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Oscars 2016 Winners & Nominees

The 88th Academy Awards (2016) took place on February 28, 2016. Spotlight won Best Picture and one more award. Mad Max: Fury Road won the most, 6 of its 10 nominations. Every winner and nominee in all 22 categories is below.

All 22 categories Most wins
categories
22
nominations
102
films nominated
42
winners
21
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Best Picture
Spotlight
Headline winners

Oscars 2016: The Winners

Spotlight won Best Picture against 7 other nominees. Alejandro G. Iñárritu (Best Director), Leonardo DiCaprio (Best Actor) and Brie Larson (Best Actress) took the main individual prizes.

Spotlight (2015) movie poster Best Picture

Best Picture

Spotlight

2015 · Biography, Drama, History · $98.7M worldwide

2 wins from 6 nominations at the 88th Academy Awards (2016)

  • Best Original Screenplay

A team of investigative journalists at The Boston Globe, known as Spotlight, embarks on a courageous quest to expose a disturbing pattern of sexual abuse within the Catholic Church. Their meticulous reporting uncovers a decades-long cover-up, revealing how institutional failings allowed predators to act with impunity. The story’s revelations shake the foundations of the Church and have far-reaching consequences, sparking a global reckoning and challenging the abuse of power.

About Spotlight
Scoreboard

Oscars 2016: Which Films Won the Most

Mad Max: Fury Road won 6 awards from 10 nominations. 13 films won at least once, while The Martian went home empty-handed from 7 nominations. Green is wins, blue is nominations.

  1. Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) movie poster
    Mad Max: Fury Road 6 / 10
    2015 · Action, Adventure · 6 wins from 10 nominations
  2. The Revenant (2012) movie poster
    The Revenant 3 / 12
    2012 · Horror, Comedy · 3 wins from 12 nominations
  3. Spotlight (2015) movie poster
    Spotlight 2 / 6
    2015 · Biography, Drama · 2 wins from 6 nominations
  4. Bridge of Spies (2015) movie poster
    Bridge of Spies 1 / 6
    2015 · Biography, Drama · 1 win from 6 nominations
  5. The Big Short (2015) movie poster
    The Big Short 1 / 5
    2015 · Biography, Drama · 1 win from 5 nominations
  6. Room (2015) movie poster
    Room 1 / 4
    2015 · Drama · 1 win from 4 nominations
  7. The Danish Girl (2015) movie poster
    The Danish Girl 1 / 4
    2015 · Biography, Drama · 1 win from 4 nominations
  8. The Hateful Eight (2015) movie poster
    The Hateful Eight 1 / 3
    2015 · Drama, Mystery · 1 win from 3 nominations
  9. Inside Out (2015) movie poster
    Inside Out 1 / 2
    2015 · Adventure, Drama · 1 win from 2 nominations
  10. Ex Machina (2015) movie poster
    Ex Machina 1 / 2
    2015 · Sci-Fi, Drama · 1 win from 2 nominations
Full results

All 22 Oscars 2016 Categories: Winners & Nominees

22 categories and 102 nominations; Best Picture had the most nominees (8). The winner of each comes first, on a green row. Search for a film or a person, show only the winners, or jump straight to a category.

22 categories · 102 nominations

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Oscars 2016 Best Short Film (Live Action)

Official name: Short Film (Live Action)

1 nominee

No winner is recorded for this category.

By genre

The Genres Behind the Oscars 2016 Winners

Drama led with 69 nominations across 29 films and won 10. A film with several genres counts for each one.

  1. Drama 10 wins · 69 nominations · 14%
  2. Comedy 6 wins · 37 nominations · 16%
  3. Thriller 13 wins · 35 nominations · 37%
  4. Adventure 8 wins · 27 nominations · 30%
  5. Biography 6 wins · 27 nominations · 22%
  6. Action 7 wins · 23 nominations · 30%
  7. Sci-Fi 7 wins · 20 nominations · 35%
  8. Romance 1 win · 17 nominations · 6%
  9. History 4 wins · 15 nominations · 27%
  10. Horror 4 wins · 14 nominations · 29%
2016 season

How the Rest of the 2016 Awards Season Voted

The other 13 ceremonies of 2016, with the winner of each top prize. Spotlight also won the top prize at 2 of them. The Revenant won the most of them: 3.

All 2016 awards
Earlier years

Previous Oscars Ceremonies

The 6 ceremonies before this one, with the winner of each top prize. The Oscars page has every year back to 1929.

Every Oscars ceremony

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Oscars 2016: Questions & Answers

The top prize, the film that won the most, the most-nominated film, the individual winners and the date of the 88th Academy Awards (2016), answered from the results on this page.

Who won Best Picture at the 88th Academy Awards (2016)?

Spotlight (2015) won Best Picture. The other nominees were The Big Short, Bridge of Spies, Brooklyn, Mad Max: Fury Road, The Martian, The Revenant and Room.

About Spotlight

Which film won the most awards at the 88th Academy Awards (2016)?

Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) won the most: 6 awards from 10 nominations. The Revenant was next with 3 wins.

Which film had the most nominations at the 88th Academy Awards (2016)?

The Revenant (2012) led with 12 nominations and won 3 of them.

Who won the acting and directing awards at the 88th Academy Awards (2016)?

Best Director: Alejandro G. Iñárritu for The Revenant. Best Actor: Leonardo DiCaprio for The Revenant. Best Actress: Brie Larson for Room. Best Supporting Actor: Mark Rylance for Bridge of Spies. Best Supporting Actress: Alicia Vikander for The Danish Girl.

When was the 88th Academy Awards (2016)?

The 88th Academy Awards (2016) took place on February 28, 2016. The database has 22 categories and 102 nominations for it.