For the major categories of the Oscars, the New York Times film critics composed a list of films they would like to see nominated. Manohla Dargis’s choices are below. A. O. Scott’s choices are here and Stephen Holden’s choices are here.

BEST PICTURE

“Boyhood”

“Goodbye to Language”

“Inherent Vice”

“National Gallery”

“Selma”

BEST DIRECTOR

Paul Thomas Anderson, “Inherent Vice”

Ava Duvernay, “Selma”

Jean-Luc Godard, “Goodbye To Language”

Richard Linklater, “Boyhood”

Christopher Nolan, “Interstellar”