caesar Flickerman

Best Supporting Actress

Scarlett Johansson – Her as Samantha (voice)

• Jennifer Lawrence – American Hustle as Rosalyn Rosenfeld (based on Cynthia Marie Weinberg)
• Lupita Nyong'o – 12 Years a Slave as Patsey
• Julia Roberts – August: Osage County as Barbara Weston-Fordham
• June Squibb – Nebraska as Kate Grant

Best Ensemble

American Hustle

• 12 Years a Slave
• August: Osage County
• Blue Jasmine
• The Wolf of Wall Street

Breakthrough Performance

Brie Larson – Short Term 12 (actress)

• Lake Bell – In a World (actress, screenplay, director)
• Ryan Coogler – Fruitvale Station (screenplay, director)
• Destin Cretton – Short Term 12 (screenplay, director)
• Michael B. Jordan – Fruitvale Station (actor)

Best Screenplay

Spike Jonze – Her

• Destin Cretton – Short Term 12
• Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, and Ethan Hawke – Before Midnight
• David O. Russell and Eric Warren Singer – American Hustle
• Terence Winter – The Wolf of Wall Street

Best Documentary Film

Stories We Tell

• Blackfish
• The Act of Killing
• The Square
• The Unknown Known

Best Film

Boyhood

• Birdman
• The Grand Budapest Hotel
• Under the Skin
• Whiplash

Best Director

Richard Linklater – Boyhood

• Wes Anderson – The Grand Budapest Hotel
• Damien Chazelle – Whiplash
• Jonathan Glazer – Under the Skin
• Alejandro G. Iñárritu – Birdman

Best Actor

Michael Keaton – Birdman as Riggan Thomson

• Benedict Cumberbatch – The Imitation Game as Alan Turing
• Brendan Gleeson – Calvary as Father James
• Jake Gyllenhaal – Nightcrawler as Louis "Lou" Bloom
• Tom Hardy – Locke as Ivan Locke
• Eddie Redmayne – The Theory of Everything as Stephen Hawking

Best Actress

Rosamund Pike – Gone Girl as Amy Elliott-Dunne

• Essie Davis – The Babadook as Amelia
• Scarlett Johansson – Under the Skin as The Female
• Julianne Moore – Still Alice as Dr. Alice Howland
• Reese Witherspoon – Wild as Cheryl Strayed

Best Supporting Actor

J. K. Simmons – Whiplash as Terence Fletcher

• Josh Brolin – Inherent Vice as Lt. Det. Christian "Bigfoot" Bjornsen
• Ethan Hawke – Boyhood as Mason Evans, Sr.
• Edward Norton – Birdman as Mike Shiner
• Mark Ruffalo – Foxcatcher as Dave Schultz

Best Supporting Actress

Patricia Arquette – Boyhood as Olivia Evans

• Laura Dern – Wild as Barbara "Bobbi" Grey
• Rene Russo – Nightcrawler as Nina Romina
• Emma Stone – Birdman as Sam Thomson
• Tilda Swinton – Snowpiercer as Deputy-Minister Mason

Best Ensemble

Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (TIE)
The Grand Budapest Hotel (TIE)
Guardians of the Galaxy (TIE)

• Boyhood
• Into the Woods

Breakthrough Performance

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

Richard Linklater – Boyhood

• Wes Anderson – The Grand Budapest Hotel
• Damien Chazelle – Whiplash
• Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris Jr., and Armando Bó – Birdman
• John Michael McDonagh – Calvary

Best Documentary

Citizenfour

• Finding Vivian Maier
• Jodorowsky’s Dune
• Keep On Keepin’ On
• Life Itself

Best Film

Spotlight

• Brooklyn
• Inside Out
• Mad Max: Fury Road
• The Revenant
• Sicario
• Youth

Best Director

George Miller – Mad Max: Fury Road

• John Crowley – Brooklyn
• Alejandro G. Iñárritu – The Revenant
• Tom McCarthy – Spotlight
• Paolo Sorrentino – Youth

Best Actor

Michael Caine – Youth as Fred Ballinger

• Christopher Abbott – James White as James White
• Leonardo DiCaprio – The Revenant as Hugh Glass
• Michael Fassbender – Steve Jobs as Steve Jobs
• Tom Hardy – Legend as Ronnie and Reggie Kray

