2015 Film Year: Oscar Winners & Nominees
The AwardWentTo archive contains 121 Academy Award records for the 2015 film year, covering 57 films and including 24 wins.
Years follow the source film eligibility/dataset year, which may differ from the ceremony calendar year. Counts describe film-linked archive records, including historical and special-award context where supplied.
Best Picture result
- ★ SpotlightMichael Sugar, Steve Golin, Nicole Rocklin and Blye Pagon Faust, Producers
8 Best Picture award records for this film year. See the full result · Best Picture history
Acting category results
Leading winning films
Ranked by winning records in this film-year selection.
- Mad Max: Fury Road
6 wins from 10 award records
- The Revenant
3 wins from 12 award records
- Spotlight
2 wins from 6 award records
- Bridge of Spies
1 win from 6 award records
- The Big Short
1 win from 5 award records
- Room
1 win from 4 award records
Category winners
Select a category to explore its history, or jump to this year's full records.
- ★ The Revenant — Hugh Glass
- ★ Bridge of Spies — Rudolf Abel
- ★ Room — Ma
- ★ The Danish Girl — Gerda
- ★ Amy
- ★ Spectre — Writing's On The Wall
Nominations and award records by category
Showing 121 of 121 archive records. Gold stars mark winning records.
Best Picture
- ★ Spotlight IMDB — Michael Sugar, Steve Golin, Nicole Rocklin and Blye Pagon Faust, Producers
- The Big Short IMDB — Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner, Producers
- Bridge of Spies IMDB — Steven Spielberg, Marc Platt and Kristie Macosko Krieger, Producers
- Brooklyn IMDB — Finola Dwyer and Amanda Posey, Producers
- Mad Max: Fury Road IMDB — Doug Mitchell and George Miller, Producers
- The Martian IMDB — Simon Kinberg, Ridley Scott, Michael Schaefer and Mark Huffam, Producers
- The Revenant IMDB — Arnon Milchan, Steve Golin, Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Mary Parent and Keith Redmon, Producers
- Room IMDB — Ed Guiney, Producer
Best Actor
- ★ The Revenant IMDB — Leonardo DiCaprioHugh Glass
- Trumbo IMDB — Bryan CranstonDalton Trumbo
- The Martian IMDB — Matt DamonMark Watney
- Steve Jobs IMDB — Michael FassbenderSteve Jobs
- The Danish Girl IMDB — Eddie RedmayneLili
Best Supporting Actor
- ★ Bridge of Spies IMDB — Mark RylanceRudolf Abel
- The Big Short IMDB — Christian BaleMichael Burry
- The Revenant IMDB — Tom HardyJohn Fitzgerald
- Spotlight IMDB — Mark RuffaloMike Rezendes
- Creed IMDB — Sylvester StalloneRocky Balboa
Best Actress
- ★ Room IMDB — Brie LarsonMa
- Carol IMDB — Cate BlanchettCarol Aird
- Joy IMDB — Jennifer LawrenceJoy
- 45 Years IMDB — Charlotte RamplingKate Mercer
- Brooklyn IMDB — Saoirse RonanEilis
Best Supporting Actress
- ★ The Danish Girl IMDB — Alicia VikanderGerda
- The Hateful Eight IMDB — Jennifer Jason LeighDaisy Domergue
- Carol IMDB — Rooney MaraTherese Belivet
- Spotlight IMDB — Rachel McAdamsSacha Pfeiffer
- Steve Jobs IMDB — Kate WinsletJoanna Hoffman
Animated Feature Film
- ★ Inside Out IMDB — Pete Docter and Jonas Rivera
- Anomalisa IMDB — Charlie Kaufman, Duke Johnson and Rosa Tran
- Boy and the World IMDB — Alê Abreu
- Shaun the Sheep Movie IMDB — Mark Burton and Richard Starzak
- When Marnie Was There IMDB — Hiromasa Yonebayashi and Yoshiaki Nishimura
Art Direction
- ★ Mad Max: Fury Road IMDB — Production Design: Colin Gibson; Set Decoration: Lisa Thompson
- Bridge of Spies IMDB — Production Design: Adam Stockhausen; Set Decoration: Rena DeAngelo and Bernhard Henrich
