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B E S T   F I L M
 Boyhood BOYHOOD
(Richard Linklater)

Far more than a cinematic stunt, this film is a seamlessly shot and edited exploration of what makes us who we are. Watching Mason (and first-time actor Ellar Coltrane) grow up from 6 to 18 is a personal revelation.
2. LEVIATHAN
(Andrey Zvyagintsev)
3. MOMMY (Xavier Dolan)
4. SELMA (Ava DuVernay)
5. THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL
(Wes Anderson)
6. UNDER THE SKIN (Jonathan Glazer)
7. ROSEWATER (Jon Stewart)
8. PRIDE (Matthew Warchus)
9. CITIZENFOUR (Laura Poitras)
10. GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY
(James Gunn)
11. Winter Sleep (Nuri Bilge Ceylan)
12. Lilting (Hong Khaou)
13. The Case Against 8 (Ben Cotner, Ryan White)
14. Two Days, One Night (Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne)
15. The Theory of Everything (James Marsh)
16. Maps to the Stars (David Cronenberg)
17. The Wind Rises (Hayao Miyazaki)
18. Nightcrawler (Dan Gilroy)
19. Venus in Fur (Roman Polanski)
20. The Look of Silence (Joshua Oppenheimer)
21. Wild Tales (Damian Szifron)
22. Mr Turner (Mike Leigh)
23. Big Eyes (Tim Burton)
24. Whiplash (Damien Chazelle)
25. The Imitation Game (Morten Tyldum)
26. How to Train Your Dragon 2 (Dean Deblois)
27. Tattoo (Hilton Lacerda)
28. Still Alice (Richard Glatzer & Wash Westmoreland)
29. Next Goal Wins (Mike Brett, Steve Jamison)
30. Theeb (Naji Abu Nowar)
31. The Lego Movie (Phil Lord, Christopher Miller)
32. We Are Many (Amir Amirani)
33. Downhill (James Rouse)
34. A Most Violent Year (JC Chandor)
35. The Way He Looks (Daniel Ribeiro)
36. Nymphomaniac (Lars Von Trier)
37. Birdman (Alejandro G Inarritu)
38. The Strange Colour of Your Body's Tears (Helene Cattet, Bruno Forzani)
39. Children 404 (Askold Kurov, Pavel Loparev)
40. Only Lovers Left Alive (Jim Jarmusch)
41. Calvary (John Michael McDonagh)
42. Frank (Lenny Abrahamson)
43. The Duke of Burgundy (Peter Strickland)
44. Dirty Wars (Richard Rowley)
45. 10,000 Km (Carlos Marques-Marcet)
46. Omar (Hany Abu-Assad)
47. A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence (Roy Andersson)
48. Force Majeure (Ruben Ostlund)
49. Iraqi Odyssey (Samir)
50. The Babadook (Jennifer Kent)
NB. I saw 535 films in 2014
SHADOWS HALL OF FAME
2013   <   SHADOWS AWARDS   >   2015

director: duvernay D I R E C T O R

Ava DuVernay
(Selma)
2. Richard Linklater (Boyhood)
3. Jonathan Glazer (Under the Skin)
4. Andrey Zvyagintsev (Leviathan)
5. Xavier Dolan (Mommy)
6. Mike Leigh (Mr Turner)
7. Tim Burton (Big Eyes)
8. Alejandro G Inarritu (Birdman)
9. Jon Stewart (Rosewater)
10. Wes Anderson (The Grand Budapest Hotel)

screenplay: zvyagintsev S C R E E N W R I T E R

Andrey Zvyagintsev
& Oleg Negin
(Leviathan)
2. Paul Webb (Selma)
3. Richard Linklater (Boyhood)
4. David Ives, Roman Polanski (Venus in Fur)
5. Jon Stewart (Rosewater)
6. Wes Anderson (The Grand Budapest Hotel)
7. John Michael McDonagh (Calvary)
8. JC Chandor (A Most Violent Year)
9. Xavier Dolan (Mommy)
10. Damian Szifron (Wild Tales)

