2012 Awards Season | Film
Titles nominated in major categories:
at the major awards ceremonies:
- Best Motion Picture of the Year
- Best Achievement in Directing
- Best Writing, Original Screenplay
- Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
- Best Acting, Leading Role
- Best Acting, Supporting Role
at the major awards ceremonies:
- Academy Awards
- Golden Globe Awards
- British Academy Film Awards
- Critics' Choice Movie Awards
- Independent Spirit Awards
- Directors Guild of America Awards
- Writers Guild of America Awards
- Screen Actors Guild Awards
- Producers Guild of America Awards
- National Society of Film Critics Awards
- National Board of Review Awards
- American Film Institute Awards
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- DirectorBen AffleckStarsBen AffleckBryan CranstonJohn GoodmanActing under the cover of a Hollywood producer scouting a location for a science fiction film, a CIA agent launches a dangerous operation to rescue six Americans in Tehran during the U.S. hostage crisis in Iran in 1979.BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR
- WINNER: Academy Awards
- WINNER: Golden Globe Awards
- WINNER: British Academy Film Awards
- WINNER: Critics' Choice Movie Awards
- WINNER: Screen Actors Guild Awards
- WINNER: Producers Guild of America Awards
- Nominee: National Board of Review Awards
- Nominee: American Film Institute Awards
BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING (Ben Affleck)- WINNER: Golden Globe Awards
- WINNER: British Academy Film Awards
- WINNER: Critics' Choice Movie Awards
- WINNER: Directors Guild of America Awards
BEST WRITING, ADAPTED SCREENPLAY (Chris Terrio)- WINNER: Academy Awards
- WINNER: Writers Guild of America Awards
- Nominee: Golden Globe Awards
- Nominee: British Academy Film Awards
- Nominee: Critics' Choice Movie Awards
BEST ACTING, LEADING ROLE (Ben Affleck)- Nominee: British Academy Film Awards
BEST ACTING, SUPPORTING ROLE (Alan Arkin)- Nominee: Academy Awards
- Nominee: Golden Globe Awards
- Nominee: British Academy Film Awards
- Nominee: Critics' Choice Movie Awards
- Nominee: Screen Actors Guild Awards
Points: 210 - 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 MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR
- Nominee: Academy Awards
- Nominee: Golden Globe Awards
- Nominee: British Academy Film Awards
- Nominee: Critics' Choice Movie Awards
- Nominee: Screen Actors Guild Awards
- Nominee: Producers Guild of America Awards
- Nominee: National Board of Review Awards
- Nominee: American Film Institute Awards
BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING (Steven Spielberg)- Nominee: Academy Awards
- Nominee: Golden Globe Awards
- Nominee: Critics' Choice Movie Awards
- Nominee: Directors Guild of America Awards
BEST WRITING, ADAPTED SCREENPLAY (Tony Kushner)- WINNER: Critics' Choice Movie Awards
- WINNER: National Society of Film Critics Awards
- Nominee: Academy Awards
- Nominee: Golden Globe Awards
- Nominee: British Academy Film Awards
- Nominee: Writers Guild of America Awards
BEST ACTING, LEADING ROLE (Daniel Day-Lewis)- WINNER: Academy Awards
- WINNER: Golden Globe Awards
- WINNER: British Academy Film Awards
- WINNER: Critics' Choice Movie Awards
- WINNER: Screen Actors Guild Awards
- WINNER: National Society of Film Critics Awards
BEST ACTING, SUPPORTING ROLE (Sally Field)- Nominee: Academy Awards
- Nominee: Golden Globe Awards
- Nominee: British Academy Film Awards
- Nominee: Critics' Choice Movie Awards
- Nominee: Screen Actors Guild Awards
- Nominee: National Society of Film Critics Awards
BEST ACTING, SUPPORTING ROLE (Tommy Lee Jones)- WINNER: Screen Actors Guild Awards
- Nominee: Academy Awards
- Nominee: Golden Globe Awards
- Nominee: British Academy Film Awards
- Nominee: Critics' Choice Movie Awards
- Nominee: National Society of Film Critics Awards
