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 different critics per publication admitted. It presents annual awards at the end of the year, for the best films of the preceding year.[1]

Categories edit

2007 edit

Best Film edit

No Country for Old Men

Best Director edit

Joel Coen and Ethan CoenNo Country for Old Men

Best Actor edit

George ClooneyMichael Clayton as Michael Clayton

Best Actress edit

Elliot PageJuno as Juno MacGuff

Best Supporting Actor edit

Javier BardemNo Country for Old Men as Anton Chigurh

Best Supporting Actress edit

Tilda SwintonMichael Clayton as Karen Crowder

Best Cast edit

Juno

Best Newcomer edit

Diablo CodyJuno

2008 edit

Best Film edit

Slumdog Millionaire

Best Director edit

Danny BoyleSlumdog Millionaire

Best Actor edit

Mickey RourkeThe Wrestler as Randy "The Ram" Robinson

Best Actress edit

Kate WinsletRevolutionary Road as April Wheeler

Best Supporting Actor edit

Heath LedgerThe Dark Knight as The Joker

Best Supporting Actress edit

Marisa TomeiThe Wrestler as Pam / Cassidy

Best Cast edit

Frost/Nixon

Best Newcomer edit

Martin McDonaghIn Bruges

2009 edit

Best Film edit

Up

Best Director edit

Pete DocterUp

Best Actor edit

Colin FirthA Single Man George Falconer

Best Actress edit

Gabourey SidibePrecious as Claireece "Precious" Jones

Best Supporting Actor edit

Christoph WaltzInglourious Basterds as Col. Hans Landa

Best Supporting Actress edit

Mo'NiquePrecious as Mary Lee Johnston

Best Ensemble edit

The Hangover

Breakthrough Performance edit

Gabourey SidibePrecious as Claireece "Precious" Jones

2010 edit

Best Film edit

Best Director edit

Danny Boyle127 Hours

Best Actor edit

Colin FirthThe King's Speech as George VI

Best Actress edit

Jennifer LawrenceWinter's Bone as Ree Dolly

Best Supporting Actor edit

Christian BaleThe Fighter as Dickie Eklund

Best Supporting Actress edit

Amy AdamsThe Fighter as Charlene Fleming

Best Ensemble edit

Winter's Bone

Breakthrough Performance edit

Jennifer LawrenceWinter's Bone as Ree Dolly

2011 edit

Best Film edit

The Artist[2]

Best Director edit

Michel HazanaviciusThe Artist[2]

Best Actor edit

Michael FassbenderShame as Brandon Sullivan[2]

Best Actress edit

Michelle WilliamsMy Week with Marilyn as Marilyn Monroe[2]

Best Supporting Actor edit

Christopher PlummerBeginners as Hal Fields[2]

Best Supporting Actress edit

Carey MulliganShame as Sissy Sullivan[2]

Best Ensemble edit

Carnage[2]

Breakthrough Performance edit

Jessica ChastainThe Help, Take Shelter and The Tree of Life as Celia Foote, Samantha LaForche, and Mrs. O’Brien[2]

Best Screenplay edit

MoneyballSteven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin[2]

Best Documentary Film edit

Tabloid[2]

2012 edit

Best Film edit

Silver Linings Playbook

Best Director edit

David O. RussellSilver Linings Playbook

Best Actor edit

Daniel Day-LewisLincoln as Abraham Lincoln

Best Actress edit

Jennifer LawrenceSilver Linings Playbook as Tiffany Maxwell

Best Supporting Actor edit

Robert De NiroSilver Linings Playbook as Patrizio "Pat" Solitano, Sr.

