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Oscars 2016: The complete list of winners (and losers)

Published Feb 29th, 2016 7:15AM EST
Oscars 2016 Winners List
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It’s done. The 88th annual Academy Awards is finally over and we know who all the big winners and losers were. Leonardo DiCaprio finally got his Oscar win, while The Revenant and Mad Max took home plenty of awards for the various technical aspects of movie-making. Spotlight, meanwhile, scored the Best Picture award.

In this post, you’ll find a complete list of every winner (and loser) from the 88th annual Academy Awards.

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Best original screenplay

SPOTLIGHT – WINNER

Straight Outta Compton
Bridge of Spies
Ex Machina
Inside Out

Best adapted screenplay

THE BIG SHORT – WINNER

The Martian
Room
Brooklyn
Carol

Best supporting actress

ALICIA VIKANDER, THE DANISH GIRL – WINNER

Jennifer Jason Leigh, The Hateful Eight
Rachel McAdams, Spotlight
Rooney Mara, Carol
Kate Winslet, Steve Jobs

Best costume design

Carol
Cinderella
The Danish Girl
MAD MAX: FURY ROAD – WINNER
The Revenant

Best production design

Bridge of Spies
The Danish Girl
MAD MAX: FURY ROAD – WINNER
The Martian
The Revenant

Best make-up and hair

MAD MAX: FURY ROAD – WINNER

The 100-Year Old Man Who Climbed Out a Window and Disappeared
The Revenant

Best cinematography

Carol
The Hateful Eight
Mad Max: Fury Road
THE REVENANT – WINNER
Sicario

Best editing

The Big Short
MAD MAX: FURY ROAD – WINNER
The Revenant
Spotlight
Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Best sound editing

MAD MAX: FURY ROAD – WINNER

The Martian
The Revenant
Sicario
Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Best sound mixing

Bridge of Spies
MAD MAX: FURY ROAD – WINNER
The Martian
The Revenant
Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Best visual effects

EX MACHINA – WINNER

Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Best animated short

BEAR STORY – WINNER

Prologue
Sanjay’s Super Team
We Can’t Leave Without Cosmos
World of Tomorrow

Best animated film

Anomalisa
Boy and the World
INSIDE OUT – WINNER
Shaun the Sheep Movie
When Marnie Was There

Best supporting actor

Christian Bale, The Big Short
Tom Hardy, The Revenant
Mark Ruffalo, Spotlight
MARK RYLANCE, BRIDGE OF SPIES – WINNER
Sylvester Stallone, Creed

Best short documentary

Body Team 12
Chau, beyond the Lines
Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah
A GIRL IN THE RIVER: THE PRICE OF FORGIVENESS – WINNER
Last Day of Freedom

Best documentary

AMY – WINNER

Cartel Land
The Look of Silence
What Happened, Miss Simone?
Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom

Best short film

Ave Maria
Day One
Everything Will Be Okay
Shok
STUTTERER – WINNER

Best foreign language film

Embrace of the Serpent
Mustang
SON OF SAUL – WINNER
Theeb
A War

Best original score

Thomas Newman, Bridge of Spies
Carter Burwell, Carol
ENNIO MORRICONE, THE HATEFUL EIGHT – WINNER
Jóhann Jóhannsson, Sicario
John Williams, Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Best original song

Earned It, Fifty Shades of Grey
Manta Ray, Racing Extinction
Simple Song #3, Youth
Til It Happens To You, The Hunting Ground
WRITING’S ON THE WALL, SPECTRE – WINNER

Best director

Adam McKay, The Big Short
George Miller, Mad Max: Fury Road
ALEJANDO GONZALEZ INARRITU, THE REVENANT – WINNER
Tom McCarthy, Spotlight
Lenny Abrahamson, Room

Best actress

Cate Blanchett, Carol
BRIE LARSON, ROOM – WINNER
Jennifer Lawrence, Joy
Charlotte Rampling, 45 Years
Saoirse Ronan, Brooklyn

Best actor

Matt Damon, The Martian
LEONARDO DICAPRIO, THE REVENANT – WINNER
Michael Fassbender, Steve Jobs
Eddie Redmayne, The Danish Girl
Bryan Cranston, Trumbo

Best picture

The Martian
The Revenant
Room
Bridge of Spies
SPOTLIGHT – WINNER
The Big Short
Brooklyn
Mad Max: Fury Road

Chris Smith Senior Writer

Chris Smith has been covering consumer electronics ever since the iPhone revolutionized the industry in 2007. When he’s not writing about the most recent tech news for BGR, he closely follows the events in Marvel’s Cinematic Universe and other blockbuster franchises.

Outside of work, you’ll catch him streaming new movies and TV shows, or training to run his next marathon.