actress: moore A C T R E S S

Julianne Moore
(Still Alice, Maps to the Stars)
2. Scarlett Johansson (Under the Skin, Lucy, Captain America: The Winter Soldier)
3. Marion Cotillard (Two Days One Night)
4. Anne Dorval (Mommy)
5. Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl, What We Did on Our Holiday)
6. Essie Davis (The Babadook)
7. Tilda Swinton (Only Lovers Left Alive, Snowpiercer, The Grand Budapest Hotel)
8. Amy Adams (Big Eyes)
9. Elena Lyadova (Leviathan)
10. Elizabeth Banks (Little Accidents, Mockingjay Part 1)

actor: oyelowo A C T O R

David Oyelowo
(Selma, A Most Violent Year, Interstellar)
2. Eddie Redmayne (The Theory of Everything)
3. Ben Whishaw (Lilting)
4. Jake Gyllenhaal (Nightcrawler, Enemy)
5. Gael Garcia Bernal (Rosewater)
6. Benedict Cumberbatch (The Imitation Game)
7. Aleksey Serebryakov (Leviathan)
8. Ellar Coltrane (Boyhood)
9. Ralph Fiennes (The Grand Budapest Hotel)
10. Oscar Isaac (A Most Violent Year, The Two Faces of January, In Secret)

supporting: stone S U P P O R T I N G
A C T R E S S

Emma Stone
(Birdman, Magic in the Moonlight)
2. Olivia Williams (Maps to the Stars, Sabotage)
3. Suzanne Clement (Mommy)
4. Patricia Arquette (Boyhood)
5. Uma Thurman (Nymphomaniac)
6. Dorothy Atkinson (Mr Turner)
7. Melisa Sozen (Winter Sleep)
8. Jessica Chastain (A Most Violent Year, Interstellar, Salome)
9. Marion Bailey (Mr Turner)
10. Stacy Martin (Nymphomaniac)

supporting: brolin S U P P O R T I N G
A C T O R

Josh Brolin
(Inherent Vice, Sin City: A Dame to Kill For)
2. Tom Wilkinson (Selma, Belle)
3. JK Simmons (Whiplash, Men Women & Children)
4. Kim Bodnia (Rosewater)
5. Roman Madyanov (Leviathan)
6. Mark Ruffalo (Foxcatcher, Begin Again)
7. Edward Norton (Birdman)
8. Alex Lawther (The Imitation Game)
9. Ethan Hawke (Boyhood)
10. Vladimir Vdovichenkov (Leviathan)

