2014 ballot for Jim Ridley
Best Picture
- Boyhood 20
- The Grand Budapest Hotel 20
- Two Days, One Night 20
- The Guest 10
- The Babadook 5
- Birdman, or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) 5
- Dawn of the Planet of the Apes 5
- A Most Violent Year 5
- Nightcrawler 5
- Norte, the End of History 5
Best Director
- Jennifer Kent, The Babadook 15
- Richard Linklater, Boyhood 15
- Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel 15
- Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne, Two Days, One Night 15
- Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Birdman, or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) 10
- James Gray, The Immigrant 8
- Mike Leigh, Mr. Turner 7
- Matt Reeves, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes 5
- J.C. Chandor, A Most Violent Year 5
- Lav Diaz, Norte, the End of History 5
Best Actress
- Marion Cotillard, Two Days, One Night 20
- Essie Davis, The Babadook 20
- Paulina García, Gloria 15
- Marion Cotillard, The Immigrant 10
- Rosario Dawson, Top Five 10
- Jessica Chastain, A Most Violent Year 5
- Emmanuelle Seigner, Venus in Fur 5
- Reese Witherspoon, Wild 5
- Shailene Woodley, The Fault in Our Stars 5
- Robin Wright, The Congress 5
Best Actor
- Jake Gyllenhaal, Nightcrawler 15
- Michael Keaton, Birdman, or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) 15
- Oscar Isaac, A Most Violent Year 14
- Ralph Fiennes, The Grand Budapest Hotel 10
- Dan Stevens, The Guest 10
- Noah Wiseman, The Babadook 10
- Timothy Spall, Mr. Turner 8
- Ellar Coltrane, Boyhood 6
- Tom Cruise, Edge of Tomorrow 6
- David Oyelowo, Selma 6
Best Supporting Actor
- Ethan Hawke, Boyhood 20
- Edward Norton, Birdman, or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) 20
- David Koechner, Cheap Thrills 10
- Bill Paxton, Edge of Tomorrow 10
- Fabrizio Rongione, Two Days, One Night 10
- J.B. Smoove, Top Five 10
- Josh Brolin, Inherent Vice 5
- Ger Duany, The Good Lie 5
- Wendell Pierce, Selma 5
- Cedric the Entertainer, Top Five 5
Best Supporting Actress
- Patricia Arquette, Boyhood 20
- Emma Stone, Birdman, or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) 20
- Eva Green, 300: Rise of an Empire 15
- Agata Kulesza, Ida 10
- Tilda Swinton, Snowpiercer 10
- Hong Chau, Inherent Vice 5
- Laura Dern, The Fault in Our Stars 5
- Carmen Ejogo, Selma 5
- Shani Klein, Zero Motivation 5
- Mia Wasikowska, Only Lovers Left Alive 5
Best Screenplay
- Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel 15
- Simon Barrett, The Guest 15
- J.C. Chandor, A Most Violent Year 15
- Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne, Two Days, One Night 15
- Jennifer Kent, The Babadook 10
- Christopher McQuarrie and Jez Butterworth & John-Henry Butterworth, Edge of Tomorrow 10
- John Michael McDonagh, Calvary 5
- Damien Chazelle, Grand Piano 5
- Dan Gilroy, Nightcrawler 5
- Talya Lavie, Zero Motivation 5
Best Scene
- Apes ride on San Francisco, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes 10
- Bar fight, The Guest 10
- Finger food, Cheap Thrills 10
- Girlfight, Zero Motivation 10
- Keaton meets Norton, Birdman, or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) 10
- Louis and Nina's date, Nightcrawler 10
- Packing for college, Boyhood 10
- Prison break, The Grand Budapest Hotel 10
- "The tip of the spear," third iteration, Edge of Tomorrow 10
- "This was very disrespectful", A Most Violent Year 10
Top Ten List
- 1. Boyhood
- 2. Two Days, One Night
- 3. The Grand Budapest Hotel
- 4. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
- 5. Birdman
- 6. A Most Violent Year
- 7. Norte, the End of History
- 8. Maidan
- 9. Nightcrawler
- 10. The Babadook
Ratings
- 12 O'Clock Boys 3.0
- Addicted 1.0
- After 1.5
- American Sniper 2.0
- As It Is in Heaven 2.5
- The Babadook 3.5
- Big Eyes 2.5
- Big Hero 6 3.0
- Birdman, or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) 3.5
- Blue Ruin 2.5
- Borgman 2.0
- Boyhood 4.0
- Brick Mansions 2.5
- Calvary 3.5
- Captain America: The Winter Soldier 3.0
- Cheap Thrills 2.5
- Citizenfour 3.0
- The Congress 2.0
- Dawn of the Planet of the Apes 3.5
- The Dog 3.0
- The Double 3.0
- Edge of Tomorrow 3.5
- The Fault in Our Stars 2.5
- Finding Vivian Maier 3.0
- Force Majeure 3.0
- Frank Miller's Sin City: A Dame to Kill For 2.0
- Fury 2.5
- Gloria 3.0
- Godzilla 3.0
- The Good Lie 3.0
- The Grand Budapest Hotel 4.0
- Grand Piano 3.0
- Guardians of the Galaxy 2.5
- The Guest 3.5
- Hercules 3.0
- The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies 2.5
- Ida 3.0
- The Identical 1.0
- I, Frankenstein 1.5
- The Immigrant 3.5
- Inherent Vice 2.0
- Interstellar 3.0
- The Interview 1.5
- Into the Storm 2.5
- Jodorowsky's Dune 2.5
- Keep On Keepin' On 3.5
- Last Days in Vietnam 3.5
- The Lego Movie 2.5
- Life Itself 3.0
- Like Father, Like Son 3.0
- Low Down 2.5
- Lucy 2.0
- Maidan 3.5
- Maleficent 2.5
- Moebius 3.0
- The Monuments Men 2.0
- A Most Violent Year 3.5
- Mr. Turner 3.5
- Need for Speed 1.5
- Nightcrawler 3.5
- Non-Stop 2.5
- Norte, the End of History 3.5
- Nymph()maniac Vol. I 3.0
- Nymph()maniac Vol. II 2.0
- Oculus 2.0
- Odd Thomas 2.0
- Only Lovers Left Alive 3.0
- The Protector 2 2.5
- The Purge: Anarchy 2.0
- The Raid 2 2.0
- Raze 2.5
- RoboCop 2.0
- The Rover 1.5
- Rowdy 1.5
- Selma 3.0
- Snowpiercer 3.0
- Stalingrad 2.5
- The Strange Color of Your Body's Tears 2.5
- Stranger by the Lake 3.0
- Thou Wast Mild and Lovely 3.0
- Top Five 3.0
- The Town That Dreaded Sundown 2.5
- Transformers: Age of Extinction 1.5
- Two Days, One Night 4.0
- Unbroken 2.0
- Venus in Fur 3.0
- Vic + Flo Saw a Bear 2.5
- We Are the Best! 3.0
- Wetlands 2.5
- WHITEY: United States of America vs. James J. Bulger 2.5
- Wild 3.0
- Witching & Bitching 2.5
- X-Men: Days of Future Past 3.0
- Zero Motivation 3.5