My personal 2015 awards...
My Academy Awards style rundown of my personal winners. Other nominees are presented in alphabetical order.
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- DirectorPete DocterRonnie Del CarmenStarsAmy PoehlerBill HaderLewis BlackAfter young Riley is uprooted from her Midwest life and moved to San Francisco, her emotions - Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness - conflict on how best to navigate a new city, house, and school.BEST PICTURE
other nominees:
Bridge of Spies
The Revenant
Room
Star Wars: The Force Awakens * - DirectorJ.J. AbramsStarsDaisy RidleyJohn BoyegaOscar IsaacAs a new threat to the galaxy rises, Rey, a desert scavenger, and Finn, an ex-stormtrooper, must join Han Solo and Chewbacca to search for the one hope of restoring peace.BEST DIRECTOR - J.J. ABRAMS
other nominees:
Lenny Abrahamson - Room
Pete Docter - Inside Out
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu - The Revenant *
Steven Spielberg - Bridge of Spies - DirectorAlejandro G. IñárrituStarsLeonardo DiCaprioTom HardyWill PoulterA frontiersman on a fur trading expedition in the 1820s fights for survival after being mauled by a bear and left for dead by members of his own hunting team.BEST LEAD ACTOR - LEONARDO DICAPRIO
other nominees:
Matt Damon - The Martian
Michael Fassbender - Steve Jobs *
Samuel L. Jackson - The Hateful Eight
Jason Segel - The End of the Tour - DirectorJohn CrowleyStarsSaoirse RonanEmory CohenDomhnall GleesonAn Irish immigrant lands in 1950s Brooklyn, where she quickly falls into a romance with a local. When her past catches up with her, however, she must choose between two countries and the lives that exist within.BEST LEAD ACTRESS - SAOIRSE RONAN
other nominees:
Laia Costa - Victoria
Brie Larson - Room *
Rooney Mara - Carol
Amy Poehler - Inside Out - DirectorCary Joji FukunagaStarsAbraham AttahEmmanuel AffadziRicky AdelayitorA drama based on the experiences of Agu, a child soldier fighting in the civil war of an unnamed African country.BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR - IDRIS ELBA
other nominees:
Emory Cohen - Brooklyn
Benicio del Toro - Sicario
Tom Hardy - The Revenant
Mark Rylance - Bridge of Spies * - DirectorAlex GarlandStarsAlicia VikanderDomhnall GleesonOscar IsaacA young programmer is selected to participate in a ground-breaking experiment in synthetic intelligence by evaluating the human qualities of a highly advanced humanoid A.I.BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS - ALICIA VIKANDER
other nominees:
Joan Allen - Room
Jennifer Jason Leigh - The Hateful Eight
Kristen Stewart - Clouds of Sils Maria *
Kate Winslet - Steve Jobs - DirectorPete DocterRonnie Del CarmenStarsAmy PoehlerBill HaderLewis BlackAfter young Riley is uprooted from her Midwest life and moved to San Francisco, her emotions - Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness - conflict on how best to navigate a new city, house, and school.BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
other nominees:
Bridge of Spies
Ex Machina *
The Hateful Eight
Spotlight - DirectorLenny AbrahamsonStarsBrie LarsonJacob TremblaySean BridgersA little boy is held captive in a room with his mother since his birth, so he has never known the world outside.BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
other nominees:
Brooklyn *
Carol
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Steve Jobs - DirectorQuentin TarantinoStarsSamuel L. JacksonKurt RussellJennifer Jason LeighIn the dead of a Wyoming winter, a bounty hunter and his prisoner find shelter in a cabin currently inhabited by a collection of nefarious characters.BEST ENSEMBLE CAST
other nominees:
Bridge of Spies
Brooklyn
Inside Out *
Spotlight - DirectorPete DocterRonnie Del CarmenStarsAmy PoehlerBill HaderLewis BlackAfter young Riley is uprooted from her Midwest life and moved to San Francisco, her emotions - Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness - conflict on how best to navigate a new city, house, and school.BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
other nominees:
Anomalisa *
The Peanuts Movie
Shaun the Sheep Movie
When Marnie Was There - DirectorDeniz Gamze ErgüvenStarsGünes SensoyDoga Zeynep DogusluTugba SungurogluWhen five orphan girls are seen innocently playing with boys on a beach, their scandalized conservative guardians confine them while forced marriages are arranged.BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
other nominee:
Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom - DirectorAsif KapadiaStarsAmy WinehouseMitch WinehouseMark RonsonArchival footage and personal testimonials present an intimate portrait of the life and career of British singer/songwriter Amy Winehouse.BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
other nominees:
Cartel Land
The Hunting Ground
Racing Extinction
Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom * - DirectorAlejandro G. IñárrituStarsLeonardo DiCaprioTom HardyWill PoulterA frontiersman on a fur trading expedition in the 1820s fights for survival after being mauled by a bear and left for dead by members of his own hunting team.BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
other nominees:
Beasts of No Nation
The Hateful Eight *
Sicario
Victoria - DirectorJ.J. AbramsStarsDaisy RidleyJohn BoyegaOscar IsaacAs a new threat to the galaxy rises, Rey, a desert scavenger, and Finn, an ex-stormtrooper, must join Han Solo and Chewbacca to search for the one hope of restoring peace.BEST FILM EDITING
other nominees:
Inside Out
Mad Max: Fury Road *
The Revenant
Steve Jobs - DirectorGuillermo del ToroStarsMia WasikowskaJessica ChastainTom HiddlestonIn the aftermath of a family tragedy, an aspiring author is torn between love for her childhood friend and the temptation of a mysterious outsider. Trying to escape the ghosts of her past, she is swept away to a house that breathes, bleeds - and remembers.BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
other nominees:
Bridge of Spies
Cinderella *
Inside Out
Star Wars: The Force Awakens - DirectorKenneth BranaghStarsLily JamesCate BlanchettRichard MaddenWhen her father unexpectedly dies, young Ella finds herself at the mercy of her cruel stepmother and her scheming stepsisters. Never one to give up hope, Ella's fortunes begin to change after meeting a dashing stranger.BEST COSTUME DESIGN
other nominees:
Brooklyn
Carol
Pan *
The Revenant - DirectorGeorge MillerStarsTom HardyCharlize TheronNicholas HoultIn a post-apocalyptic wasteland, a woman rebels against a tyrannical ruler in search for her homeland with the aid of a group of female prisoners, a psychotic worshiper and a drifter named Max.BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
other nominees:
Krampus
Mr. Holmes
The Revenant *
Star Wars: The Force Awakens - DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsTom HanksMark RylanceAlan AldaDuring the Cold War, an American lawyer is recruited to defend an arrested Soviet spy in court, and then help the CIA facilitate an exchange of the spy for the Soviet captured American U2 spy plane pilot, Francis Gary Powers.BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
other nominees:
Inside Out
Jupiter Ascending
Jurassic World
Star Wars: The Force Awakens * - DirectorPaul FeigStarsMelissa McCarthyRose ByrneJude LawA desk-bound CIA analyst volunteers to go undercover to infiltrate the world of a deadly arms dealer and prevent diabolical global disaster.BEST ORIGINAL SONG - "WHO CAN YOU TRUST"
other nominees:
"Love Me Like You Do" - Fifty Shades of Grey
"Manta Ray" - Racing Extinction *
"Tell Me" - Lost River
"'Til it Happens To You" - The Hunting Ground - DirectorJ.J. AbramsStarsDaisy RidleyJohn BoyegaOscar IsaacAs a new threat to the galaxy rises, Rey, a desert scavenger, and Finn, an ex-stormtrooper, must join Han Solo and Chewbacca to search for the one hope of restoring peace.BEST SOUND MIXING
other nominees:
Jurassic World
Mad Max: Fury Road *
The Revenant
Sicario - DirectorColin TrevorrowStarsChris PrattBryce Dallas HowardTy SimpkinsA new theme park, built on the original site of Jurassic Park, creates a genetically modified hybrid dinosaur, the Indominus Rex, which escapes containment and goes on a killing spree.BEST SOUND EDITING
other nominees:
Everest
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
Star Wars: The Force Awakens * - DirectorJ.J. AbramsStarsDaisy RidleyJohn BoyegaOscar IsaacAs a new threat to the galaxy rises, Rey, a desert scavenger, and Finn, an ex-stormtrooper, must join Han Solo and Chewbacca to search for the one hope of restoring peace.BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
other nominees:
Ex Machina
The Good Dinosaur
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Walk * - DirectorSebastian SchipperStarsLaia CostaFrederick LauFranz RogowskiA young Spanish woman who has recently moved to Berlin finds her flirtation with a local guy turn potentially deadly as their night out with his friends reveals a dangerous secret.BEST CHOREOGRAPHY
other nominees:
Creed
Kingsman: The Secret Service *
Mad Max: Fury Road
Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation