Best of 2015 - Critics Choice Movie Awards
The Critics Choice Movie Awards (CCMAs) are hosted by the Broadcast Film Critics Association. Parent Previews’ founder and chief reviewer Rod Gustafson is a voting member of this organization. The Critics Choice Movie Awards show will be televised on Sunday, January 17, 2016. Here is the BFCA’s list of the critics’ top picks for 2015. The winners are also indicated:
2016: NOMINATIONS FOR THE 21st ANNUAL CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARDS
BEST PICTURE The Big Short Bridge of Spies Brooklyn Carol Mad Max: Fury Road The Martian The Revenant Room Sicario Spotlight —Winner Star Wars: The Force Awakens
BEST ACTOR Bryan Cranston – Trumbo Matt Damon – The Martian Johnny Depp – Black Mass Leonardo DiCaprio – The Revenant —Winner Michael Fassbender – Steve Jobs Eddie Redmayne – The Danish Girl
BEST ACTRESS Cate Blanchett – Carol Brie Larson – Room —Winner Jennifer Lawrence—Joy Charlotte Rampling – 45 Years Saoirse Ronan – Brooklyn Charlize Theron – Mad Max: Fury Road
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Paul Dano – Love & Mercy Tom Hardy – The Revenant Mark Ruffalo – Spotlight Mark Rylance – Bridge of Spies Michael Shannon – 99 Homes Sylvester Stallone – Creed —Winner
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Jennifer Jason Leigh – The Hateful Eight Rooney Mara – Carol Rachel McAdams – Spotlight Helen Mirren – Trumbo Alicia Vikander – The Danish Girl —Winner Kate Winslet – Steve Jobs
BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS Abraham Attah – Beasts of No Nation RJ Cyler – Me and Earl and the Dying Girl Shameik Moore – Dope Milo Parker – Mr. Holmes Jacob Tremblay – Room —Winner
BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE The Big Short The Hateful Eight Spotlight —Winner Straight Outta Compton Trumbo
BEST DIRECTOR Todd Haynes – Carol Alejandro González Iñárritu – The Revenant Tom McCarthy – Spotlight George Miller – Mad Max: Fury Road —Winner Ridley Scott – The Martian Steven Spielberg – Bridge of Spies
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY Matt Charman, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen – Bridge of Spies Alex Garland – Ex Machina Quentin Tarantino – The Hateful Eight Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve, Josh Cooley – Inside Out Josh Singer and Tom McCarthy – Spotlight —Winner
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY Charles Randolph and Adam McKay – The Big Short —Winner Nick Hornby – Brooklyn Drew Goddard – The Martian Emma Donoghue – Room Aaron Sorkin – Steve Jobs
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY Carol – Ed Lachman The Hateful Eight – Robert Richardson Mad Max: Fury Road– John Seale The Martian—Dariusz Wolski The Revenant—Emmanuel Lubezki —Winner Sicario—Roger Deakins
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN Bridge of Spies—Adam Stockhausen, Rena DeAngelo Brooklyn – François Séguin, Jennifer Oman and Louise Tremblay Carol – Judy Becker, Heather Loeffler The Danish Girl– Eve Stewart, Michael Standish Mad Max: Fury Road– Colin Gibson, Lisa Thompson —Winner The Martian – Arthur Max, Celia Bobak
BEST EDITING The Big Short—Hank Corwin Mad Max: Fury Road– Margaret Sixel —Winner The Martian – Pietro Scalia The Revenant – Stephen Mirrione Spotlight – Tom McArdle
BEST COSTUME DESIGN Brooklyn – Odile Dicks-Mireaux Carol – Sandy Powell Cinderella – Sandy Powell The Danish Girl – Paco Delgado Mad Max: Fury Road– Jenny Beavan —Winner
BEST HAIR & MAKEUP Black Mass Carol The Danish Girl The Hateful Eight Mad Max: Fury Road —Winner The Revenant
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS Ex Machina Jurassic World Mad Max: Fury Road —Winner The Martian The Revenant The Walk
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE Anomalisa The Good Dinosaur Inside Out —Winner The Peanuts Movie Shaun the Sheep Movie
BEST ACTION MOVIE Furious 7 Jurassic World Mad Max: Fury Road —Winner Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation Sicario
BEST ACTOR IN AN ACTION MOVIE Daniel Craig – Spectre Tom Cruise – Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation Tom Hardy – Mad Max: Fury Road —Winner Chris Pratt – Jurassic World Paul Rudd – Ant-Man
BEST ACTRESS IN AN ACTION MOVIE Emily Blunt – Sicario Rebecca Ferguson – Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation Bryce Dallas Howard – Jurassic World Jennifer Lawrence – The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 Charlize Theron – Mad Max: Fury Road —Winner
BEST COMEDY The Big Short —Winner Inside Out Joy Sisters Spy Trainwreck
BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY Christian Bale – The Big Short —Winner Steve Carell – The Big Short Robert De Niro – The Intern Bill Hader – Trainwreck Jason Statham – Spy
BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY Tina Fey – Sisters Jennifer Lawrence – Joy Melissa McCarthy – Spy Amy Schumer – Trainwreck —Winner Lily Tomlin – Grandma
BEST SCI-FI/HORROR MOVIE Ex Machina —Winner It Follows Jurassic World Mad Max: Fury Road The Martian
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM The Assassin Goodnight Mommy Mustang The Second Mother Son of Saul —Winner
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE Amy —Winner Cartel Land Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief He Named Me Malala The Look of Silence Where to Invade Next
BEST SONG Fifty Shades of Grey—Love Me Like You Do Furious 7—See You Again —Winner The Hunting Ground – Til It Happens To You Love & Mercy—One Kind of Love Spectre – Writing’s on the Wall Youth – Simple Song #3
BEST SCORE Carol – Carter Burwell The Hateful Eight—Ennio Morricone —Winner The Revenant – Ryuichi Sakamoto and Alva Noto Sicario – Johann Johannsson Spotlight – Howard Shore