The Cinemarter Awards Best Of 2015

If you wish to travel to a specific award, just click the title of the award (if you have multiple pages; if you don’t, you’ll have to scroll down). Otherwise, browse through by clicking “Next” at the bottom of the page. Best Film Best Director Best Leading Actor Best Leading Actress Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting Actress Best Animated Film Best Screenplay Best Cinematography Best Documentary Best Foreign Language Film Best Non-Theatrical Film Best Use of a Song in a Film Breakout Star Ex Machina is a modern sci-fi masterpiece. Inside Out is arguably Pixar’s best film ever. Mad Max: Fury Road is a reminder that even junky action movies can have a brain and a heart. The Martian is everything Interstellar wishes it was. And Spotlight is a perfect film, even though it’s not flashy. What a year.

Ex Machina

Inside Out

Mad Max: Fury Road

The Martian

Spotlight

Alejandro G. Inarritu (The Revenant)

George Miller (Mad Max: Fury Road)

Ridley Scott (The Martian)

Ryan Coogler (Creed)

Tom McCarthy (Spotlight)

Bryan Cranston (Trumbo)

Leonardo DiCaprio (The Revenant)

Matt Damon (The Martian)

Michael B. Jordan (Creed)

Michael Fassbender (Steve Jobs)

Brie Larson (Room)

Cate Blanchett (Carol)

Charlotte Rampling (45 Years)

Rooney Mara (Carol)

Saoirse Ronan (Brooklyn)

Idris Elba (Beasts of No Nation)

Mark Ruffalo (Spotlight)

Mark Rylance (Bridge of Spies)

Michael Keaton (Spotlight)

Sylvester Stallone (Creed)

Alicia Vikander (Ex Machina)

Jennifer Jason Leigh (The Hateful Eight)

Kate Winslet (Steve Jobs)

Kristen Stewart (Clouds of Sils Maria)

Rachel McAdams (Spotlight)

Anomalisa

The Good Dinosaur

Inside Out

Shaun the Sheep Movie

When Marnie Was There

The Big Short (Adam McKay and Charles Randolph)

Bridge of Spies (Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, and Matt Charman)

Ex Machina (Alex Garland)

Spotlight (Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer)

Steve Jobs (Aaron Sorkin)

Carol (Edward Lachmann)

The Hateful Eight (Robert Richardson)

Mad Max: Fury Road (John Seale)

The Revenant (Emmanuel Lubezki)

Sicario (Roger Deakins)

Amy

Best of Enemies

Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief

Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck

The Look of Silence

Mustang

Phoenix

Son of Saul

Theeb

White God

For this category, only films that were released in 50 or fewer theaters, and were released non-theatrically simultaneously, were considered.

Beasts of No Nation

Knock Knock

Night Owls

Turbo Kid

The Voices

Furious Seven – “See You Again”

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Magic Mike XXL – “I Want it That Way”

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Paper Towns – “Pokemon Theme”

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The Voices – “Sing a Happy Song”

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Alicia Vikander

Cara Delevingne

Domhnall Gleeson

Oscar Isaac

Taron Egerton

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