Detroit Film Critics Society
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.[1]
Categories
- Best Film
- Best Director
- Best Actor
- Best Actress
- Best Supporting Actor
- Best Supporting Actress
- Best Ensemble
- Best Screenplay
- Breakthrough Performance
- Best Documentary
- Best Animated Feature
- Best Use of Music
2007
Best Film
Best Director
Best Actor
George Clooney – Michael Clayton as Michael Clayton
- Mathieu Amalric – The Diving Bell and the Butterfly as Jean-Dominique Bauby
- Daniel Day-Lewis – There Will Be Blood as Daniel Plainview
- Emile Hirsch – Into the Wild as Christopher McCandless / Alexander Supertramp
- Tommy Lee Jones – No Country for Old Men Sheriff Ed Tom Bell
Best Actress
Ellen Page – Juno as Juno MacGuff
- Amy Adams – Enchanted as Princess Giselle
- Julie Christie – Away from Her as Fiona Anderson
- Marion Cotillard – La Vie en rose as Édith Piaf
- Laura Linney – The Savages as Wendy Savage
Best Supporting Actor
Javier Bardem – No Country for Old Men as Anton Chigurh
- Casey Affleck – The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford as Robert Ford
- Paul Dano – There Will Be Blood as Paul Sunday / Eli Sunday
- Hal Holbrook – Into the Wild as Ron Franz
- Tom Wilkinson – Michael Clayton as Arthur Edens
Best Supporting Actress
Tilda Swinton – Michael Clayton as Karen Crowder
- Cate Blanchett – I'm Not There as Jude Quinn
- Catherine Keener – Into the Wild as Jan Burres
- Emily Mortimer – Lars and the Real Girl as Karin
- Amy Ryan – Gone Baby Gone as Helene McCready
Best Newcomer
2008
Best Director
Best Actor
Mickey Rourke – The Wrestler as Randy "The Ram" Robinson
- Josh Brolin – W. as George W. Bush
- Leonardo DiCaprio – Revolutionary Road as Frank Wheeler
- Frank Langella – Frost/Nixon as Richard Nixon
- Sean Penn – Milk as Harvey Milk
Best Actress
Kate Winslet – Revolutionary Road as April Wheeler
- Anne Hathaway – Rachel Getting Married as Kym Buchman
- Sally Hawkins – Happy-Go-Lucky as Pauline "Poppy" Cross
- Melissa Leo – Frozen River as Ray Eddy
- Meryl Streep – Doubt as Sister Aloysius Beauvier
Best Supporting Actor
Heath Ledger – The Dark Knight as The Joker
- Robert Downey Jr. – Tropic Thunder as Kirk Lazarus
- James Franco – Pineapple Express as Saul Silver
- Eddie Marsan – Happy-Go-Lucky as Scott
- Michael Shannon – Revolutionary Road as John Givings, Jr.
Best Supporting Actress
Marisa Tomei – The Wrestler as Pam / Cassidy
- Amy Adams – Doubt as Sister James
- Elizabeth Banks – W. as Laura Bush
- Penélope Cruz – Vicky Cristina Barcelona as María Elena
- Rosemarie DeWitt – Rachel Getting Married as Rachel Buchman
Best Newcomer
- Rosemarie DeWitt – Rachel Getting Married as Rachel Buchman
- Rebecca Hall – Frost/Nixon and Vicky Cristina Barcelona as Caroline Cushing and Vicky
- Danny McBride – Pineapple Express as Red
- Dev Patel – Slumdog Millionaire as Jamal Malik
- Catinca Untaru – The Fall as Alexandria
2009
Best Director
Best Actor
Colin Firth – A Single Man George Falconer
- George Clooney – Up in the Air as Ryan Bingham
- Matt Damon – The Informant! as Mark Whitacre
- Joseph Gordon-Levitt – (500) Days of Summer as Tom Hansen
- Sam Rockwell – Moon as Sam Bell
Best Actress
Gabourey Sidibe – Precious as Claireece "Precious" Jones
- Alison Lohman – Drag Me to Hell as Christine Brown
- Carey Mulligan – An Education as Jenny Melor
- Saoirse Ronan – The Lovely Bones as Susie Salmon
- Meryl Streep – Julie & Julia as Julia Child
Best Supporting Actor
Christoph Waltz – Inglourious Basterds as Col. Hans Landa
- Woody Harrelson – The Messenger as Capt. Tony Stone
- Woody Harrelson – Zombieland as Tallahassee
- Christian McKay – Me and Orson Welles as Orson Welles
