Detroit Film Critics Society

The Detroit Film Critics Society is a film critic organization in Detroit, Michigan, United States.

2007 Awards

The nominees for the Detroit Film Critics Society Awards 2007 were announced on 15 December and the winners were announced on 21 December 2007.

Winners and Nominess

Best Actor

• • George Clooney - Michael Clayton
• Daniel Day-Lewis - There Will Be Blood
• Emile Hirsch - Into the Wild
• Tommy Lee Jones - No Country for Old Men
• Mathieu Amalric - Le scaphandre et le papillon (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly)

Best Actress

• • Ellen Page - Juno
• Amy Adams - Enchanted
• Julie Christie - Away From Her
• Marion Cotillard - La môme (La Vie En Rose)
• Laura Linney - The Savages

Best Cast

• • Juno
• Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
• Lars and the Real Girl
• Waitress
• Zodiac

Best Director

• • Ethan and Joel Coen - No Country for Old Men
• Paul Thomas Anderson - There Will Be Blood
• Tim Burton - Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
• Julian Schnabel - Le scaphandre et le papillon (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly)
• Sean Penn - Into the Wild
• Jason Reitman - Juno

Best Film

• • No Country for Old Men
• Juno
• Into the Wild
• Le scaphandre et le papillon (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly)
• There Will Be Blood

Best Newcomer

• • Diablo Cody - screenwriter of Juno

Best Supporting Actor

• • Javier Bardem - No Country for Old Men
• Casey Affleck - The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
• Paul Dano - There Will Be Blood
• Hal Holbrook - Into the Wild
• Tom Wilkinson - Michael Clayton

Best Supporting Actress

• • Tilda Swinton - Michael Clayton
• Cate Blanchett - I'm Not There
• Catherine Keener - Into the Wild
• Emily Mortimer - Lars and the Real Girl
• Amy Ryan - Gone Baby Gone

2008 Awards

The nominees for the Detroit Film Critics Society Awards 2008 were announced on December 11, 2008. The winners were announced on December 19, 2008.

Best Actor

Mickey Rourke – The Wrestler

• Josh Brolin – W.
• Leonardo DiCaprio – Revolutionary Road
• Frank Langella – Frost/Nixon
• Sean Penn – Milk

Best Actress

Kate Winslet – Revolutionary Road

• Anne Hathaway – Rachel Getting Married
• Sally Hawkins – Happy-Go-Lucky
• Melissa Leo – Frozen River
• Meryl Streep – Doubt

Best Cast

Frost/Nixon

• Burn After Reading
• Rachel Getting Married
• Revolutionary Road
• Tropic Thunder

Best Director

Danny Boyle – Slumdog Millionaire

• Darren Aronofsky – The Wrestler
• Ron Howard – Frost/Nixon
• Christopher Nolan – The Dark Knight
• Andrew Stanton – WALL•E

Best Film

Slumdog Millionaire

• The Dark Knight
• Frost/Nixon
• WALL•E
• The Wrestler

Best Newcomer

Martin McDonagh (writer/director) – In Bruges

• Rosemarie DeWitt – Rachel Getting Married
• Rebecca Hall – Frost/Nixon and Vicky Cristina Barcelona
• Danny McBride – Pineapple Express
• Dev Patel – Slumdog Millionaire
• Catinca Untaru – The Fall

Best Supporting Actor

Heath Ledger – The Dark Knight posthumously

• Robert Downey, Jr. – Tropic Thunder
• James Franco – Pineapple Express
• Eddie Marsan – Happy-Go-Lucky
• Michael Shannon – Revolutionary Road

Best Supporting Actress

Marisa Tomei – The Wrestler

• Amy Adams – Doubt
• Elizabeth Banks – W.
• Penélope Cruz – Vicky Cristina Barcelona
• Rosemarie DeWitt – Rachel Getting Married

2009 Awards

The nominees for the Detroit Film Critics Society Awards 2009 were announced on December 11, 2009.^[1][2]

Winners in Bold.

