We’ve had a number of critics groups announce their choices for the best films, performances, and the like of 2014’s crop of features, but tonight brought the first of the heavy hitters. Once again hosted by Tina Fey and Amy Poehler (flawlessly), the Golden Globes are always a bit of an adventure given their split of dramatic and comedic fare, not to mention the at times finicky tastes of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (the body of critics that votes on the Golden Globes), but tonight’s festivities went by with, well, very few surprises.
Despite a number of highly competitive categories, there were only two choices that seemed to dethrone the presumptive front runners. In the Animated Feature category, How to Train Your Dragon 2 beat out a field that included widely acclaimed films The LEGO Movie and The Boxtrolls, while Wes Anderson and The Grand Budapest Hotel shook off a defeat to Birdman in the screenplay category to capture Best Picture (Musical or Comedy) of the aforementioned Alejandro Innaritu work.
Here’s the complete list of winners:
Winners are in bold
BEST MOTION PICTURE (Drama)
- Boyhood
- Foxcatcher
- The Imitation Game
- Selma
- The Theory of Everything
BEST MOTION PICTURE (Musical or Comedy)
- The Grand Budapest Hotel
- Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
- Into the Woods
- Pride
- St. Vincent
BEST DIRECTOR
- Richard Linklater, Boyhood
- Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel
- Ava DuVernay, Selma
- David Fincher, Gone Girl
- Alejandro González Iñárritu, Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
BEST ACTOR (Drama)
- Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything
- Steve Carell, Foxcatcher
- Benedict Cumberbatch, The Imitation Game
- Jake Gyllenhaal, Nightcrawler
- David Oyelowo, Selma
BEST ACTRESS (Drama)
- Julianne Moore, Still Alice
- Jennifer Aniston, Cake
- Felicity Jones, The Theory of Everything
- Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl
- Reese Witherspoon, Wild
BEST ACTOR (Musical or Comedy)
- Michael Keaton, Birdman, or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
- Ralph Fiennes, The Grand Budapest Hotel
- Bill Murray, St. Vincent
- Joaquin Phoenix, Inherent Vice
- Christoph Waltz, Big Eyes
BEST ACTRESS (Musical or Comedy)
- Amy Adams, Big Eyes
- Emily Blunt, Into the Woods
- Helen Mirren, The Hundred-Foot Journey
- Julianne Moore, Maps to the Stars
- Quvenzhané Wallis, Annie
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
- J.K. Simmons, Whiplash
- Robert Duvall, The Judge
- Ethan Hawke, Boyhood
- Edward Norton, Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
- Mark Ruffalo, Foxcatcher
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
- Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
- Jessica Chastain, A Most Violent Year
- Keira Knightley, The Imitation Game
- Emma Stone, Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
- Meryl Streep, Into the Woods
BEST SCREENPLAY
- Birdman – Alejandro González Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Armando Bo
- Boyhood – Richard Linklater
- Gone Girl – Gillian Flynn
- The Grand Budapest Hotel – Wes Anderson, Hugo Guinness
- The Imitation Game – Graham Moore
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
- How to Train Your Dragon 2
- Big Hero 6
- The Book of Life
- The Boxtrolls
- The LEGO Movie
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
- Leviathan (Russia)
- Force Majeure (Sweden)
- Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem (Israel)
- Ida (Poland)
- Tangerines (Estonia)
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
- The Theory of Everything– Johann Johannson
- Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)– Antonio Sanchez
- Gone Girl– Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross
- The Imitation Game– Alexandre Desplat
- Interstellar– Hans Zimmer
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
- “Glory,” Selma – music and lyrics by John Legend, Common
- “Big Eyes,” Big Eyes – music and lyrics by Lana Del Rey
- “Mercy Is,” Noah – music and lyrics by Patti Smith and Lenny Kaye
- “Opportunity,” Annie – music and lyrics by Greg Kurstin, Sia Furler, Will Gluck
- “Yellow Flicker Beat,” The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 – music and lyrics by Lorde
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