- Stanley Tucci – The Lovely Bones as George Harvey
Best Supporting Actress
Mo'Nique – Precious as Mary Lee Johnston
- Marion Cotillard – Nine as Luisa Contini
- Vera Farmiga – Up in the Air as Alex Goran
- Anna Kendrick – Up in the Air as Natalie Keener
- Mélanie Laurent – Inglourious Basterds as Shosanna Dreyfuss
Breakthrough Performance
Gabourey Sidibe – Precious as Claireece "Precious" Jones
- Anna Kendrick – Up in the Air as Natalie Keener
- Christian McKay – Me and Orson Welles as Orson Welles
- Carey Mulligan – An Education as Jenny Mellor
- Chris Pine – Star Trek as James T. Kirk
- Christoph Waltz – Inglourious Basterds as Col. Hans Landa
2010
Best Director
Best Actor
Colin Firth – The King's Speech as George VI
- Jeff Bridges – True Grit as Reuben "Rooster" Cogburn
- Jesse Eisenberg – The Social Network as Mark Zuckerberg
- James Franco – 127 Hours as Aron Ralston
- Ryan Gosling – Blue Valentine as Dean Pereira
Best Actress
Jennifer Lawrence – Winter's Bone as Ree Dolly
- Nicole Kidman – Rabbit Hole as Becca Corbett
- Carey Mulligan – Never Let Me Go as Kathy H
- Natalie Portman – Black Swan as Nina Sayers
- Michelle Williams – Blue Valentine as Cynthia "Cindy" Heller
Best Supporting Actor
Christian Bale – The Fighter as Dickie Eklund
- Andrew Garfield – The Social Network as Eduardo Saverin
- John Hawkes – Winter's Bone as Teardop Dolly
- Sam Rockwell – Conviction as Kenny Waters
- Mark Ruffalo – The Kids Are All Right as Paul Hatfield
- Geoffrey Rush – The King's Speech as Lionel Logue
Best Supporting Actress
Amy Adams – The Fighter as Charlene Fleming
- Helena Bonham Carter – The King's Speech as Queen Elizabeth
- Greta Gerwig – Greenberg as Florence Marr
- Melissa Leo – The Fighter as Alice Eklund
- Jacki Weaver – Animal Kingdom as Janine "Smurf" Cody
Best Ensemble
Breakthrough Performance
Jennifer Lawrence – Winter's Bone as Ree Dolly
- Andrew Garfield – The Social Network and Never Let Me Go as Eduardo Saverin and Tommy
- Greta Gerwig – Greenberg as Florence Marr
- Chloë Grace Moretz – Kick-Ass and Let Me In as Hit-Girl and Abby
- Mia Wasikowska – The Kids Are All Right as Joni Allgood
2011
Best Director
Best Actor
Michael Fassbender – Shame as Brandon Sullivan[2]
- George Clooney – The Descendants as Matt King
- Jean Dujardin – The Artist as George Valentin
- Brad Pitt – Moneyball as Billy Beane
- Michael Shannon – Take Shelter as Curtis LaForche
Best Actress
Michelle Williams – My Week with Marilyn as Marilyn Monroe[2]
- Viola Davis – The Help as Aibileen Clark
- Felicity Jones – Like Crazy as Anna Maria Gardner
- Meryl Streep – The Iron Lady as Margaret Thatcher
- Charlize Theron – Young Adult as Mavis Gary
Best Supporting Actor
Christopher Plummer – Beginners as Hal Fields[2]
- Kenneth Branagh – My Week with Marilyn as Laurence Olivier
- Albert Brooks – Drive as Bernie Rose
- Ryan Gosling – Crazy, Stupid, Love as Jacob Palmer
- Patton Oswalt – Young Adult as Matt Freehauf
Best Supporting Actress
Carey Mulligan – Shame as Sissy Sullivan[2]
- Bérénice Bejo – The Artist as Peppy Miller
- Jessica Chastain – Take Shelter as Samantha LaForche
- Vanessa Redgrave – Coriolanus as Volumnia
- Octavia Spencer – The Help as Minny Jackson
Breakthrough Performance
Jessica Chastain – The Help, Take Shelter and The Tree of Life as Celia Foote, Samantha LaForche, and Mrs. O’Brien[2]
- Felicity Jones – Like Crazy as Anna Maria Gardner
- Melissa McCarthy – Bridesmaids as Megan Price
- Elizabeth Olsen – Martha Marcy May Marlene as Martha
- Shailene Woodley – The Descendants as Alexandra King
Best Screenplay
2012
Best Director
Best Actor
Daniel Day-Lewis – Lincoln as Abraham Lincoln
- Bradley Cooper – Silver Linings Playbook as Patrick "Pat" Solatano, Jr.