H A L L   O F   S H A M E

worst: tammy WORST FILM
1. Tammy (Ben Falcone)
2. Bad Johnson (Huck Botko)
3. Pudsey the Dog: The Movie (Nick Moore)
4. Endless Love (Shana Feste)
5. Annie (Will Gluck)
6. Hector and the Search for Happiness (Peter Chelsom)
7. Earth to Echo (Dave Green)
8. Sabotage (David Ayer)
9. Jimi: All Is by My Side (John Ridley)
10. Dumb and Dumber To (Peter & Bobby Farrelly)
11. Winter's Tale (Akiva Goldsman)
12. Top Dog (Martin Kemop)
13. The Fold (John Jencks)
14. Transformers: Age of Extinction (Michael Bay)
15. Plastic (Julian Gilbey)
16. Need for Speed (Scott Waugh)
17. The Face of Love (Arie Posin)
18. A Long Way Down (Pascal Chaumeil)
19. The Gambler (Rupert Wyatt)
20. Horrible Bosses 2 (Sean Anders)
21. Pasolini (Abel Ferrara)
22. The Outsider (Brian A Miller)
23. Last Summer (Mark Thiedeman)
24. Ride Along (Tim Story)
25. The Interview (Evan Goldberg & Seth Rogen)
disappointment: noah BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT: Noah
The Monuments Men. Jersey Boys. Men Women & Children. Jimi: All Is by My Side
MOST PRETENTIOUS: Norte, the End of History
20,000 Days on Earth. You and the Night. Last Summer.
MOST INDULGENT: The Gambler
Tammy. Ride Along. The Grudge Match
MOST DERIVATIVE: Earth to Echo
The Equalizer. Need for Speed. I, Frankenstein. Jamesy Boy
MOST OVERBLOWN (THE MICHAEL BAY AWARD): Transformers: Age of Extinction
300: Rise of an Empire. The Interview. Need for Speed. Stalingrad
LEAST 'SPECIAL' EFFECTS: I, Frankenstein. Earth to Echo.
MOST ANTI-CLIMACTIC REUNION: The Monuments Men. Blended
WORST USE OF 3D: 300: Rise of an Empire
I, Frankenstein. Noah. The White Haired Witch of Lunar Kingdom
WORST MESSAGE: Hector and the Search for Happiness. Fury. Sabotage
WORST TITLE: Pudsey the Dog: The Movie
Men, Women & Children. Sabotage. 300: Rise of an Empire. How to Train Your Dragon 2
MOST ANNOYING VOICEOVER (THE MORGAN FREEMAN AWARD): Alex Pettyfer (Endless Love)
MOST WASTEFUL DIRECTOR: George Clooney (The Monuments Men)
Olivier Dahan (Grace of Monaco). Josh Boone (The Fault in Our Stars). Pascal Chaumeil (A Long Way Down)
MOST WASTED DIRECTOR: Darren Aronofsky (Noah)
SHOULD RETIRE: Tim Story
Arnold Schwarzenegger. Adam Sandler. Will Gluck
PLEASE STOP: eathead muscle-man movies (300: Rise of an Empire, The Legend of Hercules, Pompeii, Hercules). East End thug movies (Top Dog)
WORST MANAGEMENT: Cameron Diaz (The Other Woman, Sex Tape, Annie)
Aaron Paul (A Long Way Down, Need for Speed). Cam Gigandet (Bad Johnson, In the Blood). Pierce Brosnan (A Long Way Down, The Love Punch)

N O N - F I L M   P I C K S

tv: fargo TV SERIES
Fargo (FX)
2. Mad Men (AMC)
3. Sherlock (BBC)
4. Sonic Highways (HBO)
5. Looking (HBO)
6. Veep (HBO)
7. Modern Family (ABC)
8. Parks and Recreation (NBC)
9. Nurse Jackie (Showtime)
10. The Honorable Woman (BBC)
11. Black Mirror (C4)
12. Shameless (Showtime)
13. House of Cards (Netflix)
14. Girls (HBO)
15. Game of Thrones (Sky)
16. Homeland (Showtime)
17. True Blood (HBO)
18. Downton Abbey (ITV)
19. Masters of Sex (Showtime)
20. Please Like Me (ABC)
21. The Newsroom (HBO)
22. W1A (BBC)
23. Inside No. 9 (BBC)
24. Doll & Em (Sky)
25. The Walking Dead (Fox)
26. Episodes (BBC)
27. Scandal (ABC)
28. Glee (Fox)
29. Franklin & Bash (TNT)
30. Arrow (CW)
single: outside SINGLE
Outside (Foo Fighters)
2. Sing (Ed Sheeran)
3. Budapest (George Ezra)
4. Like I Can (Sam Smith)
5. Ghost (Ella Henderson)
6. Birthday (Katy Perry)
7. Up (Olly Murs & Demi Lovato)
8. Scream (Funk My Life Up) (Paolo Nutini)
9. Into the Blue (Kylie Minogue)
10. Shake If Off (Taylor Swift)
11. Eez-eh (Kasabian)
12. Night Changes (One Direction)
13. Something From Nothing (Foo Fighters)
14. Still (Katy B)
15. Outside (Calvin Harris & Ellie Goulding)
16. Don't (Ed Sheeran)
17. Heart & Soul (Twin Atlantic)
18. From Eden (Hozier)
19. Only Love Can Hurt Like This (Paloma Faith)
20. Stay With Me (Sam Smith)
21. Magic (Coldplay)
22. Steal My Girl (One Direction)
23. Blame (Calvin Harris & John Newman)
24. Rather Be (Clean Bandit & Jess Glynne)
25. Blame It on Me (George Ezra)
26. Thinking Out Loud (Ed Sheeran)
27. Every Breaking Wave (U2)
28. Changing (Sigma & Paloma Faith)
29. I Will Never Let You Down (Rita Ora)
30. All About That Bass (Meghan Trainor)

