87th Academy Award Nominations (Updated)

Brits, boys, birds and bellhops highlight this year’s list of Oscar nominees. In one of the strongest artistic years in recent memory, eight films were chosen to fill the best picture category – the lowest number of nominees since the Academy expanded the category in 2009.

Birdman and The Grand Budapest Hotel lead the pack with nine nominations each, while TIFF People’s Choice Award winner The Imitation Game sits one back with eight. There were some surprises to be had including the reception of Clint Eastwood’s American Sniper. The war biopic was a late entry in the race and received mixed reviews (at 74% it has the lowest Rotten Tomato rating of the best picture nominees – super scientific stuff). On the other end of the spectrum, Ava DuVernay’s Selma was shut out of every major category except Best Picture (Rotten Tomato score: 99%). And don’t even get us started about The LEGO Movie and Jake Gyllenhaal.

The 87th Academy Awards will be handed out Sunday, February 22nd at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, live on ABC.

Winners highlighted. You can see the full list of winners on the Academy’s website.

BEST PICTURE
AMERICAN SNIPER
BIRDMAN OR (THE UNEXPECTED VIRTUE OF IGNORANCE) – Winner
BOYHOOD
THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL
THE IMITATION GAME
SELMA
THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING
WHIPLASH

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
MARION COTILLARD – Two Days, One Night
FELICITY JONES – The Theory of Everything
JULIANNE MOORE – Still Alice – Winner
ROSAMUND PIKE – Gone Girl
REESE WITHERSPOON – Wild

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
EMMA STONE – Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
MERYL STREEP – Into the Woods
PATRICIA ARQUETTE – Boyhood – Winner
LAURA DERN – Wild
KEIRA KNIGHTLEY – The Imitation Game

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH – The Imitation Game
MICHAEL KEATON – Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
EDDIE REDMAYNE – The Theory of Everything – Winner
STEVE CARELL – Foxcatcher
BRADLEY COOPER – American Sniper

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 – Winner

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
BIG HERO 6 – Don Hall, Chris Williams and Roy Conli – Winner
THE BOXTROLLS – Anthony Stacchi, Graham Annable and Travis Knight
HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2 – Dean DeBlois and Bonnie Arnold
SONG OF THE SEA – Tomm Moore and Paul Young
THE TALE OF THE PRINCESS KAGUYA – Isao Takahata and Yoshiaki Nishimura

DIRECTING
BIRDMAN OR (THE UNEXPECTED VIRTUE OF IGNORANCE) – Alejandro G. Iñárritu – Winner
BOYHOOD – Richard Linklater
FOXCATCHER – Bennett Miller
THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL – Wes Anderson
THE IMITATION GAME – Morten Tyldum