Spotlight

• The Big Short
• Black Mass
• Bridge of Spies
• Brooklyn
• Carol
• The Martian
• The Revenant
• Room
• Sicario

Tom McCarthy – Spotlight

• Lenny Abrahamson – Room
• Tom Hooper – The Danish Girl
• Alejandro G. Iñárritu – The Revenant
• Ridley Scott – The Martian
• Steven Spielberg – Bridge of Spies

Leonardo DiCaprio – The Revenant as Hugh Glass

• Matt Damon – The Martian as Mark Watney
• Johnny Depp – Black Mass as James "Whitey" Bulger
• Michael Fassbender – Steve Jobs as Steve Jobs
• Tom Hardy – Legend as Ronald "Ronnie" Kray and Reginald "Reggie" Kray
• Eddie Redmayne – The Danish Girl as Lili Elbe
• Will Smith – Concussion as Bennet Omalu

Saoirse Ronan – Brooklyn as Ellis Lacey

• Cate Blanchett – Carol as Carol Aird
• Blythe Danner – I'll See You in My Dreams as Carol Petersen
• Brie Larson – Room as Joy "Ma" Newsome
• Carey Mulligan – Suffragette as Maud Watts
• Charlotte Rampling – 45 Years as Kate Mercer

Christian Bale – The Big Short as Michael Burry

• Paul Dano – Love & Mercy as young Brian Wilson
• Benicio del Toro – Sicario as Alejandro Gillick
• Michael Keaton – Spotlight as Walter "Robby" Robinson
• Mark Ruffalo – Spotlight as Michael Rezendes
• Sylvester Stallone – Creed as Rocky Balboa

Alicia Vikander – The Danish Girl as Gerda Wegener

• Elizabeth Banks – Love & Mercy as Melinda Ledbetter
• Jane Fonda – Youth as Brenda Morel
• Rooney Mara – Carol as Therese Belivard
• Rachel McAdams – Spotlight as Sacha Pfeiffer
• Kate Winslet – Steve Jobs as Joanna Hoffman

Spotlight – Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer

• Bridge of Spies – Matt Charman, Joel Coen, and Ethan Coen
• Inside Out – Pete Docter, Josh Cooley, and Meg LeFauve
• Love & Mercy – Michael Alan Lerner and Oren Moverman
• Straight Outta Compton – Jonathan Herman and Andrea Berloff
• Suffragette – Abi Morgan

Steve Jobs – Aaron Sorkin

• Black Mass – Jez Butterworth and Mark Mallouk
• The Danish Girl – Lucinda Coxon
• The Martian – Drew Goddard
• The Revenant – Alejandro G. Iñárritu and Mark L. Smith
• Room – Emma Donoghue

Inside Out

• Anomalisa
• The Good Dinosaur
• The Peanuts Movie
• The Prophet
• Shaun the Sheep Movie

Son of Saul (Hungary)

• The Assassin (Taiwan)
• The Brand New Testament (Belgium)
• Goodnight Mommy (Austria)
• The High Sun (Croatia)
• Labyrinth of Lies (Germany)
• Mustang (France)
• A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence (Sweden)
• The Second Mother (Brazil)
• The Throne (South Korea)

Amy (TIE)
The Look of Silence (TIE)

• Becoming Bulletproof
• Best of Enemies
• Cartel Land
• Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief
• He Named Me Malala
• The Hunting Ground
• National Lampoon: Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead
• Where to Invade Next

Mad Max: Fury Road – John Seale

• Bridge of Spies – Janusz Kamiński
• The Martian – Dariusz Wolski
• The Revenant – Emmanuel Lubezki
• Sicario – Roger Deakins
• Spectre – Hoyte van Hoytema

Carol – Carter Burwell

• The Danish Girl – Alexandre Desplat
• Inside Out – Michael Giacchino
• The Martian – Harry Gregson-Williams
• Spectre – Thomas Newman
• Spotlight – Howard Shore

"Til It Happens to You" (Lady Gaga and Diane Warren) – The Hunting Ground

• "Cold One" (Jenny Lewis and Johnathan Rice) – Ricki and the Flash
• "Love Me like You Do" (Max Martin, Savan Kotecha, Ilya Salmanzadeh, Ali Payami, and Tove Nilsson) – Fifty Shades of Grey
• "One Kind of Love" (Brian Wilson) – Love & Mercy
• "See You Again" (DJ Frank E, Charlie Puth, Wiz Khalifa, and Andrew Cedar) – Furious 7
• "Writing's on the Wall" (Sam Smith and Jimmy Napes) – Spectre

The Walk

• Everest
• Jurassic World
• Mad Max: Fury Road
• The Martian
• Spectre

Bridge of Spies – Adam Stockhausen

• Cinderella – Dante Ferretti
• The Danish Girl – Eve Stewart
• Macbeth – Fiona Crombie
• Mad Max: Fury Road – Colin Gibson
• Spectre – Dennis Gassner

Sicario – Joe Walker

• Bridge of Spies – Michael Kahn
• Carol – Affonso Gonçalves
• The Martian – Pietro Scalia
• Spectre – Lee Smith
• Steve Jobs – Elliot Graham

The Martian

• Inside Out
• Jurassic World
• Mad Max: Fury Road
• Sicario
• Spectre

The Assassin – Wen-Ying Huang

• Cinderella – Sandy Powell
• The Danish Girl – Paco Delgado
• Far from the Madding Crowd – Janet Patterson
• Macbeth – Jacqueline Durran
• The Throne – Hyun-seob Shim