S P E C I A L   A W A R D S

ensemble: pride ENSEMBLE: Pride
2. Inherent Vice
3. Birdman
4. Guardians of the Galaxy
5. The Grand Budapest Hotel
BREAKOUT FILMMAKER: Hong Khaou (Lilting)
2. Jennifer Kent (The Babadook)
3. Jon Stewart (Rosewater)
4. Gia Coppola (Palo Alto)
5. Naji Abu Nowar (Theeb)
BREAKOUT ACTOR: Alex Lawther (The Imitation Game)
2. Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Belle)
3. Jack Kilmer (Palo Alto)
4. Ben Schnetzer (Pride, The Riot Club)
5. Evan Peters (X-men: Days of Future Past)
cinematography: mr turner CINEMATOGRAPHY: Mr Turner (Dick Pope)
2. Leviathan (Mikhail Krichman)
3. Palo Alto (Autumn Durald)
4. Birdman (Emmanuel Szubeski)
5. The Grandmaster (Philippe Le Sourd)
MUSIC: Begin Again (Gregg Alexander)
2. The Lego Movie (Mark Mothersbaugh)
3. Gone Girl (Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross)
4. Birdman (Antonio Sanchez)
5. The Grand Budapest Hotel (Alexandre Desplat)
EDITING: Boyhood (Sandra Adair)
2. Leviathan (Anna Mass)
3. Inherent Vice (Leslie Jones)
4. Whiplash (Tom Cross)
5. A Most Violent Year (Ron Patane)
PRODUCTION DESIGN: Big Eyes (Rick Heinrichs)
2. The Grand Budapest Hotel (Adam Stockhausen)
3. Inherent Vice (David Crank)
4. Maps to the Stars (Carol Spier)
5. Guardians of the Galaxy (Charles Wood)
EFFECTS: Interstellar
2. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
3. Mockingjay Part 1
4. Edge of Tomorrow
5. The Lego Movie
MAKEUP & HAIR: Big Eyes
Mr Turner. The Grand Budapest Hotel. Inherent Vice. Maps to the Stars
SOUND DESIGN: Rosewater
Whiplash. American Sniper. Unbroken. Inherent Vice
COSTUMES: The Grand Budapest Hotel
Big Eyes. Inherent Vice. Pride. Maps to the Stars
STUNTS: Need for Speed
'71. Guardians of the Galaxy. Lucy. Hercules
casting: tilda and tom BEST CASTING: Only Lovers Left Alive
Mr Turner. The Theory of Everything. Selma. Guardians of the Galaxy
WORST CASTING: Will Smith (Winter's Tale)
Helen Mirren (The Hundred-Foot Journey). Andre Benjamin (Jimi: All Is by My Side)
BEST HAIR: Joaquin Phoenix (Inherent Vice)
Tilda & Tom (Only Lovers Left Alive). Timothy Spall (Mr Turner). Amy Adams (Big Eyes)
WORST HAIR: Amber Heard (3 Days to Kill)
Melissa McCarthy (Tammy). Meryl Streep (Into the Woods). Jim Carrey (Dumb and Dumber To)
BEST SHOW-STOPPER: Time in a Bottle (X-men: Days of Future Past)
Dance Me to the End of Love (Rosewater). The speech (Still Alice). Uma Thurman (Nymphomaniac). Jenny Agutter (Captain America: The Winter Soldier)
BEST HEART-STOPPER: Eating the dog (Cheap Thrills)
Pretty much all of Whiplash and Mommy, and most of Birdman
babe: green BABE OF THE YEAR: Eva Green (Sin City: A Dame to Kill For, 300: Rise of an Empire, The Salvation)
