Nebraska and Her Lead St. Louis Film Critics Nominations

Heading into the race, it was very clear that there were 2 huge frontrunners for every award this season, you know them better as 12 Years A Slave, and Gravity. They established themselves very early with strong critical acclaim and healthy box office performance, and have been very consistent winners/nominees in the early critics awards.

However, films like Alexander Payne's Nebraska and Spike Jonze's Her have been benefitting from the stigma of not being the frontrunner; slowly and quietly building buzz to eventually become very big players in the later races.

Her especially is getting a nice boost from the critics; it won a joint Best Picture award with Gravity yesterday from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, and won top honors from the NBR. This will help its small and unconventional profile when it comes to the top prize; the Oscars.

Nebraska was seen as something of a vehicle for leading man Bruce Dern's performance, but it's been being recognized in various other categories from other awards branches. It's very clear that the people who love this film, really love it.

Anyway, you can take a full list of nominees after the jump

Best Film:

• "American Hustle"
• "Gravity"
• "Her"
• "Nebraska" 
• "12 Years A Slave"

Best Director:

• Alfonso Cuaron, "Gravity"
• Spike Jonze, "Her"
• Steve McQueen, "12 Years A Slave"
• Alexander Payne, "Nebraska"
• David O. Russell, "American Hustle"

Best Actor:

• Christian Bale, "American Hustle"
• Bruce Dern, "Nebraska"
• Chiwetel Ejiofor, "12 Years A Slave"
• Michael B. Jordan, "Fruitvale Station"
• Matthew McConaughey, "Dallas Buyers Club"

Best Actress:

• Amy Adams, "American Hustle"
• Cate Blanchett, "Blue Jasmine"
• Sandra Bullock, "Gravity"
• Judi Dench, "Philomena"
• Meryl Streep, "August: Osage County"
• Emma Thompson, "Saving Mr. Banks"

Best Supporting Actor: 

• Barkhad Abdi, "Captain Phillips"
• Michael Fassbender, "12 Years A Slave"
• Harrison Ford, "42"
• Will Forte, "Nebraska"
• Jared Leto, "Dallas Buyers Club"

Best Supporting Actress:

• Scarlett Johansson, "Her"
• Jennifer Lawrence, "American Hustle"
• Lupita Nyong'o, "12 Years A Slave"
• Lea Seydoux, "Blue Is the Warmest Color"
• June Squibb, "Nebraska"

Best Adapted Screenplay:

• "Before Midnight"
• "Captain Phillips"
• "Philomena"
• "Short Term 12"
• "The Spectacular Now"
• 12 Years A Slave

Best Original Screenplay:

• "American Hustle" 
• "Enough Said"
• "Her"
• "Nebraska"

Best Cinematography:

• "The Grandmaster"
• "The Great Gatsby"
• "Gravity"
• "Inside Llewyn Davis"
• "Nebraska" 
• "12 Years A Slave"

Best Visual Special Effects:

• "Gravity"
• "The Hobbitt: The Desolation of Smaug"
• "Iron 3"
• "Pacific Rim"
• "Star Trek Into Darkness"
• "Thor: The Dark World"

Best Musical Score:

• "Gravity"
• "Her"
• "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug"
• "Nebraska"
• "Saving Mr. Banks"
• "12 Years A Slave"

Best Soundtrack:

• "American Hustle"
• "Despicable Me 2"
• "Frozen"
• "The Great Gatsby"
• "Inside Llewyn Davis"
• "Muscle Shoals"

Best Art Direction:

• "The Grandmaster"
• "The Great Gatsby"
• "Her"
• "Inside Llewyn Davis"
• "12 Years A Slave"

Best Documentary:

• "20 Feet from Stardom"
• "The Act of Killing"
• "Blackfish"
• "Muscle Shoals" 
• "Stories We Tell"

Best Non-English Language Film:

• "Blue Is the Warmest Color"
• "A Hijacking"
• "The Hunt"
• "No"
• "Wadjda"

Best Comedy:

• "Enough Said"
• "The Heat"
• "Nebraska"
• "The Way Way Back"
• "The World's End"

Best Animated Feature:

• "The Croods"
• "Despicable Me 2"
• "Frozen"
• "Monsters University"
• "The Wind Rises"

Best Art-House or Festival Film

• "Ain't Them Bodies Saints"
• "Before Midnight"
• "Blue Is the Warmest Color"
• "Frances Ha"
• "In a World..."
• "Short Term 12"