Best Picture
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) – Alejandro G. Iñárritu, John Lesher, and James W. Skotchdopole
- American Sniper – Clint Eastwood, Robert Lorenz, Andrew Lazar, Bradley Cooper, and Peter Morgan
- Boyhood – Richard Linklater and Cathleen Sutherland
- The Grand Budapest Hotel – Wes Anderson, Scott Rudin, Steven Rales, and Jeremy Dawson
- The Imitation Game – Nora Grossman, Ido Ostrowsky, and Teddy Schwarzman
- Selma – Christian Colson, Oprah Winfrey, Dede Gardner, and Jeremy Kleiner
- The Theory of Everything – Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Lisa Bruce, and Anthony McCarten
- Whiplash – Jason Blum, Helen Estabrook, and David Lancaster
Best Director
Alejandro G. Iñárritu – Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
- Richard Linklater – Boyhood
- Bennett Miller – Foxcatcher
- Wes Anderson – The Grand Budapest Hotel
- Morten Tyldum – The Imitation Game
Best Actor
Eddie Redmayne – The Theory of Everything as Stephen Hawking
- Steve Carell – Foxcatcher as John Eleuthère du Pont
- Bradley Cooper – American Sniper as Chris Kyle
- Benedict Cumberbatch – The Imitation Game as Alan Turing
- Michael Keaton – Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) as Riggan Thomson
Best Actress
Julianne Moore – Still Alice as Alice Howland
- Marion Cotillard – Two Days, One Night as Sandra Bya
- Felicity Jones – The Theory of Everything as Jane Wilde Hawking
- Rosamund Pike – Gone Girl as Amy Elliott-Dunne
- Reese Witherspoon – Wild as Cheryl Strayed
Best Supporting Actor
J. K. Simmons – Whiplash as Terence Fletcher
- Robert Duvall – The Judge as Judge Joseph Palmer
- Ethan Hawke – Boyhood as Mason Evans, Sr.
- Edward Norton – Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) as Mike Shiner
- Mark Ruffalo – Foxcatcher as Dave Schultz
Best Supporting Actress
Patricia Arquette – Boyhood as Olivia Evans
- Laura Dern – Wild as Bobbi Grey
- Keira Knightley – The Imitation Game as Joan Clarke
- Emma Stone – Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) as Sam Thomson
- Meryl Streep – Into the Woods as The Witch
Best Original Screenplay
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) – Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Jr., and Armando Bo
- Boyhood – Richard Linklater
- Foxcatcher – E. Max Frye and Dan Futterman
- The Grand Budapest Hotel – Wes Anderson and Hugo Guinness
- Nightcrawler – Dan Gilroy
Best Adapted Screenplay
The Imitation Game – Graham Moore from Alan Turing: The Enigma by Andrew Hodges
- American Sniper – Jason Hall from American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History by Chris Kyle, Scott McEwen, and Jim DeFelice
- Inherent Vice – Paul Thomas Anderson from Inherent Vice by Thomas Pynchon
- The Theory of Everything – Anthony McCarten from Travelling to Infinity: My Life with Stephen by Jane Wilde Hawking
- Whiplash – Damien Chazelle from his short film of the same name
Best Animated Feature Film
Big Hero 6 – Don Hall, Chris Williams, and Roy Conli
- 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
Best Foreign Language Film
Ida (Poland) in Polish – Paweł Pawlikowski
- Leviathan (Russia) in Russian – Andrey Zvyagintsev
- Tangerines (Estonia) in Estonian and Russian – Zaza Urushadze
- Timbuktu (Mauritania) in French – Abderrahmane Sissako
- Wild Tales (Argentina) in Spanish – Damián Szifron
Best Documentary – Feature
Citizenfour – Laura Poitras, Mathilde Bonnefoy, and Dirk Wilutzky
- Finding Vivian Maier – John Maloof and Charlie Siskel
- Last Days in Vietnam – Rory Kennedy and Keven McAlester
- The Salt of the Earth – Wim Wenders, Lélia Wanick Salgado, and David Rosier
- Virunga – Orlando von Einsiedel and Joanna Natasegara
Best Documentary – Short Subject
Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1 – Ellen Goosenberg Kent and Dana Perry
- Joanna – Aneta Kopacz
- Our Curse – Tomasz Śliwiński and Maciej Ślesicki
