The Detroit Film Critics Society is a film critic organization based in Detroit, Michigan, United States. It was founded in 2007 and comprises a group of over twenty film critics. To become a member, the critic must have reviewed at least twelve films a year in an established publication with no more than two per publication admitted. It presents annual awards at the end of the year, for the best films of the preceding year.
No Country for Old Men
The Diving Bell and the ButterflyJunoInto the WildThere Will Be BloodJoel Coen and Ethan Coen – No Country for Old Men
Paul Thomas Anderson – There Will Be BloodTim Burton – Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet StreetSean Penn – Into the WildJason Reitman – JunoJulian Schnabel – The Diving Bell and the ButterflyGeorge Clooney – Michael Clayton as Michael Clayton
Mathieu Amalric – The Diving Bell and the Butterfly as Jean-Dominique BaubyDaniel Day-Lewis – There Will Be Blood as Daniel PlainviewEmile Hirsch – Into the Wild as Christopher McCandless / Alexander SupertrampTommy Lee Jones – No Country for Old Men Sheriff Ed Tom BellEllen Page – Juno as Juno MacGuff
Amy Adams – Enchanted as Princess GiselleJulie Christie – Away from Her as Fiona AndersonMarion Cotillard – La Vie en rose as Édith PiafLaura Linney – The Savages as Wendy SavageJavier Bardem – No Country for Old Men as Anton Chigurh
Casey Affleck – The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford as Robert FordPaul Dano – There Will Be Blood as Paul Sunday / Eli SundayHal Holbrook – Into the Wild as Ron FranzTom Wilkinson – Michael Clayton as Arthur EdensTilda Swinton – Michael Clayton as Karen Crowder
Cate Blanchett – I'm Not There as Jude QuinnCatherine Keener – Into the Wild as Jan BurresEmily Mortimer – Lars and the Real Girl as KarinAmy Ryan – Gone Baby Gone as Helene McCreadyJuno
Before the Devil Knows You're DeadLars and the Real GirlWaitressZodiacDiablo Cody – Juno
Nikki Blonsky – HairsprayMichael Cera – Juno and SuperbadSarah Polley – Away from HerAdrienne Shelly – WaitressSlumdog Millionaire
The Dark KnightFrost/NixonWALL•EThe WrestlerDanny Boyle – Slumdog Millionaire
Darren Aronofsky – The WrestlerRon Howard – Frost/NixonChristopher Nolan – The Dark KnightAndrew Stanton – WALL•EMickey Rourke – The Wrestler as Randy “The Ram” Robinson
Josh Brolin – W. as George W. BushLeonardo DiCaprio – Revolutionary Road as Frank WheelerFrank Langella – Frost/Nixon as Richard NixonSean Penn – Milk as Harvey MilkKate Winslet – Revolutionary Road as April Wheeler
Anne Hathaway – Rachel Getting Married as Kym BuchmanSally Hawkins – Happy-Go-Lucky as Pauline “Poppy” CrossMelissa Leo – Frozen River as Ray EddyMeryl Streep – Doubt as Sister Aloysius BeauvierHeath Ledger – The Dark Knight as The Joker
Robert Downey, Jr. – Tropic Thunder as Kirk LazarusJames Franco – Pineapple Express as Saul SilverEddie Marsan – Happy-Go-Lucky as ScottMichael Shannon – Revolutionary Road as John GivingsMarisa Tomei – The Wrestler as Pam / Cassidy
Amy Adams – Doubt as Sister JamesElizabeth Banks – W. as Laura BushPenélope Cruz – Vicky Cristina Barcelona as María ElenaRosemarie DeWitt – Rachel Getting Married as Rachel BuchmanFrost/Nixon
Burn After ReadingRachel Getting MarriedRevolutionary RoadTropic ThunderMartin McDonagh – In Bruges
Rosemarie DeWitt – Rachel Getting Married as Rachel BuchmanRebecca Hall – Frost/Nixon and Vicky Cristina Barcelona as Caroline Cushing and VickyDanny McBride – Pineapple Express as RedDev Patel – Slumdog Millionaire as Jamal MalikCatinca Untaru – The Fall as AlexandriaUp
