The Big Post of 2015 Oscar Nominees I’ve Watched

Oscar season is my favorite of the year! I try to watch every single nominee. EVERY.

I will update this post with the films I’ve watched, recommendations, my personal favorite in each category and my prediction to win each category.

Linked – Click on the film. I wrote a few notes.

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Note: I recently started logging each movie I’ve watched. I saw some of the nominees before I began logging, hence no link.

Best Picture

• American Sniper
• Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
• Boyhood
• The Grand Budapest Hotel
• The Imitation Game
• Selma
• The Theory of Everything
• Whiplash

Actor in a Leading Role

• Steve Carell, Foxcatcher
• Bradley Cooper, American Sniper
• Benedict Cumberbatch, The Imitation Game
• Michael Keaton, Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
• Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything

Actress in a Leading Role

• Marion Cotillard, Two Days, One Night
• Felicity Jones, The Theory of Everything
• Julianne Moore, Still Alice
• Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl
• Reese Witherspoon, Wild

Actor in a Supporting Role

• Robert Duvall, The Judge
• Ethan Hawke, Boyhood
• Edward Norton, Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
• Mark Ruffalo, Foxcatcher
• J.K. Simmons, Whiplash

Actress in a Supporting Role

• Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
• Laura Dern, Wild
• Emma Stone, Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
• Keira Knightley, The Imitation Game
• Meryl Streep, Into the Woods

Directing

• Alejandro González Iñárritu, Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
• Richard Linklater, Boyhood
• Bennett Miller, Foxcatcher
• Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel
• Morten Tyldum, The Imitation Game

Animated Feature Film

• Big Hero 6
• The Boxtrolls
• How to Train Your Dragon 2
• Song of the Sea
• The Tale of the Princess Kaguya

Cinematography

• Emmanuel Lubezki, Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
• Robert D. Yeoman, The Grand Budapest Hotel
• Lukasz Zal and Ryszard Lynzewski, Ida
• Dick Pope, Mr. Turner
• Roger Deakins, Unbroken

Costume Design

• Milena Canonero, The Grand Budapest Hotel
• Mark Bridges, Inherent Vice
• Colleen Atwood, Into the Woods
• Anna B. Sheppard, Maleficent
• Jacqueline Durran, Mr. Turner

Documentary Feature

• Citizenfour
• Last Days in Vietnam
• Virunga
• The Salt of the Earth
• Finding Vivian Maier

Documentary Short Subject

• Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1
• Joanna
• Our Curse (Nasza klatwa)
• The Reaper (La parka)
• White Earth

Foreign Language Film

• Ida
• Leviathan
• Tangerines
• Wild Tales
• Timbuktu

Makeup and Hairstyling

• Bill Corso and Dennis Liddiard, Foxcatcher
• Frances Hannon and Mark Coulier, The Grand Budapest Hotel
• Elizabeth Yianni-Georgiou and David White, Guardians of the Galaxy

Music – Original Score

• Alexandre Desplat, The Grand Budapest Hotel
• Alexandre Desplat, The Imitation Game
• Hans Zimmer, Interstellar
• Gary Yershon, Mr Turner
• Jóhann Jóhannsson, The Theory of Everything

Music – Original Song

• “Everything Is Awesome” by Shawn Patterson, The LEGO Movie
• “Glory” by Common and John Legend, Selma
• “Grateful” by Diane Warren, Beyond the Lights
• “I’m Not Gonna Miss You” by Glen Campbell and Julian Raymond, Glen Campbell: I’ll Be Me
• “Lost Stars” by Gregg Alexander and Danielle Brisebois, Begin Again

Production Design

• The Grand Budapest Hotel, Production design: Adam Stockhausen, Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock
• The Imitation Game, Production design: Maria Djurkovic, Set Decoration: Tatiana Macdonald
• Interstellar, Production design: Nathan Crowley, Set Decoration: Gary Fettis
• Into the Woods, Production design: Dennis Gassner, Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock
• Mr. Turner, Production design: Suzie Davies, Set Decoration: Charlotte Watts

Short Film – Animated

• The Bigger Picture
• The Dam Keeper
• Feast
• Me and My Moulton
• A Single Life

Short Film – Live Action

• Aya
• Boogaloo and Graham
• Butter Lamp (La lampe au beurre de yak)
• Parvaneh
• The Phone Call

Sound Editing

• American Sniper, Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman
• Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance), Martín Hernández and Aaron Glascock
• The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, Brent Burge and Jason Canovas
• Interstellar, Richard King
• Unbroken, Becky Sullivan and Andrew DeCristofaro

Sound Mixing

• American Sniper, John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff and Walt Martin
• Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance), Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño and Thomas Varga
• Interstellar, Garry A. Rizzo, Gregg Landaker and Mark Weingarten
• Unbroken, Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño and David Lee
• Whiplash, Craig Mann, Ben Wilkins and Thomas Curley

Visual Effects

• Captain America: Winter Soldier, Dan DeLeeuw, Russell Earl, Bryan Grill and Dan Sudick
• Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, Daniel Barrett and Erik Winquist
• Guardians of the Galaxy, Stephanie Ceretti, Nicolas Aithadi, Jonathan Fawkner and Paul Corbould
• Interstellar, Paul Franklin, Andrew Lockley, Ian Hunter and Scott Fisher
• X-Men: Days of Future Past, Richard Stammers, Lou Pecora, Tim Crosbie and Cameron Waldbauer

Writing – Adapted Screenplay

• Jason Hall, American Sniper
• Graham Moore, The Imitation Game
• Paul Thomas Anderson, Inherent Vice
• Anthony McCarten, The Theory of Everything
• Damien Chazelle, Whiplash

Writing – Original Screenplay

• Alejandro González Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris and Armando Bo, Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
• Richard Linklater, Boyhood
• E. Max Frye and Dan Futterman, Foxcatcher
• Wes Anderson and Hugo Guinness, The Grand Budapest Hotel
• Dan Gilroy, Nightcrawler