- Birdman or – Alejandro G. Iñárritu, John Lesher, and James W. Skotchdopole, producers
- * American Sniper – Clint Eastwood, Robert Lorenz, Andrew Lazar, Bradley Cooper, and Peter Morgan, producers
- * Boyhood – Richard Linklater and Cathleen Sutherland, producers
- * The Grand Budapest Hotel – Wes Anderson, Scott Rudin, Steven Rales and Jeremy Dawson, producers
- * The Imitation Game – Nora Grossman, Ido Ostrowsky, and Teddy Schwarzman, producers
- * Selma – Christian Colson, Oprah Winfrey, Dede Gardner, and Jeremy Kleiner, producers
- * The Theory of Everything – Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Lisa Bruce, and Anthony McCarten, producers
- * Whiplash – Jason Blum, Helen Estabrook, and David Lancaster, producers
| Alejandro G. Iñárritu – Birdman or * Richard Linklater – Boyhood* Bennett Miller – Foxcatcher* Wes Anderson – The Grand Budapest Hotel* Morten Tyldum – The Imitation Game |
| Eddie Redmayne – The Theory of Everything as Stephen Hawking* Steve Carell – Foxcatcher as John Eleuthère du Pont* Bradley Cooper – American Sniper as Chris Kyle* Benedict Cumberbatch – The Imitation Game as Alan Turing* Michael Keaton – Birdman or as Riggan Thomson | Julianne Moore – Still Alice as Alice Howland* Marion Cotillard – Two Days, One Night as Sandra Bya* Felicity Jones – The Theory of Everything as Jane Wilde Hawking* Rosamund Pike – Gone Girl as Amy Elliott-Dunne* Reese Witherspoon – Wild as Cheryl Strayed |
| J. K. Simmons – Whiplash as Terence Fletcher* Robert Duvall – The Judge as Judge Joseph Palmer* Ethan Hawke – Boyhood as Mason Evans, Sr.* Edward Norton – Birdman or as Mike Shiner* Mark Ruffalo – Foxcatcher as Dave Schultz | Patricia Arquette – Boyhood as Olivia Evans* Laura Dern – Wild as Bobbi Grey* Keira Knightley – The Imitation Game as Joan Clarke* Emma Stone – Birdman or as Sam Thomson* Meryl Streep – Into the Woods as The Witch |
| Birdman or – Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris Jr., and Armando Bo* Boyhood – Richard Linklater* Foxcatcher – E. Max Frye and Dan Futterman* The Grand Budapest Hotel – Wes Anderson and Hugo Guinness* Nightcrawler – Dan Gilroy | The Imitation Game – Graham Moore; based on the book Alan Turing: The Enigma by Andrew Hodges* American Sniper – Jason Hall; based on the book by Chris Kyle with Scott McEwen and Jim DeFelice* Inherent Vice – Paul Thomas Anderson; based on the novel by Thomas Pynchon* The Theory of Everything – Anthony McCarten; based on the book Travelling to Infinity: My Life with Stephen by Jane Wilde Hawking* Whiplash – Damien Chazelle; based on his short film |
| Big Hero 6 – Don Hall, Chris Williams, and Roy Conli* The Boxtrolls – Anthony Stacchi, Graham Annable, and Travis Knight* How to Train Your Dragon 2 – Dean DeBlois and Bonnie Arnold* Song of the Sea – Tomm Moore and Paul Young* The Tale of the Princess Kaguya – Isao Takahata and Yoshiaki Nishimura | Ida in Polish – Directed by Paweł Pawlikowski* Leviathan in Russian – Directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev* Tangerines in Estonian and Russian – Directed by Zaza Urushadze* Timbuktu in French – Directed by Abderrahmane Sissako* Wild Tales in Spanish – Directed by Damián Szifron |
| Citizenfour – Laura Poitras, Mathilde Bonnefoy, and Dirk Wilutzky* Finding Vivian Maier – John Maloof and Charlie Siskel* Last Days in Vietnam – Rory Kennedy and Keven McAlester* The Salt of the Earth – Wim Wenders, Juliano Ribeiro Salgado and David Rosier* Virunga – Orlando von Einsiedel and Joanna Natasegara | Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1 – Ellen Goosenberg Kent and Dana Perry* Joanna – Aneta Kopacz* Our Curse – Tomasz Śliwiński and Maciej Ślesicki* The Reaper – Gabriel Serra Arguello* White Earth – J. Christian Jensen |