Best Film

• (500) Days of Summer
• The Hurt Locker
• Inglourious Basterds
  • Up
• Up in the Air

Best Director

• Kathryn Bigelow - The Hurt Locker
  • Pete Docter - Up
• Jason Reitman - Up in the Air
• Quentin Tarantino - Inglourious Basterds
• Marc Webb - (500) Days of Summer

Best Actor

• George Clooney - Up in the Air
• Matt Damon - The Informant!
  • Colin Firth - A Single Man
• Joseph Gordon-Levitt - (500) Days of Summer
• Sam Rockwell - Moon

Best Actress

• Alison Lohman - Drag Me to Hell
• Carey Mulligan - An Education
• Saoirse Ronan - The Lovely Bones
  • Gabourey Sidibe - Precious
• Meryl Streep - Julie & Julia

Best Supporting Actor

• Woody Harrelson - The Messenger
• Woody Harrelson - Zombieland
• Christian McKay - Me and Orson Welles
• Stanley Tucci - The Lovely Bones
  • Christoph Waltz - Inglourious Basterds

Best Supporting Actress

• Marion Cotillard - Nine
• Vera Farmiga - Up in the Air
• Anna Kendrick - Up in the Air
• Mélanie Laurent - Inglourious Basterds
  • Mo'Nique - Precious

Best Ensemble

• • The Hangover
• Inglourious Basterds
• Precious
• Star Trek
• Zombieland

Breakthrough Performance

• Anna Kendrick - Up in the Air
• Christian McKay - Me and Orson Welles
• Carey Mulligan - An Education
• Chris Pine - Star Trek
  • Gabourey Sidibe - Precious
• Christoph Waltz - Inglourious Basterds

2010 Awards

The nominees for the Detroit Film Critics Society Awards 2010 were announced on December 10, 2010. Winners were announced on December 16, 2010.^[3]

Best Film

• The Social Network
• 127 Hours
• Inception
• The King's Speech
• Winter's Bone

Best Director

• Danny Boyle - 127 Hours
• David Fincher - The Social Network
• Debra Granik - Winter's Bone
• Tom Hooper - The King's Speech
• Christopher Nolan - Inception
• Edgar Wright - Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

Best Actor

• Colin Firth - The King's Speech
• Jeff Bridges - True Grit
• Jesse Eisenberg - The Social Network
• James Franco - 127 Hours
• Ryan Gosling - Blue Valentine

Best Actress

• Jennifer Lawrence - Winter's Bone
• Nicole Kidman - Rabbit Hole
• Carey Mulligan - Never Let Me Go
• Natalie Portman - Black Swan
• Michelle Williams - Blue Valentine

Best Supporting Actor

• Christian Bale - The Fighter
• Andrew Garfield - The Social Network
• John Hawkes - Winter's Bone
• Sam Rockwell - Conviction
• Mark Ruffalo - The Kids Are All Right
• Geoffrey Rush - The King's Speech

Best Supporting Actress

• Amy Adams - The Fighter
• Helena Bonham Carter - The King's Speech
• Greta Gerwig - Greenberg
• Melissa Leo - The Fighter
• Jacki Weaver - Animal Kingdom

Best Ensemble

• Winter's Bone
• The Fighter
• The Kids Are All Right
• The King's Speech
• Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

Breakthrough Performance

• Jennifer Lawrence - Winter's Bone
• Andrew Garfield - The Social Network and Never Let Me Go
• Greta Gerwig - Greenberg
• Chloë Moretz - Kick-Ass and Let Me In
• Mia Wasikowska - The Kids Are All Right

References

1. ^ "Detroit Film Critics Society Announces Best of 2009 Nominations!". Detroit Film Critics Society. http://detroitfilmcritics.com/Home_Page.html. Retrieved 2009-12-13. 
2. ^ "Detroit Film Critics Society nominees". Awards Daily. 2009-12-11. http://www.awardsdaily.com/?p=16332. Retrieved 2009-12-13. 
3. ^ "Detroit Film Critics Society Announces Best of 2010 Nominations!". Detroit Film Critics Society. http://detroitfilmcritics.com/Home_Page.html. Retrieved 2010-12-11. 

• Serba, John (December 9, 2009). "My nominees for Detroit Film Critics Society movie awards". The Grand Rapids Press (Grand Rapids, Michigan). http://www.mlive.com/entertainment/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2009/12/my_nominees_for_detroit_film_c.html. Retrieved 28 December 2009.