It’s again that time of the year where the best of cinema is rewarded with the so desired Oscar. Relevant or not – fair or not at all – this is a must-see event in the cinema industry. We put together a list of which nominees that totally should win an Oscar, which ones that probably will win and finally who actually won, on the 88th Annual Academy Awards…
Best Motion Picture of the Year
WHO SHOULD WIN: The Revenant
WHO WILL WIN: The Revenant
WHO WON: Spotlight
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
WHO SHOULD WIN: Leonardo DiCaprio
WHO WILL WIN: Leonardo DiCaprio
WHO WON: Leonardo DiCaprio
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
WHO SHOULD WIN: Brie Larson
WHO WILL WIN: Brie Larson
WHO WON: Brie Larson
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
WHO SHOULD WIN: Sylvester Stallone
WHO WILL WIN: Sylvester Stallone
WHO WON: Mark Rylance
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
WHO SHOULD WIN: Alicia Vikander
WHO WILL WIN: Kate Winslet
WHO WON: Alicia Vikander
Best Achievement in Directing
WHO SHOULD WIN: Alejandro Gonzalez Iñárritu
WHO WILL WIN: Alejandro Gonzalez Iñárritu
WHO WON: Alejandro Gonzalez Iñárritu
Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
WHO SHOULD WIN: Bridge of Spies, written by Matt Charman and Ethan Coen & Joel Coen
WHO WILL WIN: Spotlight, written by Josh Singer & Tom McCarthy
WHO WON: Spotlight, written by Josh Singer & Tom McCarthy
Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published
WHO SHOULD WIN: Room, screenplay by Emma Donoghue
WHO WILL WIN: The Big Short, screenplay by Charles Randolph and Adam McKay
WHO WON: The Big Short, screenplay by Charles Randolph and Adam McKay
Best Animated Feature Film of the Year
WHO SHOULD WIN: Inside Out
WHO WILL WIN: Inside Out
WHO WON: Inside Out
Best Foreign Language Film of the Year
WHO SHOULD WIN: Son of Saul
WHO WILL WIN: Son of Saul
WHO WON: Son of Saul
Best Achievement in Cinematography
WHO SHOULD WIN: The Revenant (Emmanuel Lubezki)
WHO WILL WIN: The Revenant (Emmanuel Lubezki)
WHO WON: The Revenant (Emmanuel Lubezki)
Best Achievement in Editing
WHO SHOULD WIN: Mad Max: Fury Road (Margaret Sixel)
WHO WILL WIN: Mad Max: Fury Road (Margaret Sixel)
WHO WON: Mad Max: Fury Road (Margaret Sixel)
Best Achievement in Production Design
WHO SHOULD WIN: Mad Max: Fury Road (Production Design: Colin Gibson; Set Decoration: Lisa Thompson)
WHO WILL WIN: Mad Max: Fury Road (Production Design: Colin Gibson; Set Decoration: Lisa Thompson)
WHO WON: Mad Max: Fury Road (Production Design: Colin Gibson; Set Decoration: Lisa Thompson)
Best Achievement in Costume Design
WHO SHOULD WIN: Carol (Sandy Powell)
WHO WILL WIN: Mad Max: Fury Road (Jenny Beavan)
WHO WON: Mad Max: Fury Road (Jenny Beavan)
Best Achievement in Makeup and Hairstyling
WHO SHOULD WIN: Mad Max: Fury Road (Lesley Vanderwalt, Elka Wardega and Damian Martin)
WHO WILL WIN: Mad Max: Fury Road (Lesley Vanderwalt, Elka Wardega and Damian Martin)
WHO WON: Mad Max: Fury Road (Lesley Vanderwalt, Elka Wardega and Damian Martin)
Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score
WHO SHOULD WIN: The Hateful Eight (Ennio Morricone)
WHO WILL WIN: The Hateful Eight (Ennio Morricone)
WHO WON: The Hateful Eight (Ennio Morricone)
Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song
WHO SHOULD WIN: “Simple Song #3” from Youth (Music and Lyric by David Lang)
WHO WILL WIN: “Writing’s On The Wall” from Spectre (Music and Lyric by Jimmy Napes and Sam Smith)
WHO WON: “Writing’s On The Wall” from Spectre (Music and Lyric by Jimmy Napes and Sam Smith)
Best Achievement in Sound Mixing
WHO SHOULD WIN: The Revenant (Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño, Randy Thom and Chris Duesterdiek)
WHO WILL WIN: The Revenant (Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño, Randy Thom and Chris Duesterdiek)
WHO WON: Mad Max: Fury Road (Chris Jenkins, Gregg Rudloff and Ben Osm)
Best Achievement in Sound Editing
WHO SHOULD WIN: The Revenant (Martin Hernandez and Lon Bender)
WHO WILL WIN: The Revenant (Martin Hernandez and Lon Bender)
WHO WON: Mad Max: Fury Road (Mark Mangini and David White)
