21st Critics' Choice Awards

Date: 17 January 2016
Host: T. J. Miller

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Best Picture

• Spotlight (2015)

The Big Short (2015)
Bridge of Spies (2015)
Brooklyn (2015)
Carol (2015)
Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
The Martian (2015)
The Revenant (2015)
Room (2015)
Sicario (2015)
Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)


Best Director

• George Miller (Mad Max: Fury Road)

Todd Haynes (Carol)
Alejandro G. Iñárritu (The Revenant)
Tom McCarthy (Spotlight)
Ridley Scott (The Martian)
Steven Spielberg (Bridge of Spies)


Best Actor

• Leonardo DiCaprio as Hugh Glass (The Revenant)

Bryan Cranston as Dalton Trumbo (Trumbo)
Matt Damon as Mark Watney (The Martian)
Johnny Depp as James “Whitey” Bulger (Black Mass)
Michael Fassbender as Steve Jobs (Steve Jobs)
Eddie Redmayne as Lili Elbe / Einar Wegener (The Danish Girl)


Best Actress

• Brie Larson as Joy “Ma” Newsome (Room)

Cate Blanchett as Carol Aird (Carol)
Jennifer Lawrence as Joy Mangano (Joy)
Charlotte Rampling as Kate Mercer (45 Years)
Saoirse Ronan as Eilis Lacey (Brooklyn)
Charlize Theron as Imperator Furiosa (Mad Max: Fury Road)


Best Supporting Actor

• Sylvester Stallone as Rocky Balboa (Creed)

Paul Dano as Brian Wilson (Love & Mercy)
Tom Hardy as John Fitzgerald (The Revenant)
Mark Ruffalo as Michael Rezendes (Spotlight)
Mark Rylance as Rudolf Abel (Bridge of Spies)
Michael Shannon as Rick Carver (99 Homes)


Best Supporting Actress

• Alicia Vikander as Gerda Wegener (The Danish Girl)

Jennifer Jason Leigh as Daisy Domergue (The Hateful Eight)
Rooney Mara as Therese Belivet (Carol )
Rachel McAdams as Sacha Pfeiffer (Spotlight)
Helen Mirren as Hedda Hopper (Trumbo)
Kate Winslet as Joanna Hoffman (Steve Jobs)


Best Young Actor/Actress

• Jacob Tremblay as Jack Newsome (Room)

Abraham Attah as Agu (Beasts of No Nation)
RJ Cyler as Earl (Me and Earl and the Dying Girl)
Shameik Moore as Malcolm Adekanbi (Dope)
Milo Parker as Roger Munro (Mr. Holmes)


Best Acting Ensemble

• Spotlight (2015)

The Big Short (2015)
The Hateful Eight (2015)
Straight Outta Compton (2015)
Trumbo (2015)


Best Original Screenplay

• Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer (Spotlight)

Matt Charman, Joel Coen, and Ethan Coen (Bridge of Spies)
Alex Garland (Ex Machina)
Quentin Tarantino (The Hateful Eight)
Pete Docter, Ronnie del Carmen, Meg LeFauve, and Josh Cooley (Inside Out)


Best Adapted Screenplay

• Adam McKay and Charles Randolph (The Big Short)

Nick Hornby (Brooklyn)
Drew Goddard (The Martian)
Emma Donoghue (Room)
Aaron Sorkin (Steve Jobs)


Best Animated Feature

• Inside Out (2015)

Anomalisa (2015)
The Good Dinosaur (2015)
The Peanuts Movie (2015)
Shaun the Sheep Movie (2015)


Best Action Movie

• Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)

Furious 7 (2015)
Jurassic World (2015)
Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (2015)
Sicario (2015)


Best Actor in an Action Movie

• Tom Hardy as Max Rockatansky (Mad Max: Fury Road)

Daniel Craig as James Bond (Spectre)
Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt (Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation)
Chris Pratt as Owen Grady (Jurassic World)
Paul Rudd as Scott Lang / Ant-Man (Ant-Man)


Best Actress in an Action Movie

• Charlize Theron as Imperator Furiosa (Mad Max: Fury Road)

