The Big Short
A Most Violent Year
Selma
Spotlight

N/A

The Avengers: Age of Ultron
The Hateful Eight
Inside Out
Mad Max: Fury Road
Star Wars: The Force Awakens

J.C. Chandor (A Most Violent Year)
Ava DuVernay (Selma)
Tom McCarthy (Spotlight)
George Miller (Mad Max: Fury Road)
Denis Villeneuve (Sicario)

Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve, Josh Cooley (Inside Out)
Charles Randolph, Adam McKay (The Big Short)
Josh Singer, Tom McCarthy (Spotlight)
Aaron Sorkin (Steve Jobs)
Paul Webb (Selma)

Roger Deakins (Sicario)
Daniel Mindel (Star Wars: The Force Awakens)
Robert Richardson (The Hateful Eight)
John Seale (Mad Max: Fury Road
Bradford Young (A Most Violent Year)

Spencer Averick (Selma)
Maryann Brandon, Mary Jo. Markey (Star Wars: The Force Awakens)
Tom McArdle (Spotlight)
Fred Raskin (The Hateful Eight)
Margaret Sixel (Mad Max: Fury Road)

Cate Blanchett (Carol)
Charlize Theron (Mad Max: Fury Road)

Michael Fassbender (Steve Jobs)
Oscar Isaac (A Most Violent Year)
David Oyelowo (Selma)

Josh Brolin (Sicario)
Benicio Del Toro (Sicario)

N/A

The Avengers
The Big Short
The Hateful Eight
Selma
Spotlight

Johann Johannsson (Sicario)
Seymour: An Introduction
Howard Shore (Spotlight)
What Happened, Miss Simone?
John Williams (Star Wars: The Force Awakens)

Democrats
The Salt of the Earth
Seymour: An Introduction
What Happened, Miss Simone?
The Wolfpack

Brooklyn
Leviathan
What We Do in the Shadows

N/A

Phoenix
Quitters