• Skip to main content
  • Skip to navigation
  • hot-topicsHot Topics
  • London Film Festival
  • WBD sale
  • Stars of Tomorrow
  • Digital editions
  • Screen Summit
  • Staff moves
Screen Daily
Core Test
Mast navigation
  • Register
  • Subscribe
  • Sign in
Search our site
Menu
Close menu
  • Home
    • Back to parent navigation item
    • Home
    • Contact Us
    • Digital Editions
    • Screen Network
    • Stars Of Tomorrow
    • Global Production Awards
    • World of Locations
    • UK In Focus
    • The Brit 50
  • News
    • Back to parent navigation item
    • News
    • Production
    • Distribution
    • Funding
    • Streaming
    • Exhibition
    • Sales
    • Staff moves
    • TV
    • Artificial intelligence
    • Box office
    • Territories
      • Back to parent navigation item
      • Territories
      • UK & Ireland
      • North America
      • Europe
      • Asia Pacific
      • Middle East & Africa
  • Reviews
    • Back to parent navigation item
    • Reviews
    • Territories
      • Back to parent navigation item
      • Territories
      • UK & Ireland
      • North America
      • Europe
      • Asia Pacific
      • Middle East & Africa
    • Festivals
      • Back to parent navigation item
      • Festivals
      • Cannes
      • Berlin
      • Sundance
      • Toronto
      • Venice
      • More
  • Features
    • Back to parent navigation item
    • Features
    • Interviews
    • Comment
    • Future Leaders
    • TV
    • My Screen Life
    • The Brit 50
  • Festivals
    • Back to parent navigation item
    • Festivals
    • Europe
      • Back to parent navigation item
      • Europe
      • Cannes
      • Berlin
      • Venice
      • Rotterdam
      • Karlovy Vary
      • Locarno
      • CPH:DOX
      • Sarajevo
      • San Sebastian
      • Tallinn
      • Zurich
      • Rome
    • North America
      • Back to parent navigation item
      • North America
      • Toronto
      • AFM
      • Sundance
      • SXSW
      • Tribeca
    • UK
      • Back to parent navigation item
      • UK
      • London
      • Glasgow
      • Edinburgh
      • Sheffield Doc/Fest
    • Asia Pacific
      • Back to parent navigation item
      • Asia Pacific
      • Busan
      • Tokyo
      • Filmart
    • MENA
      • Back to parent navigation item
      • MENA
      • Cairo
      • Red Sea
      • Marrakech
  • Box Office
    • Back to parent navigation item
    • Box Office
    • Box Office Reports
      • Back to parent navigation item
      • Box Office Reports
      • International
      • UK
      • US
    • Analysis
  • Awards
    • Back to parent navigation item
    • Awards
    • Oscars
    • Baftas
    • Golden Globes
    • Emmys
    • Bifas
    • European Film Awards
  • The Screen Podcast
  • Subscribe
  • Home
      • Contact Us
      • Digital Editions
      • Screen Network
      • Stars Of Tomorrow
      • Global Production Awards
      • World of Locations
      • UK In Focus
      • The Brit 50
    • Busan 3x2 day 3 2026
      Busan 2026: Screen’s dailies
    • Oct monthly 2026
      Screen digital edition: October 2026
    • Spain special 3x2
      Spain special 2026: digital edition
  • News
      • Production
      • Distribution
      • Funding
      • Streaming
      • Exhibition
      • Sales
      • Staff moves