Best Supporting Actress edit

Anne HathawayLes Misérables as Fantine

Best Ensemble edit

Lincoln

Breakthrough Performance edit

Zoe KazanRuby Sparks

Best Screenplay edit

Silver Linings PlaybookDavid O. Russell

Best Documentary Film edit

Jiro Dreams of Sushi

2013 edit

Best Film edit

Her[3]

Best Director edit

Alfonso CuarónGravity

Best Actor edit

Matthew McConaugheyDallas Buyers Club as Ron Woodroof

Best Actress edit

Brie LarsonShort Term 12 as Grace

Best Supporting Actor edit

Jared LetoDallas Buyers Club as Rayon

Best Supporting Actress edit

Scarlett JohanssonHer as Samantha (voice)

Best Ensemble edit

American Hustle

Breakthrough Performance edit

Brie LarsonShort Term 12 (actress)

Best Screenplay edit

Spike JonzeHer

Best Documentary Film edit

Stories We Tell

2014 edit

Best Film edit

Boyhood[4]

Best Director edit

Richard LinklaterBoyhood

Best Actor edit

Michael KeatonBirdman as Riggan Thomson

Best Actress edit

Rosamund PikeGone Girl as Amy Elliott-Dunne

Best Supporting Actor edit

J. K. SimmonsWhiplash as Terence Fletcher

Best Supporting Actress edit

Patricia ArquetteBoyhood as Olivia Evans

Best Ensemble edit

Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (TIE)
The Grand Budapest Hotel (TIE)
Guardians of the Galaxy (TIE)

Breakthrough Performance edit

Damien ChazelleWhiplash (director, screenplay)

Best Screenplay edit

Richard LinklaterBoyhood

Best Documentary edit

Citizenfour

2015 edit

Best Film edit

Spotlight

Best Director edit

George MillerMad Max: Fury Road

Best Actor edit

Michael CaineYouth as Fred Ballinger

Best Actress edit

Saoirse RonanBrooklyn as Eilis Lacey

Best Supporting Actor edit

Liev SchreiberSpotlight as Martin Baron

Best Supporting Actress edit

Alicia VikanderThe Danish Girl as Gerda Wegener

Best Ensemble edit

Spotlight

Breakthrough Performance edit

Alicia VikanderThe Danish Girl and Ex Machina

Best Screenplay edit

Tom McCarthy and Josh SingerSpotlight

Best Documentary edit

Amy

2016 edit

Best Film edit

La La Land

Best Director edit

Damien ChazelleLa La Land

Best Actor edit

Casey AffleckManchester by the Sea as Lee Chandler

Best Actress edit

Emma StoneLa La Land as Mia Dolan

Best Supporting Actor edit

Jeff BridgesHell or High Water as Marcus Hamilton

Best Supporting Actress edit

Viola DavisFences as Rose Maxson (TIE)
Greta Gerwig20th Century Women as Abbie (TIE)

Best Ensemble edit

20th Century Women

Breakthrough Performance edit

Kelly Fremon CraigThe Edge of Seventeen (director, screenplay)

Best Screenplay edit

Damien ChazelleLa La Land

Best Documentary edit

O.J.: Made in America

2017 edit

Best Film edit

The Florida Project[5]

Best Director edit

Sean BakerThe Florida Project

Best Actor edit

James FrancoThe Disaster Artist as Tommy Wiseau

Best Actress edit

Frances McDormandThree Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri as Mildred Hayes

Best Supporting Actor edit

Willem DafoeThe Florida Project as Bobby Hicks

Best Supporting Actress edit

Allison JanneyI, Tonya as LaVona Golden

Best Ensemble edit

The Post

Breakthrough Performance edit

Jordan PeeleGet Out (writer, director)

Best Screenplay edit

Martin McDonaghThree Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Best Documentary edit

Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond

Best Animated Film edit

The Lego Batman Movie

Best Use of Music edit

Baby Driver

2018 edit

Source: [6]

Best Film edit

Eighth Grade

Best Director edit

Adam McKayVice

Best Actor edit

Ethan HawkeFirst Reformed as Reverend Ernst Toller

Best Actress edit

Toni ColletteHereditary as Annie Graham

Best Supporting Actor edit

Josh HamiltonEighth Grade as Mark Day

Best Supporting Actress edit

Regina KingIf Beale Street Could Talk as Sharon Rivers

Best Ensemble edit

Vice

Breakthrough Performance edit

Bo BurnhamEighth Grade (writer/director)

Best Screenplay edit

Brian Hayes Currie, Peter Farrelly, and Nick VallelongaGreen Book (TIE)
Adam McKayVice (TIE)

