Oscars 2016: ‘Spotlight’ Wins Best Picture, Complete Winners List

The 88th Academy Awards were held in Hollywood, Calif., Sunday night, celebrating the best in film.

Oscars 2016 Results

Spotlight, starring Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Liev Schreiber and John Slattery, took home the top honor, winning the Best Picture Oscar. The movie, which follows a team of reporters at the Boston Globe investigating a child abuse scandal involving the Catholic Church, also won the Best Original Screenplay Oscar.

Leonardo DiCaprio finally got his prize, winning the Best Actor in a Leading Role Academy Award for his work in The Revenant. Director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu won his second Best Director Oscar in a row. The Revenant ,which was nominated for a leading 12 nominations, also won for Best Cinematography.

The Room star Brie Larson won Best Actress in a Leading Role. Alicia Vikander won the Best Actress in a Supporting Role Oscar for The Danish Girl, while Bridge of Spies actor Mark Rylance was the surprise winner of the Best Actor in a Supporting Role award.

Mad Max: Fury Road nearly swept the technical categories, collecting more awards than any other film. Among the movie’s six wins were the awards for sound mixing, sound editing, editing, makeup and hair, costume design and production.

See Below For Full Winners List:

Best original screenplay

SPOTLIGHT – WINNER!
Straight Outta Compton
Bridge of Spies
Ex Machina
Inside Out

Best adapted screenplay

THE BIG SHORT – WINNER!
The Martian
Room
Brooklyn
Carol

Best supporting actress

ALICIA VIKANDER, THE DANISH GIRL – WINNER!
Jennifer Jason Leigh, The Hateful Eight
Rachel McAdams, Spotlight
Rooney Mara, Carol
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 make-up and hair

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 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

BEAR STORY – WINNER!
Prologue
Sanjay’s Super Team
We Can’t Leave Without Cosmos
World of Tomorrow

Best animated film

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 short documentary

Body Team 12
Chau, beyond the Lines
Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah
A GIRL IN THE RIVER: THE PRICE OF FORGIVENESS – WINNER!
Last Day of Freedom

Best documentary

AMY – WINNER!
Cartel Land
The Look of Silence
What Happened, Miss Simone?
Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom

Best 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 score

Thomas Newman, Bridge of Spies
Carter Burwell, Carol
ENNIO MORRICONE, THE HATEFUL EIGHT – WINNER!
Jóhann Jóhannsson, Sicario
John Williams, Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Best original song

Earned It, Fifty 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 director

Adam McKay, The Big Short
George Miller, Mad Max: Fury Road
ALEJANDO GONZALEZ INARRITU, THE REVENANT – WINNER!
Tom McCarthy, Spotlight
Lenny Abrahamson, Room

Best actress

Cate Blanchett, Carol
BRIE LARSON, ROOM – WINNER!
Jennifer Lawrence, Joy
Charlotte Rampling, 45 Years
Saoirse Ronan, Brooklyn

Best actor

Matt Damon, The Martian
LEONARDO DICAPRIO, THE REVENANT – WINNER!
Michael Fassbender, Steve Jobs
Eddie Redmayne, The Danish Girl
Bryan Cranston, Trumbo

Best picture

The Martian
The Revenant
Room
Bridge of Spies
SPOTLIGHT – WINNER!
The Big Short
Brooklyn
Mad Max: Fury Road