Iowa Film Critics Association

BEST FILM

1. Boyhood
2. Birdman
3. The Imitation Game

BEST DIRECTOR

1. Richard Linklater, Boyhood
2. Alejandro González Inárritu, Birdman
3. David Fincher, Gone Girl

BEST ACTOR

1. Michael Keaton, Birdman
2. Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything
3. Benedict Cumberbatch, The Imitation Game

BEST ACTRESS

1. Reese Witherspoon, Wild
2. Felicity Jones, The Theory of Everything
3. Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

1. J.K. Simmons, Whiplash
2. Ethan Hawke, Boyhood
3. Edward Norton, Birdman 

 
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

1. Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
2. Emma Stone, Birdman
3. Tilda Swinton, The Grand Budapest Hotel; Only Lovers Left Alive; Snowpiercer

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

1. The LEGO Movie
2. Big Hero 6
3. How to Train Your Dragon 2

BEST DOCUMENTARY

1. Citizenfour
2. Life Itself
3. Last Days in Vietnam   

BEST SCORE

1. Birdman- Antonio Sanchez
2. The Imitation Game- Alexandre Desplat
3. The Theory of Everything- Johann Johannson

BEST SONG

1. "Everything is Awesome," The LEGO Movie
2. "Glory," Selma
3. "Lost Stars," Begin Again   

BEST MOVIE YET TO OPEN IN IOWA

1. American Sniper
2. A Most Violent Year           

Iowa Film Critics Awards

PICTURE: 12 Years a Slave
runners-up: Nebraska; American Hustle
DIRECTOR: Steve McQueen, 12 Years a Slave
runners-up: David O. Russell, American Hustle; Alfonso Cuarón, Gravity
ACTOR: Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 Years a Slave
runners-up: Oscar Isaac, Inside Llewyn Davis; Bruce Dern, Nebraska
ACTRESS: Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine
runners-up: Amy Adams, American Hustle; Sandra Bullock, Gravity
SUPPORTING ACTOR: Michael Fassbender, 12 Years a Slave
runners-up: Barkhad Abdi, Captain Philips; Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club
SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Lupita Nyong'o, 12 Years a Slave
runners-up: June Squibb, Nebraska; Jennifer Lawrence, American Hustle
ANIMATED FEATURE: Frozen
runners-up: The Wind Rises; Despicable Me 2
DOCUMENTARY: 20 Feet From Stardom
runners-up: Blackfish; Stories We Tell