Scarlett Johansson (Under the Skin, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Lucy). Imogen Poots (Need for Speed, That Awkward Moment, Jimi: All Is by My Side). Emily Blunt (Edge of Tomorrow, Into the Woods). Miss Piggy (Muppets Most Wanted)
HUNK OF THE YEAR: Chris Pratt (Guardians of the Galaxy)
Jack O'Connell (300: Rise of an Empire, '71, Unbroken). Theo James (Divergent). Chris Pine (Into the Woods, Horrible Bosses 2). Zac Efron (That Awkward Moment, Neighbors)
BEST CHEMISTRY: Eddie Redmayne & Felicity Jones (The Theory of Everything)
Tilda Swinton & Tom Hiddleston (Only Lovers Left Alive). Channing Tatum & Wyatt Russell (22 Jump Street)
WORST CHEMISTRY: Helen Mirren & Om Puri (The Hundred-Foot Journey)
Nicole Kidman & Tim Roth (Grace of Monaco). Alex Pettyfer & Gabriella Wilde (Endless Love)
BEST VILLAIN: Willem Dafoe (The Grand Budapest Hotel)
Choi Min-sik (Lucy). Blake Harrison (Keeping Rosy). Kate Winslet (Divergent). Lee Pace (Guardians of the Galaxy)
MOST LUDICROUS VILLAIN: Ray Winstone (Noah)
Matt Damon (Interstellar). Will Smith (Winter's Tale). Bruce Greenwood (Endless Love). Ricky Gervais (Muppets Most Wanted)
scene stealer: short BEST SCENE-STEALING: Martin Short (Inherent Vice)
Chris Pine (Horrible Bosses 2). Dan Stevens (Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb). Nicki Minaj (The Other Woman). Kayvan Novak (Cuban Fury)
BEST SCENE-CHEWING: John Hurt (Hercules)
Ben Mendelsohn (Exodus: Gods and Kings). Judy Davis (T.S. Spivet). Kenneth Branagh (Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit). Kiefer Sutherland (Pompeii)
WORST SCENE-CHOMPING: Cameron Diaz (Annie)
Ray Winstone (Noah). Michael Keaton (RoboCop, Need for Speed, Birdman). Ryan Gage (The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies). Jim Broadbent (Paddington)
BEST COSTAR-CHEWING (THE ALIVE AWARD): We Are What We Are. Life After Beth
BIGGEST HAM: Derek Jacobi (Grace of Monaco)
Melissa McCarthy (Tammy). Nicolas Cage (Rage). Amber Heard (3 Days to Kill). Chris O'Dowd (Cuban Fury)
BEST PHONED-IN PERFORMANCE: Frank Langella (Grace of Monaco)
cameo: agutter BEST CAMEO: Jenny Agutter (Captain America: The Winter Soldier)
Tilda Swinton (The Grand Budapest Hotel). Russell Tovey (Effie Gray, Pride). James McAvoy (Muppets Most Wanted). Hugh Jackman (Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb)
MOST POINTLESS CAMEO: Anna Paquin (X-men: Days of Future Past)
Lady Gaga (Sin City: A Dame to Kill For). Ryan Reynolds & Ewan McGregor (A Million Ways to Die in the West). Felicity Jones (The Amazing Spider-man 2). Patricia Clarkson (Annie)
WORST CAMEO: Anthony Hopkins (Noah)