Best Documentary edit

Three Identical Strangers

Best Animated Film edit

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Best Use of Music edit

A Star Is Born

2019 edit

Source: [7]

Best Film edit

Parasite

Best Director edit

Martin ScorseseThe Irishman

Best Actor edit

Adam DriverMarriage Story as Charlie Barber

Best Actress edit

Scarlett JohanssonMarriage Story as Nicole Barber

Best Supporting Actor edit

Joe PesciThe Irishman as Russell Bufalino

Best Supporting Actress edit

Laura DernMarriage Story as Nora Fanshaw

Best Ensemble edit

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

Breakthrough Performance edit

Florence PughFighting with My Family, Midsommar, Little Women (actress)

Best Screenplay edit

Noah BaumbachMarriage Story

Best Documentary edit

Apollo 11

Best Animated Film edit

Toy Story 4

Best Use of Music edit

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

2020 edit

Best Film edit

Nomadland[8]

Best Director edit

Chloé ZhaoNomadland

Best Actor edit

Delroy LindoDa 5 Bloods as Paul

Best Actress edit

Frances McDormandNomadland as Fern

Best Supporting Actor edit

Daniel KaluuyaJudas and the Black Messiah as Fred Hampton

Best Supporting Actress edit

Yuh-Jung YounMinari as Soon-ja

Best Ensemble edit

Minari

Breakthrough Performance edit

Maria BakalovaBorat Subsequent Moviefilm (actress)

Best Adapted Screenplay edit

Chloé ZhaoNomadland

Best Original Screenplay edit

Lee Isaac ChungMinari

Best Documentary edit

Dick Johnson Is Dead

Best Animated Film edit

Soul

Best Use of Music edit

Sound of Metal

2021 edit

Best Film edit

Cyrano[9]

Best Director edit

Lin-Manuel Mirandatick, tick... BOOM!

Best Actor edit

Peter DinklageCyrano as Cyrano de Bergerac

Best Actress edit

Jessica ChastainThe Eyes of Tammy Faye as Tammy Faye Bakker

Best Supporting Actor edit

Jon BernthalKing Richard as Rick Macci

Best Supporting Actress edit

Ariana DeBoseWest Side Story as Anita

Best Ensemble edit

The French Dispatch

Breakthrough Performance edit

Woody Norman – C'mon C'mon (actor) (TIE)
Emma SeligmanShiva Baby (writer/director) (TIE)

Best Adapted Screenplay edit

Jane CampionThe Power of the Dog

Best Original Screenplay edit

Adam McKayDon't Look Up

Best Documentary edit

Flee (TIE)
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (TIE)

Best Animated Film edit

The Mitchells vs. the Machines

Best Use of Music edit

Last Night in Soho

References edit

  1. ^ "About Us". Detroit Film Critics Society. Archived from the original on July 30, 2015. Retrieved April 17, 2014.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Detroit Film Critics Society announces awards nominees; 'Take Shelter' leads with six nods". MLive.com. 12 December 2011. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 18 November 2016.
  3. ^ Lodge, Guy (2013-12-13). "Detroit critics name 'Her' the year's best, hand Brie Larson two awards". UPROXX. Retrieved 2024-03-11.
  4. ^ Long, Tom. "Detroit Film Critics Society flips for 'Boyhood'". The Detroit News. Retrieved 2024-03-11.
  5. ^ Detroit Film Critics Society honors 'Florida Project' - Associated Press News
  6. ^ The Detroit News (December 3, 2018). "Detroit critics name 'Eighth Grade' year's best film". The Detroit News. Archived from the original on January 16, 2024. Retrieved January 16, 2024.
  7. ^ "Detroit Film Critics Society 2018 Winners". Awardsdaily. 2018-12-03. Retrieved 2024-03-11.
  8. ^ Anderson, Erik (2021-03-08). "Detroit Film Critics winners: 'Nomadland' is top film, 'Minari,' Delroy Lindo also score". AwardsWatch. Retrieved 2024-03-11.
  9. ^ "Detroit Film Critics Announce 2021 Noms - CinemaNerdz". cinemanerdz.com. 2021-12-03. Retrieved 2024-03-11.

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