The 2015 Academy Awards will be presented on Feb. 28, 2016, at the Kodak Theatre. All of the nominees are listed below.
| Best Picture | The Big Short |
| | Bridge of Spies |
| | Brooklyn |
| | Mad Max: Fury Road |
| | The Martian |
| | The Revenant |
| | Room |
| | Spotlight |
| Best Animated Picture | Anomalisa |
| | Boy and the World |
| | Inside Out |
| | Shaun the Sheep Movie |
| | When Marnie Was There |
| Actor in a Leading Role | Bryan Cranston, Trumbo |
| | Matt Damon, The Martian |
| | Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant |
| | Michael Fassbender, Steve Jobs |
| | Eddie Redmayne, The Danish Girl |
| Actress in a Leading Role | Cate Blanchett, Carol |
| | Brie Larson, Room |
| | Jennifer Lawrence, Joy |
| | Charlotte Rampling, 45 Years |
| | Saoirse Ronan, Brooklyn |
| Actor in a Supporting Role | Christian Bale, The Big Short |
| | Tom Hardy, The Revenant |
| | Mark Ruffalo, Spotlight |
| | Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies |
| | Sylvester Stallone, Creed |
| Actress in a Supporting Role | Jennifer Jason Leigh, The Hateful Eight |
| | Rooney Mara, Carol |
| | Rachel McAdams, Spotlight |
| | Alicia Vikander, The Danish Girl |
| | Kate Winslet, Steve Jobs |
| Directing | Adam McKay, The Big Short |
| | George Miller, Mad Max: Fury Road |
| | Alejandro G. Iñárritu, The Revenant |
| | Lenny Abrahamson, Room |
| | Tom McCarthy, Spotlight |
| Writing | | Original Screenplay | Matt Charman and Ethan Coen & Joel Coen, Bridge of Spies | | | Alex Garland, Ex Machina | | | Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve, Josh Cooley, Inside Out | | | Josh Singer & Tom McCarthy, Spotlight | | | Dan Gilroy, Nightcrawler | | Adapted Screenplay | Jonathan Herman and Andrea Berloff; Story by S. Leigh Savidge, Straight Outta Compton | | | Nick Hornby, Brooklyn | | | Phyllis Nagy, Carol | | | | Charles Randolph and Adam McKay, The Big Short | | | Drew Goddard, The Martian | | | Emma Donoghue, Room | |
| Cinematography | Ed Lachman, Carol |
| | Robert Richardson, The Hateful Eight |
| | John Seale, Mad Mad: Fury Road |
| | Emmanuel Lubezki, The Revenant |
| | Roger A. Deakins, Sicario |
| Production Design | Bridge of Spies, Adam Stockhausen (Production Design); Rena DeAngelo and Bernhard Henrich |
| | The Danish Girl, Eve Stewart (Production Design); Michael Standish (Set Decoration) |
| | Mad Max: Fury Road, Colin Gibson (Production Design); Lisa Thompson (Set Decoration) |
| | The Martian, Arthur Max (Production Design); Celia Bobak (Set Decoration) |
| | The Revenant, Jack Fisk (Production Design); Hamish Purdy (Set Decoration) |
| Sound | | Editing | Mark Mangini and David White, Mad Max: Fury Road | | | Oliver Tarney, The Martian | | | Martin Hernandez and Lon Bender, The Revenant | | | Alan Robert Murray, Sicario | | | Matthew Wood and David Acord, Star Wars: The Force Awakens | | Mixing | Andy Nelson, Gary Rydstrom and Drew Kunin, Bridge of Spies | | | Chris Jenkins, Gregg Rudloff and Ben Osmo, Mad Max: Fury Road | | | Paul Massey, Mark Taylor and Mac Ruth, The Martian | | | Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño, Randy Thom and Chris Duesterdiek, The Revenant | | | Andy Nelson, Christopher Scarabosio and Stuart Wilson, Star Wars: The Force Awakens | |
| Music | | Song | "Earned It" from Fifty Shades of Grey | | | "Manta Ray" from Racing Extinction | | | "Simple Song #3" from Youth | | | "Till It Happens to You" from The Hunting Ground | | | "Writing's on the Wall" from Spectre | | Original Score | Thomas Newman, Bridge of Spies | | | Carter Burwell, Carol | | | Ennio Morricone, The Hateful Eight | | | Jóhann Jóhannsson, Sicario | | | John Williams, Star Wars: The Force Awakens | |
| Film Editing | Hank Corwin, The Big Short |
| | Margaret Sixel, Mad Max: Fury Road |
| | Stephen Mirrione, The Revenant |
| | Tom McArdle, Spotlight |
| | Maryann Brandon and Mary Jo Markey, Star Wars: The Force Awakens |
| Costume Design | Sandy Powell, Carol |
| | Sandy Powell, Cinderella |
| | Paco Delgado, The Danish Girl |
| | Jenny Beavan, Mad Max: Fury Road |
| | Jacqueline West, The Revenant |
| Makeup | Lesley Vanderwalt, Elka Wardega and Damian Martin, Mad Max: Fury Road |
| | Love Larson and Eva von Bahr, The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out a Window and Disappeared |
| | Sian Grigg, Duncan Jarman and Robert Pandini, The Revenant |
| Visual Effects | Andrew Whitehurst, Paul Norris, Mark Ardington and Sara Bennett, Ex Machina |
| | Andrew Jackson, Tom Wood, Dan Oliver and Andy Williams, Mad Max: Fury Road |
| | Richard Stammers, Anders Langlands, Chris Lawrence and Steven Warner, The Martian |
| | Rich McBride, Matthew Shumway, Jason Smith and Cameron Waldbauer, The Revenant |
| | Roger Guyett, Patrick Tubach, Neal Scanlan and Chris Corbould, Star Wars: The Force Awakens |
| Short Films | | Animated | Bear Story | | | Prologue | | | Sanjay's Super Team | | | We Can't Live Without Cosmos | | | World of Tomorrow | | Live Action | Ave Maria | | | Day One | | | Everything Will Be Okay (Alles Wird Gut) | | | Shock | | | Stutterer | |
| Documentary | | Short Subject | Body Team 12 | | | Chau, Beyond the Lines | | | Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah | | | A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness | | | Last Day of Freedom | | Feature | Amy | | | Cartel Land | | | The Look of Silence | | | What Happened, Miss Simone? | | | Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom | |
| Foreign Language Film | Embrace of the Serpent, Colombia |
| | Mustang, France |
| | Son of Saul, Hungary |
| | Theeb, Jordan |
| | A War, Denmark |