Anne Hathaway (Don Peyote). Danny Trejo (In the Blood). Johnny Depp (Into the Woods)
EWAN McGREGOR GOLDEN LIGHT SABER AWARD: Gerard Depardieu (Welcome to New York)
Eric Cantona (You and the Night). Blake Harrison (The Inbetweeners 2). Paul Brannigan (Under the Skin)
 underrated: begin again MOST UNDERRATED: Begin Again
2. Rosewater
3. Only Lovers Left Alive
4. The Strange Colour of Your Body's Tears
5. Stage Fright
MOST OVERRATED: Birdman
2. Catch Me Daddy
3. Norte, the End of History
4. Interstellar
5. Manakamana
MOST IMPORTANT FILM: Rosewater
2. Pride
3. Leviathan
4. Selma
5. Next Goal Wins
MOST INVENTIVE: Boyhood
The Babadook. Mommy. Under the Skin. Frank
CLEVER APPROACH TO A COMPLEX ISSUE: Leviathan
'71. Boyhood. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes. Lilting
guilty pleasure: lego movie GUILTY PLEASURE: The Lego Movie
2. Chef
3. Edge of Tomorrow
4. Lucy
5. Cuban Fury
NICEST SURPRISE: Guardians of the Galaxy
The Lego Movie. Paddington. Get Santa. Mr Peabody & Sherma
MOST SURPRISINGLY NOT-AWFUL SEQUEL: 22 Jump Street
Planes: Fire & Rescue. Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
MOST SURPRISINGLY NOT-AWFUL REMAKE: We Are What We Are
Paddington. RoboCop. Hercules
MOST ORIGINAL TAKE ON A TIRED GENRE: What We Do in the Shadows
The Babadook. Guardians of the Galaxy. Obvious Child. The Salvation
BEST ANIMAL PERFORMANCE: Mr Whiskers (The Voices)
Animal (Muppets Most Wanted)
funniest: what we do in the shadows FUNNIEST MOVIE: What We Do in the Shadows
The Lego Movie. 22 Jump Street. The Grand Budapest Hotel. Life After Beth
LEAST FUNNY COMEDY: Tammy
Ride Along. That Awkward Moment. The Love Punch. Goddess
SEXIEST MOVIE: Tattoo. Under the Skin
LEAST ROMANTIC LOVE STORY: Grace of Monaco
In Secret. Blended
SCARIEST MOVIE: The Babadook
Dirty Wars. Nightcrawler. The Unknown Known. Alleluia
LEAST SCARY THRILLER: Horns. Transcendence
YUMMIEST MOVIE: Chef. The Hundred-Foot Journey
YUCKIEST MOVIE: The Mule
Cheap Thrills. We Are What We Are
GIRLIEST MOVIE: The Duke of Burgundy
Nymphomaniac. The Other Woman. Goddess. Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
MANLIEST MOVIE: Fury
Black Sea. Need for Speed. 300: Rise of an Empire. The Raid 2
TRASHIEST MOVIE (THE JOHN WATERS AWARD): Cheap Thrills
MOPIEST MOVIE (THE TWILIGHT AWARD): The Fold
The Motel Life. Mr Morgan's Last Love. God's Pocket
blood-boiling: we are many MOST BLOOD-BOILING DOC: We Are Many
Citizenfour. The Unknown Known. Donosaur 13. Dirty Wars.
MOST DEPRESSING DOC: Dirty Wars
Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia. The Missing Picture. We Are Many
MOST HOLLYWOODISED BIOPIC: The Monuments Men. Stalingrad
