WINNER
Birdman: Or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance), Alejandro González Iñárritu
A washed-up actor, who once played an iconic superhero, battles his ego and attempts to recover his family, his career and himself in the days leading up to the opening of his Broadway play.
Won 4 Oscars. Another 166 wins & 152 nominations
NOMINEES
American Sniper, Clint Eastwood
Navy SEAL sniper Chris Kyle's pinpoint accuracy saves countless lives on the battlefield and turns him into a legend. Back home to his wife and kids after four tours of duty, however, Chris finds that it is the war he can't leave behind.
Won 1 Oscar. Another 8 wins & 25 nominations
Boyhood, Richard Linklater
The life of Mason, from early childhood to his arrival at college.
Won 1 Oscar. Another 150 wins & 120 nominations
The Imitation Game, Morten Tyldum
During World War II, mathematician Alan Turing tries to crack the enigma code with help from fellow mathematicians.
Won 1 Oscar. Another 45 wins & 104 nominations
The Grand Budapest Hotel, Wes Anderson
The adventures of Gustave H, a legendary concierge at a famous hotel from the fictional Republic of Zubrowka between the first and second World Wars, and Zero Moustafa, the lobby boy who becomes his most trusted friend.
Won 4 Oscars. Another 91 wins & 127 nominations.
Selma, Ava DuVernay
A chronicle of Martin Luther King's campaign to secure equal voting rights via an epic march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama in 1965.
Won 1 Oscar. Another 34 wins & 71 nominations
The Theory of Everything, James Marsh
A look at the relationship between the famous physicist Stephen Hawking and his wife.
Won 1 Oscar. Another 23 wins & 86 nominations.
Whiplash, Damien Chazelle
A promising young drummer enrolls at a cut-throat music conservatory where his dreams of greatness are mentored by an instructor who will stop at nothing to realize a student's potential.
Won 3 Oscars. Another 70 wins & 75 nominations
Best Documentary
WINNER
Citizenfour, Laura Poitras
A documentarian and a reporter travel to Hong Kong for the first of many meetings with Edward Snowden.
Won 1 Oscar. Another 40 wins & 16 nominations
NOMINEES
Finding Vivian Maier, John Maloof
A documentary on the late Vivian Maier, a nanny whose previously unknown cache of 100,000 photographs earned her a posthumous reputation as one of the most accomplished street photographers.
Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 7 wins & 17 nominations.
Last Days in Vietnam, Rory Kennedy
During the chaotic final weeks of the Vietnam War, the North Vietnamese Army closes in on Saigon as the panicked South Vietnamese people desperately attempt to escape. On the ground, American soldiers and diplomats confront the same moral quandary: whether to obey White House orders to evacuate U.S. citizens only--or to risk treason and save the lives of as many South Vietnamese citizens as they can.
Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 4 wins & 7 nominations
The Salt of the Earth, Wim Wenders
For the last 40 years, the photographer Sebastião Salgado has been travelling through the continents, in the footsteps of an ever-changing humanity. He has witnessed some of the major events of our recent history; international conflicts, starvation and exodus. He is now embarking on the discovery of pristine territories, of wild fauna and flora, and of grandiose landscapes as part of a huge photographic project which is a tribute to the planet's beauty.
Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 5 wins & 5 nominations
Virunga, Orlando von Einsiedel
A group of brave individuals risk their lives to save the last of the world's mountain gorillas; in the midst of renewed civil war and a scramble for Congo's natural resources.
Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 14 wins & 14 nominations