- The Danish Girl IMDB — Production Design: Eve Stewart; Set Decoration: Michael Standish
- The Martian IMDB — Production Design: Arthur Max; Set Decoration: Celia Bobak
- The Revenant IMDB — Production Design: Jack Fisk; Set Decoration: Hamish Purdy
Cinematography
Costume Design
Best Director
Documentary Feature
- ★ Amy IMDB — Asif Kapadia and James Gay-Rees
- Cartel Land IMDB — Matthew Heineman and Tom Yellin
- The Look of Silence IMDB — Joshua Oppenheimer and Signe Byrge Sørensen
- What Happened, Miss Simone? IMDB — Liz Garbus, Amy Hobby and Justin Wilkes
- Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom IMDB — Evgeny Afineevsky and Den Tolmor
Documentary Short Subject
- ★ A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness IMDB — Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
- Body Team 12 IMDB — David Darg and Bryn Mooser
- Chau, beyond the Lines IMDB — Courtney Marsh and Jerry Franck
- Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah IMDB — Adam Benzine
- Last Day of Freedom IMDB — Dee Hibbert-Jones and Nomi Talisman
Film Editing
- ★ Mad Max: Fury Road IMDB — Margaret Sixel
- The Big Short IMDB — Hank Corwin
- The Revenant IMDB — Stephen Mirrione
- Spotlight IMDB — Tom McArdle
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens IMDB — Maryann Brandon and Mary Jo Markey
International Feature Film
- ★ Son of Saul IMDB — Hungary
- Embrace of the Serpent IMDB — Colombia
- Mustang IMDB — France
- Theeb IMDB — Jordan
- A War IMDB — Denmark
Makeup and Hairstyling
- ★ Mad Max: Fury Road IMDB — Lesley Vanderwalt, Elka Wardega and Damian Martin
- The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed out the Window and Disappeared IMDB — Love Larson and Eva von Bahr
- The Revenant IMDB — Siân Grigg, Duncan Jarman and Robert Pandini
Original Score
Original Song
- ★ Spectre IMDB — Music and Lyric by Jimmy Napes and Sam SmithWriting's On The Wall
- Fifty Shades of Grey IMDB — Music and Lyric by The Weeknd, Ahmad Balshe, Jason Quenneville and Stephan MoccioEarned It
- Racing Extinction IMDB — Music by J. Ralph; Lyric by AnohniManta Ray
- Youth IMDB — Music and Lyric by David LangSimple Song #3
- The Hunting Ground IMDB — Music and Lyric by Diane Warren and Lady GagaTil It Happens To You
Animated Short Film
- ★ Bear Story IMDB — Gabriel Osorio and Pato Escala
- Prologue IMDB — Richard Williams and Imogen Sutton
- Sanjay's Super Team IMDB — Sanjay Patel and Nicole Grindle
- We Can't Live without Cosmos IMDB — Konstantin Bronzit
- World of Tomorrow IMDB — Don Hertzfeldt
Live Action Short Film
- ★ Stutterer IMDB — Benjamin Cleary and Serena Armitage
- Ave Maria IMDB — Basil Khalil and Eric Dupont
- Day One IMDB — Henry Hughes
- Everything Will Be Okay (Alles Wird Gut) IMDB — Patrick Vollrath
- Shok IMDB — Jamie Donoughue
Sound Editing
- ★ Mad Max: Fury Road IMDB — Mark Mangini and David White
- The Martian IMDB — Oliver Tarney
- The Revenant IMDB — Martin Hernandez and Lon Bender
- Sicario IMDB — Alan Robert Murray
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens IMDB — Matthew Wood and David Acord
Sound Mixing
- ★ Mad Max: Fury Road IMDB — Chris Jenkins, Gregg Rudloff and Ben Osmo
- Bridge of Spies IMDB — Andy Nelson, Gary Rydstrom and Drew Kunin
- The Martian IMDB — Paul Massey, Mark Taylor and Mac Ruth
- The Revenant IMDB — Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño, Randy Thom and Chris Duesterdiek