THE FAMILY VALUES AWARD: We Are What We Are
Force Majeure. Blood Ties. Miss Violence. Blue Ruin
STRAIGHTEST GAY MOVIE (THE BROKEBACK AWARD): Foxcatcher. The Imitation Game
GAYEST STRAIGHT MOVIE (THE BROMANCE AWARD): The Interview
22 Jump Street. Need for Speed. Dumb and Dumber To. That Awkward Moment
GAYEST GAY MOVIE: G.B.F. Pride
book-to-film: under the skin BEST BOOK-TO-FILM: Under the Skin
Rosewater. The Theory of Everything. The Two Faces of January. Venus in Fur
WORST BOOK-TO-FILM: Winter's Tale
The Fault in Our Stars. Noah. A Long Way Down. Top Dog
BEST SHORT-TO-FEATURE: Whiplash. The Way He Looks.
BEST COMIC-TO-FILM: Guardians of the Galaxy. X-men: Days of Future Past. Edge of Tomorrow
WORST COMIC-TO-FILM: I, Frankenstein. Big Hero 6. Captain America: The Winter Soldier
BEST TV-TO-FILM:Mr Peabody & Sherman
Veronica Mars. 22 Jump Street
WORST TV-TO-FILM: Pudsey the Dog: The Movie. The Equalizer
BEST STAGE-TO-FILM: Venus in Fur
My Old Lady. Diplomacy. Into the Woods
WORST STAGE-TO-FILM: Jersey Boys. Goddess
BEST TOY-TO-FILM: The Lego Movie
WORST TOY-TO-FILM: Transformers: Age of Extinction
WORST GAME-TO-FILM: Need for Speed
BEST FAIRYTALE-TO-FILM: Into the Woods
WORST FAIRYTALE-TO-FILM: Maleficent
biopic: selma BEST BIOPIC: Selma
The Wind Rises. Mr Turner. The Theory of Everything. Big Eyes
WORST BIOPIC: Grace of Monaco. Jimi: All Is by My Side
BEST REMAKE: We Are What We Are. Alleluia. Godzilla. Mood Indigo.
WORST REMAKE: Endless Love. The Gambler. Annie
BEST SEQUEL: How to Train Your Dragon 2
X-men: Days of Future Past. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes. 22 Jump Street. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
WORST SEQUEL: Dumb and Dumber To
Horrible Bosses 2. Transformers: Age of Extinction. The Amazing Spider-man 2
BEST PREQUEL: The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
WORST PREQUEL: Maleficent
WORST SPINOFF: 300: Rise of an Empire
hardest working: dafoe THE HARDEST WORKING PERSON IN MOVIES: Willem Dafoe (Nymphomaniac, Pasolini, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Odd Thomas, The Fault in Our Stars, John Wick)
BEST NEW TREND: Understated inspirational biopics (Selma, Unbroken)
WORST NEW TREND: Biopics without foundations (Jimi: All Is By My Side, Grace of Monaco)
MOST ANTICIPATED FILM OF 2015: Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens
Spectre. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2. Avengers: Age of Ultron. Pitch Perfect 2. Magic Mike XXL. The Walk
LEAST ANTICIPATED FILM OF 2015: Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2
Hot Tub Time Machine 2. Get Hard. Spy. London Has Fallen. Furious 7

