Denver Film Critics Society

The Denver Film Critics Society (DFCS) is an organization of film critics based in Denver, Colorado.

2009 Winners and Nominees

Best Film

• The Hurt Locker
  • A Serious Man
  • Star Trek
  • Up in the Air

Best Director

• Kathryn Bigelow - The Hurt Locker
  • Duncan Jones - Moon
  • Jason Reitman - Up in the Air
  • Quentin Tarantino - Inglourious Basterds

Best Actor

• Jeff Bridges - Crazy Heart
  • George Clooney - Up in the Air
  • Morgan Freeman - Invictus
  • Viggo Mortensen - The Road

Best Actress

• Carey Mulligan - An Education
  • Sandra Bullock - The Blind Side
  • Abbie Cornish - Bright Star
  • Meryl Streep - Julie & Julia

Best Supporting Actor

• Christoph Waltz - Inglourious Basterds
  • Woody Harrelson - The Messenger
  • Christian McKay - Me and Orson Welles
  • Stanley Tucci - The Lovely Bones

Best Supporting Actress

• Mo'Nique - Precious
  • Vera Farmiga - Up in the Air
  • Anna Kendrick - Up in the Air
  • Julianne Moore - A Single Man

Best Acting Ensemble

• Star Trek
  • The Hurt Locker
  • I Love You, Man
  • Up in the Air

Best Original Screenplay

• Quentin Tarantino - Inglourious Basterds
  • Mark Boal - The Hurt Locker
  • Ethan Coen & Joel Coen - A Serious Man
  • Michael H. Weber & Scott Neustadter - (500) Days of Summer

Best Adapted Screenplay

• Jason Reitman & Sheldon Turner - Up in the Air
  • Scott Z. Burns - The Informant!
  • Scott Cooper - Crazy Heart
  • Geoffrey Fletcher - Precious

Best Colorado Film

• Ink
  • The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner

Best Documentary

• The Cove
  • Anvil! The Story of Anvil
  • Best Worst Movie
  • Good Hair

Best Foreign Language Film

• Thirst
  • Revanche
  • Sin Nombre
  • Summer Hours

Best Original Song

• "The Weary Kind" - Crazy Heart: Performed by Ryan Bingham and T-Bone Burnett
  • "Winter" - Brothers: Performed by U2
  • "Other Father Song" - Coraline: Performed by They Might Be Giants
  • "(I Want You to) Come Home" - Everybody's Fine: Performed by Paul McCartney

Best Original Score

• Michael Giacchino - Star Trek
  • Brian Eno - The Lovely Bones
  • Elliot Goldenthal - Public Enemies
  • Marvin Hamlisch - The Informant!

2010 Winners and Nominees

Best Film

• The Social Network
  • Black Swan
  • Blue Valentine
  • The King's Speech

Best Director

• David Fincher - The Social Network
  • Danny Boyle - 127 Hours
  • Joel and Ethan Coen - True Grit
  • Christopher Nolan - Inception

Best Actor

• Colin Firth - The King's Speech
  • Jeff Bridges - True Grit
  • Jesse Eisenberg - The Social Network
  • James Franco - 127 Hours

Best Actress

• Natalie Portman - Black Swan
  • Jennifer Lawrence - Winter's Bone
  • Lesley Manville - Another Year
  • Michelle Williams - Blue Valentine

Best Supporting Actor

• Christian Bale - The Fighter
  • Matt Damon - True Grit
  • Jeremy Renner - The Town
  • Geoffrey Rush - The King's Speech

Best Supporting Actress

• Melissa Leo - The Fighter
  • Amy Adams - The Fighter
  • Helena Bonham Carter - The King's Speech
  • Jacki Weaver - Animal Kingdom

Best Animated Film

• Toy Story 3
  • How to Train Your Dragon
  • The Illusionist
  • Tangled

Best Original Screenplay

• Christopher Nolan - Inception
  • Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg - The Kids Are All Right
  • Nicole Holofcener - Please Give
  • David Seidler - The King's Speech

Best Adapted Screenplay

• Aaron Sorkin - The Social Network
  • Ben Affleck, Peter Craig and Aaron Stockard - The Town
  • Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy - 127 Hours
  • Joel and Ethan Coen - True Grit

Best Documentary

• Exit Through the Gift Shop
  • Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work
  • Restrepo
  • Waiting for "Superman"

Best Foreign Language Film

• Mother
  • Biutiful
  • I Am Love
  • White Material

Best Original Song

• A. R. Rahman and Dido - "If I Rise" - 127 Hours
  • John Legend - "Shine" - Waiting for "Superman"
  • Chris Martin - "Me and Tennessee" - Country Strong
  • Randy Newman - "We Belong Together" - Toy Story 3

Best Original Score

• Daft Punk - Tron: Legacy
  • Carter Burwell - True Grit
  • Clint Mansell - Black Swan
  • Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross - The Social Network

2011 Winners and Nominees

Best Film

• The Tree of Life
  • The Artist
  • The Descendants
  • Martha Marcy May Marlene
  • Melancholia

Best Director

• Terrence Malick - The Tree of Life / Michel Hazanavicius - The Artist (TIE)
  • Sean Durkin - Martha Marcy May Marlene
  • Alexander Payne - The Descendants
  • Lars von Trier - Melancholia

Best Actor

• Brad Pitt - Moneyball
  • George Clooney - The Descendants
  • Jean Dujardin - The Artist
  • Michael Fassbender - Shame
  • Woody Harrelson - Rampart

Best Actress

• Meryl Streep - The Iron Lady
  • Glenn Close - Albert Nobbs
  • Kirsten Dunst - Melancholia
  • Rooney Mara - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
  • Elizabeth Olsen - Martha Marcy May Marlene

