Best of 2015 - Academy Awards 2016
The biggest and most prestigious show of them al, the Academy Awards, announced the Oscar winners at the 88 Annual Academy Awards event on 28 February 2016.
Here is a list of the contenders in top categories:
Best Picture The Big Short Bridge of Spies Brooklyn Mad Max: Fury Road The Martian The Revenant Room Spotlight Winner
Best Director Adam Mckay - The Big Short George Miller - Mad Max: Fury Road Alejandro G Inarritu - The Revenant Winner Lenny Abrahamson - Room Tom McCarthy – Spotlight
Best Actor in a Leading Role Bryan Cranston - Trumbo Matt Damon - The Martian Leonardo DiCaprio - The Revenant Winner Michael Fassbender - Steve Jobs Eddie Redmayne - The Danish Girl
Best Actress in a Leading role Cate Blanchett - Carol Brie Larson - Room Winner Jennifer Lawrence - Joy Charlotte Rampling - 45 Years Saoirse Ronan – Brooklyn
Best Actor in a Supporting Role Christian Bale - The Big Short Tom Hardy - The Revenant Mark Ruffalo - Spotlight Mark Rylance - Bridge of Spies Winner Sylvester Stallone – Creed
Best Actress in a Supporting Role Jennifer Jason Leigh - The Hateful Eight Rooney Mara - Carol Rachel McAdams - Spotlight Alicia Vikander - The Danish Girl Winner Kate Winslet - Steve Jobs
Best Visual Effects Ex Machina Winner Mad Max: Fury Road The Martian The Revenant Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Best Animated Feature Film Anomalisa Inside Out Winner Shaun the Sheep Movie Boy and the Wild When Marnie Was There
Other notable winners were: The Revenant: won for Cinematography Mad Max: Fury Road: won for Production Design, Film Editing, Sound Editing, Sound Mixing, Best Costume Design, Make-Up and Hairstyling The Hateful Eight: won for Musical Score Spectre: won for Original Song Spotlight : won for Original Screenplay The Big Short: won for Adapted Screenplay