S H A D O W S   S W E E P S T A K E S   2 0 1 5
The final standings on 25.Feb.15 with 143 awards tabulated...

F I L M
867 Boyhood*+
 583 Birdman**++
542 Citizenfour**
541 The Lego Movie++
525 Ida**
493 The Grand Budapest Hotel*+
390 The Imitation Game*+
337 Whiplash*+
317 Selma*
293 Leviathan*
D I R E C T O R
522 Richard Linklater - Boyhood*+
 329 Alejandro G Inarritu - Birdman**++
230 Wes Anderson - The Grand Budapest Hotel*+
112 Ava DuVernay - Selma
81 Damien Chazelle - Whiplash
S C R E E N P L A Y
374 The Grand Budapest Hotel - Wes Anderson.*++
 320 Birdman - Inarritu, Giacobone, Dinelaris & Bo.**
233 Boyhood - Richard Linklater.*+
226 The Imitation Game - Graham Moore**++
210 Gone Girl - Gillian Flynn+
A C T R E S S
518 Julianne Moore - Still Alice**++, Maps to the Stars
 317 Rosamund Pike - Gone Girl*+, What We Did on Our Holiday
290 Marion Cotillard - Two Days One Night*, The Immigrant
276 Reese Witherspoon - Wild*+, Inherent Vice
202 Felicity Jones - The Theory of Everything*+
A C T O R
457 Michael Keaton - Birdman*+
 379 Eddie Redmayne - The Theory of Everything**++
288 Jake Gyllenhaal - Nightcrawler+, Enemy
263 Benedict Cumberbatch - The Imitation Game*+
146 Ralph Fiennes - The Grand Budapest Hotel
S U P P O R T I N G   A C T R E S S
578 Patricia Arquette - Boyhood**++
 291 Emma Stone - Birdman*+, Magic in the Moonlight
203 Keira Knightley - The Imitation Game*+
171 Jessica Chastain - A Most Violent Year, Interstellar
144 Tilda Swinton - Snowpiercer, Only Lovers Left Alive
S U P P O R T I N G   A C T O R
582 JK Simmons - Whiplash**++
 364 Edward Norton - Birdman*+
274 Mark Ruffalo - Foxcatcher+*
243 Ethan Hawke - Boyhood*+
120 Robert Duvall - The Judge*+
E N S E M B L E
166 Birdman++
 102 The Grand Budapest Hotel+
87 Boyhood+
60 The Imitation Game+
50 The Theory of Everything+
 B R E A K T H R O U G H   A C T O R
76 Jack O'Connell - Starred Up, '71, Unbroken
 75 Alex Lawther - The Imitation Game
73 Gugu Mbatha-Raw - Belle, Beyond the Lights
50 Ellar Coltrane - Boyhood
30 Sameena Jabeen Ahmed - Catch Me Daddy
B R E A K T H R O U G H   F I L M M A K E R
74 Dan Gilroy - Nightcrawler
 65 Yann Demange - '71
59 Jennifer Kent - The Babadook
51 Justin Simien - Dear White People
51 Hong Khaou - Lilting
A R T
650 The Grand Budapest Hotel**++
 250 Into the Woods*+
220 Guardians of the Galaxy*++
154 Mr Turner*
153 Inherent Vice*+
M U S I C
160 Under the Skin - Mica Levi
 144 The Grand Budapest Hotel - Alexandre Desplat**
135 Birdman - Antonio Sanchez
124 Interstellar - Hans Zimmer*
117 The Theory of Everything - Johann Johannson*
C I N E M A T O G R A P H Y
364 Birdman - Emmanuel Lubezki**++
 187 Mr Turner - Dick Pope*+
144 The Grant Budapest Hotel - Robert Yeoman*+
87 Ida - Ryszard Lenczewski, Lukasz Zal*
75 Interstellar - Hoyte Van Hoytema
T E C H
271 Interstellar**+
 187 Dawn of the Planet of the Apes*++
170 Birdman*++
156 American Sniper**++
141 Whiplash**
E D I T I N G
228 Whiplash - Tom Cross**+
 210 Boyhood - Sandra Adair*++
101 The Grand Budapest Hotel - Barney Pilling*++
95 Birdman - Douglas Crise, Stephen Mirrone+
73 The Imitation Game - William Goldenberg*+
W O R S T   F I L M
161 Transformers: Age of Extinction
 138 Saving Christmas
135 Left Behind
128 The Legend of Hercules
95 A Haunted House 2
88 I, Frankenstein
81 Endless Love
74 A Million Ways to Die in the West
73 Sex Tape
71 Transcendence
Oscar *nominees **winners           guild +nominees ++winners.
Numbers are cumulative points based on Shadows' complex, highly secret scoring system,
combining year-end awards, Oscarwatchers, top-ten lists and much more.
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