Points: 200 - DirectorDavid O. RussellStarsBradley CooperJennifer LawrenceRobert De NiroAfter a stint in a mental institution, former teacher Pat Solitano moves back in with his parents and tries to reconcile with his ex-wife. Things get more challenging when Pat meets Tiffany, a mysterious girl with problems of her own.BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR
- WINNER: Independent Spirit Awards
- Nominee: Academy Awards
- Nominee: Critics' Choice Movie Awards
- Nominee: Screen Actors Guild Awards
- Nominee: Producers Guild of America Awards
- Nominee: National Board of Review Awards
- Nominee: American Film Institute Awards
BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING (David O. Russell)- WINNER: Independent Spirit Awards
- Nominee: Academy Awards
- Nominee: Critics' Choice Movie Awards
BEST WRITING, ADAPTED SCREENPLAY (David O. Russell)- WINNER: British Academy Film Awards
- WINNER: Independent Spirit Awards
- WINNER: National Board of Review Awards
- Nominee: Academy Awards
- Nominee: Golden Globe Awards
- Nominee: Critics' Choice Movie Awards
- Nominee: Writers Guild of America Awards
- Nominee: National Society of Film Critics Awards
BEST ACTING, LEADING ROLE (Bradley Cooper)- WINNER: National Board of Review Awards
- Nominee: Academy Awards
- Nominee: British Academy Film Awards
- Nominee: Critics' Choice Movie Awards
- Nominee: Independent Spirit Awards
- Nominee: Screen Actors Guild Awards
BEST ACTING, LEADING ROLE (Jennifer Lawrence)- WINNER: Academy Awards
- WINNER: Independent Spirit Awards
- WINNER: Screen Actors Guild Awards
- Nominee: British Academy Film Awards
- Nominee: Critics' Choice Movie Awards
- Nominee: National Society of Film Critics Awards
BEST ACTING, SUPPORTING ROLE (Robert De Niro)- Nominee: Academy Awards
- Nominee: Critics' Choice Movie Awards
- Nominee: Screen Actors Guild Awards
BEST ACTING, SUPPORTING ROLE (Jacki Weaver)- Nominee: Academy Awards
Points: 199 - DirectorKathryn BigelowStarsJessica ChastainJoel EdgertonChris PrattA chronicle of the decade-long hunt for al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden after the September 2001 attacks, and his death at the hands of the Navy S.E.A.L.s Team 6 in May 2011.BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR
- WINNER: National Board of Review Awards
- Nominee: Academy Awards
- Nominee: Golden Globe Awards
- Nominee: British Academy Film Awards
- Nominee: Critics' Choice Movie Awards
- Nominee: Producers Guild of America Awards
- Nominee: American Film Institute Awards
BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING (Kathryn Bigelow)- WINNER: National Board of Review Awards
- Nominee: Golden Globe Awards
- Nominee: British Academy Film Awards
- Nominee: Critics' Choice Movie Awards
- Nominee: Directors Guild of America Awards
- Nominee: National Society of Film Critics Awards
BEST WRITING, ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (Mark Boal)- WINNER: Writers Guild of America Awards
- Nominee: Academy Awards
- Nominee: Golden Globe Awards
- Nominee: British Academy Film Awards
- Nominee: Critics' Choice Movie Awards
BEST ACTING, LEADING ROLE (Jessica Chastain)- WINNER: Golden Globe Awards
- WINNER: Critics' Choice Movie Awards
- WINNER: National Board of Review Awards
- Nominee: Academy Awards
- Nominee: British Academy Film Awards
- Nominee: Screen Actors Guild Awards
- Nominee: National Society of Film Critics Awards
Points: 166 - DirectorQuentin TarantinoStarsJamie FoxxChristoph WaltzLeonardo DiCaprioWith the help of a German bounty-hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal plantation owner in Mississippi.BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR
- Nominee: Academy Awards
- Nominee: Golden Globe Awards
- Nominee: Critics' Choice Movie Awards
- Nominee: Producers Guild of America Awards
- Nominee: National Board of Review Awards
