2014 DFCS Awards by DFC January 8, 2014 · 2014 / News Here are the 2014 Denver Film Critics Society nominees and winners. Disclaimer: The following selections are reviewed and selected by DFCS members, who may or may not be a reviewer on this website. Best Actor Winner Matthew McConaughey Dallas Buyers Club Chiwetel Ejiofor 12 Years a Slave Christian Bale American Hustle Leonardo DiCaprio The Wolf of Wall Street Tom Hanks Captain Phillips Best Actress Winner Cate Blanchett Blue Jasmine Amy Adams American Hustle Brie Larson Short Term 12 Emma Thompson Saving Mr. Banks Sandra Bullock Gravity Best Adapted Screenplay Winner The Wolf of Wall Street Terence Winter 12 Years a Slave John Ridley Before Midnight Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke Captain Phillips Billy Ray Philomena Steve Coogan, Jeff Pope Best Animated Film Winner Frozen Despicable Me 2 Monsters University The Croods The Wind Rises Kaze tachinu (original title) Best Comedy Film Winner This Is the End Don Jon Much Ado About Nothing The Way Way Back The World’s End Best Director Winner Alfonso Cuarón Gravity David O. Russell American Hustle Martin Scorsese The Wolf of Wall Street Paul Greengrass Captain Phillips Steve McQueen 12 Years a Slave Best Documentary Film Winner The Act of Killing Blackfish Cutie and the Boxer Stories We Tell Twenty Feet from Stardom Best Foreign Language Film Winner The Grandmaster Yi dai zong shi (original title) Blue Is the Warmest Colour La vie d’Adèle (original title) The Broken Circle Breakdown The Great Beauty La grande bellezza (original title) The Hunt Jagten (original title) Best Original Score Winner Gravity Steven Price 12 Years a Slave Hans Zimmer Frozen Christophe Beck Man of Steel Hans Zimmer The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Howard Shore Best Original Screenplay Winner American Hustle Eric Warren Singer, David O. Russell Blue Jasmine Woody Allen Enough Said Nicole Holofcener Gravity Alfonso Cuarón, Jonás Cuarón Inside Llewyn Davis Joel Coen, Ethan Coen Best Original Song Winner Frozen Kristen Anderson-Lopez (lyrics), Robert Lopez (music) Song: “Let It Go” Inside Llewyn Davis Ethan Coen (music and lyrics), Joel Coen (music and lyrics), Justin Timberlake (music and lyrics), T Bone Burnett (music and lyrics), George Cromarty (music and lyrics), Ed Rush (music and lyrics) Song: “Please Mr. Kennedy” Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom Bono (music and lyrics), The Edge (music), Adam Clayton (music), Larry Mullen Jr. (music), Danger Mouse (music) Song: “Ordinary Love” The Great Gatsby Lana Del Rey (music and lyrics), Rick Nowels (music) Song: “Young and Beautiful” The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Chris Martin (music and lyrics), Guy Berryman (music and lyrics), Jon Buckland (music and lyrics), Will Champion (music and lyrics) Song: “Atlas” Best Picture Winner Gravity 12 Years a Slave American Hustle Captain Phillips The Wolf of Wall Street Best Science-Fiction/Horror Film Winner Gravity Man of Steel Pacific Rim Star Trek Into Darkness The Conjuring Best Supporting Actor Winner Jared Leto Dallas Buyers Club Barkhad Abdi Captain Phillips James Franco Spring Breakers Michael Fassbender 12 Years a Slave Woody Harrelson Out of the Furnace Best Supporting Actress Winner Jennifer Lawrence American Hustle June Squibb Nebraska Lupita Nyong’o 12 Years a Slave Octavia Spencer Fruitvale Station Oprah Winfrey The Butler
