'Boyhood' Tops New York Film Critics Circle Awards 2014 - Winners List

The winners have been announced for the New York Film Critics Circle Awards 2014, one of the first significant stops on the road to the Academy Awards. The top film is Richard Linklater's Boyhood, the coming-of-age drama filmed over the course of nearly 12 years, depicting the development of a young boy via the real-time maturation of lead star Ellar Coltrane.

Considered to be one of the Oscar frontrunners, the film also took home awards for Best Director, and Best Supporting Actress for Patricia Arquette. Also among the big winners were J.K. Simmons for Best Supporting Actor in Whiplash, Marion Cotillard for Best Actress in both The Immigrant and Two Days, One Night, and Timothy Spall for Best Actor in Mr. Turner, a film which made headlines as one of the five movies leaked to the internet following a hacker attack on Sony. Granted, it would be kind of poetic if the visibility the film has received as a result of the hackers' efforts ended up increasing its profile for Oscar season.

But what else won big at the New York Film Critics Circle Awards 2014? Check out the complete winners list below:

Credit: IFC Films

NEW YORK FILM CRITICS CIRCLE AWARDS 2014 WINNERS LIST

Best Picture: Boyhood
Best Director: Richard Linklater, Boyhood
Best First Film: Jennifer Kent, The Babadook
Best Actress: Marion Cotillard, The Immigrant and Two Days, One Night
Best Actor: Timothy Spall, Mr. Turner
Best Cinematography: Darius Khondji, The Immigrant
Best Screenplay: The Grand Budapest Hotel
Best Supporting Actress: Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
Best Supporting Actor: J.K. Simmons, Whiplash
Best Nonfiction Film: Citizen Four
Best Foreign Language Film: Ida
Best Animated Film: The Lego Movie