Oscar Highlights 2015
by hb | created - 25 Feb 2015 | updated - 25 Feb 2015 | PublicThis is a selection of Oscar Highlights from 2015.
If you rate all the films from this list, you will earn the Oscars 2015 Highlights Badge on your profile page.
Get Other Oscar Highlights Badges!
- Instant Watch Options
- Genres
- Movies or TV
- IMDb Rating
- In Theaters
- Release Year
- Keywords
1. Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014)
R | 119 min | Comedy, Drama
A washed-up superhero actor attempts to revive his fading career by writing, directing, and starring in a Broadway production.
Director: Alejandro G. Iñárritu | Stars: Michael Keaton, Zach Galifianakis, Edward Norton, Andrea Riseborough
Votes: 666,702 | Gross: $42.34M
Best Motion Picture of the Year. Directing / Alejandro G. Iñárritu Screenplay, Directly for the Screen / Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Armando Bo Cinematography / Emmanuel Lubezki
2. The Theory of Everything (2014)
PG-13 | 123 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
Stephen Hawking gets unprecedented success in the field of physics despite being diagnosed with motor neuron disease at the age of 21. He defeats awful odds as his first wife Jane aids him loyally.
Director: James Marsh | Stars: Eddie Redmayne, Felicity Jones, Tom Prior, Sophie Perry
Votes: 482,262 | Gross: $35.89M
Actor / Eddie Redmayne
3. Still Alice (2014)
PG-13 | 101 min | Drama
A linguistics professor and her family find their bonds tested when she is diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease.
Directors: Richard Glatzer, Wash Westmoreland | Stars: Julianne Moore, Alec Baldwin, Kristen Stewart, Kate Bosworth
Votes: 143,525 | Gross: $18.75M
Actress / Julianne Moore
4. Whiplash (2014)
R | 106 min | Drama, Music
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.
Director: Damien Chazelle | Stars: Miles Teller, J.K. Simmons, Melissa Benoist, Paul Reiser
Votes: 990,269 | Gross: $13.09M
Supporting Actor / J.K. Simmons Editing / Tom Cross Sound Mixing / Craig Mann, [linkBen Wilkins], Thomas Curley
5. Boyhood (I) (2014)
R | 165 min | Drama
The life of Mason, from early childhood to his arrival at college.
Director: Richard Linklater | Stars: Ellar Coltrane, Patricia Arquette, Ethan Hawke, Elijah Smith
Votes: 367,241 | Gross: $25.38M
Supporting Actress / Patricia Arquette
6. The Imitation Game (2014)
PG-13 | 114 min | Biography, Drama, Thriller
During World War II, the English mathematical genius Alan Turing tries to crack the German Enigma code with help from fellow mathematicians while attempting to come to terms with his troubled private life.
Director: Morten Tyldum | Stars: Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode, Allen Leech
Votes: 825,350 | Gross: $91.13M
Writing, Previous Produced / Graham Moore
7. The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
R | 99 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
A writer encounters the owner of an aging high-class hotel, who tells him of his early years serving as a lobby boy in the hotel's glorious years under an exceptional concierge.
Director: Wes Anderson | Stars: Ralph Fiennes, F. Murray Abraham, Mathieu Amalric, Adrien Brody
Votes: 887,186 | Gross: $59.10M
Production Design. Adam Stockhausen, Anna Pinnock Costume Design. Milena Canonero Make-up and Hairstyling. Frances Hannon, Mark Coulier Original Score: Alexandre Desplat
8. Interstellar (2014)
PG-13 | 169 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
When Earth becomes uninhabitable in the future, a farmer and ex-NASA pilot, Joseph Cooper, is tasked to pilot a spacecraft, along with a team of researchers, to find a new planet for humans.
Director: Christopher Nolan | Stars: Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, Mackenzie Foy
Votes: 2,101,930 | Gross: $188.02M
Visual Effects / Paul J. Franklin, nm0516916, Ian Hunter, Scott R. Fisher
Tell Your Friends