| Tier | Texts |
|---|---|
| Nominees | |
| Options | Oscar Winner: Alejandro G. Iñárritu – Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance), Oscar Nominee Richard Linklater – Boyhood, Oscar Nominee Wes Anderson – The Grand Budapest Hotel, Oscar Nominee Ava DuVernay – Selma, Christopher Nolan - Interstellar, David Fincher - Gone Girl, Dan Gilroy - Nightcrawler, Doug Liman - Edge of Tomorrow, Russo Brothers - Captain America: Winter Soldier , David Robert Mitchell - It Follows |
| Deleted |
