The 2015–16 film awards season began in November 2015 with the Gotham Independent Film Awards 2015 and ended in February 2016 with the 88th Academy Awards. Major winners for the year included The Revenant, , Spotlight, Room, and Steve Jobs, among others.
| Award ceremony | Best Picture | Best Director | Best Actor | Best Actress | Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress | Best Original Screenplay | Best Adapted Screenplay | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 88th Academy Awards | Spotlight | Alejandro G. Iñárritu The Revenant | Leonardo DiCaprio The Revenant | Brie Larson Room | Mark Rylance Bridge of Spies | Alicia Vikander The Danish Girl | Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer Spotlight | Adam McKay and Charles Randolph The Big Short | [1] |
| 69th British Academy Film Awards | The Revenant | Kate Winslet Steve Jobs | [2] | ||||||
| 73rd Golden Globe Awards | The Revenant (Drama) The Martian (Musical or Comedy) | Leonardo DiCaprio (Drama) The Revenant Matt Damon (Musical or Comedy) The Martian | Brie Larson (Drama) Room Jennifer Lawrence (Musical or Comedy) Joy | Sylvester Stallone Creed | Aaron Sorkin Steve Jobs | [3] | |||
| 22nd Screen Actors Guild Awards | Spotlight (Ensemble Cast) | Leonardo DiCaprio The Revenant | Brie Larson Room | Idris Elba Beasts of No Nation | Alicia Vikander The Danish Girl | [4] | |||
| 20th Satellite Awards | Spotlight | Tom McCarthy Spotlight | Saoirse Ronan Brooklyn | Christian Bale The Big Short | Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer Spotlight | Aaron Sorkin Steve Jobs | [5] | ||
| Film | Academy Awards | BAFTAs | Golden Globes | SAG Awards | Satellite Awards | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Assassin | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Beasts of No Nation | 1 | 1 | ||||
| The Big Short | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Bridge of Spies | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Brooklyn | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Carol | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Creed | 1 | 1 | ||||
| The Danish Girl | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Ex Machina | 1 | 1 | ||||
| The Hateful Eight | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| The Hunting Ground | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Joy | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | ||
| The Martian | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| The Revenant | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 |
| Room | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| Sicario | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Spectre | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Spotlight | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | |
| 1 | 1 | |||||
| Steve Jobs | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||
| The Walk | 1 | 1 | ||||