- The Reaper – Gabriel Serra Arguello
- White Earth – J. Christian Jensen
Best Live Action Short Film
The Phone Call – Mat Kirkby and James Lucas
- Aya – Oded Binnun and Mihal Brezis
- Boogaloo and Graham – Michael Lennox and Ronan Blaney
- Butter Lamp – Hu Wei and Julien Féret
- Parvaneh – Talkhon Hamzavi and Stefan Eichenberger
Best Animated Short Film
Feast – Patrick Osborne and Kristina Reed
- The Bigger Picture – Daisy Jacobs and Christopher Hees
- The Dam Keeper – Robert Kondo and Daisuke Tsutsumi
- Me and My Moulton – Torill Kove
- A Single Life – Joris Oprins
Best Original Score
The Grand Budapest Hotel – Alexandre Desplat
- The Imitation Game – Alexandre Desplat
- Interstellar – Hans Zimmer
- Mr. Turner – Gary Yershon
- The Theory of Everything – Jóhann Jóhannsson
Best Original Song
“Glory” from Selma – Music and Lyric by John Stephens (John Legend) and Lonnie Lynn (Common)
- “Everything Is Awesome” from The LEGO Movie – Music and Lyric by Shawn Patterson
- “Grateful” from Beyond the Lights – Music and Lyric by Diane Warren
- “I’m Not Gonna Miss You” from Glen Campbell: I’ll Be Me – Music and Lyric by Glen Campbell and Julian Raymond
- “Lost Stars” from Begin Again – Music and Lyric by Gregg Alexander and Danielle Brisebois
Best Sound Editing
American Sniper – Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman
- Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) – Martin Hernández and Aaron Glascock
- The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies – Brent Burge and Jason Canovas
- Interstellar – Richard King
- Unbroken – Becky Sullivan and Andrew DeCristofaro
Best Sound Mixing
Whiplash – Craig Mann, Ben Wilkins, and Thomas Curley
- American Sniper – John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff, and Walt Martin
- Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) – Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño, and Thomas Varga
- Interstellar – Gary A. Rizzo, Gregg Landaker, and Mark Weingarten
- Unbroken – Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño, and David Lee
Best Production Design
The Grand Budapest Hotel – Adam Stockhausen (Production Design); Anna Pinnock (Set Decoration)
- The Imitation Game – Maria Djurkovic (Production Design); Tatiana Macdonald (Set Decoration)
- Interstellar – Nathan Crowley (Production Design); Gary Fettis (Set Decoration)
- Into the Woods – Dennis Gassner (Production Design); Anna Pinnock (Set Decoration)
- Mr. Turner – Suzie Davies (Production Design); Charlotte Watts (Set Decoration)
Best Cinematography
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) – Emmanuel Lubezki
- The Grand Budapest Hotel – Robert Yeoman
- Ida – Łukasz Żal and Ryszard Lenczewski
- Mr. Turner – Dick Pope
- Unbroken – Roger Deakins
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
The Grand Budapest Hotel – Frances Hannon and Mark Coulier
- Foxcatcher – Bill Corso and Dennis Liddiard
- Guardians of the Galaxy – Elizabeth Yianni-Georgiou and David White
Best Costume Design
The Grand Budapest Hotel – Milena Canonero
- Inherent Vice – Mark Bridges
- Into the Woods – Colleen Atwood
- Maleficent – Anna B. Sheppard
- Mr. Turner – Jacqueline Durran
Best Film Editing
Whiplash – Tom Cross
- American Sniper – Joel Cox and Gary D. Roach
- Boyhood – Sandra Adair
- The Grand Budapest Hotel – Barney Pilling
- The Imitation Game – William Goldenberg
Best Visual Effects
Interstellar – Paul Franklin, Andrew Lockley, Ian Hunter, and Scott Fisher
- Captain America: The Winter Soldier – Dan DeLeeuw, Russell Earl, Bryan Grill, and Dan Sudick
- Dawn of the Planet of the Apes – Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, Daniel Barrett, and Erik Winquist
- Guardians of the Galaxy – Stephane Ceretti, Nicolas Aithadi, Jonathan Fawkner, and Paul Corbould
- X-Men: Days of Future Past – Richard Stammers, Lou Pecora, Tim Crosbie, and Cameron Waldbauer