My Favorite Performances - 2014

as Riggan in Birdman: Or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

as Fletcher in Whiplash

as John du Pont in Foxcatcher

as Louis Bloom in Nightcrawler

Runner up:
Adam + Anthony in Enemy

as Dr. Martin Luther King, JR. in Selma

as Father James in Calvary

as Larry Doc Sportello in Inherent Vice

as M. Gustave in The Grand Budapest Hotel

as Joe in Joe

as Nick Dunne in Gone Girl

as Tomas in Force Majeure

as Günther Bachmann in A Most Wanted Man

as Cousin Marv in The Drop

as Mike in Birdman: Or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

as David Schultz in Foxcatcher

Runner up:
Dan in Begin Again

as Dane in Cold in July

as Abel Morales in A Most Violent Year

as Mats in Force Majeure

as Simon / James in The Double

as Milo Dea in The Skeleton Twins

as Nils Dickman in In Order of Disappearance

as Chris Kyle in American Sniper

as Curtis in Snowpiercer

as David in The Guest

as Mark Schultz in Foxcatcher

as Amy Dunne in Gone Girl

as Sam in Birdman: Or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

as Olivia Evans in Boyhood

as Shasta Fay Hepworth in Inherent Vice

as Nina Romina in Nightcrawler

as Mason in Snowpiercer

as Agatha in The Grand Budapest Hotel

as Ebba in Force Majeure

as Annabel Richter in A Most Wanted Man

as Havana Segrand in Maps to the Stars

as Rita in Edge of Tomorrow

as Alicia 'Hammer Girl' in The Raid 2: Berandal

as Brand in Interstellar

as Donna Stern in Obvious Child

as Margo Dunne in Gone Girl

as Margaret Keane in Big Eyes

as Helen in Enemy

as Agatha Weiss in Maps to the Stars

Runner up:
Hannah in The Double

as Taya in American Sniper

Runner up:
Nancy Schultz in Foxcatcher

as Gretta in Begin Again

Runner up:
Megan in Laggies
Joan Clarke in The Imitation Game

as Murph in Interstellar

Runner up:
Anna Morales in A Most Violent Year

as Maggie Dean in The Skeleton Twins

as Lesley in Birdman: Or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

as Anna Peterson in The Guest

as Nicole in Whiplash