(500) Days of SummerThe Hurt LockerInglourious BasterdsUp in the AirPete Docter – Up
Kathryn Bigelow – The Hurt LockerJason Reitman – Up in the AirQuentin Tarantino – Inglourious BasterdsMarc Webb – (500) Days of SummerColin Firth – A Single Man George Falconer
George Clooney – Up in the Air as Ryan BinghamMatt Damon – The Informant! as Mark WhitacreJoseph Gordon-Levitt – (500) Days of Summer as Tom HansenSam Rockwell – Moon as Sam BellGabourey Sidibe – Precious as Claireece “Precious” Jones
Alison Lohman – Drag Me to Hell as Christine BrownCarey Mulligan – An Education as Jenny MelorSaoirse Ronan – The Lovely Bones as Susie SalmonMeryl Streep – Julie & Julia as Julia ChildChristoph Waltz – Inglourious Basterds as Col. Hans Landa
Woody Harrelson – The Messenger as Capt. Tony StoneWoody Harrelson – Zombieland as TallahasseeChristian McKay – Me and Orson Welles as Orson WellesStanley Tucci – The Lovely Bones as George HarveyMo'Nique – Precious as Mary Lee Johnston
Marion Cotillard – Nine as Luisa ContiniVera Farmiga – Up in the Air as Alex GoranAnna Kendrick – Up in the Air as Natalie KeenerMélanie Laurent – Inglourious Basterds as Shosanna DreyfussThe Hangover
Inglourious BasterdsPreciousStar TrekZombielandGabourey Sidibe – Precious as Claireece “Precious” Jones
Anna Kendrick – Up in the Air as Natalie KeenerChristian McKay – Me and Orson Welles as Orson WellesCarey Mulligan – An Education as Jenny MellorChris Pine – Star Trek as James T. KirkChristoph Waltz – Inglourious Basterds as Col. Hans LandaThe Social Network127 HoursInceptionThe King's SpeechWinter's BoneDanny Boyle – 127 Hours
David Fincher – The Social NetworkDebra Granik – Winter's BoneTom Hooper – The King's SpeechChristopher Nolan – InceptionEdgar Wright – Scott Pilgrim vs. the WorldColin Firth – The King's Speech as George VI
Jeff Bridges – True Grit as Reuben “Rooster” CogburnJesse Eisenberg – The Social Network as Mark ZuckerbergJames Franco – 127 Hours as Aron RalstonRyan Gosling – Blue Valentine as Dean PereiraJennifer Lawrence – Winter's Bone as Ree Dolly
Nicole Kidman – Rabbit Hole as Becca CorbettCarey Mulligan – Never Let Me Go as Kathy HNatalie Portman – Black Swan as Nina SayersMichelle Williams – Blue Valentine as Cynthia “Cindy” HellerChristian Bale – The Fighter as Dickie Eklund
Andrew Garfield – The Social Network as Eduardo SaverinJohn Hawkes – Winter's Bone as Teardop DollySam Rockwell – Conviction as Kenny WatersMark Ruffalo – The Kids Are All Right as Paul HatfieldGeoffrey Rush – The King's Speech as Lionel LogueAmy Adams – The Fighter as Charlene Fleming
Helena Bonham Carter – The King's Speech as Queen ElizabethGreta Gerwig – Greenberg as Florence MarrMelissa Leo – The Fighter as Alice EklundJacki Weaver – Animal Kingdom as Janine “Smurf” CodyWinter's Bone
The FighterThe Kids Are All RightThe King's SpeechScott Pilgrim vs. the WorldJennifer Lawrence – Winter's Bone as Ree Dolly
Andrew Garfield – The Social Network and Never Let Me Go as Eduardo Saverin and TommyGreta Gerwig – Greenberg as Florence MarrChloë Grace Moretz – Kick-Ass and Let Me In as Hit-Girl and AbbyMia Wasikowska – The Kids Are All Right as Joni AllgoodThe Artist
The DescendantsHugoTake ShelterThe Tree of LifeMichel Hazanavicius – The Artist
Terrence Malick – The Tree of LifeJeff Nichols – Take ShelterMartin Scorsese – HugoNicolas Winding Refn – DriveMichael Fassbender – Shame as Brandon Sullivan