- Nominee: American Film Institute Awards
BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING (Quentin Tarantino)- Nominee: Golden Globe Awards
- Nominee: British Academy Film Awards
BEST WRITING, ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (Quentin Tarantino)- WINNER: Academy Awards
- WINNER: Golden Globe Awards
- WINNER: British Academy Film Awards
- WINNER: Critics' Choice Movie Awards
BEST ACTING, SUPPORTING ROLE (Christoph Waltz)- WINNER: Academy Awards
- WINNER: Golden Globe Awards
- WINNER: British Academy Film Awards
BEST ACTING, SUPPORTING ROLE (Leonardo DiCaprio)- WINNER: National Board of Review Awards
- Nominee: Golden Globe Awards
Points: 147 - 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 MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR
- Nominee: Academy Awards
- Nominee: British Academy Film Awards
- Nominee: Critics' Choice Movie Awards
- Nominee: Screen Actors Guild Awards
- Nominee: Producers Guild of America Awards
- Nominee: National Board of Review Awards
- Nominee: American Film Institute Awards
BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING (Tom Hooper)- Nominee: Critics' Choice Movie Awards
- Nominee: Directors Guild of America Awards
BEST ACTING, LEADING ROLE (Hugh Jackman)- Nominee: Academy Awards
- Nominee: British Academy Film Awards
- Nominee: Critics' Choice Movie Awards
- Nominee: Screen Actors Guild Awards
BEST ACTING, SUPPORTING ROLE (Anne Hathaway)- WINNER: Academy Awards
- WINNER: Golden Globe Awards
- WINNER: British Academy Film Awards
- WINNER: Critics' Choice Movie Awards
- WINNER: Screen Actors Guild Awards
- Nominee: National Society of Film Critics Awards
Points: 116 - DirectorAng LeeStarsSuraj SharmaIrrfan KhanAdil HussainA young man who survives a disaster at sea is hurtled into an epic journey of adventure and discovery. While cast away, he forms an unexpected connection with another survivor: a fearsome Bengal tiger.BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR
- Nominee: Academy Awards
- Nominee: Golden Globe Awards
- Nominee: British Academy Film Awards
- Nominee: Critics' Choice Movie Awards
- Nominee: Producers Guild of America Awards
- Nominee: American Film Institute Awards
BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING (Ang Lee)- WINNER: Academy Awards
- Nominee: Golden Globe Awards
- Nominee: British Academy Film Awards
- Nominee: Critics' Choice Movie Awards
- Nominee: Directors Guild of America Awards
BEST WRITING, ADAPTED SCREENPLAY (David Magee)- Nominee: Academy Awards
- Nominee: British Academy Film Awards
- Nominee: Critics' Choice Movie Awards
- Nominee: Writers Guild of America Awards
Points: 83 - DirectorMichael HanekeStarsJean-Louis TrintignantEmmanuelle RivaIsabelle HuppertGeorges and Anne are an octogenarian couple. They are cultivated, retired music teachers. Their daughter, also a musician, lives in Britain with her family. One day, Anne has a stroke, and the couple's bond of love is severely tested.BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR
- WINNER: National Society of Film Critics Awards
- Nominee: Academy Awards
BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING (Michael Haneke)- WINNER: National Society of Film Critics Awards
- Nominee: Academy Awards
- Nominee: British Academy Film Awards
BEST WRITING, ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (Michael Haneke)- Nominee: Academy Awards
- Nominee: British Academy Film Awards
BEST ACTING, LEADING ROLE (Emmanuelle Riva)- WINNER: British Academy Film Awards
- WINNER: National Society of Film Critics Awards
- Nominee: Academy Awards
- Nominee: Critics' Choice Movie Awards
Points: 83 - DirectorPaul Thomas AndersonStarsJoaquin PhoenixPhilip Seymour HoffmanAmy AdamsA Naval veteran arrives home from war unsettled and uncertain of his future - until he is tantalized by the Cause and its charismatic leader.BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR
