| FILM EDITING | Erik Anderson | Evan Kost | Nicole Latayan | James Narvey | Adam Norbury | Jason Osiason | Chris Pepper | Long Pham | Kenneth Polischuk | Jacqui Sutherland | TOTAL POINTS | RANK |
| The Revenant | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 37 | 1 |
| The Big Short | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 37 | 1 |
| Mad Max: Fury Road | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 35 | 3 |
| Spotlight | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 4 | |
| The Martian | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 5 |
| Bridge of Spies | 5 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||
| Carol | ||||||||||||
| Creed | ||||||||||||
| Steve Jobs | ||||||||||||
| Beasts of No Nation | ||||||||||||
| Sicario | ||||||||||||
| The Hateful Eight | ||||||||||||
| Brooklyn | ||||||||||||
| Star Wars: The Force Awakens |
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