Best by Genre of 2014

Best Action/Adventure Film of 2014

Winner

  • Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)

Additional Nominees

  • Edge of Tomorrow (2014)
  • The Maze Runner (2014)
  • Need for Speed (2014)
  • Nightcrawler (2014)
  • X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)

Best Animated Film of 2014

Winner

  • Big Hero 6 (2014)
  • The Boxtrolls (2014)

Additional Nominees

  • How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014)
  • Mr. Peabody and Sherman (2014)
  • Paddington (2014)
  • Penguins of Madagascar (2014)

Best Comedic Film of 2014

Winner

  • The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)

Additional Nominees

  • Dear White People (2014)
  • The Double (2014)
  • The Interview (2014)
  • Obvious Child (2014)
  • St. Vincent (2014)

Best Documentary Film of 2014

Winner

  • Finding Vivian Maier (2014)

Additional Nominees

  • Citizenfour (2014)
  • The Internet’s Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz (2014)
  • Jodorowsky’s Dune (2014)
  • Life Itself (2014)
  • To Be Takei (2014)

Best Dramatic Film of 2014

Winner

  • Birdman (2014)

Additional Nominees

  • Foxcatcher (2014)
  • Gone Girl (2014)
  • The Imitation Game (2014)
  • Nightcrawler (2014)
  • Whiplash (2014)

Best Fantasy Film of 2014

Winner

  • The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)

Additional Nominees

  • Afflicted (2014)
  • Horns (2014)
  • Into the Woods (2014)
  • Maleficent (2014)
  • Only Lovers Left Alive (2014)

Best Historical Film of 2014

Winner

  • The Imitation Game (2014)

Additional Nominees

  • American Sniper (2014)
  • Foxcatcher (2014)
  • Rosewater (2014)
  • Selma (2014)
  • The Theory of Everything (2014)

Best Horror or Thriller Film of 2014

Winner

  • Annabelle (2014)

Additional Nominees

  • Afflicted (2014)
  • The Babadook (2014)
  • Oculus (2014)
  • Only Lovers Left Alive (2014)
  • Willow Creek (2014)

Best LGBTQ Film of 2014

Winner

  • Love Is Strange (2014)
  • Pride (2014)

Additional Nominees

  • The Imitation Game (2014)
  • Lilting (2014)
  • The Skeleton Twins (2014)
  • Test (2014)

Best Musical Film of 2014

Winner

  • Into the Woods (2014)

Additional Nominees

  • Frank (2014)
  • Get On Up (2014)
  • Jersey Boys (2014)
  • Muppets Most Wanted (2014)
  • Whiplash (2014)

Best Mystery or Suspense Film of 2014

Winner

  • Gone Girl (2014)

Additional Nominees

  • Blue Ruin (2014)
  • Coherence (2014)
  • Enemy (2014)
  • Nightcrawler (2014)
  • The Signal (2014)

Best Science Fiction Film of 2014

Winner

  • Interstellar (2014)

Additional Nominees

  • Coherence (2014)
  • Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)
  • Edge of Tomorrow (2014)
  • Snowpiercer (2014)
  • Under the Skin (2014)

Best Superhero Film of 2014

Winner

  • Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)

Additional Nominees

  • The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014)
  • Big Hero 6 (2014)
  • Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)
  • Robocop (2014)
  • X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)

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