| BEST PICTURE | Erik Anderson | Evan Kost | Nicole Latayan | James Narvey | Adam Norbury | Jason Osiason | Chris Pepper | Long Pham | Kenneth Polischuk | Jacqui Sutherland | TOTAL POINTS | RANK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spotlight | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 99 | 1 |
| The Revenant | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 78 | 2 |
| The Big Short | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 74 | 3 |
| The Martian | 3 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 66 | 4 |
| Mad Max: Fury Road | 8 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 58 | 5 |
| Carol | 5 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 57 | 6 |
| Room | 6 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 41 | 7 |
| Bridge of Spies | 9 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 34 | 8 |
| Brooklyn | 7 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 33 | 9 |
| Straight Outta Compton | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 10 | ||||||
| Inside Out | 10 | 10 | 2 | 11 | ||||||||
| Star Wars: The Force Awakens | 10 | 10 | 2 | 11 | ||||||||
| The Hateful Eight | ||||||||||||
| Beasts of No Nation | ||||||||||||
| Steve Jobs | ||||||||||||
| Trumbo | ||||||||||||
| Creed | ||||||||||||
| Ex Machina | ||||||||||||
| Black Mass | ||||||||||||
| Son of Saul | ||||||||||||
| Sicario |
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