      • TV
      • Artificial intelligence
      • Box office
      • Territories
        • UK & Ireland
        • North America
        • Europe
        • Asia Pacific
        • Middle East & Africa
    • Ava DuVernay
      “Hollywood is over”, Ava DuVernay tells BFI London Film Festival audience
    • Peter Rice / Bela Bajaria
      Peter Rice replaces Bela Bajaria as Netflix chief content officer
  • Reviews
      • Territories
        • UK & Ireland
        • North America
        • Europe
        • Asia Pacific
        • Middle East & Africa
      • Festivals
        • Cannes
        • Berlin
        • Sundance
        • Toronto
        • Venice
        • More
    • Flesh And Fuel
      ‘Flesh And Fuel’ review: A French trucker finds love on the road in sensitive, mature debut
    • Klara And The Sun
      ‘Klara And The Sun’ review: Jenna Ortega stars in Taika Waititi’s overstuffed adaptation of the Kazuo Ishiguro novel
  • Features
      • Interviews
      • Comment
      • Future Leaders
      • TV
      • My Screen Life
      • The Brit 50
    • Carol Morley
      Carol Morley talks about how she raised the private funding for ‘7 Miles Out’
    • Kristy Matheson
      LFF head Kristy Matheson on curating her fourth edition, funding changes
    • Busan International Film Festival
      Busan film festival director talks Oscars impact, A-list status and future of Korean cinema
  • Festivals
      • Europe
        • Cannes
        • Berlin
        • Venice
        • Rotterdam
        • Karlovy Vary
        • Locarno
        • CPH:DOX
        • Sarajevo
        • San Sebastian
        • Tallinn
        • Zurich
        • Rome
      • North America
        • Toronto
        • AFM
        • Sundance
        • SXSW
        • Tribeca
      • UK
        • London
        • Glasgow
        • Edinburgh
        • Sheffield Doc/Fest
      • Asia Pacific
        • Busan
        • Tokyo
        • Filmart
      • MENA
        • Cairo
        • Red Sea
        • Marrakech
    • Ava DuVernay
      “Hollywood is over”, Ava DuVernay tells BFI London Film Festival audience
  • Box Office
      • Box Office Reports
        • International
        • UK
        • US
      • Analysis
    • 'Forgotten Island', 'Street Fighter', 'Whalefall'
      UK-Ireland box office preview: ‘Forgotten Island’ leads new titles as ‘Street Fighter’, ‘Whalefall’ also out
    • 'Other Mommy', 'The Social Reckoning'
      ‘Other Mommy’ calms ‘The Social Reckoning’, ‘The Uprising’ at UK-Ireland box office
    • Resident Evil The Social Reckoning Praesens Film Sony
      China-boosted ‘Resident Evil’ returns to global box office top spot; ‘The Social Reckoning’ disappoints
  • Awards
      • Oscars
      • Baftas
      • Golden Globes
      • Emmys
      • Bifas
      • European Film Awards
    • 'Obsession', 'Everybody To Kenmure Street'
      ‘Obsession’, ‘Everybody To Kenmure Street’ on Bifa international, documentary longlists
    • 'Black Church Bay', 'Surviving Earth', 'Straight Circle'
      ‘Black Church Bay’, ‘Surviving Earth’, ‘Straight Circle’ lead Bifa new talent longlists
    • 'Extra Geography', 'Effi o Blaenau'
      Bifa breakthrough performance longlist includes ‘Extra Geography’, ‘Effi o Blaenau’ actors
  • The Screen Podcast
  • Subscribe
    • screen packshot resized

