Boyhood Richard Linklater, U.S.
The Grand Budapest Hotel Wes Anderson, U.S.
Under the Skin Jonathan Glazer, U.K.
Birdman or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance Alejandro G. Iñárritu, U.S.
Ida Pawel Pawlikowski, Poland
Only Lovers Left Alive Jim Jarmusch, U.S.
Inherent Vice Paul Thomas Anderson, U.S.
8. Whiplash Damien Chazelle, U.S
9. Gone Girl David Fincher, U.S.
10. Nightcrawler Dan Gilroy, U.S.
Two Days, One Night Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne, Belgium
Snowpiercer Bong Joon-ho, South Korea
13. Goodbye to Language Jean-Luc Godard, France
14. Selma Ava DuVernay, U.S.
- The Immigrant James Gray, U.S.
16. Force Majeure Ruben Östlund, Sweden
17. Foxcatcher Bennett Miller, U.S.
- Mr. Turner Mike Leigh, U.K.
19. Interstellar Christopher Nolan, U.S.
- Stranger by the Lake Alain Guiraudie, France