Spotlight

• Brian d'Arcy James
• Michael Keaton
• Rachel McAdams
• Mark Ruffalo
• Liev Schreiber
• John Slattery
• Stanley Tucci

Better Call Saul – AMC

• American Crime – ABC
• Bloodline – Netflix
• Deutschland 83 – Sundance TV
• Fargo – FX
• Mr. Robot – USA Network
• Narcos – Netflix
• Ray Donovan – Showtime

Silicon Valley – HBO

• Brooklyn Nine-Nine – Fox
• Jane the Virgin – The CW
• Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll – FX
• The Spoils Before Dying – IFC
• Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt – Netflix
• Veep – HBO

Flesh and Bone – Starz

• The Book of Negroes – BET
• Saints & Strangers – Nat Geo
• Show Me a Hero – HBO
• Wolf Hall – BBC Two / PBS

Stockholm, Pennsylvania – Lifetime

• Bessie – HBO
• Killing Jesus – Nat Geo
• Nightingale – HBO

Dominic West – The Affair as Noah Solloway

• Kyle Chandler – Bloodline as John Rayburn
• Timothy Hutton – American Crime as Russ Skokie
• Rami Malek – Mr. Robot as Elliot Alderson
• Bob Odenkirk – Better Call Saul as Jimmy McGill
• Liev Schreiber – Ray Donovan as Ray Donovan

Claire Danes – Homeland as Carrie Mathison

• Kirsten Dunst – Fargo as Peggy Blumquist
• Lady Gaga – American Horror Story: Hotel as Elizabeth Johnson / The Countess
• Taraji P. Henson – Empire as Cookie Lyon
• Felicity Huffman – American Crime as Barbara "Barb" Hanlon
• Tatiana Maslany – Orphan Black as Various Characters
• Robin Wright – House of Cards as Claire Underwood

Jeffrey Tambor – Transparent as Maura Pfefferman

• Louis C.K. – Louie as Louie
• Will Forte – The Last Man on Earth as Phil Miller
• Colin Hanks – Life in Pieces as Greg Short
• Chris Messina – The Mindy Project as Dr. Danny Castellano
• Thomas Middleditch – Silicon Valley as Richard Hendriks

Taylor Schilling – Orange Is the New Black as Piper Chapman

• Jamie Lee Curtis – Scream Queens as Dean / Dr. Cathy Munsch
• Julia Louis-Dreyfus – Veep as President Selina Meyer
• Amy Poehler – Parks and Recreation as Leslie Knope
• Gina Rodriguez – Jane the Virgin as Jane Gloriana Villanueva
• Lily Tomlin – Grace and Frankie as Frankie Bergstein

Mark Rylance – Wolf Hall as Thomas Cromwell

• Martin Clunes – Arthur & George as Arthur Conan Doyle
• Michael Gambon – The Casual Vacancy as Howard Mollison
• Oscar Isaac – Show Me a Hero as Nick Wasicsko
• Damian Lewis – Wolf Hall as Henry VIII of England
• Ben Mendelsohn – Bloodline as Danny Rayburn
• David Oyelowo – Nightingale as Peter Snowden

Sarah Hay – Flesh and Bone as Claire Robbins

• Samantha Bond – Home Fires as Frances Barden
• Aunjanue Ellis – The Book of Negroes as Aminata Diallo
• Claire Foy – Wolf Hall as Anne Boleyn
• Queen Latifah – Bessie as Bessie Smith
• Cynthia Nixon – Stockholm, Pennsylvania as Marcy Dargon

Christian Slater – Mr. Robot as Mr. Robot

• Jonathan Banks – Better Call Saul as Mike Ehrmantraut
• Peter Dinklage – Game of Thrones as Tyrion Lannister
• Elvis Nolasco – American Crime as Carter Nix
• Michael K. Williams – Bessie as Jack Gee

Rhea Seehorn – Better Call Saul as Kim Wexler

• Catherine Keener – Show Me a Hero as Mary Dorman
• Regina King – American Crime as Aliyah Shadeed
• Helen McCrory – Penny Dreadful as Evelyn Poole
• Mo'Nique – Bessie as Ma Rainey
• Julie Walters – Indian Summers as Cynthia Coffin

The Walking Dead – AMC

• American Horror Story: Hotel – FX
• Game of Thrones – HBO
• Humans – AMC
• Into the Badlands – AMC
• Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell – BBC America / BBC One
• The Leftovers – HBO
• Orphan Black – BBC America
• Penny Dreadful – Showtime

American Crime

• W. Earl Brown
• Richard Cabral
• Caitlin Gerard
• Felicity Huffman
• Timothy Hutton
• Regina King
• Benito Martinez
• Penelope Ann Miller
• Elvis Nolasco
• Johnny Ortiz

Rise of the Tomb Raider – (Crystal Dynamics, Eidos Montréal, Microsoft Studios, Nixxes Software, Square Enix)

• Call of Duty: Black Ops III – (Beenox, Mercenary Technology, Raven Software, Treyarch)
• Fallout 4 – (Bethesda Game Studios)
• Halo 5: Guardians – (343 Industries, Microsoft Studios)
• The Room Three – (Fireproof Studios)
• Star Wars Battlefront – (EA Digital Illusions CE, Lucasfilm)
• The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – (BNEI, CD Projekt Red, Spike Chunsoft, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment)

Downton Abbey: Season 6

• Downton Abbey: Season 5
• Inside Out
• Masterpiece: Worricker – The Complete Series