| Award |
Winner |
Description |
| Best Picture |
Spotlight |
Story of the Boston Globe's investigation into the Catholic Church's cover-up of child abuse |
| Best Director |
Alejandro G. I��rritu |
For the film The Revenant, a story of survival and revenge in the American wilderness |
| Best Actor |
Leonardo DiCaprio |
For his role in The Revenant as a frontiersman seeking revenge after being left for dead by his companions |
| Best Actress |
Brie Larson |
For her role in Room, a story of a woman and her son held captive in a small room for years |
| Best Supporting Actor |
Mark Rylance |
For his role in Bridge of Spies, a Cold War thriller about a lawyer negotiating the release of a captured American pilot |
| Best Supporting Actress |
Alicia Vikander |
For her role in The Danish Girl, a biographical drama about the first person to undergo gender reassignment surgery |
| Best Original Screenplay |
Spotlight |
Written by Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer |
| Best Adapted Screenplay |
The Big Short |
Written by Charles Randolph and Adam McKay, based on the book by Michael Lewis |
| Best Animated Feature |
Inside Out |
A Pixar film about the emotions inside a young girl's head |
| Best Documentary Feature |
Amy |
A documentary about the life and death of singer Amy Winehouse |
| Best Foreign Language Film |
Son of Saul |
A Hungarian film about a Jewish prisoner in Auschwitz who tries to give a proper burial to a boy he believes is his son |
| Best Original Score |
The Hateful Eight |
Composed by Ennio Morricone |
| Best Original Song |
"Writing's on the Wall" from Spectre |
Written by Sam Smith and Jimmy Napes |
| Best Cinematography |
The Revenant |
Shot by Emmanuel Lubezki |
| Best Costume Design |
Mad Max: Fury Road |
Designed by Jenny Beavan |
| Best Production Design |
Mad Max: Fury Road |
Designed by Colin Gibson and Lisa Thompson |
| Best Makeup and Hairstyling |
Mad Max: Fury Road |
Designed by Lesley Vanderwalt, Elka Wardega, and Damian Martin |
| Best Film Editing |
Mad Max: Fury Road |
Edited by Margaret Sixel |
| Best Sound Editing |
Mad Max: Fury Road |
Sound editing by Mark Mangini and David White |
| Best Sound Mixing |
Mad Max: Fury Road |
Sound mixing by Chris Jenkins, Gregg Rudloff, and Ben Osmo |
| Best Visual Effects |
Ex Machina |
Visual effects by Andrew Whitehurst, Paul Norris, Mark Ardington, and Sara Bennett |