Emily Blunt as Kate Macer (Sicario)
Rebecca Ferguson as Ilsa Faust (Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation)
Bryce Dallas Howard as Claire Dearing (Jurassic World)
Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen (The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2)


Best Sci-Fi/Horror Movie

• Ex Machina (2015)

It Follows (2015)
Jurassic World (2015)
Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
The Martian (2015)


Best Comedy

• The Big Short (2015)

Inside Out (2015)
Joy (2015)
Sisters (2015)
Spy (2015)
Trainwreck (2015)


Best Actor in a Comedy

• Christian Bale as Michael Burry (The Big Short)

Steve Carell as Mark Baum (The Big Short)
Robert De Niro as Ben Whittaker (The Intern)
Bill Hader as Dr. Aaron Conners (Trainwreck)
Jason Statham as Rick Ford (Spy)


Best Actress in a Comedy

• Amy Schumer as Amy Townsend (Trainwreck)

Tina Fey as Katie Ellis (Sisters)
Jennifer Lawrence as Joy Mangano (Joy)
Melissa McCarthy as Susan Cooper / Carol Jenkins / Penny Morgan (Spy)
Lily Tomlin as Elle Reid (Grandma)


Best Documentary Feature

• Amy (2015)

Cartel Land (2015)
Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief (2015)
He Named Me Malala (2015)
The Look of Silence (2015)
Where to Invade Next (2015)


Best Foreign Language Film

• Son of Saul (Hungary)

The Assassin (Taiwan-China-Hong Kong)
Goodnight Mommy (Austria)
Mustang (France-Turkey-Germany)
The Second Mother (Brazil)


Best Art Direction

• Colin Gibson (Production Designer) (Mad Max: Fury Road)

Adam Stockhausen (Production Designer), Rena DeAngelo (Set Decorator) (Bridge of Spies)
François Séguin (Production Designer), Jenny Oman and Louise Tremblay (Set Decorators) (Brooklyn)
Judy Becker (Production Designer), Heather Loeffler (Set Decorator) (Carol)
Eve Stewart (Production Designer), Michael Standish (Set Decorator) (The Danish Girl)
Arthur Max (Production Designer), Celia Bobak (Set Decorator) (The Martian)


Best Costume Design

• Jenny Beavan (Mad Max: Fury Road)

Odile Dicks-Mireaux (Brooklyn)
Sandy Powell (Carol)
Sandy Powell (Cinderella)
Paco Delgado (The Danish Girl)


Best Cinematography

• Emmanuel Lubezki (The Revenant)

Roger Deakins (Sicario)
Edward Lachman (Carol)
Robert Richardson (The Hateful Eight)
John Seale (Mad Max: Fury Road)
Dariusz Wolski (The Martian)


Best Editing

• Margaret Sixel (Mad Max: Fury Road)

Hank Corwin (The Big Short)
Pietro Scalia (The Martian)
Stephen Mirrione (The Revenant)
Tom McArdle (Spotlight)


Best Score

• Ennio Morricone (The Hateful Eight)

Carter Burwell (Carol)
Jóhann Jóhannsson (Sicario)
Ryuichi Sakamoto and Alva Noto (The Revenant)
Howard Shore (Spotlight)


Best Song

• "See You Again" (Furious 7)

"Love Me like You Do" (Fifty Shades of Grey)
"Til It Happens to You" (The Hunting Ground)
"One Kind of Love" (Love & Mercy)
"Writing's on the Wall" (Spectre)
"Simple Song #3" (Youth)


Best Hair and Makeup

• Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)

Black Mass (2015)
Carol (2015)
The Danish Girl (2015)
The Hateful Eight (2015)
The Revenant (2015)


Best Visual Effects

• Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)

Ex Machina (2015)
Jurassic World (2015)
The Martian (2015)
The Revenant (2015)
The Walk (2015)


Louis XIII Genius Award

• Industrial Light & Magic

Critics' Choice MVP Award

• Amy Schumer

"Most Bingeworthy" Fan-Voted Award

• Outlander