Film critics, we’re often told, don’t vote for the Oscars — but if they did, here’s what at least three of their nomination ballots might look like. We listed our top five choices for best director, actor/actress, supporting actor/actress, original/adapted screenplay and cinematography. For best picture, we allowed ourselves 10 choices, based on the unlikely but theoretically possible outcome of 10 nominees in that category.

JUSTIN CHANG

Justin Chang

@justincchang

BEST PICTURE

“Bird People”

“Boyhood”

“Foxcatcher”

“Gone Girl”

“The Grand Budapest Hotel”

“Interstellar”

“Mr. Turner”

“Selma”

“Under the Skin”

“Winter Sleep”

BEST DIRECTOR

Ava DuVernay, “Selma”

Jonathan Glazer, “Under the Skin”

Mike Leigh, “Mr. Turner”

Richard Linklater, “Boyhood”

Bennett Miller, “Foxcatcher”

BEST ACTOR

Haluk Bilginer, “Winter Sleep”

Ralph Fiennes, “The Grand Budapest Hotel”

Oscar Isaac, “A Most Violent Year”

David Oyelowo, “Selma”

Channing Tatum, “Foxcatcher”

BEST ACTRESS

Marion Cotillard, “Two Days, One Night”

Essie Davis, “The Babadook”

Scarlett Johansson, “Under the Skin”

Julianne Moore, “Still Alice”

Rosamund Pike, “Gone Girl”

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Josh Brolin, “Inherent Vice”

Ethan Hawke, “Boyhood”

Ben Mendelsohn, “Starred Up”

Chris Pine, “Into the Woods”

Mark Ruffalo, “Foxcatcher”

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Patricia Arquette, “Boyhood”

Marion Bailey, “Mr. Turner”

Elena Lyadova, “Leviathan”

Melisa Sozen, “Winter Sleep”

Tilda Swinton, “Snowpiercer”

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Richard Linklater, “Boyhood”

John Michael McDonagh, “Calvary”

Wes Anderson, “The Grand Budapest Hotel”

Mike Leigh, “Mr. Turner”

Ebru Ceylan and Nuri Bilge Ceylan, “Winter Sleep”

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

Christopher McQuarrie, Jez Butterworth and John-Henry Butterworth, “Edge of Tomorrow”

Gillian Flynn, “Gone Girl”

Paul Thomas Anderson, “Inherent Vice”

Bong Joon-ho and Kelly Masterson, “Snowpiercer”

Jonathan Glazer and Walter Campbell, “Under the Skin”

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Robert Yeoman, “The Grand Budapest Hotel”

Lukasz Zal and Ryszard Lenczewski, “Ida”

Hoyte van Hoytema, “Interstellar”

Dick Pope, “Mr. Turner”

Gokhan Tiryaki, “Winter Sleep”

SCOTT FOUNDAS

Scott Foundas

@foundasonfilm

BEST PICTURE

“American Sniper”

“Citizenfour”

“Foxcatcher”

“Goodbye to Language”

“Gone Girl”

“The Immigrant”

“Inherent Vice”

“Interstellar”

“Selma”

“Winter Sleep”

BEST DIRECTOR

Paul Thomas Anderson, “Inherent Vice”

Ava DuVernay, “Selma”

Clint Eastwood, “American Sniper”

David Fincher, “Gone Girl”

Jean-Luc Godard, “Goodbye to Language”

BEST ACTOR

Haluk Bilginer, “Winter Sleep”

Tom Hardy, “Locke”

Michael Keaton, “Birdman”

David Oyelowo, “Selma”

Timothy Spall, “Mr. Turner”

BEST ACTRESS

Marion Cotillard, “The Immigrant”

Emmanuelle Devos, “Violette”

Felicity Jones, “The Theory of Everything”

Julianne Moore, “Still Alice”

Agata Trzebuchowska, “Ida”

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Niels Arestrup, “The French Minister”

Nelsan Ellis, “Get On Up”

Edward Norton, “Birdman”

Mark Ruffalo, “Foxcatcher”

J.K. Simmons, “Whiplash”

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Demet Akbag, “Winter Sleep”

Carmen Ejogo, “Selma”

Sandrine Kiberlain, “Violette”

Agata Kulesza, “Ida”

Tilda Swinton, “Snowpiercer”

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

John Michael McDonagh, “Calvary”

Wes Anderson, “The Grand Budapest Hotel”

Alex Ross Perry, “Listen Up Philip”

Chris Rock, “Top Five”

Ebru Ceylan and Nuri Bilge Ceylan, “Winter Sleep”

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

Jason Hall, “American Sniper”

Christopher McQuarrie, Jez Butterworth and John-Henry Butterworth, “Edge of Tomorrow“

Gillian Flynn, “Gone Girl”

Paul Thomas Anderson, “Inherent Vice”

Damien Chazelle, “Whiplash”

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Robert Yeoman, “The Grand Budapest Hotel”

Lukasz Zal and Ryszard Lenczewski, “Ida”

Darius Khondji, “The Immigrant”

Hoyte van Hoytema, “Interstellar”

Sean Price Williams, “Listen Up Philip”