Best Supporting Actor

• Christopher Plummer - Beginners
  • Albert Brooks - Drive
  • Ryan Gosling - Crazy, Stupid, Love
  • John Hawkes - Martha Marcy May Marlene
  • Nick Nolte - Warrior

Best Supporting Actress

• Shailene Woodley - The Descendants
  • Jessica Chastain - The Tree of Life
  • Judy Greer - The Descendants
  • Melissa McCarthy - Bridesmaids
  • Janet McTeer - Albert Nobbs

Best Animated Film

• Rango
  • The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn
  • Kung Fu Panda 2
  • Puss in Boots
  • Rio

Best Screenplay Original/Adapted (both in a single category)

• Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon & Jim Rash - The Descendants
  • Bridesmaids
  • Contagion
  • Martha Marcy May Marlene
  • Moneyball

Best Documentary

• Page One: Inside the New York Times
  • Buck
  • Into the Abyss
  • The Other F Word
  • Project Nim

Best Foreign Language Film

• A Separation
  • The Double Hour
  • The Flowers of War
  • Le Havre
  • The Skin I Live In

Best Original Score

• Ludovic Bource - The Artist
  • Alexandre Desplat - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2
  • The Chemical Brothers - Hanna
  • Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
  • Alberto Iglesias - Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Best Breakout Star

• Jessica Chastain
  • Elizabeth Olsen
  • Rooney Mara
  • Shailene Woodley
  • Felicity Jones

2012 Winners and Nominees

Best Film

• Argo
  • Django Unchained
  • Silver Linings Playbook

Best Director

• Ben Affleck - Argo
  • Paul Thomas Anderson - The Master
  • Kathryn Bigelow - Zero Dark Thirty

Best Actor

• Daniel Day-Lewis - Lincoln
  • John Hawkes - The Sessions
  • Denzel Washington - Flight

Best Actress

• Jennifer Lawrence - Silver Linings Playbook
  • Jessica Chastain - Zero Dark Thirty
  • Quvenzhané Wallis - Beasts of the Southern Wild

Best Supporting Actor

• Philip Seymour Hoffman - The Master
  • Robert De Niro - Silver Linings Playbook
  • Tommy Lee Jones - Lincoln

Best Supporting Actress

• Anne Hathaway - Les Misérables
  • Amy Adams - The Master
  • Sally Field - Lincoln

Best Adapted Screenplay

• Silver Linings Playbook
  • Argo
  • The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Best Original Screenplay

• Moonrise Kingdom
  • Django Unchained
  • The Master

Best Original Score

• The Dark Knight Rises
  • Argo
  • Lincoln

Best Original Song

• Skyfall - Skyfall
  • Suddenly - Les Misérables
  • When Can I See You Again? - Wreck-It Ralph

Best Animated Feature

• ParaNorman
  • Frankenweenie
  • Wreck-It Ralph

Best Documentary Feature

• Jiro Dreams of Sushi
  • Bully
  • Samsara

Best Non-English Language Feature

• Amour
  • Holy Motors
  • The Intouchables

2013 Nominees

• 2013 Denver Film Critics Society Awards

2014 Winners and Nominees

Best Film

• American Sniper
  • Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
  • Boyhood
  • Inherent Vice
  • Whiplash

Best Director

• Richard Linklater - Boyhood
  • Paul Thomas Anderson - Inherent Vice
  • Clint Eastwood - American Sniper
  • Alejandro González Iñárritu - Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
  • Christopher Nolan - Interstellar

Best Actor

• Bradley Cooper - American Sniper
• Ralph Fiennes - The Grand Budapest Hotel
  • Jake Gyllenhaal - Nightcrawler
  • Michael Keaton - Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
  • Eddie Redmayne - The Theory of Everything

Best Actress

• Rosamund Pike - Gone Girl
  • Marion Cotillard - Two Days, One Night
  • Scarlett Johansson - Under the Skin
  • Felicity Jones - The Theory of Everything
  • Reese Witherspoon - Wild

Best Supporting Actor

• J. K. Simmons - Whiplash
  • Josh Brolin - Inherent Vice
  • Ethan Hawke - Boyhood
  • Edward Norton - Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
  • Mark Ruffalo - Foxcatcher

Best Supporting Actress

• Patricia Arquette - Boyhood
  • Sienna Miller - American Sniper
  • Rene Russo - Nightcrawler
  • Emma Stone - Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
  • Katherine Waterston - Inherent Vice

Best Adapted Screenplay

• Gone Girl
  • American Sniper
  • Inherent Vice
  • The Theory of Everything
  • Wild

Best Original Screenplay

• Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
  • Blue Ruin
  • Boyhood
  • The Grand Budapest Hotel
  • Whiplash

Best Original Score

• Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
  • The Grand Budapest Hotel
  • Inherent Vice
  • The Theory of Everything
  • Under the Skin

Best Original Song

• Everything Is Awesome - The Lego Movie
  • Glory - Selma
  • The Last Goodbye - The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
  • Lost Stars - Begin Again
  • Ordinary Human - The Giver

Best Animated Feature

• The Lego Movie
  • Big Hero 6
  • The Boxtrolls
  • How to Train Your Dragon 2
  • The Tale of the Princess Kaguya

Best Documentary Feature

• The Overnighters
  • Citizenfour
  • Jodorowsky's Dune
  • Keep on Keepin' On
  • Life Itself

Best Comedy Film

• Guardians of the Galaxy
  • 22 Jump Street
  • The Grand Budapest Hotel
  • Neighbors
  • Top Five

See also

• List of movie awards

External links

• Denver Film Critics Society official website
• "Denver Film Critics Society Announces 2012 Award Winners" - Yahoo! Movies

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