- John Hawkes – The Sessions as Mark O'Brien
- Bill Murray – Hyde Park on Hudson as Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Joaquin Phoenix – The Master as Freddie Quell
Best Actress
Jennifer Lawrence – Silver Linings Playbook as Tiffany Maxwell
- Jessica Chastain – Zero Dark Thirty as Maya
- Greta Gerwig – Damsels in Distress as Violet
- Naomi Watts – The Impossible as Maria Bennett
- Michelle Williams – Take This Waltz as Margot
Best Supporting Actor
Robert De Niro – Silver Linings Playbook as Patrizio "Pat" Solitano, Sr.
- Philip Seymour Hoffman – The Master as Lancaster Dodd
- Tommy Lee Jones – Lincoln as Thaddeus Stevens
- Matthew McConaughey – Magic Mike as Dallas
- Ewan McGregor – The Impossible as Henry Bennett
- Ezra Miller – The Perks of Being a Wallflower as Patrick
Best Supporting Actress
Anne Hathaway – Les Misérables as Fantine
- Amy Adams – The Master as Peggy Dodd
- Ann Dowd – Compliance as Sandra
- Sally Field – Lincoln as Mary Todd Lincoln
- Helen Hunt – The Sessions as Cheryl Cohen-Greene
Breakthrough Performance
Best Screenplay
Best Documentary Film
2013
Best Director
Best Actor
Best Actress
Brie 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 Céline
- Adèle Exarchopoulos – Blue Is the Warmest Colour as Adèle
- Meryl Streep – August: Osage County as Violet Weston
Best Supporting Actor
Jared Leto – Dallas Buyers Club as Rayon
- Barkhad Abdi – Captain Phillips as Abduwali Muse
- James Franco – Spring Breakers as Alien
- Matthew McConaughey – Mud as Mud
- Stanley Tucci – The Hunger Games: Catching Fire as Caesar Flickerman
Best Supporting Actress
Scarlett 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 Patsey
- Julia Roberts – August: Osage County as Barbara Weston-Fordham
- June Squibb – Nebraska as Kate Grant
Best Ensemble
Breakthrough Performance
Brie 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)
Best Screenplay
2014
Best Director
Best Actor
Michael Keaton – Birdman as Riggan Thomson
- Benedict Cumberbatch – The Imitation Game as Alan Turing
- Brendan Gleeson – Calvary as Father James
- Jake Gyllenhaal – Nightcrawler as Louis "Lou" Bloom
- Tom Hardy – Locke as Ivan Locke
- Eddie Redmayne – The Theory of Everything as Stephen Hawking
Best Actress
Rosamund Pike – Gone Girl as Amy Elliott-Dunne
- Essie Davis – The Babadook as Amelia
- Scarlett Johansson – Under the Skin as The Female
- Julianne Moore – Still Alice as Dr. Alice Howland
- Reese Witherspoon – Wild as Cheryl Strayed
Best Supporting Actor
J. K. Simmons – Whiplash as Terence Fletcher
- Josh Brolin – Inherent Vice as Lt. Det. Christian "Bigfoot" Bjornsen
- Ethan Hawke – Boyhood as Mason Evans, Sr.