- Nominee: Critics' Choice Movie Awards
- Nominee: National Society of Film Critics Awards
BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING (Paul Thomas Anderson)- Nominee: National Society of Film Critics Awards
BEST WRITING, ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (Paul Thomas Anderson)- Nominee: British Academy Film Awards
- Nominee: Critics' Choice Movie Awards
- Nominee: Writers Guild of America Awards
- Nominee: National Society of Film Critics Awards
BEST ACTING, LEADING ROLE (Joaquin Phoenix)- Nominee: Academy Awards
- Nominee: Golden Globe Awards
- Nominee: British Academy Film Awards
- Nominee: Critics' Choice Movie Awards
- Nominee: National Society of Film Critics Awards
BEST ACTING, SUPPORTING ROLE (Philip Seymour Hoffman)- WINNER: Critics' Choice Movie Awards
- Nominee: Academy Awards
- Nominee: Golden Globe Awards
- Nominee: British Academy Film Awards
- Nominee: Screen Actors Guild Awards
- Nominee: National Society of Film Critics Awards
BEST ACTING, SUPPORTING ROLE (Amy Adams)- WINNER: National Society of Film Critics Awards
- Nominee: Academy Awards
- Nominee: Golden Globe Awards
- Nominee: British Academy Film Awards
- Nominee: Critics' Choice Movie Awards
Points: 74 - DirectorBenh ZeitlinStarsQuvenzhané WallisDwight HenryLevy EasterlyFaced with both her hot-tempered father's fading health and melting ice-caps that flood her ramshackle bayou community and unleash ancient aurochs, six-year-old Hushpuppy must learn the ways of courage and love.BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR
- Nominee: Academy Awards
- Nominee: Critics' Choice Movie Awards
- Nominee: Independent Spirit Awards
- Nominee: Producers Guild of America Awards
- Nominee: National Board of Review Awards
- Nominee: American Film Institute Awards
BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING (Benh Zeitlin)- Nominee: Academy Awards
- Nominee: Independent Spirit Awards
BEST WRITING, ADAPTED SCREENPLAY (Lucy Alibar; Benh Zeitlin)- Nominee: Academy Awards
- Nominee: British Academy Film Awards
BEST ACTING, LEADING ROLE (Quvenzhané Wallis)- Nominee: Academy Awards
- Nominee: Critics' Choice Movie Awards
- Nominee: Independent Spirit Awards
Points: 58 - DirectorWes AndersonStarsJared GilmanKara HaywardBruce WillisTwo 12-year-olds, who live on an island, fall in love with each other and elope into the wilderness. While people set out on a search mission, a violent storm approaching them catches their attention.BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR
- Nominee: Critics' Choice Movie Awards
- Nominee: Independent Spirit Awards
- Nominee: Producers Guild of America Awards
- Nominee: American Film Institute Awards
BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING (Wes Anderson)- Nominee: Independent Spirit Awards
BEST WRITING, ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (Wes Anderson; Roman Coppola)- Nominee: Academy Awards
- Nominee: British Academy Film Awards
- Nominee: Critics' Choice Movie Awards
- Nominee: Independent Spirit Awards
- Nominee: Writers Guild of America Awards
BEST ACTING, SUPPORTING ROLE (Bruce Willis)- Nominee: Independent Spirit Awards
Points: 50 - DirectorBen LewinStarsJohn HawkesHelen HuntWilliam H. MacyA man in an iron lung who wishes to lose his virginity contacts a professional sex surrogate with the help of his therapist and priest.BEST ACTING, LEADING ROLE (John Hawkes)
- WINNER: Independent Spirit Awards
- Nominee: Golden Globe Awards
- Nominee: Critics' Choice Movie Awards
- Nominee: Screen Actors Guild Awards
BEST ACTING, SUPPORTING ROLE (Helen Hunt)- WINNER: Independent Spirit Awards
- Nominee: Academy Awards
- Nominee: Golden Globe Awards
- Nominee: British Academy Film Awards
- Nominee: Critics' Choice Movie Awards