George Clooney – The Descendants as Matt KingJean Dujardin – The Artist as George ValentinBrad Pitt – Moneyball as Billy BeaneMichael Shannon – Take Shelter as Curtis LaForcheMichelle Williams – My Week with Marilyn as Marilyn Monroe
Viola Davis – The Help as Aibileen ClarkFelicity Jones – Like Crazy as Anna Maria GardnerMeryl Streep – The Iron Lady as Margaret ThatcherCharlize Theron – Young Adult as Mavis GaryChristopher Plummer – Beginners as Hal Fields
Kenneth Branagh – My Week with Marilyn as Laurence OlivierAlbert Brooks – Drive as Bernie RoseRyan Gosling – Crazy, Stupid, Love as Jacob PalmerPatton Oswalt – Young Adult as Matt FreehaufCarey Mulligan – Shame as Sissy Sullivan
Bérénice Bejo – The Artist as Peppy MillerJessica Chastain – Take Shelter as Samantha LaForcheVanessa Redgrave – Coriolanus as VolumniaOctavia Spencer – The Help as Minny JacksonCarnage
Cedar RapidsCrazy, Stupid, LoveThe HelpMargin CallWin WinJessica Chastain – The Help, Take Shelter and The Tree of Life as Celia Foote, Samantha LaForche, and Mrs. O’Brien
Felicity Jones – Like Crazy as Anna Maria GardnerMelissa McCarthy – Bridesmaids as Megan PriceElizabeth Olsen – Martha Marcy May Marlene as MarthaShailene Woodley – The Descendants as Alexandra KingMoneyball – Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin
50/50 – Will ReiserThe Artist – Michel HazanaviciusBeginners – Mike MillsTake Shelter – Jeff NicholsTabloid
Into EternityInto the AbyssMarwencolWe Were HereSilver Linings Playbook
ArgoThe ImpossibleTake This WaltzZero Dark ThirtyDavid O. Russell – Silver Linings Playbook
Ben Affleck – ArgoJuan Antonio Bayona – The ImpossibleKathryn Bigelow – Zero Dark ThirtySarah Polley – Take This WaltzDaniel Day-Lewis – Lincoln as Abraham Lincoln
Bradley Cooper – Silver Linings Playbook as Patrick “Pat” Solatano, Jr.John Hawkes – The Sessions as Mark O'BrienBill Murray – Hyde Park on Hudson as Franklin D. RooseveltJoaquin Phoenix – The Master as Freddie QuellJennifer Lawrence – Silver Linings Playbook as Tiffany Maxwell
Jessica Chastain – Zero Dark Thirty as MayaGreta Gerwig – Damsels in Distress as VioletNaomi Watts – The Impossible as Maria BennettMichelle Williams – Take This Waltz as MargotRobert De Niro – Silver Linings Playbook as Patrizio “Pat” Solitano, Sr.
Philip Seymour Hoffman – The Master as Lancaster DoddTommy Lee Jones – Lincoln as Thaddeus StevensMatthew McConaughey – Magic Mike as DallasEwan McGregor – The Impossible as Henry BennettEzra Miller – The Perks of Being a Wallflower as PatrickAnne Hathaway – Les Misérables as Fantine
Amy Adams – The Master as Peggy DoddAnn Dowd – Compliance as SandraSally Field – Lincoln as Mary Todd LincolnHelen Hunt – The Sessions as Cheryl Cohen-GreeneLincoln
ArgoThe AvengersMoonrise KingdomSilver Linings PlaybookZoe Kazan – Ruby Sparks
Stephen Chbosky – The Perks of Being a WallflowerRebel Wilson – Pitch PerfectBenh Zeitlin – Beasts of the Southern WildCraig Zobel – ComplianceSilver Linings Playbook – David O. Russell
The Cabin in the Woods – Joss Whedon and Drew GoddardLincoln – Tony KushnerThe Perks of Being a Wallflower – Stephen ChboskyTake This Waltz – Sarah PolleyJiro Dreams of Sushi
The House I Live InThe ImposterThe Queen of VersaillesSearching for Sugar ManHer
12 Years a SlaveBefore MidnightGravityShort Term 12Alfonso Cuarón – Gravity
Paul Greengrass – Captain PhillipsSpike Jonze – HerDavid O. Russell – American HustleMartin Scorsese – The Wolf of Wall StreetMatthew McConaughey – Dallas Buyers Club as Ron Woodroof