- Edward Norton – Birdman as Mike Shiner
- Mark Ruffalo – Foxcatcher as Dave Schultz
Best Supporting Actress
Patricia Arquette – Boyhood as Olivia Evans
- Laura Dern – Wild as Barbara "Bobbi" Grey
- Rene Russo – Nightcrawler as Nina Romina
- Emma Stone – Birdman as Sam Thomson
- Tilda Swinton – Snowpiercer as Deputy-Minister Mason
Best Ensemble
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (TIE)
The Grand Budapest Hotel (TIE)
Guardians of the Galaxy (TIE)
Breakthrough Performance
Damien 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)
Best Screenplay
2015
Best Director
Best Actor
Michael Caine – Youth as Fred Ballinger
- Christopher Abbott – James White as James White
- Leonardo DiCaprio – The Revenant as Hugh Glass
- Michael Fassbender – Steve Jobs as Steve Jobs
- Tom Hardy – Legend as Ronnie and Reggie Kray
Best Actress
Saoirse Ronan – Brooklyn as Eilis Lacey
- Cate Blanchett – Carol as Carol Aird
- Brie Larson – Room as Joy 'Ma' Newsome
- Jennifer Lawrence – Joy as Joy Mangano
- Bel Powley – The Diary of a Teenage Girl as Minnie Goetze
Best Supporting Actor
Liev Schreiber – Spotlight as Martin Baron
- Paul Dano – Love & Mercy as Brian Wilson
- Benicio del Toro – Sicario as Alejandro Gillick
- Oscar Isaac – Ex Machina as Nathan Bateman
- Jacob Tremblay – Room as Jack Newsome
Best Supporting Actress
Alicia Vikander – The Danish Girl as Gerda Wegener
- Jennifer Jason Leigh – The Hateful Eight as Daisy Domergue
- Cynthia Nixon – James White as Gail White
- Kristen Stewart – Clouds of Sils Maria as Valentine
- Alicia Vikander – Ex Machina as Ava
Breakthrough Performance
Alicia Vikander – The Danish Girl and Ex Machina
- Sean Baker – Tangerine (director, screenplay)
- Emory Cohen – Brooklyn (actor)
- Bel Powley – The Diary of a Teenage Girl (actress)
- Jacob Tremblay – Room (actor)
Best Screenplay
Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer – Spotlight
2016
Best Director
Best Actor
Casey Affleck – Manchester by the Sea as Lee Chandler
- Joel Edgerton – Loving as Richard Loving
- Andrew Garfield – Hacksaw Ridge as Desmond T. Doss
- Ryan Gosling – La La Land as Sebastian Wilder
- Denzel Washington – Fences as Troy Maxson
Best Actress
Emma Stone – La La Land as Mia Dolan
- Amy Adams – Arrival as Dr. Louise Banks
- Annette Bening – 20th Century Women as Dorothea Fields
- Rebecca Hall – Christine as Christine Chubbuck
- Ruth Negga – Loving as Mildred Loving
- Natalie Portman – Jackie as Jacqueline Kennedy
Best Supporting Actor
Jeff Bridges – Hell or High Water as Marcus Hamilton
- Mahershala Ali – Moonlight as Juan
- Alden Ehrenreich – Hail, Caesar! as Hobie Doyle
- Ralph Fiennes – A Bigger Splash as Harry Hawkes
- Lucas Hedges – Manchester by the Sea as Patrick Chandler
Best Supporting Actress
Viola Davis – Fences as Rose Maxson (TIE)
Greta Gerwig – 20th Century Women as Abbie (TIE)
- Elle Fanning – 20th Century Women as Julie
- Felicity Jones – A Monster Calls as Lizzie O'Malley
- Michelle Williams – Manchester by the Sea as Randi Chandler
Best Ensemble
Breakthrough Performance
Kelly 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)
Best Screenplay
2017
Best Film
Best Director
Best Actor
James Franco – The Disaster Artist as Tommy Wiseau
- Timothée Chalamet – Call Me by Your Name as Elio Perlman
- Daniel Day-Lewis – Phantom Thread as Reynolds Woodcock
- Gary Oldman – Darkest Hour as Winston Churchill
- Robert Pattinson – Good Time as Constantine "Connie" Nikas
Best Actress
Frances McDormand – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri as Mildred Hayes
- Jessica Chastain – Molly's Game as Molly Bloom
- Sally Hawkins – The Shape of Water as Elisa Esposito
- Margot Robbie – I, Tonya as Tonya Harding
- Saoirse Ronan – Lady Bird as Christine "Lady Bird" McPherson
Best Supporting Actor
Willem Dafoe – The Florida Project as Bobby Hicks
- Richard Jenkins – The Shape of Water as Giles
- Sam Rockwell – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri as Jason Dixon
- Patrick Stewart – Logan as Charles Xavier
- Michael Stuhlbarg – Call Me by Your Name as Mr. Perlman
Best Supporting Actress
Allison Janney – I, Tonya as LaVona Golden
- Tiffany Haddish – Girls Trip as Dina
- Holly Hunter – The Big Sick as Beth Gardner
- Melissa Leo – Novitiate as Rev. Mother Marie St. Clair
- Laurie Metcalf – Lady Bird as Marion McPherson
Breakthrough Performance
Jordan Peele – Get Out (writer, director)
- Timothée Chalamet – Call Me by Your Name (actor)