Best Achievement in Visual Effects
WHO SHOULD WIN: Star Wars: The Force Awakens (Roger Guyett, Patrick Tubach, Neal Scanlan and Chris Corbould)
WHO WILL WIN: Star Wars: The Force Awakens (Roger Guyett, Patrick Tubach, Neal Scanlan and Chris Corbould)
WHO WON: Ex Machina (Andrew Whitehurst, Paul Norris, Mark Ardington and Sara Bennett)
Best Documentary, Feature
WHO SHOULD WIN: Amy
WHO WILL WIN: Amy
WHO WON: Amy
Best Documentary, Short Subject
WHO SHOULD WIN: Last Day of Freedom (Dee Hibbert-Jones and Nomi Talisman)
WHO WILL WIN: Body Team 12 (David Darg and Bryn Mooser)
WHO WON: A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness (Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy)
Best Short Film, Animated
WHO SHOULD WIN: World of Tomorrow (Don Hertzfeldt)
WHO WILL WIN: World of Tomorrow (Don Hertzfeldt)
WHO WON: Bear Story (Gabriel Osorio and Pato Escala)
Best Short Film, Live Action
WHO SHOULD WIN: Shok ( Jamie Donoughue)
WHO WILL WIN: Shok (Jamie Donoughue)
WHO WON: Stutterer (Benjamin Cleary and Serena Armitage)
FULL NOMINEES LIST
Best Motion Picture of the Year
“The Big Short” Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner, Producers
“Bridge of Spies” Steven Spielberg, Marc Platt and Kristie Macosko Krieger, Producers
“Brooklyn” Finola Dwyer and Amanda Posey, Producers
“Mad Max: Fury Road” Doug Mitchell and George Miller, Producers
“The Martian” Simon Kinberg, Ridley Scott, Michael Schaefer and Mark Huffam, Producers
“The Revenant” Arnon Milchan, Steve Golin, Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Mary Parent and Keith Redmon, Producers
“Room” Ed Guiney, Producer
“Spotlight” Michael Sugar, Steve Golin, Nicole Rocklin and Blye Pagon Faust, Producers
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Bryan Cranston in “Trumbo”
Matt Damon in “The Martian”
Leonardo DiCaprio in “The Revenant”
Michael Fassbender in “Steve Jobs”
Eddie Redmayne in “The Danish Girl”
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Cate Blanchett in “Carol”
Brie Larson in “Room”
Jennifer Lawrence in “Joy”
Charlotte Rampling in “45 Years”
Saoirse Ronan in “Brooklyn”
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Christian Bale in “The Big Short”
Tom Hardy in “The Revenant”
Mark Ruffalo in “Spotlight”
Mark Rylance in “Bridge of Spies”
Sylvester Stallone in “Creed”
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Jennifer Jason Leigh in “The Hateful Eight”
Rooney Mara in “Carol”
Rachel McAdams in “Spotlight”
Alicia Vikander in “The Danish Girl”
Kate Winslet in “Steve Jobs”
Best Achievement in Directing
“The Big Short” Adam McKay
“Mad Max: Fury Road” George Miller
“The Revenant” Alejandro G. Iñárritu
“Room” Lenny Abrahamson
“Spotlight” Tom McCarthy
Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
“Bridge of Spies” Written by Matt Charman and Ethan Coen & Joel Coen
“Ex Machina” Written by Alex Garland
“Inside Out” Screenplay by Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve, Josh Cooley; Original story by Pete Docter, Ronnie del Carmen
“Spotlight” Written by Josh Singer & Tom McCarthy
“Straight Outta Compton” Screenplay by Jonathan Herman and Andrea Berloff; Story by S. Leigh Savidge & Alan Wenkus and Andrea Berloff
Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published
“The Big Short” Screenplay by Charles Randolph and Adam McKay
“Brooklyn” Screenplay by Nick Hornby
“Carol” Screenplay by Phyllis Nagy
“The Martian” Screenplay by Drew Goddard
“Room” Screenplay by Emma Donoghue
Best Animated Feature Film of the Year
“Anomalisa” Charlie Kaufman, Duke Johnson and Rosa Tran
“Boy and the World” Alê Abreu
“Inside Out” Pete Docter and Jonas Rivera
“Shaun the Sheep Movie” Mark Burton and Richard Starzak
“When Marnie Was There” Hiromasa Yonebayashi and Yoshiaki Nishimura
Best Foreign Language Film of the Year
“Embrace of the Serpent” Colombia
“Mustang” France
“Son of Saul” Hungary
“Theeb” Jordan
“A War” Denmark
Best Achievement in Cinematography
“Carol” Ed Lachman
“The Hateful Eight” Robert Richardson
“Mad Max: Fury Road” John Seale
“The Revenant” Emmanuel Lubezki
“Sicario” Roger Deakins
Best Achievement in Editing
