Awardswatch’s 50 Favorite Performances of 2014

#, name, movie ~ points (mentions)

1. Ralph Fiennes, The Grand Budapest Hotel ~ 417 (45)
2. Marion Cotillard, Two Days One Night ~ 371 (31)
3. Julianne Moore, Still Alice ~ 260 (25)
4. Jake Gyllenhaal, Nightcrawler ~ 240 (29)
5. Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Beyond the Lights ~ 236 (24)
6. Julianne Moore, Maps to the Stars ~ 222 (23)
7. Marion Cotillard, The Immigrant ~ 220 (22)
8. Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl ~ 211 (25)
9. Patricia Arquette, Boyhood ~ 183 (20)
10. Essie Davis, The Babadook ~ 181 (19)

11. Channing Tatum, Foxcatcher ~ 169 (21)
12. Brendan Gleeson, Calvary ~ 157 (16)
13. Michael Keaton, Birdman ~ 155 (19)
14. J.K. Simmons, Whiplash ~ 155 (18)
15. Timothy Spall, Mr. Turner ~ 154 (19)
16. Tilda Swinton, Snowpiercer ~ 152 (19)
17. Anne Dorval, Mommy ~ 143 (15)
18. Milles Teller, Whiplash ~ 142 (17)
19. Rene Russo, Nightcrawler ~ 138 (17)
20. David Oyelowo, Selma ~ 135 (16)

21. Jack O’Connell, Starred Up ~ 125 (14)
22. Scarlett Johansson, Under the Skin ~ 123 (16)
23. Suzanne Clément, Mommy ~ 120 (15)
24. Robin Wright, The Congress ~ 118 (14)
25. Edward Norton, Birdman ~ 109 (21)
26. Uma Thurman, Nymphomaniac ~ 109 (16)
27. Agata Kulesza, Ida ~ 105 (16)
28. Bradley Cooper, American Sniper ~ 102 (12)
29. Tilda Swinton, Only Lovers Left Alive ~ 101 (14)
30. Luminita Gheorghiu, Child’s Pose ~ 97 (10)

31. Bill Hader, The Skelton Twins ~ 92 (13)
32. Jenny Slate, Obvious Child ~ 90 (12)
33. Antoine-Olivier Pilon, Mommy ~ 81 (10)
33. Emily Blunt, Edge of Tomorrow ~ 81 (10)
35. Oscar Isaac, A Most Violent Year ~ 78 (11)
36. Patrick D’Assumpcao, Stranger by the Lake ~ 78 (9)
37. Joaquin Phoenix, Inherent Vice ~ 75 (7)
38. Elisabeth Moss, Listen Up Philip ~ 74 (9)
38. Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything ~ 74 (9)
40. Ben Mendelsohn, Starred Up ~ 72 (10)

41. Charlotte Gainsbourg, Nymphomaniac ~ 69 (5)
42. Timur Magomedgadzhiev, Two Days, One Night ~ 65 (11)
43. Josh Brolin, Inherent Vice ~ 65 (7)
44. Kim Dickens, Gone Girl ~ 61 (10)
45. Tom Hardy, Locke ~ 57 (7)
46. Erica Rivas, Wild Tales ~ 56 (6)
47. Keira Knightley, Begin Again ~ 55 (8)
48. Reese Witherspoon, Wild ~ 54 (7)
49. Sheila Vand, A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night ~ 52 (5)
50. Naomi Watts, Birdman ~ 51 (9)

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Erik Anderson is the founder/owner and Editor-in-Chief of AwardsWatch and has always loved all things Oscar, having watched the Academy Awards since he was in single digits; making lists, rankings and predictions throughout the show. This led him down the path to obsessing about awards. Much later, he found himself in film school and the film forums of GoldDerby, and then migrated over to the former Oscarwatch (now AwardsDaily), before breaking off to create AwardsWatch in 2013.

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