Leonardo DiCaprio – The Wolf of Wall Street as Jordan BelfortChiwetel Ejiofor – 12 Years a Slave as Solomon NorthupTom Hanks – Captain Phillips as Captain Richard PhillipsRobert Redford – All Is Lost as Our ManBrie Larson – Short Term 12 as Grace
Amy Adams – American Hustle as Sydney Prosser / Lady Edith Greensly (based on Evelyn Knight)Julie Delpy – Before Midnight as CélineAdèle Exarchopoulos – Blue Is the Warmest Colour as AdèleMeryl Streep – August: Osage County as Violet WestonJared Leto – Dallas Buyers Club as Rayon
Barkhad Abdi – Captain Phillips as Abduwali MuseJames Franco – Spring Breakers as AlienMatthew McConaughey – Mud as MudStanley Tucci – The Hunger Games: Catching Fire as Caesar FlickermanScarlett Johansson – Her as Samantha (voice)
Jennifer Lawrence – American Hustle as Rosalyn Rosenfeld (based on Cynthia Marie Weinberg)Lupita Nyong'o – 12 Years a Slave as PatseyJulia Roberts – August: Osage County as Barbara Weston-FordhamJune Squibb – Nebraska as Kate GrantAmerican Hustle
12 Years a SlaveAugust: Osage CountyBlue JasmineThe Wolf of Wall StreetBrie Larson – Short Term 12 (actress)
Lake Bell – In a World (actress, screenplay, director)Ryan Coogler – Fruitvale Station (screenplay, director)Destin Cretton – Short Term 12 (screenplay, director)Michael B. Jordan – Fruitvale Station (actor)Spike Jonze – Her
Destin Cretton – Short Term 12Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, and Ethan Hawke – Before MidnightDavid O. Russell and Eric Warren Singer – American HustleTerence Winter – The Wolf of Wall StreetStories We Tell
BlackfishThe Act of KillingThe SquareThe Unknown KnownBoyhood
BirdmanThe Grand Budapest HotelUnder the SkinWhiplashRichard Linklater – Boyhood
Wes Anderson – The Grand Budapest HotelDamien Chazelle – WhiplashJonathan Glazer – Under the SkinAlejandro G. Iñárritu – BirdmanMichael Keaton – Birdman as Riggan Thomson
Benedict Cumberbatch – The Imitation Game as Alan TuringBrendan Gleeson – Calvary as Father JamesJake Gyllenhaal – Nightcrawler as Louis “Lou” BloomTom Hardy – Locke as Ivan LockeEddie Redmayne – The Theory of Everything as Stephen HawkingRosamund Pike – Gone Girl as Amy Elliott-Dunne
Essie Davis – The Babadook as AmeliaScarlett Johansson – Under the Skin as The FemaleJulianne Moore – Still Alice as Dr. Alice HowlandReese Witherspoon – Wild as Cheryl StrayedJ. K. Simmons – Whiplash as Terence Fletcher
Josh Brolin – Inherent Vice as Lt. Det. Christian “Bigfoot” BjornsenEthan Hawke – Boyhood as Mason Evans, Sr.Edward Norton – Birdman as Mike ShinerMark Ruffalo – Foxcatcher as Dave SchultzPatricia Arquette – Boyhood as Olivia Evans
Laura Dern – Wild as Barbara “Bobbi” GreyRene Russo – Nightcrawler as Nina RominaEmma Stone – Birdman as Sam ThomsonTilda Swinton – Snowpiercer as Deputy-Minister MasonBirdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (TIE)
The Grand Budapest Hotel (TIE)
Guardians of the Galaxy (TIE)
BoyhoodInto the WoodsDamien Chazelle – Whiplash (director, screenplay)
Jennifer Kent – The Babadook (director, screenplay)Gugu Mbatha-Raw – Belle, Beyond the Lights (actress)Chris Pratt – Guardians of the Galaxy (actor)Dan Stevens – The Guest (actor)Richard Linklater – Boyhood
Wes Anderson – The Grand Budapest HotelDamien Chazelle – WhiplashAlejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Jr., and Armando Bó – BirdmanJohn Michael McDonagh – CalvaryCitizenfour
Finding Vivian MaierJodorowsky’s DuneKeep On Keepin’ OnLife ItselfSpotlight
