ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
- American Sniper, Jason Hall
- Gone Girl, Gillian Flynn
- The Imitation Game, Graham Moore
- Paddington, Paul King
- The Theory of Everything, Anthony McCarten
LEADING ACTOR
- Benedict Cumberbatch, The Imitation Game
- Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything
- Jake Gyllenhaal, Nightcrawler
- Michael Keaton, Birdman
- Ralph Fiennes, The Grand Budapest Hotel
LEADING ACTRESS
- Amy Adams, Big Eyes
- Felicity Jones, The Theory of Everything
- Julianne Moore, Still Alice
- Reese Witherspoon, Wild
- Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl
SUPPORTING ACTOR
- Edward Norton, Birdman
- Ethan Hawke, Boyhood
- J.K. Simmons, Whiplash
- Mark Ruffalo, Foxcatcher
- Steve Carell, Foxcatcher
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
- Emma Stone, Birdman
- Imelda Staunton, Pride
- Keira Knightley, The Imitation Game
- Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
- Rene Russo, Nightcrawler
ORIGINAL MUSIC
- Birdman, Antonio Sanchez
- The Grand Budapest Hotel, Alexandre Desplat
- Interstellar, Hans Zimmer
- The Theory of Everything, Johann Johannsson
- Under the Skin, Mica Levi
CINEMATOGRAPHY
- Birdman, Emmanuel Lubezki
- The Grand Budapest Hotel, Robert Yeoman
- Ida, Lukasz Zal, Ryzsard Lenczewski
- Interstellar, Hoyte van Hoytema
- Mr. Turner, Dick Pope
EDITING
- Birdman, Douglas Crise, Stephen Mirrione
- The Grand Budapest Hotel, Barney Pilling
- The Imitation Game, William Goldenberg
- Nightcrawler, John Gilroy
- The Theory of Everything, Jinx Godfrey
- Whiplash, Tom Cross