- Nominee: Screen Actors Guild Awards
Points: 34 - DirectorRian JohnsonStarsJoseph Gordon-LevittBruce WillisEmily BluntIn 2074, when the mob wants to get rid of someone, the target is sent into the past, where a hired gun awaits - someone like Joe - who one day learns the mob wants to 'close the loop' by sending back Joe's future self for assassination.BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR
- Nominee: National Board of Review Awards
BEST WRITING, ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (Rian Johnson)- WINNER: National Board of Review Awards
- Nominee: Critics' Choice Movie Awards
- Nominee: Writers Guild of America Awards
Points: 28 - DirectorSteven SoderberghStarsChanning TatumAlex PettyferOlivia MunnA male stripper teaches a younger performer how to party, pick up women, and make easy money.BEST ACTING, SUPPORTING ROLE (Matthew McConaughey)
- WINNER: Independent Spirit Awards
- WINNER: National Society of Film Critics Awards
- Nominee: Critics' Choice Movie Awards
Points: 23 - DirectorRobert ZemeckisStarsDenzel WashingtonNadine VelazquezDon CheadleTroubling questions arise after airline pilot Whip Whitaker makes a miracle landing after a mid-air catastrophe.BEST WRITING, ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (John Gatins)
- Nominee: Academy Awards
- Nominee: Critics' Choice Movie Awards
- Nominee: Writers Guild of America Awards
BEST ACTING, LEADING ROLE (Denzel Washington)- Nominee: Academy Awards
- Nominee: Golden Globe Awards
- Nominee: Critics' Choice Movie Awards
- Nominee: Screen Actors Guild Awards
Points: 20 - DirectorRichard LinklaterStarsJack BlackShirley MacLaineMatthew McConaugheyIn small-town Texas, an affable mortician strikes up a friendship with a wealthy widow, though when she starts to become controlling, he goes to great lengths to separate himself from her grasp.BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR
- Nominee: Independent Spirit Awards
BEST ACTING, LEADING ROLE (Jack Black)- Nominee: Independent Spirit Awards
BEST ACTING, SUPPORTING ROLE (Matthew McConaughey)- WINNER: National Society of Film Critics Awards
Points: 19 - DirectorIra SachsStarsThure LindhardtZachary BoothJulianne NicholsonIn Manhattan, film-maker Erik bonds with closeted lawyer Paul after a fling. As their relationship becomes one fueled by highs, lows, and dysfunctional patterns, Erik struggles to negotiate his own boundaries while being true to himself.BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR
- Nominee: Independent Spirit Awards
BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING (Ira Sachs)- Nominee: Independent Spirit Awards
BEST WRITING, ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (Ira Sachs; Mauricio Zacharias)- Nominee: Independent Spirit Awards
BEST ACTING, LEADING ROLE (Thure Lindhardt)- Nominee: Independent Spirit Awards
Points: 17 - DirectorCraig ZobelStarsAnn DowdDreama WalkerPat HealyA normal Friday service at a fast food restaurant becomes interrupted by a police officer who claims an employee stole from a customer, but something more sinister is going on.BEST ACTING, SUPPORTING ROLE (Ann Dowd)
- WINNER: National Board of Review Awards
- Nominee: Critics' Choice Movie Awards
- Nominee: Independent Spirit Awards
Points: 13 - DirectorStephen ChboskyStarsLogan LermanEmma WatsonEzra MillerCharlie, a 15-year-old introvert, enters high school and is nervous about his new life. When he befriends his seniors, he learns to cope with his friend's suicide and his tumultuous past.BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR
- Nominee: National Board of Review Awards
BEST WRITING, ADAPTED SCREENPLAY (Stephen Chbosky)- Nominee: Critics' Choice Movie Awards
- Nominee: Writers Guild of America Awards
Points: 12 - 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 MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR
- Nominee: Producers Guild of America Awards
BEST ACTING, SUPPORTING ROLE (Javier Bardem)- Nominee: British Academy Film Awards
- Nominee: Critics' Choice Movie Awards
- Nominee: Screen Actors Guild Awards
BEST ACTING, SUPPORTING ROLE (Judi Dench)- Nominee: British Academy Film Awards
- Nominee: Critics' Choice Movie Awards
Points: 11 - DirectorJ.A. BayonaStarsNaomi WattsEwan McGregorTom HollandThe story of a tourist family in Thailand caught in the destruction and chaotic aftermath of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.BEST ACTING, LEADING ROLE (Naomi Watts)
- Nominee: Academy Awards
- Nominee: Golden Globe Awards
- Nominee: Critics' Choice Movie Awards
- Nominee: Screen Actors Guild Awards
Points: 8 - DirectorJacques AudiardStarsMarion CotillardMatthias SchoenaertsArmand VerdurePut in charge of his young son, Alain leaves Belgium for Antibes to live with his sister and her husband as a family. Alain's bond with Stephanie, a killer whale trainer, grows deeper after Stephanie suffers a horrible accident.BEST ACTING, LEADING ROLE (Marion Cotillard)
- Nominee: Golden Globe Awards
- Nominee: British Academy Film Awards
- Nominee: Critics' Choice Movie Awards
- Nominee: Screen Actors Guild Awards
Points: 8 - DirectorJohn MaddenStarsJudi DenchBill NighyMaggie SmithBritish retirees travel to India to take up residence in what they believe is a newly restored hotel. Less luxurious than advertised, the Marigold Hotel nevertheless slowly begins to charm in unexpected ways.BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR
- Nominee: Screen Actors Guild Awards
BEST ACTING, SUPPORTING ROLE (Maggie Smith)- Nominee: Screen Actors Guild Awards
Points: 7 - DirectorChristopher NolanStarsChristian BaleTom HardyAnne HathawayEight years after the Joker's reign of chaos, Batman is coerced out of exile with the assistance of the mysterious Selina Kyle in order to defend Gotham City from the vicious guerrilla terrorist Bane.BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR
- Nominee: American Film Institute Awards
Points: 6 - DirectorSacha GervasiStarsAnthony HopkinsHelen MirrenScarlett JohanssonThe relationship between Alfred Hitchcock and his wife Alma Reville during the filming of Psycho (1960) in 1959 is explored.BEST ACTING, LEADING ROLE (Helen Mirren)
- Nominee: Golden Globe Awards
- Nominee: British Academy Film Awards
- Nominee: Screen Actors Guild Awards
Points: 6 - DirectorGus Van SantStarsMatt DamonFrances McDormandJohn KrasinskiA salesman for a natural gas company experiences life-changing events after arriving in a small town, where his corporation wants to tap into the available resources.BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR
- Nominee: National Board of Review Awards
Points: 6 - DirectorMartin McDonaghStarsColin FarrellWoody HarrelsonSam RockwellA struggling screenwriter inadvertently becomes entangled in the Los Angeles criminal underworld after his oddball friends kidnap a gangster's beloved Shih Tzu.BEST WRITING, ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (Martin McDonagh)
- Nominee: Independent Spirit Awards
BEST ACTING, SUPPORTING ROLE (Sam Rockwell)- Nominee: Independent Spirit Awards
Points: 5 - DirectorJulia LoktevStarsGael García BernalHani FurstenbergBidzina GujabidzeAn engaged couple's backpacking trip in the Caucasus Mountains is derailed by a single misstep that threatens to undo everything the pair believed about each other and about themselves.BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING (Julia Loktev)
- Nominee: Independent Spirit Awards
Points: 5 - DirectorJonathan DaytonValerie FarisStarsPaul DanoZoe KazanAnnette BeningA novelist struggling with writer's block finds romance in a most unusual way: by creating a female character he thinks will love him, then willing her into existence.BEST WRITING, ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (Zoe Kazan)
