Best Picture nominees at the 2016 Oscars: all eight films
All eight Best Picture nominees at the 2016 Oscars, from winner Spotlight to Mad Max: Fury Road, The Revenant, The Martian and Room.
The 88th Academy Awards took place on February 28, 2016, hosted by Chris Rock. Mad Max: Fury Road won the most Oscars of the night, with six, Leonardo DiCaprio finally won for The Revenant, and Spotlight took the top prize.
The eight Best Picture nominees of 2016
1. Spotlight (2015) · Winner
Boston Globe reporters uncover abuse in the Catholic Church.
- Director: Tom McCarthy
- Genre: Drama, History
Worth it if: you love investigative journalism.
Oscars: Winner: Best Picture
2. The Big Short (2015)
Financiers bet against the US housing market before the 2008 crisis.
- Director: Adam McKay
- Genre: Comedy, Drama
Worth it if: you want a smart, angry comedy about money.
Oscars: Nominated: Best Picture
3. Bridge of Spies (2015)
Lawyer James Donovan negotiates a spy swap during the Cold War.
- Director: Steven Spielberg
- Genre: Thriller, History
Worth it if: you love Cold War thrillers with a human side.
Oscars: Nominated: Best Picture
4. Brooklyn (2015)
A young Irishwoman emigrates to New York in the 1950s and is torn between two lives.
- Director: John Crowley
- Genre: Drama
Worth it if: you want a gentle, beautiful romance about home.
Oscars: Nominated: Best Picture
5. Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
Max and Furiosa flee across the desert from a tyrant and his war machines.
- Director: George Miller
- Genre: Adventure, Science fiction
Worth it if: you want two hours of pure, insane action.
Oscars: Nominated: Best Picture
6. The Martian (2015)
An astronaut left alone on Mars must use science to survive.
- Director: Ridley Scott
- Genre: Science fiction, Adventure
Worth it if: you want sci-fi with humor and optimism.
Oscars: Nominated: Best Picture
7. The Revenant (2015)
A frontiersman left for dead after a bear attack crosses the frozen wild for revenge in 1823.
- Director: Alejandro G. Iñárritu
- Genre: Adventure, Drama
Worth it if: you want raw survival on a grand scale.
Oscars: Nominated: Best Picture
8. Room (2015)
A young mother and her five-year-old son live captive in a single room.
- Director: Lenny Abrahamson
- Genre: Drama
Worth it if: you are ready for a tense and deeply moving drama.
Oscars: Nominated: Best Picture
What won Best Picture at the 2016 Oscars?
Spotlight, directed by Tom McCarthy, won Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay.
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