best picture
Top 10 of 2015
1. Mad Max: Fury Road – George Miller
2. Star Wars: The Force Awakens – JJ Abrams
3. The Revenant – Alejandro González Ińárritu
4. The Martian – Ridley Scott
5. Creed – Ryan Coogler
6. Amy – Asif Kapadia
7. Inside Out – Pete Docter, Ronnie del Carmen
8. Phoenix – Christian Petzold
9. Burnt – John Wells
10. Ex Machina – Alex Garland
Honourable Mentions:
Son of Saul – László Nemes
Brooklyn – John Crowley
The Big Short – Adam McKay
Sicario – Denis Villeneuve
Spy – Paul Feig
Gett: The Trial of Vivian Amsalem – Ronit Elkabetz, Shlomi Elkabetz
Straight Outta Compton – F. Gary Gray
Truth – James Vanderbilt
best director
Winner:
George Miller – Mad Max: Fury Road
Nominees:
Asif Kapadia – Amy
Ryan Coogler – Creed
Ridley Scott – The Martian
Alejandro Gonzalez Ińárritu – The Revenant
J.J. Abrams – Star Wars: The Force Awakens
best lead actor
Winner:
Michael B. Jordan – Creed
Nominees:
Bradley Cooper – Burnt
Eddie Redmayne – The Danish Girl
Matt Damon – The Martian
Leonardo DiCaprio – The Revenant
Geza Rohrig – Son of Saul
best lead actress
Winner:
Nina Hoss – Phoenix
Nominees:
Saiorse Ronan – Brooklyn
Cate Blanchett – Carol and Truth
Juliette Binoche – Clouds of Sils Maria
Charlize Theron – Mad Max: Fury Road
Emily Blunt – Sicario
best supporting actor
Winner:
Tom Hardy – The Revenant
Nominees:
Idris Elba – Beasts of No Nation
Sylvester Stallone – Creed
Oscar Isaac – Ex Machina
Domnhall Gleeson – The Revenant
Benicio del Toro – Sicario
best supporting actress
Winner:
Alicia Vikander – Ex Machina
Nominees:
Kristen Stewart – Clouds of Sils Maria
Tessa Thompson – Creed
Jessica Chastain – The Martian
Rose Byrne – Spy
Kate Winslet – Steve Jobs
best original screenplay
Winner:
Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve, Josh Cooley – Inside Out
Nominees:
Alex Garland – Ex Machina
Taylor Sheridan – Sicario
Laslo Nemes and Clara Royer – Son of Saul
Paul Feig – Spy
best adapted screenplay
Winner:
Drew Goddard – The Martian
Nominees:
Nick Hornby – Brooklyn
Christian Petzold & Harun Farocki – Phoenix
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu & Mark L. Smith – The Revenant
Aaron Sorkin – Steve Jobs
best original score/soundtrack
Winner:
Harry Gregson-Williams – The Martian
Nominees:
Antonio Pinto – Amy
Ludwig Goransson – Creed
Tom Holkenborg (aka Junkie XL) – Mad Max: Fury Road
Ryuichi Sakamoto – The Revenant
Jóhann Jóhannsson – Sicario
best original song
Winner:
“Waiting For My Moment” – Creed
Nominees:
“See You Again” – Furious 7
“Feel the Light” – Home
“Earned It” – Fifty Shades of Grey
“Simple Song #3” – Youth
best non-english language film
Winner:
Phoenix (Germany)
Runners-up:
Gett: The Trial of Vivian Amsalem (Israel)
Son of Saul (Hungary)
best cinematography
Winner:
Emmanuel Lubezki – The Revenant
Nominees:
Yves Bélanger – Brooklyn
Edward Lachmann – Carol
Yorick Le Seux – Clouds of Sils Maria
John Seale – Mad Max: Fury Road
Hans Fromm – Phoenix
best film editing
Winner:
Margaret Sixel – Mad Max: Fury Road
Nominees:
Chris King – Amy
Hank Corwin – The Big Short
Pietro Scalia – The Martian
Stephen Mirrione – The Revenant
best production design
Mad Max: Fury Road
Nominees
Bridge of Spies
Brooklyn
Ex Machina
The Martian
best costume design
Winner:
Mad Max: Fury Road
Nominees:
Brooklyn
Carol
The Revenant
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
best sound
Winner:
Mad Max: Fury Road
Nominees:
The Martian
The Revenant
Sicario
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
best makeup and hairstyling
Winner:
Mad Max: Fury Road
Nominees:
Black Mass
Cinderella
The Revenant
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
best visual effects
Winner:
Mad Max: Fury Road
Nominees:
Ex Machina
The Martian
The Revenant
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
best stunts
Winner:
Mad Max: Fury Road
Runners-up:
Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation
The Revenant
best documentary
Winner:
Amy
Runners-up:
The Hunting Ground – Meru
best ensemble
Winner:
Creed
Nominees:
The Big Short
Black Mass
Spotlight
Straight Outta Compton
Truth
best animated feature
Winner:
Inside Out
Runners-up:
Anomalisa
Home
best titles sequence
Spectre
best poster
Winner:
The Revenant
Nominees:
Clouds of Sils Maria
Creed
Ex Machina
The Walk
top 10 scenes
Bear Attack – The Revenant
Nominees:
“Back to Black” – Amy
Whitey Confronts Marianne – Black Mass
“You’re a Creed” – Creed
Family Stick Figures – The Good Dinosaur
Riley Returns Home – Inside Out
Final Chase – Mad Max: Fury Road
Space Rescue – The Martian
“Speak Low” – Phoenix
Rey vs. Kylo Ren – Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Please note that eligibility periods and category placements may not be 100% accurate, and is in the sole discretion of the writer to do as he wishes. Thanks.
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