| The Phone Call – Mat Kirkby and James Lucas* Aya – Oded Binnun and Mihal Brezis* Boogaloo and Graham – Michael Lennox and Ronan Blaney* Butter Lamp – Hu Wei and Julien Féret* Parvaneh – Talkhon Hamzavi and Stefan Eichenberger | Feast – Patrick Osborne and Kristina Reed* The Bigger Picture – Daisy Jacobs and Christopher Hees* The Dam Keeper – Robert Kondo and Dice Tsutsumi* Me and My Moulton – Torill Kove* A Single Life – Joris Oprins |
| The Grand Budapest Hotel – Alexandre Desplat* The Imitation Game – Alexandre Desplat* Interstellar – Hans Zimmer* Mr. Turner – Gary Yershon* The Theory of Everything – Jóhann Jóhannsson | "Glory" from Selma – Music and Lyrics by John Stephens and Lonnie Lynn* "Everything Is Awesome" from The Lego Movie – Music and Lyrics by Shawn Patterson* "Grateful" from Beyond the Lights – Music and Lyrics by Diane Warren* "I'm Not Gonna Miss You" from Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me – Music and Lyrics by Glen Campbell and Julian Raymond* "Lost Stars" from Begin Again – Music and Lyrics by Gregg Alexander and Danielle Brisebois |
| American Sniper – Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman* Birdman or – Martin Hernández and Aaron Glascock* The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies – Brent Burge and Jason Canovas* Interstellar – Richard King* Unbroken – Becky Sullivan and Andrew DeCristofaro | Whiplash – Craig Mann, Ben Wilkins, and Thomas Curley* American Sniper – John T. Reitz, Gregg Rudloff, and Walt Martin * Birdman or – Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño, and Thomas Varga* Interstellar – Gary A. Rizzo, Gregg Landaker, and Mark Weingarten* Unbroken – Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño, and David Lee |
| The Grand Budapest Hotel – Production Design: Adam Stockhausen; Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock* The Imitation Game – Production Design: Maria Djurkovic; Set Decoration: Tatiana Macdonald* Interstellar – Production Design: Nathan Crowley; Set Decoration: Gary Fettis* Into the Woods – Production Design: Dennis Gassner; Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock* Mr. Turner – Production Design: Suzie Davies; Set Decoration: Charlotte Watts | Birdman or – Emmanuel Lubezki* The Grand Budapest Hotel – Robert Yeoman* Ida – Łukasz Żal and Ryszard Lenczewski* Mr. Turner – Dick Pope* Unbroken – Roger Deakins |
| The Grand Budapest Hotel – Frances Hannon and Mark Coulier* Foxcatcher – Bill Corso and Dennis Liddiard* Guardians of the Galaxy – Elizabeth Yianni-Georgiou and David White | The Grand Budapest Hotel – Milena Canonero* Inherent Vice – Mark Bridges* Into the Woods – Colleen Atwood* Maleficent – Anna B. Sheppard* Mr. Turner – Jacqueline Durran |
| Whiplash – Tom Cross* American Sniper – Joel Cox and Gary D. Roach* Boyhood – Sandra Adair* The Grand Budapest Hotel – Barney Pilling* The Imitation Game – William Goldenberg | Interstellar – Paul Franklin, Andrew Lockley, Ian Hunter, and Scott Fisher* Captain America: The Winter Soldier – Dan DeLeeuw, Russell Earl, Bryan Grill, and Dan Sudick* Dawn of the Planet of the Apes – Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, Daniel Barrett, and Erik Winquist* Guardians of the Galaxy – Stephane Ceretti, Nicolas Aithadi, Jonathan Fawkner, and Paul Corbould* X-Men: Days of Future Past – Richard Stammers, Lou Pecora, Tim Crosbie, and Cameron Waldbauer |