best picture

• the big short
• bridge of spies
• brooklyn
• mad max: fury road
• the martian
• the revenant
• room
• spotlight

actor in a leading role

• bryan cranston, trumbo
• matt damon, the martian
• leonardo dicaprio, the revenant
• michael fassbender, steve jobs
• eddie redmayne, the danish girl

actress in a leading role

• cate blanchett, carol
• brie larson, room
• jennifer lawrence, joy
• charlotte rampling, 45 years
• saoirse ronan, brooklyn

actor in a supporting role

• christian bale, the big short
• tom hardy, the revenant
• mark ruffalo, spotlight
• mark rylance, bridge of spies
• sylvester stallone, creed

actress in a supporting role

• jennifer jason leigh, the hateful eight
• rooney mara, carol
• rachel mcadams, spotlight
• alicia vikander, the danish girl
• kate winslet, steve jobs

animated feature film

• anomalisa, charlie kaufman and duke johnson
• o menino e o mundo (boy and the world), alê abreu
• inside out, pete docter and ronaldo del carmen
• shaun the sheep movie, mark burton and richard goleszowski
• omoide no mânî (when marnie was there), hiromasa yonebayashi

cinematography

• carol, edward lachman
• the hateful eight, robert richardson
• mad max: fury road, john seale
• the revenant, emmanuel lubezki
• sicario, roger deakins

costume design

• carol, sandy powell
• cinderella, sandy powell
• the danish girl, paco delgado
• mad max: fury road, jenny beavan
• the revenant, jacqueline west

directing

• adam mckay, the big short
• george miller, mad max: fury road
• alejandro gonzález iñárritu, the revenant
• lenny abrahamson, room
• tom mccarthy, spotlight

documentary (feature)

• amy, asif kapadia
• cartel land, matthew heineman
• the look of silence, joshua oppenheimer
• what happened, miss simone?, liz garbus
• winter on fire: ukraine’s fight for freedom, evgeny afineevsky

documentary (short subject)

• body team 12, david darg
• chau, beyond the lines, courtney marsh
• claude lanzmann: spectres of the shoah, adam benzine
• a girl in the river: the price of forgiveness, sharmeen obaid-chinoy
• last day of freedom, dee hibbert-jones and nomi talisman

film editing

• the big short, hank corwin
• mad max: fury road, margaret sixel
• the revenant, stephen mirrione
• spotlight, tom mcardle
• star wars: the force awakens, maryann brandon and mary jo markey

foreign language film

• el abrazo de la serpiente (embrace of the serpent), ciro guerra
• mustang, deniz gamze ergüven
• saul fia (son of saul), lászló nemes
• theeb, naji abu nowar
• a war, tobias lindholm

makeup and hairstyling

• mad max: fury road,
• the 100-year-old man who climbed out the window and disappeared
• the revenant

music (original score)

• thomas newman, bridge of spies
• carter burwell, carol
• ennio morricone, the hateful eight
• jóhann jóhannsson, sicario
• john williams, star wars: the force awakens

music (original song)

• “earned it”, fifty shades of grey
• “manta ray”, racing extinction
• “simple song #3”, youth
• “til it happens to you", the hunting ground
• “writing’s on the wall", spectre

production design

• bridge of spies
• the danish girl
• mad max: fury road
• the martian
• the revenant

short film (animated)

• historia de un oso (bear story), _ gabriel osorio vargas_
• prologue, richard williams
• sanjay’s super team, sanjay patel
• mi ne mozhem zhit bez kosmosa (we can’t live without cosmos), konstantin bronzit
• world of tomorrow, don hertzfeldt

short film (live action)

• ave maria, basil khalil
• day one, henry hughes
• alles wird gut (everything will be okay), patrick vollrath
• shok, jamie donoughue
• stutterer, benjamin cleary

sound editing

• mad max: fury road, mark mangini and david white
• the martian, oliver tarney
• the revenant, martin hernandez and lon bender
• sicario, alan robert murray
• star wars: the torce awakens, matthew wood and david acord

sound mixing

• bridge of spies, andy nelson, gary rydstrom and drew kunin
• mad max: fury road, chris jenkins, gregg rudloff and ben osmo
• the martian, paul massey, mark taylor and mac ruth
• the revenant, jon taylor, frank a. montaño, randy thom and chris duesterdiek
• star wars: the force awakens, andy nelson, christopher scarabosio and stuart wilson

visual efects

• ex machina, andrew whitehurst, paul norris, mark ardington and sara bennett
• mad max: fury road, andrew jackson, tom wood, dan oliver and andy williams
• the martian, richard stammers, anders langlands, chris lawrence and steven warner
• the revenant, rich mcbride, matthew shumway, jason smith and cameron waldbauer
• star wars: the force awakens, roger guyett, patrick tubach, neal scanlan and chris corbould

writing (adapted screenplay)

• the big short, charles randolph and adam mckay
• brooklyn, nick hornby
• carol, phyllis nagy
• the martian, drew goddard
• room, emma donoghue

writing (original screenplay)

• bridge of spies, matt charman and ethan coen & joel coen
• ex machina, alex garland
• inside out, screenplay by pete docter, meg lefauve and josh cooley; original story by pete docter, ronnie del carmen
• spotlight, josh singer and tom mccarthy
• straight outta compton, screenplay by jonathan herman and andrea berloff; story by s. leigh savidge, alan wenkus and andrea berloff