❖ - need to watch ☆ - my pick ★ - winner

best picture

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

best actor leading

• bryan cranston - trumbo ❖
• matt damon - the martian
• leonardo dicaprio - the revenant ☆/★
• michael fassbender - steve jobs
• eddie redmayne - the danish girl ❖

best actor supporting

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

best actress leading

• cate blanchett - carol ❖
• brie larson - room ☆/★
• jennifer lawrence - joy ❖
• charlotte rampling - 45 years ❖
• saoirse ronan - brooklyn ❖

best actress supporting

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

best animated feature film

• anomalisa ❖
• boy and the world ❖
• inside out ☆/★
• shaun the sheep movie ❖
• when marnie was there ❖

best director

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

best documentary feature ❖

• amy ★
• cartel land
• the look of silence
• what happened, miss simone?
• winter on fire: ukraine's fight for freedom

cinematography

• carol ❖
• the hateful eight ❖
• mad max: fury road
• the revenant ☆/★
• sicario

original score

• bridge of spies
• carol ❖
• the hateful eight ❖ ★
• sicario
• star wars: the force awakens ☆

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 ☆/★

adapted screenplay

• the big short ☆/★
• brooklyn❖
• carol ❖
• the martian
• room

original screenplay

• bridge of spies
• ex machina
• inside out
• spotlight ★
• straight outta compton ☆
• berloff ❖