JMW Turner biopic Mr Turner has been nominated for seven London Critics' Circle Film gongs - with its star Timothy Spall pitted against Benedict Cumberbatch and Eddie Redmayne for best actor.
The movie leads the way with the most nominations, including Film Of The Year, British Film and Director for filmmaker Mike Leigh.
Spall is up for Actor Of The Year for his performance as the famous painter.
His rivals in the same category include Cumberbatch for his role as codebreaker Alan Turing in The Imitation Game, Redmayne for his performance as Stephen Hawking in The Theory Of Everything, as well as US actors Jake Gyllenhaal for crime thriller Nightcrawler and Michael Keaton for his part as a washed-up Hollywood actor in Birdman.
In the Actress Of The Year category, Julianne Moore has two separate nominations for her performance as a Harvard professor suffering from early onset Alzheimer's in Still Alice, and her role in David Cronenberg's black comedy Maps To The Stars.
She is up against French actress Marion Cotillard (Two Days, One Night), Australian Essie Davis (The Babadook), and Scarlett Johansson (Under The Skin).
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's film industry satire Birdman follows Mr Turner with six nominations, voted for by print, online and broadcast film critics.
Boyhood, The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Imitation Game, The Theory Of Everything and Under The Skin have five.
The winners will be announced on January 18 at The May Fair Hotel in London.
35th London Critics' Circle Film Awards main nominations
Film of the year
Birdman
Boyhood
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Ida
Leviathan
Mr Turner
Nightcrawler
The Theory of Everything
Under the Skin
Whiplash
British Film of the year
The Imitation Game
Mr Turner
Pride
The Theory of Everything
Under the Skin
Actor of the year
Benedict Cumberbatch - The Imitation Game
Jake Gyllenhaal - Nightcrawler
Michael Keaton - Birdman
Eddie Redmayne - The Theory of Everything
Timothy Spall - Mr Turner
Actress of the year
Marion Cotillard - Two Days, One Night
Essie Davis - The Babadook
Scarlett Johansson - Under the Skin
Julianne Moore - Maps to the Stars
Julianne Moore - Still Alice
Supporting Actor of the year
Riz Ahmed - Nightcrawler
Ethan Hawke - Boyhood
Edward Norton - Birdman
Mark Ruffalo - Foxcatcher
JK Simmons - Whiplash
Supporting Actress of the year
Patricia Arquette - Boyhood
Marion Bailey - Mr Turner
Jessica Chastain - A Most Violent Year
Agata Kulesza - Ida
Emma Stone - Birdman
British Actor of the year
Benedict Cumberbatch - The Imitation Game
Tom Hardy - Locke, The Drop
Jack O'Connell - Starred Up, '71 & Unbroken
Eddie Redmayne - The Theory of Everything
Timothy Spall - Mr Turner
British Actress of the year
Emily Blunt - Into the Woods & Edge of Tomorrow
Felicity Jones - The Theory of Everything
Keira Knightley - The Imitation Game, Begin Again & Say When
Gugu Mbatha-Raw - Belle
Rosamund Pike - Gone Girl & What We Did On Our Holiday
Director of the year
Wes Anderson - The Grand Budapest Hotel
Jonathan Glazer - Under the Skin
Alejandro G Inarritu - Birdman
Richard Linklater - Boyhood
Mike Leigh - Mr Turner
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