BrooklynInside OutMad Max: Fury RoadThe RevenantSicarioYouthGeorge Miller – Mad Max: Fury Road
John Crowley – BrooklynAlejandro G. Iñárritu – The RevenantTom McCarthy – SpotlightPaolo Sorrentino – YouthMichael Caine – Youth as Fred Ballinger
Christopher Abbott – James White as James WhiteLeonardo DiCaprio – The Revenant as Hugh GlassMichael Fassbender – Steve Jobs as Steve JobsTom Hardy – Legend as Ronnie and Reggie KraySaoirse Ronan – Brooklyn as Eilis Lacey
Cate Blanchett – Carol as Carol AirdBrie Larson – Room as Joy 'Ma' NewsomeJennifer Lawrence – Joy as Joy ManganoBel Powley – The Diary of a Teenage Girl as Minnie GoetzeLiev Schreiber – Spotlight as Martin Baron
Paul Dano – Love & Mercy as Brian WilsonBenicio del Toro – Sicario as Alejandro GillickOscar Isaac – Ex Machina as Nathan BatemanJacob Tremblay – Room as Jack NewsomeAlicia Vikander – The Danish Girl as Gerda Wegener
Jennifer Jason Leigh – The Hateful Eight as Daisy DomergueCynthia Nixon – James White as Gail WhiteKristen Stewart – Clouds of Sils Maria as ValentineAlicia Vikander – Ex Machina as AvaSpotlight
The Big ShortThe Hateful EightInside OutJoyAlicia Vikander – The Danish Girl and Ex Machina
Sean S. Baker – Tangerine (director, screenplay)Emory Cohen – Brooklyn (actor)Bel Powley – The Diary of a Teenage Girl (actress)Jacob Tremblay – Room (actor)Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer – Spotlight
Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve, and Josh Cooley – Inside OutNick Hornby – BrooklynAdam McKay and Charles Randolph – The Big ShortQuentin Tarantino – The Hateful EightAmy
Best of EnemiesGoing Clear: Scientology and the Prison of BeliefListen to Me MarlonThe Look of SilenceLa La Land
The Edge of SeventeenHell or High WaterManchester by the SeaMoonlightDamien Chazelle – La La Land
Barry Jenkins – MoonlightKenneth Lonergan – Manchester by the SeaDavid Mackenzie – Hell or High WaterDenzel Washington – FencesCasey Affleck – Manchester by the Sea as Lee Chandler
Joel Edgerton – Loving as Richard LovingAndrew Garfield – Hacksaw Ridge as Desmond T. DossRyan Gosling – La La Land as Sebastian WilderDenzel Washington – Fences as Troy MaxsonEmma Stone – La La Land as Mia Dolan
Amy Adams – Arrival as Dr. Louise BanksAnnette Bening – 20th Century Women as Dorothea FieldsRebecca Hall – Christine as Christine ChubbuckRuth Negga – Loving as Mildred LovingNatalie Portman – Jackie as Jacqueline KennedyJeff Bridges – Hell or High Water as Marcus Hamilton
Mahershala Ali – Moonlight as JuanAlden Ehrenreich – Hail, Caesar! as Hobie DoyleRalph Fiennes – A Bigger Splash as Harry HawkesLucas Hedges – Manchester by the Sea as Patrick ChandlerViola Davis – Fences as Rose Maxson (TIE)
Greta Gerwig – 20th Century Women as Abbie (TIE)
Elle Fanning – 20th Century Women as JulieFelicity Jones – A Monster Calls as Lizzie O'MalleyMichelle Williams – Manchester by the Sea as Randi Chandler20th Century Women
Everybody Wants Some!!Hell or High WaterManchester by the SeaMoonlightKelly Fremon Craig – The Edge of Seventeen (director, screenplay)
Mahershala Ali – Moonlight, Hidden Figures (actor)Lucas Hedges – Manchester by the Sea (actor)Barry Jenkins – Moonlight (director, screenplay)Trevante Rhodes – Moonlight (actor)Trey Edward Shults – Krisha (director, screenplay)Damien Chazelle – La La Land
Eric Heisserer – ArrivalBarry Jenkins – MoonlightKenneth Lonergan – Manchester by the SeaTaylor Sheridan – Hell or High WaterO.J.: Made in America
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