Best Actress

Saoirse Ronan – Brooklyn as Eilis Lacey

• Cate Blanchett – Carol as Carol Aird
• Brie Larson – Room as Joy 'Ma' Newsome
• Jennifer Lawrence – Joy as Joy Mangano
• Bel Powley – The Diary of a Teenage Girl as Minnie Goetze

Best Supporting Actor

Liev Schreiber – Spotlight as Martin Baron

• Paul Dano – Love & Mercy as Brian Wilson
• Benicio del Toro – Sicario as Alejandro Gillick
• Oscar Isaac – Ex Machina as Nathan Bateman
• Jacob Tremblay – Room as Jack Newsome

Best Supporting Actress

Alicia Vikander – The Danish Girl as Gerda Wegener

• Jennifer Jason Leigh – The Hateful Eight as Daisy Domergue
• Cynthia Nixon – James White as Gail White
• Kristen Stewart – Clouds of Sils Maria as Valentine
• Alicia Vikander – Ex Machina as Ava

Best Ensemble

Spotlight

• The Big Short
• The Hateful Eight
• Inside Out
• Joy

Breakthrough Performance

Alicia Vikander – The Danish Girl and Ex Machina

• Sean S. Baker – Tangerine (director, screenplay)
• Emory Cohen – Brooklyn (actor)
• Bel Powley – The Diary of a Teenage Girl (actress)
• Jacob Tremblay – Room (actor)

Best Screenplay

Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer – Spotlight

• Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve, and Josh Cooley – Inside Out
• Nick Hornby – Brooklyn
• Adam McKay and Charles Randolph – The Big Short
• Quentin Tarantino – The Hateful Eight

Best Documentary

Amy

• Best of Enemies
• Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief
• Listen to Me Marlon
• The Look of Silence

Best Film

La La Land

• The Edge of Seventeen
• Hell or High Water
• Manchester by the Sea
• Moonlight

Best Director

Damien Chazelle – La La Land

• Barry Jenkins – Moonlight
• Kenneth Lonergan – Manchester by the Sea
• David Mackenzie – Hell or High Water
• Denzel Washington – Fences

Best Actor

Casey Affleck – Manchester by the Sea as Lee Chandler

• Joel Edgerton – Loving as Richard Loving
• Andrew Garfield – Hacksaw Ridge as Desmond T. Doss
• Ryan Gosling – La La Land as Sebastian Wilder
• Denzel Washington – Fences as Troy Maxson

Best Actress

Emma Stone – La La Land as Mia Dolan

• Amy Adams – Arrival as Dr. Louise Banks
• Annette Bening – 20th Century Women as Dorothea Fields
• Rebecca Hall – Christine as Christine Chubbuck
• Ruth Negga – Loving as Mildred Loving
• Natalie Portman – Jackie as Jacqueline Kennedy

Best Supporting Actor

Jeff Bridges – Hell or High Water as Marcus Hamilton

• Mahershala Ali – Moonlight as Juan
• Alden Ehrenreich – Hail, Caesar! as Hobie Doyle
• Ralph Fiennes – A Bigger Splash as Harry Hawkes
• Lucas Hedges – Manchester by the Sea as Patrick Chandler

Best Supporting Actress

Viola Davis – Fences as Rose Maxson (TIE)

Greta Gerwig – 20th Century Women as Abbie (TIE)

• Elle Fanning – 20th Century Women as Julie
• Felicity Jones – A Monster Calls as Lizzie O'Malley
• Michelle Williams – Manchester by the Sea as Randi Chandler

Best Ensemble

20th Century Women

• Everybody Wants Some!!
• Hell or High Water
• Manchester by the Sea
• Moonlight

Breakthrough Performance

Kelly Fremon Craig – The Edge of Seventeen (director, screenplay)

• Mahershala Ali – Moonlight, Hidden Figures (actor)
• Lucas Hedges – Manchester by the Sea (actor)
• Barry Jenkins – Moonlight (director, screenplay)
• Trevante Rhodes – Moonlight (actor)
• Trey Edward Shults – Krisha (director, screenplay)

Best Screenplay

Damien Chazelle – La La Land

• Eric Heisserer – Arrival
• Barry Jenkins – Moonlight
• Kenneth Lonergan – Manchester by the Sea
• Taylor Sheridan – Hell or High Water

Best Documentary

O.J.: Made in America

• 13th
• Gleason
• Life, Animated
• Tickled
• Weiner