- Gal Gadot – Wonder Woman (actress)
- Tiffany Haddish – Girls Trip (actress)
- Caleb Landry Jones – American Made, The Florida Project, Get Out, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (actor)
Best Screenplay
Best Documentary
Best Animated Film
2018
Best Director
Best Actor
Ethan Hawke – First Reformed as Reverend Ernst Toller
- Christian Bale – Vice as Dick Cheney
- Bradley Cooper – A Star Is Born as Jackson Maine
- Rami Malek – Bohemian Rhapsody as Freddie Mercury
- John David Washington – BlacKkKlansman as Detective Ron Stallworth
Best Actress
Toni Collette – Hereditary as Annie Graham
- Olivia Colman – The Favourite as Queen Anne
- Elsie Fisher – Eighth Grade as Kayla Day
- Lady Gaga – A Star Is Born as Ally Maine
- Melissa McCarthy – Can You Ever Forgive Me? as Lee Israel
Best Supporting Actor
Josh Hamilton – Eighth Grade as Mark Day
- Mahershala Ali – Green Book as Don Shirley
- Sam Elliott – A Star Is Born as Bobby Maine
- Richard E. Grant – Can You Ever Forgive Me? as Jack Hock
- Jesse Plemons – Game Night as Gary Kingsbury
Best Supporting Actress
Regina King – If Beale Street Could Talk as Sharon Rivers
- Amy Adams – Vice as Lynne Cheney
- Thomasin McKenzie – Leave No Trace as Tom
- Emma Stone — The Favourite as Abigail Hill
- Rachel Weisz – The Favourite as Sarah Churchill
Breakthrough Performance
Bo Burnham – Eighth Grade (writer/director)
- Rafael Casal and Daveed Diggs – Blindspotting (writers/actors)
- Elsie Fisher – Eighth Grade (actress)
- Lady Gaga – A Star Is Born (actress)
- Boots Riley – Sorry to Bother You (writer/director)
Best Screenplay
Brian Hayes Currie, Peter Farrelly, and Nick Vallelonga – Green Book (TIE)
Adam McKay – Vice (TIE)
- Bo Burnham – Eighth Grade
- Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara – The Favourite
- Paul Schrader – First Reformed
Best Animated Film
2019
Best Director
Best Actor
Adam Driver – Marriage Story as Charlie Barber
- Robert De Niro – The Irishman as Frank "The Irishman" Sheeran
- Robert Pattinson – The Lighthouse as Ephraim Winslow
- Joaquin Phoenix – Joker as Arthur Fleck / Joker
- Adam Sandler – Uncut Gems as Howard Ratner
Best Actress
Scarlett Johansson – Marriage Story as Nicole Barber
- Julianne Moore – Gloria Bell as Gloria Bell
- Lupita Nyong'o – Us as Adelaide Wilson / Red
- Charlize Theron – Bombshell as Megyn Kelly
- Renée Zellweger – Judy as Judy Garland
Best Supporting Actor
Joe Pesci – The Irishman as Russell Bufalino
- Willem Dafoe – The Lighthouse as Thomas Wake
- Tom Hanks – A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood as Fred Rogers
- Brad Pitt – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood as Cliff Booth
- Sam Rockwell – Richard Jewell as Watson Bryant
- Wesley Snipes – Dolemite Is My Name as D'Urville Martin
Best Supporting Actress
Laura Dern – Marriage Story as Nora Fanshaw
- Kathy Bates – Richard Jewell as Barbara "Bobi" Jewell
- Scarlett Johansson – Jojo Rabbit as Rosie Betzler
- Anna Paquin – The Irishman as Peggy Sheeran
- Florence Pugh – Little Women as Amy March
Breakthrough Performance
Florence Pugh – Fighting with My Family, Midsommar, Little Women (actress)
- Ana de Armas – Knives Out, The Informer, Yesterday (actress)
- Jessie Buckley – Wild Rose, Judy (actress)
- Kaitlyn Dever – Booksmart, Them That Follow (actress)
- Aisling Franciosi – The Nightingale (actress)
- Paul Walter Hauser – Richard Jewell, Late Night, Beats (actor)
- Lulu Wang – The Farewell (writer/director/producer)
- Olivia Wilde – Booksmart (director)
Best Screenplay
Noah Baumbach – Marriage Story
- Bong Joon-ho and Han Jin-won – Parasite
- Robert Eggers and Max Eggers – The Lighthouse
- Quentin Tarantino – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
- Steven Zaillian – The Irishman
Best Documentary
- Amazing Grace
- Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror
- Knock Down the House
- Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese
Best Animated Film
References
- "About Us". Detroit Film Critics Society. Archived from the original on July 30, 2015. Retrieved April 17, 2014.
- "Detroit Film Critics Society announces awards nominees; 'Take Shelter' leads with six nods". MLive.com. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 18 November 2016.
External links
- Serba, John (December 9, 2009). "My nominees for Detroit Film Critics Society movie awards". The Grand Rapids Press. Grand Rapids, Michigan. Retrieved December 28, 2009.