--- title: Oscars 2016: Winners List, Full Nominations description: Here's who won big at the ceremony canonical: https://time.com/4240519/oscars-2016-winners-list/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-02-29T01:47:57.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-13T17:21:28.000Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: See All the Winners of the 2016 Oscars og:description: Here's who won big at the ceremony og:url: https://time.com/4240519/oscars-2016-winners-list/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9e38de55c1670bcb/69887f82cf40a80606c42322/alicia-vikander-oscars-2016.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: 88th Annual Academy Awards - Arrivals og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: See All the Winners of the 2016 Oscars twitter:description: Here's who won big at the ceremony twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9e38de55c1670bcb/69887f82cf40a80606c42322/alicia-vikander-oscars-2016.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # See All the Winners of the 2016 Oscars by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Updated: Dec 13, 2023 5:21 PM UTCPublished: Feb 29, 2016 1:47 AM UTC  Alicia Vikander attends the 88th Annual Academy Awards on Feb. 28, 2016 in Hollywood, Calif. Alicia Vikander attends the 88th Annual Academy Awards on Feb. 28, 2016 in Hollywood, Calif.Todd Williamson—Getty Images by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Updated: Dec 13, 2023 5:21 PM UTCPublished: Feb 29, 2016 1:47 AM UTC As expected, Leonardo DiCaprio and Brie Larson took home the major acting awards at the 88th annual Academy Awards Sunday night. _Spotlight_ snagged Best Picture, while Alejandro Iñárritu picked up his [second consecutive](http://time.com/4240789/oscars-2016-alejandro-inarritu-best-director-twice/) Best Director award for his work on _The Revenant_. [_Mad Max: Fury Road_](http://time.com/3850323/mad-max-fury-road-eve-ensler-feminist/)received six gold statues, mostly in technical categories. See pictures from the red carpet [here](http://time.com/4239855/oscars-2016-red-carpet-fashion-celebrities/). **Best Original Screenplay** _Bridge of Spies_ _Ex Machina_ _Inside Out_ **_Spotlight (winner)_** _Straight Outta Compton_ **Best Adapted Screenplay** **_The Big Short (winner)_** _Brooklyn_ _Carol_ _The Martian_ _Room_ **Best Supporting Actress** Jennifer Jason Leigh, _T_ _he Hateful Eight_ Rooney Mara, _Carol_ Rachel McAdams, _Spotlight_ **Alicia Vikander,** **_The Danish Girl (winner)_** Kate Winslet, _Steve Jobs_ **Best Costume Design** _Carol_ _Cinderella_ _The Danish Girl_ **_Mad Max: Fury Road (winner)_** _The Revenant_ **Best Production Design** _Bridge of Spies_ _The Danish Girl_ **_Mad Max: Fury Road (winner)_** _The Martian_ _The Revenant_ **Best Makeup & Hairstyling** **_Mad Max: Fury Road (winner)_** _The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out a Window and Disappeared_ _The Revenant_ **Best Cinematography** _Carol_ _The Hateful Eight_ _Mad Max: Fury Road_ **_The Revenant (winner)_** _Sicario_ **Best Film Editing** _The Big Short_ **_Mad Max: Fury Road (winner)_** _The Revenant_ _Spotlight_ _Star Wars: The Force Awakens_ **Best Sound Editing** **_Mad Max: Fury Road (winner)_** _The Martian_ _The Revenant_ _Sicario_ _Star Wars: The Force Awakens_ **Best Sound Mixing** _Bridge of Spies_ **_Mad Max: Fury Road (winner)_** _The Martian_ _The Revenant_ _Star Wars: The Force Awakens_ **Best Visual Effects** **_Ex Machina (winner)_** _Mad Max: Fury Road_ _The Martian_ _The Revenant_ _Star Wars: The Force Awakens_ **Best Animated Short Film** **_Bear Story (winner)_** _Prologue_ _Sanjay’s Super Team_ _We Can’t Live Without Cosmos_ _World of Tomorrow_ **Best Animated Feature** _Anomalisa_ _Boy and the World_ **_Inside Out (winner)_** _Shaun the Sheep Movie_ _When Marnie Was There_ **Best Supporting Actor** Christian Bale, _The Big Short_ Tom Hardy, _The Revenant_ Mark Ruffalo, _Spotlight_ **Mark Rylance,** **_Bridge of Spies (winner)_** Sylvester Stallone, _Creed_ **Best Documentary Short** _Body Team 12_ _Chau Behind the Lines_ _Claude Lanzman_ **_A Girl in the River (winner)_** _Last Day of Freedom_ **Best Documentary Feature** **_Amy (winner)_** _Cartel Land_ _The Look of Silence_ _What Happened, Miss Simone?_ _Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom_ **Best Live Action Short Film** _Ave Maria_ _Day One_ _Everything Will Be Okay_ _Shok_ **_Stutterer (winner)_** **Best Foreign Language Film** _Embrace of the Serpent_ _Mustang_ **_Son of Saul (winner)_** _Theeb_ _A War_ **Best Original Song** “Earned It,” _50 Shades Of Grey_ “Manta Ray,” _Racing Extinction_ “Simple Song #3,” _Youth_ “Til It Happens to You,” _The Hunting Ground_ **“Writing’s on the Wall,”** **_Spectre (winner)_** **Best Original Score** _Bridge of Spies_ _Carol_ **_The Hateful Eight (winner)_** _Sicario_ _Star Wars: The Force Awakens_ **Best Director** Adam McKay, _The Big Short_ George Miller, _Mad Max: Fury Road_ **Alejandro G. Iñárritu,** **_The Revenant (winner)_** Lenny Abrahamson, _Room_ Tom McCarthy, _Spotlight_ **Best Actress** Cate Blanchett, _Carol_ **Brie Larson,** **_Room (winner)_** Jennifer Lawrence, _Joy_ Charlotte Rampling, _45 Years_ Saoirse Ronan, _Brooklyn_ **Best Actor** Bryan Cranston, _Trumbo_ Matt Damon, _The Martian_ **Leonardo DiCaprio,** **_The Revenant (winner)_** Michael Fassbender, _Steve Jobs_ Eddie Redmayne, _The Danish Girl_ **Best Picture** _The Big Short_ _Bridge of Spies_ _Brooklyn_ _Mad Max: Fury Road_ _The Martian_ _The Revenant_ _Room_ **_Spotlight (winner)_** ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4240519/oscars-2016-winners-list/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4240519/oscars-2016-winners-list/"},"headline":"See All the Winners of the 2016 Oscars","datePublished":"2016-02-29T01:47:57.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-13T17:21:28.000Z","description":"Here's who won big at the ceremony","url":"https://time.com/4240519/oscars-2016-winners-list/","keywords":["movies","awards"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9e38de55c1670bcb/69887f82cf40a80606c42322/alicia-vikander-oscars-2016.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9e38de55c1670bcb/69887f82cf40a80606c42322/alicia-vikander-oscars-2016.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"88th Annual Academy Awards - Arrivals","caption":"Alicia Vikander attends the 88th Annual Academy Awards on Feb. 28, 2016 in Hollywood, Calif.","creditText":"Todd Williamson—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4240519/oscars-2016-winners-list/","name":"See All the Winners of the 2016 Oscars"}}]}] ```