“The Big Short” Hank Corwin
“Mad Max: Fury Road” Margaret Sixel
“The Revenant” Stephen Mirrione
“Spotlight” Tom McArdle
“Star Wars: The Force Awakens” Maryann Brandon and Mary Jo Markey
Best Achievement in Production Design
“Bridge of Spies” Production Design: Adam Stockhausen; Set Decoration: Rena DeAngelo and Bernhard Henrich
“The Danish Girl” Production Design: Eve Stewart; Set Decoration: Michael Standish
“Mad Max: Fury Road” Production Design: Colin Gibson; Set Decoration: Lisa Thompson
“The Martian” Production Design: Arthur Max; Set Decoration: Celia Bobak
“The Revenant” Production Design: Jack Fisk; Set Decoration: Hamish Purdy
Best Achievement in Costume Design
“Carol” Sandy Powell
“Cinderella” Sandy Powell
“The Danish Girl” Paco Delgado
“Mad Max: Fury Road” Jenny Beavan
“The Revenant” Jacqueline West
Best Achievement in Makeup and Hairstyling
“Mad Max: Fury Road” Lesley Vanderwalt, Elka Wardega and Damian Martin
“The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed out the Window and Disappeared” Love Larson and Eva von Bahr
“The Revenant” Siân Grigg, Duncan Jarman and Robert Pandini
Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score
“Bridge of Spies” Thomas Newman
“Carol” Carter Burwell
“The Hateful Eight” Ennio Morricone
“Sicario” Jóhann Jóhannsson
“Star Wars: The Force Awakens” John Williams
Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song
“Earned It” from “Fifty Shades of Grey”
Music and Lyric by Abel Tesfaye, Ahmad Balshe, Jason Daheala Quenneville and Stephan Moccio
“Manta Ray” from “Racing Extinction”
Music by J. Ralph and Lyric by Antony Hegarty
“Simple Song #3” from “Youth”
Music and Lyric by David Lang
“Til It Happens To You” from “The Hunting Ground”
Music and Lyric by Diane Warren and Lady Gaga
“Writing’s On The Wall” from “Spectre”
Music and Lyric by Jimmy Napes and Sam Smith
Best Achievement in Sound Mixing
“Bridge of Spies” Andy Nelson, Gary Rydstrom and Drew Kunin
“Mad Max: Fury Road” Chris Jenkins, Gregg Rudloff and Ben Osmo
“The Martian” Paul Massey, Mark Taylor and Mac Ruth
“The Revenant” Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño, Randy Thom and Chris Duesterdiek
“Star Wars: The Force Awakens” Andy Nelson, Christopher Scarabosio and Stuart Wilson
Best Achievement in Sound Editing
“Mad Max: Fury Road” Mark Mangini and David White
“The Martian” Oliver Tarney
“The Revenant” Martin Hernandez and Lon Bender
“Sicario” Alan Robert Murray
“Star Wars: The Force Awakens” Matthew Wood and David Acord
Best Achievement in Visual Effects
“Ex Machina” Andrew Whitehurst, Paul Norris, Mark Ardington and Sara Bennett
“Mad Max: Fury Road” Andrew Jackson, Tom Wood, Dan Oliver and Andy Williams
“The Martian” Richard Stammers, Anders Langlands, Chris Lawrence and Steven Warner
“The Revenant” Rich McBride, Matthew Shumway, Jason Smith and Cameron Waldbauer
“Star Wars: The Force Awakens” Roger Guyett, Patrick Tubach, Neal Scanlan and Chris Corbould
Best Documentary, Feature
“Amy” Asif Kapadia and James Gay-Rees
“Cartel Land” Matthew Heineman and Tom Yellin
“The Look of Silence” Joshua Oppenheimer and Signe Byrge Sørensen
“What Happened, Miss Simone?” Liz Garbus, Amy Hobby and Justin Wilkes
“Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom” Evgeny Afineevsky and Den Tolmor
Best Documentary, Short Subject
“Body Team 12” David Darg and Bryn Mooser
“Chau, beyond the Lines” Courtney Marsh and Jerry Franck
“Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah” Adam Benzine
“A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness” Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
“Last Day of Freedom” Dee Hibbert-Jones and Nomi Talisman
Best Short Film, Animated
“Bear Story” Gabriel Osorio and Pato Escala
“Prologue” Richard Williams and Imogen Sutton
“Sanjay’s Super Team” Sanjay Patel and Nicole Grindle
“We Can’t Live without Cosmos” Konstantin Bronzit
“World of Tomorrow” Don Hertzfeldt
Best Short Film, Live Action
“Ave Maria” Basil Khalil and Eric Dupont
“Day One” Henry Hughes
“Everything Will Be Okay (Alles Wird Gut)” Patrick Vollrath
“Shok” Jamie Donoughue
“Stutterer” Benjamin Cleary and Serena Armitage