- Nominee: Independent Spirit Awards
Points: 4 - DirectorAva DuVernayStarsEmayatzy CorinealdiDavid OyelowoLorraine ToussaintRuby goes on a journey of self-discovery when she drops out of medical school in order to focus on her incarcerated husband's well-being.BEST ACTING, LEADING ROLE (Emayatzy Corinealdi)
- Nominee: Independent Spirit Awards
BEST ACTING, SUPPORTING ROLE (Lorraine Toussaint)- Nominee: Independent Spirit Awards
BEST ACTING, SUPPORTING ROLE (David Oyelowo)- Nominee: Independent Spirit Awards
Points: 4 - DirectorWilliam FriedkinStarsMatthew McConaugheyEmile HirschJuno TempleWhen a debt puts a young man's life in danger, he turns to putting a hit out on his evil mother in order to collect the insurance.BEST ACTING, LEADING ROLE (Matthew McConaughey)
- Nominee: Independent Spirit Awards
Points: 2 - DirectorNicholas JareckiStarsRichard GereSusan SarandonBrit MarlingA troubled hedge fund magnate desperate to complete the sale of his trading empire makes an error that forces him to turn to an unlikely person for help.BEST ACTING, LEADING ROLE (Richard Gere)
- Nominee: Golden Globe Awards
Points: 2 - DirectorLeos CaraxStarsDenis LavantEdith ScobEva MendesA man boards a limousine to be driven to his day's work: nine mysterious "appointments."BEST ACTING, LEADING ROLE (Denis Lavant)
- Nominee: National Society of Film Critics Awards
Points: 2 - DirectorLee DanielsStarsMatthew McConaugheyNicole KidmanJohn CusackA reporter returns to his Florida hometown to investigate a case involving a death row inmate.BEST ACTING, SUPPORTING ROLE (Nicole Kidman)
- Nominee: Golden Globe Awards
- Nominee: Screen Actors Guild Awards
Points: 2 - DirectorJames PonsoldtStarsMary Elizabeth WinsteadAaron PaulNick OffermanA married couple whose bond is built on a mutual love of alcohol gets their relationship put to the test when the wife decides to get sober.BEST ACTING, LEADING ROLE (Mary Elizabeth Winstead)
- Nominee: Independent Spirit Awards
Points: 2 - DirectorTerence DaviesStarsRachel WeiszTom HiddlestonAnn MitchellThe wife of a British Judge is caught in a self-destructive love affair with a Royal Air Force pilot.BEST ACTING, LEADING ROLE (Rachel Weisz)
- Nominee: Golden Globe Awards
Points: 2 - DirectorLiza JohnsonStarsLinda CardelliniMichael ShannonJohn SlatteryA soldier returns to her family, friends, and old job after a tour of duty, though she finds herself struggling to find her place in her everyday life.BEST ACTING, LEADING ROLE (Linda Cardellini)
- Nominee: Independent Spirit Awards
Points: 2 - DirectorJoshua SanchezStarsE.J. BonillaEmory CohenAja Naomi KingOn a hot 4th of July night, sparks fly between four people as they test the limits and possibilities of their own freedom.BEST ACTING, LEADING ROLE (Wendell Pierce)
- Nominee: Independent Spirit Awards
Points: 2 - DirectorDavid AyerStarsJake GyllenhaalMichael PeñaAnna KendrickShot documentary-style, this film follows the daily grind of two young police officers in LA who are partners and friends and what happens when they meet criminal forces greater than themselves.BEST ACTING, SUPPORTING ROLE (Michael Peña)
- Nominee: Independent Spirit Awards
Points: 1 - DirectorLynn SheltonStarsMark DuplassEmily BluntRosemarie DeWittIris invites her friend Jack to stay at her family's island getaway after his brother's death. Jack's drunken encounter with Iris' sister Hannah at their remote cabin kicks off a revealing stretch of days.BEST ACTING, SUPPORTING ROLE (Rosemarie DeWitt)
- Nominee: Independent Spirit Awards
Points: 1 - DirectorZal BatmanglijStarsChristopher DenhamNicole ViciusBrit MarlingTwo documentary filmmakers attempt to penetrate a cult who worships a woman who claims to be from the future.BEST ACTING, SUPPORTING ROLE (Brit Marling)
- Nominee: Independent Spirit Awards
Points: 1