Dark comedy Birdman and coming-of-age drama Boyhood shared top prizes on Thursday at the Critics’ Choice awards, continuing their winning run in Hollywood’s annual awards season.
Boyhood took best picture and best director for Richard Linklater among four prizes for the evening, only beaten by Birdman which won seven awards including best actor for Michael Keaton.
Best actress went to Julianne Moore as a professor succumbing to early onset Alzheimer’s Disease in Still Alice.
Stylish crime caper The Grand Budapest Hotel won three prizes including best comedy.
JK Simmons won best supporting actor for his role as a bullying jazz drumming teacher in Whiplash, while best supporting actress prize went to Patricia Arquette in Boyhood.
The Critics’ Choice awards were handed out only hours after nominations were unveiled for the all-important Oscars, the climax of Tinseltown’s awards season which will be held on 22 February.
Birdman and The Grand Budapest Hotel shared top honours there, winning nine nominations each, followed by The Imitation Game and American Sniper with eight apiece.
The Lego Movie, which was left out of the Oscar nominations, own Best Animated Feature at the Critics’ Choice awards, held at the Hollywood Palladium theater.
Here is the complete list of winners of the 20th annual Critics’ Choice Movie Awards:
Best Picture
Boyhood
Best Actor
Michael Keaton – Birdman
Best Actress
Julianne Moore – Still Alice
Best Director
Richard Linklater – Boyhood
Best Acting Ensemble
Birdman
Best Adapted Screenplay
Gone Girl
Best Original Screenplay
Birdman
Best Comedy
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Best Actress in a Comedy
Jenny Slate – Obvious Child
Best Actor in a Comedy
Michael Keaton – Birdman
Best Supporting Actress
Patricia Arquette – Boyhood
Best Supporting Actor
J.K. Simmons – Whiplash
Best Song
Glory – Common/John Legend, Selma
Best Animates Feature
The Lego Movie
Best Action Movie
Guardians of the Galaxy
Best Actress in a Action Movie
Emily Blunt – Edge of Tomorrow
Best Actor in a Action Movie
Bradley Cooper – American Sniper
Best Young Actress/Acton
Ellar Coltrane – Boyhood
Best Sci Fi/Horror Movie
Interstellar
Best Documentary Feature
Life Itself
Best Cinematography
Birdman – Emmanuel Lubezki
Best Visual Effects
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Best Editing
Birdman – Douglas Crise, Stephen Mirrione
Best Art Direction
The Grand Budapest Hotel – Adam Stockhausen/Production Designer, Anna Pinnock/Set Decorator
Best Costume Design
The Grand Budapest Hotel – Milena Canonero
Best Hair and Makeup
Guardians of the Galaxy
Best Score
Antonio Sanchez – Birdman
Best Foreign Language Film
Force Majeure (Sweden)
Lifetime Achievement Award
Kevin Costner