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens IMDB — Andy Nelson, Christopher Scarabosio and Stuart Wilson
Visual Effects
- ★ Ex Machina IMDB — Andrew Whitehurst, Paul Norris, Mark Ardington and Sara Bennett
- Mad Max: Fury Road IMDB — Andrew Jackson, Tom Wood, Dan Oliver and Andy Williams
- The Martian IMDB — Richard Stammers, Anders Langlands, Chris Lawrence and Steven Warner
- The Revenant IMDB — Rich McBride, Matthew Shumway, Jason Smith and Cameron Waldbauer
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens IMDB — Roger Guyett, Patrick Tubach, Neal Scanlan and Chris Corbould
Adapted Screenplay
- ★ The Big Short IMDB — Screenplay by Charles Randolph and Adam McKay
- Brooklyn IMDB — Screenplay by Nick Hornby
- Carol IMDB — Screenplay by Phyllis Nagy
- The Martian IMDB — Screenplay by Drew Goddard
- Room IMDB — Screenplay by Emma Donoghue
Original Screenplay
- ★ Spotlight IMDB — Written by Josh Singer & Tom McCarthy
- Bridge of Spies IMDB — Written by Matt Charman and Ethan Coen & Joel Coen
- Ex Machina IMDB — Written by Alex Garland
- Inside Out IMDB — Screenplay by Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve, Josh Cooley; Original story by Pete Docter, Ronnie del Carmen
- Straight Outta Compton IMDB — Screenplay by Jonathan Herman and Andrea Berloff; Story by S. Leigh Savidge & Alan Wenkus and Andrea Berloff
Nominated films and other recorded entries
57 films represented in the 2015 archive selection.
- 45 Years
- A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness
- A War
- Amy
- Anomalisa
- Ave Maria
- Bear Story
- Body Team 12
- Boy and the World
- Bridge of Spies
- Brooklyn
- Carol
- Cartel Land
- Chau, beyond the Lines
- Cinderella
- Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah
- Creed
- Day One
- Embrace of the Serpent
- Everything Will Be Okay (Alles Wird Gut)
- Ex Machina
- Fifty Shades of Grey
- Inside Out
- Joy
- Last Day of Freedom
- Mad Max: Fury Road
- Mustang
- Prologue
- Racing Extinction
- Room
- Sanjay's Super Team
- Shaun the Sheep Movie
- Shok
- Sicario
- Son of Saul
- Spectre
- Spotlight
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens
- Steve Jobs
- Straight Outta Compton
- Stutterer
- The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed out the Window and Disappeared
- The Big Short
- The Danish Girl
- The Hateful Eight
- The Hunting Ground
- The Look of Silence
- The Martian
- The Revenant
- Theeb
- Trumbo
- We Can't Live without Cosmos
- What Happened, Miss Simone?
- When Marnie Was There
- Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom
- World of Tomorrow
- Youth
About these award records
This independent archive groups film-linked award records by film, credited name, category and eligibility year. The film year can differ from the year the ceremony took place. Ceremony numbers are shown where supplied by the records.
Each distinct performance, song or award credit remains a separate record, even when it belongs to the same film. Shared credits stay together. A person's page covers the name shown, without combining aliases or shared credits into a complete career total.
Totals can include honorary, special and historical awards alongside competitive nominations. Awards without a linked film are outside these page totals. Source notes and uncertain records are retained; category comparisons omit groups with unresolved notes, ties or conflicting identities.
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