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Oscars 2015 nominees

There were few surprises in Thursday's release of the 2015 Oscar nominations, with favourites like Birdman, Boyhood and Grand Budapest Hotel snagging multiple nominations. Read a roundup of the nominees in some of the top categories.

A list of some of this year's nominees for the film industry's top awards

The 2015 Oscar nominations were announced Thursday. Below is a roundup of the nominees in some of the top categories. 

Best picture 

  • American Sniper
  • Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
  • Boyhood
  • The Grand Budapest Hotel
  • The Imitation Game
  • Selma
  • The Theory of Everything
  • Whiplash

Best actor in a leading role

  • Steve Carell, Foxcatcher
  • Bradley Cooper, American Sniper
  • Benedict Cumberbatch, The Imitation Game
  • Michael Keaton, Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
  • Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything

Best actress in a leading role

  • Marion Cotillard, Two Days, One Night
  • Felicity Jones, The Theory of Everything
  • Julianne Moore, Still Alice
  • Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl
  • Reese Witherspoon, Wild

Best actor in a supporting role

  • Robert Duvall, The Judge
  • Ethan Hawke, Boyhood
  • Edward Norton, Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
  • Mark Ruffalo, Foxcatcher
  • J.K. Simmons, Whiplash

Best actress in a supporting role

  • Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
  • Laura Dern, Wild
  • Keira Knightley, The Imitation Game
  • Emma Stone, Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
  • Meryl Streep, Into the Woods

Best director

  • Alejandro G. Inarritu, 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 foreign film

  • IdaPoland; directed by Pawel Pawlikowski
  • LeviathanRussia; directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev
  • TangerinesEstonia; directed by Zaza Urushadze
  • TimbuktuMauritania; directed by Abderrahmane Sissako
  • Wild TalesArgentina; directed by Damián Szifron​

Best original screenplay

  • Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance), written by Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Jr. and Armando Bo
  • Boyhood, written by Richard Linklater
  • Foxcatcher, written by E. Max Frye and Dan Futterman
  • The Grand Budapest Hotel, screenplay by Wes Anderson; story by Wes Anderson and Hugo Guinness
  • Nightcrawler, written by Dan Gilroy