      Subscribe to Screen International

      • Monthly print editions
      • Awards season weeklies
      • Stars of Tomorrow and exclusive supplements
      • Over 16 years of archived content
      Subscribe Now
  • More from navigation items
Awards

Oscars 2016: Best Picture nominations in pictures

By Katie Wright2016-01-14T15:45:00+00:00

  • Previous
  • Next
the big short

The Big Short has garnered five nominations including Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor (Christian Bale), Best Editing, and Best Adapted Screenplay.

bridge of spies

The Cold War thriller Bridge of Spies has earned six nominations, including Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor (Mark Rylance), Best Original Screenplay, Best Sound Mixing, Best Original Score, and Best Production Design.

Saoirse Ronan Brooklyn

Brooklyn has garnered three Oscar nominations, including Best Picture, Best Actress (Saoirse Ronan), and Best Adapted Screenplay.

mad max

The post-apocalyptic adventure Mad Max:Fury Road has been nominated in ten categories. These include Best Picture, Best Cinematography, Best Costume Design, Best Director (George Miller), Best Film Editing, Best Makeup and Hairstyling, Best Production Design, Achievement in Visual Effects, Best Sound Editing, and Best Sound Mixing.

The Martian

The Martian has been nominated in seven Oscar categories including Best Picture, Best Actor (Matt Damon), Best Production Design, Best Sound Editing, Best Sound Mixing, Achievement in Visual Effects, and Best Adapted Screenplay.

The Revenant

The Revenant tops the list with 12 Oscar noms. These include Best Picture, Best Actor (Leonardo DiCaprio), Best Supporting Actor (Tom Hardy), Best Cinematography, Best Director (Alejandro G Ińárritu), Best Costume Design, Best Film Editing, Best Makeup and Hairstyling, Best Production Design, Best Sound Editing, Best Sound Mixing, and Achievement in Visual Effects.

Room

Room has garnered four Oscar nominations including Best Picture, Best Actress (Brie Larson), Best Director (Lenny Abrahamson), and Best Adapted Screenplay.

Spotlight

Spotlight has earned six Academy Award nominations including Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor (Mark Ruffalo), Best Supporting Actress (Rachel McAdams), Best Director (Tom McCarthy), Best Film Editing, and Best Original Screenplay.

1/8

show caption
  • No comments

Gallery of this year’s Best Picture nominated films.

Oscars 2016

  • ‘The Revenant’ leads Oscar race with 12 noms
  • Full list of nominations

  • Scott, Spielberg, Sorkin shut out

  • Nominees’ reactions
  • Best Picture nominees at a glance

  • COMMENT: Oscar nominations reward ambition

  • GALLERIES: Actors

Topics

  • Academy Awards
  • Awards
  • United States
  • No comments

Related articles

  • Ava DuVernay
    News

    “Hollywood is over”, Ava DuVernay tells BFI London Film Festival audience

    2026-10-16T11:30:00Z By Kadiatu Kabba

    DuVernay discusses international audience for Black American stories.

  • 'Obsession', 'Everybody To Kenmure Street'
    News

    ‘Obsession’, ‘Everybody To Kenmure Street’ on Bifa international, documentary longlists

    2026-10-16T09:00:00Z By Ben Dalton

    ‘La Bola Negra’, ‘Teenage Sex And Death At Camp Miasma’ make international list.

  • Peter Rice / Bela Bajaria
    News

    Peter Rice replaces Bela Bajaria as Netflix chief content officer

    2026-10-15T22:29:00Z By Jeremy Kay

    UK executive starts on October 26.

No comments yet

You're not signed in.

Only registered users or subscribers can comment on this article.

Sign in Register

More from Awards

  • Sentimental Value Wicked For Good Sinners Chloe Zhao on the set of Hamnet
    Features

    Seven Oscar nominations talking points: voters love international, Warner Bros soars and ‘Wicked 2’ sinks

    2026-01-22T16:52:00Z By Charles Gant, Ellie Calnan, Louise Tutt, Tim Dams and Nikki Baughan

    The steadily increasing international outlook of the US Academy Awards has been confirmed once again.

  • David Tennant EE BAFTA Film Awards 2024
    News

    David Tennant to return as host of 2025 Bafta Film Awards

    2024-12-09T08:01:00Z By Gabriella Geisinger

    The awards will take place on February 16 at the Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall. 

  • Oscars generic
    News

    Academy sets 91st Oscars timetable

    2018-04-24T05:07:00Z By Jeremy Kay

    Nominations announced on January 22, 2019.

  • Advertise with Screen
  • Contact us
  • A - Z of Subjects
  • Digital Editions
  • Connect with us on Facebook
  • Connect with us on Twitter
  • Connect with us on Linked in
  • Connect with us on YouTube
  • Connect with us on Instagram>

Subscribe to Screen International

Screen International is the essential resource for the international film industry. Subscribe now for monthly editions, awards season weeklies, access to the Screen International archive and supplements including Stars of Tomorrow and World of Locations.

Find out more

Events

  • Screen Summit
  • Media Production & Technology Show

Other MBI sites

  • Broadcast
  • AI Media News
  • ALF Insight
  • Screen Global Production
  • The Knowledge and Production Intelligence
  • Terms and conditions
  • Privacy & Cookie Policy
  • Copyright © 2025 Media Business Insight Limited
  • Subscription FAQs

Site powered by Webvision Cloud