Below is the final ballot for this year's Filmspots. To vote, please copy-and-paste the ballot into a
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Sunday, March 29 (extending into Monday morning).
You don't have to vote in every category, but there's also no need to abstain just because you haven't seen a key nominee or two. Part I of the ballot lets me know which films you haven't yet seen, and that's taken into account in tabulating the results. That way, your vote for the best nominee you've seen doesn't hurt the nominees you haven't seen.
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PART I: Which of the nominated films have you
NOT yet seen? (Delete the ones you
have seen from the list below.)
22 Jump Street
The Babadook
Big Hero 6
Bird People
Birdman
Blue Ruin
Boyhood
Calvary
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Citizenfour
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Edge of Tomorrow
Force Majeure
Frank
Godzilla
Gone Girl
Goodbye to Language 3D
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Guardians of the Galaxy
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Ida
The Immigrant
Inherent Vice
Interstellar
Jodorowsky's Dune
John Wick
The Lego Movie
Life Itself
Like Father, Like Son
Locke
The Missing Picture
National Gallery
Night Moves
Nightcrawler
Obvious Child
The One I Love
Only Lovers Left Alive
The Raid 2
Snowpiercer
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
Two Days, One Night
Under the Skin
We Are the Best!
Whiplash
The Wind Rises
X-Men Days of Future Past
PART II: Select your favorite nominee in each category. It's best for me if you leave only the nominee you're voting for and delete the other four.
Best Picture Boyhood The Grand Budapest Hotel Nightcrawler Under the Skin WhiplashBest Director Alejandro González Ińárritu,
Birdman Richard Linklater,
Boyhood Wes Anderson,
The Grand Budapest Hotel Jonathan Glazer,
Under the Skin Damien Chazelle,
WhiplashBest Original Screenplay Richard Linklater,
Boyhood John Michael McDonagh,
Calvary Wes Anderson,
The Grand Budapest Hotel Dan Gilroy,
Nightcrawler Damien Chazelle,
WhiplashBest Adapted Screenplay Mark Bomback, Rick Jaffa, and Amanda Silver,
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (from characters created by Jaffa and Silver)
Gillian Flynn,
Gone Girl (from her own novel)
Paul Thomas Anderson,
Inherent Vice (from the novel by Thomas Pynchon)
Walter Campbell and Jonathan Glazer,
Under the Skin (from the novel by Michel Faber)
Hayao Miyazaki,
The Wind Rises (from his own manga)
Best Actor Brendan Gleeson,
Calvary Jake Gyllenhaal,
Nightcrawler Miles Teller,
Whiplash Ralph Fiennes,
The Grand Budapest Hotel Tom Hardy,
LockeBest Actress Marion Cotillard,
The Immigrant Marion Cotillard,
Two Days, One Night Rosamund Pike,
Gone Girl Scarlett Johansson,
Under the Skin Tilda Swinton,
Only Lovers Left AliveBest Supporting Actor Edward Norton,
Birdman Ethan Hawke,
Boyhood J.K. Simmons,
Whiplash Josh Brolin,
Inherent Vice Michael Fassbender,
FrankBest Supporting Actress Agata Kulesza,
Ida Emma Stone,
Birdman Patricia Arquette,
Boyhood Renee Russo,
Nightcrawler Tilda Swinton,
SnowpiercerBest Ensemble Cast Birdman Boyhood Calvary The Grand Budapest Hotel Inherent ViceBest Non-English Language Film Force Majeure Ida The Raid 2 The Tale of the Princess Kaguya The Wind RisesBest Animated Film Big Hero 6 How to Train Your Dragon 2 The Lego Movie The Tale of the Princess Kaguya The Wind RisesBest Documentary Citizenfour Jodorowsky's Dune Life Itself The Missing Picture National GalleryBest Editing Douglas Crise and Stephen Mirrione,
Birdman Sandra Adair,
Boyhood Barney Pilling,
The Grand Budapest Hotel Paul Watts,
Under the Skin Tom Cross,
WhiplashBest Sound Godzilla Interstellar Under the Skin Whiplash The Wind RisesBest Score Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross,
Gone Girl Alexandre Desplat,
The Grand Budapest Hotel Hans Zimmer,
Interstellar Mica Levi,
Under the Skin Joe Hisaishi,
The Wind RisesBest Soundtrack Boyhood Frank Guardians of the Galaxy Inherent Vice WhiplashBest Cinematography Emmanuel Lubezki,
Birdman Robert Yeoman,
The Grand Budapest Hotel Ryszard Lenczewski and Lukasz Zal,
Ida Hoyte Van Hoytema,
Interstellar Daniel Landin,
Under the SkinBest Art Direction Kevin Thompson and George DeTitta Jr.,
Birdman Adam Stockhausen and Anna Pinnock,
The Grand Budapest Hotel Marco Bittner Rosser, Christiane Krumwiede, and Malte Nitsche,
Only Lovers Left Alive Ondrej Nekvasil and Beata Brendtnerovŕ,
Snowpiercer Chris Oddy,
Under the SkinBest Visual Effects Dawn of the Planet of the Apes Godzilla Guardians of the Galaxy Interstellar Under the SkinBest Surprise Captain America: The Winter Soldier Edge of Tomorrow Godzilla Guardians of the Galaxy John WickBest Debut Feature The Babadook (directed by Jennifer Kent)
Blue Ruin (directed by Jeremy Saulnier)
Force Majeure (directed by Ruben Östlund)
Nightcrawler (directed by Dan Gilroy)
Obvious Child (directed by Gillian Robespierre)
Best Overlooked Film Bird People Like Father, Like Son Night Moves The One I Love We Are the Best!Best Scene (Dramatic) The Beach Scene,
Under the Skin Confessional,
Calvary Finale,
Whiplash Going off to College,
Boyhood Was I Rushing or Dragging?,
WhiplashBest Scene (Comedic) At the Bar,
Force Majeure Calling the Society of the Crossed Keys,
The Grand Budapest Hotel Captain's Daughter,
22 Jump Street Frank Presents His Most Likable Song Ever,
Frank Time in a Bottle,
X-Men Days of Future PastBest Shot Drop to the Beach,
Edge of Tomorrow Final Shot,
The Immigrant On My Way,
Whiplash Tank 360,
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes Two Shots in One,
Goodbye to Language 3DBest Line "I thought there 'd be more.",
Boyhood "Nothing goes over my head. My reflexes are too fast. I would catch it.",
Guardians of the Galaxy "There are no two words in the English language more harmful than 'good job'.",
Whiplash "What if my problem wasn't that I don't understand people, but that I don't like them?",
Nightcrawler "You see, there are still faint glimmers of civilization left in this barbaric slaughterhouse
that was once known as humanity. Indeed that's what we provide in our own modest,
humble, insignificant... oh, f—k it.",
The Grand Budapest Hotel