12 Years a Slave: Best Picture · Alfonso Cuarón: directing
Oscars 2014: winning films and award nominations
12 Years a Slave won Best Picture at the 2014 Oscars. The directing award went to Alfonso Cuarón for Gravity, while Cate Blanchett received leading actress recognition for Blue Jasmine.
- 57Films
- 24Categories
- 121Nomination entries
- 12Winners
- March 2, 2014Ceremony date
Winning films and category recognition at Oscars 2014
12 Years a Slave won Best Picture at the 2014 Oscars. Matthew McConaughey won for Dallas Buyers Club, while Cate Blanchett received leading actress recognition for Blue Jasmine.
Nominated films and award entries at Oscars 2014
American Hustle and Captain Phillips competed for Best Picture alongside 12 Years a Slave at the 2014 Oscars. Explore their other category entries as well: a film can have several nominations and win in a different category.
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Wins are included in nomination counts.
Explore Oscars 2014 nominations and winners by category
Gravity received Cinematography recognition at the 2014 Oscars, while The Great Gatsby won Costume Design. Explore the other category shortlists and their credited winners within the same ceremony year.
Best Picture
9 nominations
Winner 12 Years a Slave Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Steve McQueen, Anthony Katagas - American Hustle Charles Roven, Richard Suckle, Megan Ellison, Jonathan Gordon
- Captain Phillips Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti, Michael De Luca
- Dallas Buyers Club Robbie Brenner, Rachel Winter
- Gravity Alfonso Cuarón, David Heyman
- Her Megan Ellison, Spike Jonze, Vincent Landay
- Nebraska Albert Berger, Ron Yerxa
- Philomena Gabrielle Tana, Steve Coogan, Tracey Seaward
- The Wolf of Wall Street Martin Scorsese, Leonardo DiCaprio, Joey McFarland, Emma Tillinger Koskoff
Directing
5 nominations
Winner Gravity Alfonso Cuarón Actor in a Leading Role
5 nominations
Winner Dallas Buyers Club Matthew McConaughey Actress in a Leading Role
5 nominations
Winner Blue Jasmine Cate Blanchett Actor in a Supporting Role
5 nominations Winner Dallas Buyers Club Jared Leto Actress in a Supporting Role
5 nominations Winner 12 Years a Slave Lupita Nyong'o Animated Feature Film
5 nominations
Winner Frozen Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee, Peter Del Vecho Cinematography
5 nominations Winner Gravity Emmanuel Lubezki Costume Design
5 nominations
Winner The Great Gatsby Catherine Martin Documentary (Feature)
5 nominations
Winner 20 Feet from Stardom Morgan Neville, Gil Friesen, Caitrin Rogers Documentary (Short Subject)
5 nominations
Winner The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life Malcolm Clarke, Nicholas Reed Film Editing
5 nominations Winner Gravity Alfonso Cuarón, Mark Sanger Foreign Language Film
5 nominations
Winner La Grande Bellezza Italy Makeup and Hairstyling
3 nominations Winner Dallas Buyers Club Adruitha Lee, Robin Mathews Music (Original Score)
5 nominations Winner Gravity Steven Price Music (Original Song)
4 nominations Winner Let It Go Frozen Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Robert Lopez Production Design
5 nominations Winner The Great Gatsby Catherine Martin, Beverley Dunn Short Film (Animated)
5 nominations
Winner Mr Hublot Laurent Witz, Alexandre Espigares Short Film (Live Action)
5 nominations
Winner Helium Anders Walter, Kim Magnusson Sound Mixing
5 nominations Winner Gravity Skip Lievsay, Niv Adiri, Christopher Benstead, Chris Munro Visual Effects
5 nominations Winner Gravity Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, David Shirk, Neil Corbould - Iron Man 3 Christopher Townsend, Guy Williams, Erik Nash, Dan Sudick
- Star Trek Into Darkness Roger Guyett, Patrick Tubach, Ben Grossmann, Burt Dalton
- The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton, Eric Reynolds
- The Lone Ranger Tim Alexander, Gary Brozenich, Edson Williams, John Frazier
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
5 nominations Winner 12 Years a Slave John Ridley Writing (Original Screenplay)
5 nominations
Winner Her Spike Jonze Sound Editing
5 nominations Winner Gravity Glenn Freemantle About these results
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- March 2, 2014
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- October 29, 2026
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