La Academia de Artes y Ciencias Cinematográficas (AMPAS, por sus siglas en inglés) indicó mediante la emisión y también a través de las redes sociales que "El Renacido" (The Revenant) es la más nominada. Además, como dato más que importante para América Latina, la colombiana "El abrazo de la serpiente" consiguió estar en el quinteto de Mejor Película de Habla No Inglesa.
Best picture
"Spotlight"
"The Revenant"
"Mad Max: Fury Road"
"The Big Short"
"Bridge of Spies"
"Brooklyn"
"Room"
"The Martian"
Actor in a leading role
Leonardo DiCaprio, "The Revenant"
Matt Damon, "The Martian"
Michael Fassbender, "Steve Jobs"
Bryan Cranston, "Trumbo"
Eddie Redmayne, "The Danish Girl"
Actress in a leading role
Brie Larson, "Room"
Saoirse Ronan, "Brooklyn"
Cate Blanchett, "Carol"
Jennifer Lawrence, "Joy"
Charlotte Rampling, "45 Years"
Best director
Alejandro González Iñárritu, "The Revenant"
George Miller, "Mad Max: Fury Road"
Tom McCarthy, "Spotlight"
Adam McKay, "The Big Short"
Lenny Abrahamson, "Room"
Actress in a supporting role
Rooney Mara, "Carol"
Jennifer Jason Leigh, "The Hateful Eight"
Alicia Vikander, "The Danish Girl"
Kate Winslet, "Steve Jobs"
Rachel McAdams, "Spotlight"
Actor in a supporting role
Sylvester Stallone, "Creed"
Mark Rylance, "Bridge of Spies"
Mark Ruffalo, "Spotlight"
Christian Bale, "The Big Short"
Tom Hardy, "The Revenant"
Best foreign language film
"Son of Saul"
"Mustang"
"A War"
"El abrazo de la serpiente"
"Theeb"
Best animated feature film
"Inside Out"
"When Marnie Was There"
"Anomalisa"
"Boy and the World"
"Shaun the Sheep Movie"
Best original score
"The Hateful Eight"
"Sicario"
"Star Wars: The Force Awakens"
"Carol"
"Bridge of Spies"
Best adapted screenplay
"Carol"
"The Big Short"
"Brooklyn"
"The Martian"
"Room"
Best original screenplay
"Spotlight"
"Bridge of Spies"
"Ex Machina"
"Straight Outta Compton"
"Inside Out"
Best film editing
"The Revenant"
"Mad Max: Fury Road"
"Spotlight"
"The Big Short"
"Star Wars: The Force Awakens"
Best cinematography
"The Revenant"
"Mad Max: Fury Road"
"Carol"
"Sicario"
"The Hateful Eight"
Best production design
"Mad Max: Fury Road"
"Bridge of Spies"
"The Martian"
"The Danish Girl"
"The Revenant"
Best visual effects
"Mad Max: Fury Road"
"Star Wars: The Force Awakens"
"The Revenant"
"The Martian"
"Ex Machina"
Best original song
"Simple Song 3,"
"Youth"
"Manta Ray,"
"Racing Extinction"
"Writing's on the Wall,"
"Spectre"
"Til it Happens to You,"
"The Hunting Ground"
"Earned It,"
"Fifty Shades of Grey"
Best documentary short subject
"Body Team 12"
"A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness"
"Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah"
"Chau, Beyond the Lines"
"Lasy Day of Freedom"
Best documentary feature
"Amy"
"What Happened, Miss Simone?"
"The Look of Silence"
"Cartel Land"
"Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom"
Best costume design
"Carol"
"Cinderella"
"Mad Max: Fury Road"
"The Danish Girl"
"The Revenant"
Best sound mixing
"The Revenant"
"Star Wars: The Force Awakens"
"Mad Max: Fury Road"
"The Martian"
"Bridge of Spies"
Best live action short film
"Ave Maria"
"Shok"
"Day One"
"Stutterer"
"Everything Will Be Okay"
Best animated short film
"Sanjay's Super Team"
"Bear Story"
"World of Tomorrow"
"Prologue"
"We Can't Live Without Cosmos"
Best makeup and hairstyling
"Mad Max: Fury Road"
"The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out a Window and Disappeared"
"The Revenant"
Best sound editing
"The Revenant"
"Mad Max: Fury Road"
"The Martian"
"Sicario"
"Star Wars: The Force Awakens"