Oscars: 2016 Winner Predictions and Full List
After “The Revenant” scored 12 nominations on Thursday morning, you have to start thinking that the HFPA favoring “The Revenant” to “Spotlight” wasn’t just a fluke.
We’ll watch and follow the momentum, there is still plenty of time before the Oscars, but we’ve seen this momentum change at the end all too often in the past few years. Primarily when it was supposed to go to “Boyhood” but went to “Birdman” and in 2011 when it was supposed to go to “The Social Network” but went to “The King’s Speech.”
Watch for the PGA and DGA winners as well to notice any significant momentum shift. “Spotlight” should win SAG and PGA, but I think all “The Revenant” needs is a push from a DGA win to secure its victory. If “The Revenant” wins PGA? Well, then it’s over.
Best Picture
The Revenant
Spotlight
Mad Max: Fury Road
Room
The Martian
The Big Short
Bridge of Spies
Brooklyn
Best Director
Alejandro González Iñárritu – The Revenant
Tom McCarthy – Spotlight
George Miller – Mad Max: Fury Road
Adam McKay – The Big Short
Lenny Abrahamson – Room
Actor in a Leading Role
Leonardo DiCaprio – The Revenant
Michael Fassbender – Steve Jobs
Matt Damon – The Martian
Eddie Redmayne – The Danish Girl
Bryan Cranston – TrumboActress in a Leading Role
Brie Larson – Room
Saoirse Ronan – Brooklyn
Cate Blanchett – Carol
Charlotte Rampling – 45 Years
Jennifer Lawrence – Joy
Actor in a Supporting Role
Sylvester Stallone – Creed
Mark Rylance – Bridge of Spies
Mark Ruffalo – Spotlight
Tom Hardy – The Revenant
Christian Bale – The Big ShortActress in a Supporting Role
Rooney Mara – Carol
Kate Winslet – Steve Jobs
Alicia Vikander -The Danish Girl
Rachel McAdams – Spotlight
Jennifer Jason Leigh – The Hateful EightWriting – Adapted Screenplay
The Big Short – Adam McKay, Charles Randolph
The Martian – Drew Goddard
Room – Emma Donoghue
Brooklyn – Nick Hornby
Carol – Phyllis Nagy
Writing – Original Screenplay
Spotlight – Tom McCarthy, Josh Singer
Bridge of Spies – Matt Charman, Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Straight Outta Compton – Andrea Berloff, Jonathan Herman
Inside Out – Josh Cooley, Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve
Ex Machina – Alex Garland
Production Design
The Revenant
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
Bridge of Spies
The Danish Girl
Cinematography
The Revenant – Emmanuel Lubezki
Mad Max: Fury Road – John Seale
Sicario – Roger Deakins
Carol – Edward Lachmann
The Hateful Eight – Robert Richardson
Editing
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant
Spotlight
The Big Short
Star Wars VII: The Force Awakens
Music – Original Score
The Hateful Eight – Ennio Morricone
Star Wars VII: The Force Awakens – John Williams
Carol – Carter Burwell
Bridge of Spies – Thomas Newman
Sicario – Jóhann Jóhannsson
Original Song
Spectre – “Writing’s On the Wall”
The Hunting Ground – “Til It Happens To You”
Youth – “Simple Song #3”
Fifty Shades of Grey – “Earned It”
Racing Extinction – “Manta Ray”Costume Design
The Revenant
Cinderella
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Danish Girl
Carol
Makeup and Hairstyling
The Revenant
Mad Max: Fury Road
The 100 Year-Old Man
Visual Effects
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant
Star Wars VII: The Force Awakens
Ex Machina
The Martian
Sound Editing
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant
Sicario
Star Wars VII: The Force Awakens
The Martian
Sound Mixing
The Revenant
Mad Max: Fury Road
Star Wars VII: The Force Awakens
The Martian
Bridge of Spies
Animated Feature Film
Inside Out
Anomalisa
The Boy and the World
When Marnie Was There
Shaun the Sheep Movie
Documentary Feature Film
Amy
The Look of Silence
Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom
What Happened, Miss Simone?
Cartel Land
Foreign Feature Film
Son of Saul – Hungary
Theeb – Jordan
A War – Denmark
Embrace of the Serpent – Colombia
Mustang – France
- 45 Years A War Amy Anomalisa Bridge of Spies Brooklyn Carol Cartel Land Cinderella Creed Embrace of the Serpent Ex Machina Inside Out Joy Mad Max: Fury Road Mustang Room Shaun the Sheep Movie Sicario Son of Saul Spotlight Star Wars VII: The Force Awakens Steve Jobs Straight Outta Compton The 100 Year Old Man The Big Short The Boy and the World The Danish Girl The Hateful Eight The Martian The Revenant Theeb Trumbo What Happened Miss Simone When Marnie Was There Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom